Lifetime Achievement Awards 2020
This year we're honoring nine attorneys for their accomplishments and impact on the legal community and the practice of law over the course of their careers.
October 19, 2020 at 11:05 AM
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This year we're honoring nine attorneys for their accomplishments and impact on the legal community and the practice of law over the course of their careers:
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Partner at Jones Day
To work on a case or deal with Corinne is to witness a strategic mastermind in action.
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Senior counsel at Dentons
Michael is often the smartest person in the room, but he is also likely to be the most self-effacing.
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Partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Len's innovations in the real estate sector are evident throughout New York and beyond.
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Member of Cozen O'Connor
In the simplest terms, Ken is a leading land use lawyer. In reality, he is so much more.
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Senior counsel at Pomerantz
Throughout five decades at Pomerantz, Stan has fiercely advocated for shareholder rights and defrauded investors.
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Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Handy is a legendary employment tax lawyer whose legal prowess is known throughout corporate America and the legal profession.
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Founding partner of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
As long as I've known him, Fred has believed that his lifetime achievement would be to create a firm that would succeed without him.
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Partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
Noreen has led a fascinating career in immigration law, paving the way for female attorneys and partners at the firm.
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Of counsel at Latham & Watkins
Miles is a legendary force in the securities and class action litigation fields.
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
