The following honorees are acknowledged for their influence in their practice areas in New York and beyond, developing unique practice niches, employing creative uses of technology, amassing robust books of business, demonstrating strong leadership qualities, showing expertise in litigation or transactional work, contributing to the improvement of their institutions, and committing themselves to pro bono, charitable and professional volunteer work.

Darren Azman, partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Elisha Barron, associate, Susman Godfrey

Duwaine Bascoe, associate, Abrams Fensterman

Mallory Brennan, partner, Shearman & Sterling

Jennifer Cheng, partner, Reed Smith

Karen Chesley, partner, Boies Schiller Flexner

Gareth Clark, partner, Dechert

Jomaire Crawford, senior associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Isabel Fernández de la Cuesta, counsel, King & Spalding

Ross Firsenbaum, partner, WilmerHale

Christopher Harwood, partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello

Eric Hochstadt, partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Emily Johnson, partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Jonah Knobler, partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

Jessica Lee, partner, Loeb & Loeb

Ilana Lubin, partner, Crowell & Moring

Abena Mainoo, partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Judy Mok, of counsel, Ballard Spahr

Rajeev Muttreja, partner, Jones Day

Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell

Rose Cordero Prey, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Helen Ogbara Reeves, counsel, Dentons

Pritesh Shah, partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Steven Shepard, partner, Susman Godfrey

Nicole Skalla, partner, Paul Hastings

Allison Stillman, partner, Mayer Brown

Rachel Strom, partner, Davis Wright Tremaine

Fara Tabatabai, partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Adam Wierzbowski, partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann

Jamila Willis, partner, DLA Piper

Alfred Xue, partner, Latham & Watkins

The New York Law Journal would like to thank the judges who selected the Rising Stars. They are:

Juan Arteaga, Partner, Crowell & Moring Joel Cohen, Senior Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Muhammad Faridi, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Megan Goddard, Managing Partner, Goddard Law Jessica Ortiz, Partner, Mololamken Carmen Pacheco, Founding Partner, Pacheco & Lugo Jim Rosini, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth Arthur Siegel, General Counsel and Member, Bond Schoeneck & King Arun Subramanian, Partner, Susman Godfrey Christopher Yeung, Partner, Covington & Burling