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:
Photo: Jones Day Partner at Jones Day
To work on a case or deal with Corinne is to witness a strategic mastermind in action.
Photo: ALM Senior counsel at Dentons
Michael is often the smartest person in the room, but he is also likely to be the most self-effacing.
Photo: ALM Partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Len's innovations in the real estate sector are evident throughout New York and beyond.
Photo: ALM Member of Cozen O'Connor
In the simplest terms, Ken is a leading land use lawyer. In reality, he is so much more.
Photo: Pomerantz Senior counsel at Pomerantz
Throughout five decades at Pomerantz, Stan has fiercely advocated for shareholder rights and defrauded investors.
Photo: Morgan Lewis Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Handy is a legendary employment tax lawyer whose legal prowess is known throughout corporate America and the legal profession.
Photo: Hoguet Newman 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.
Photo: Fragomen 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.
Photo: Latham 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
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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