Announcing the Winners and Finalists for the California Legal Awards
The Recorder is proud to announce this year's winners and finalists for the California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards, celebrating the achievements of lawyers and companies leading technology, innovation and the profession as a whole.
September 08, 2022 at 06:50 PM
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The Recorder is proud to announce this year's winners and finalists for the California Legal Awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of lawyers and companies leading technology, innovation and the profession as a whole.
Winners for the Women Leaders in Tech Law, Lawyers on the Fast Track and On the Radar categories are listed below. For all other categories, finalists are listed below and winners will be announced at the California Legal Awards ceremony honoring all winners and finalists on the evening of Nov. 3 at the JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square in San Francisco.
The 'On the Radar' awards recognize go-to law firms representing tech sector clients based on analysis of data reported by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for real time federal litigation and corporate deal updates. Winners were selected based on volume and significance of matters handled for leading technology companies during the contest period by California legal teams.
For more information about tickets and sponsorships to the event, please contact Andre Sutton at [email protected].
Women Leaders in Tech Law – Winners
Alicia Fenrick, Cruise
Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Christa Anderson, Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Christina Pearson, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Daphne Higgs, Morrison & Foerster
Daralyn J. Durie, Durie Tangri
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Mayer Brown
Emily Roberts, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jamie Leigh, Cooley
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
Karen Boyd, Turner Boyd
Lindsay Llewellyn, Lyft
Michele Lee, Pinterest
Michelle Armond, Armond Wilson
Miriam Kim, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Natasha Allen, Foley & Lardner
Saina Shamilov, Fenwick & West
Sonal Mehta, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Sue Xia, Walmart
Tia Sherringham, DoorDash
Lawyers on the Fast Track (under 40) – Winners
Alan Laquer, Knobbe Martens
Alexander Smith, Jenner & Block
Austin S. Pollet, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Aviva J. Gilbert, Farella Braun + Martel
Charles Martin , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Christopher Young, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
Daniel Allender, Robins Kaplan
Henry Scott, Milbank
Jaelyn Edwards Judelson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Janice W. Reicher, Farella Braun + Martel
Joe Reiter, Hueston Hennigan
Jonathan Tam, Dechert
Jordan Ludwig , Crowell & Moring
Joseph Halloum, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Justin Santarosa, Duane Morris
Laura Carwile, Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg
Jeanifer Parsigian, Winston & Strawn
Lidia Lopez, Kilpatrick Townsend
Lindsay Cooper, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Mark Myott, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Matt Cagle, ACLU of Northern California
Mia Chiu, Rakuten Rewards
Nick Pujji, Dentons US
Nima H. Mohebbi, Latham & Watkins
Nioura Ghazni, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
James Berger, Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Lanois, Fieldfisher
Pramode Chiruvolu, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Mara Curtis, Reed Smith
Robert Barton, Holland & Knight
Qiaojing Ella Zheng, Sanford Heisler Sharp
Shannon Dudic, DLA Piper
Stephen Blake, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Amy Proctor, Irell & Manella
Christopher A. Paniewski, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Ehsun Forghany, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Ashley Simonsen, Covington & Burling
Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West
Roman Swoopes, Morrison & Foerster
Vassi Iliadis, Hogan Lovells
Tech Industry Advisory Team of the Year – Finalists
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Tech Industry Litigation Department of the Year - Finalists
Covington & Burling
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Irell & Manella
Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Munger, Tolles & Olsen
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion - Finalists
Latham & Watkins and Ron Brown Scholars
Mary-Christine ('M.C.') Sungaila, Buchalter
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo
Mentorship Award - Finalists
Anabella Bonfa, Wellman & Warren
Carolina Bravo-Karimi , Wilson Turner Kosmo
Harry Bremond, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Susman Godfrey
Joan M. Haratani, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Susan Vargas, King & Spalding
Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative - Finalists
Hanson Bridgett
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Vanguard Award - Finalists
Cruise's IP Legal Department
Berry Appleman & Leiden
Davis Wright Tremaine
Fragomen
Hanson Bridgett
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Attorney of the Year – Finalists
Aaron Lewis, Covington
Calise Cheng, Cooley
Dena Sharp, Girard Sharp
Kenneth Steinthal, King & Spalding
Rezwan Pavri, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Richard Heimann, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
"On the Radar" Award – Winners
On the Radar – Corporate:
Latham & Watkins
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
On the Radar – Litigation: Overall: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Antitrust: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Consumer Class Action Defense: Cooley
Labor & Employment: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Patent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Trademark/ Copyright: Davis Wright Tremaine
Mitchell Silberberg Knupp
Securities: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Crowell & Moring LLP
- Keker, Van Nest & Peters
- Susman Godfrey
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Kindel & Anderson
- Latham & Watkins
- Knobbe Martens Olson
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Duane Morris
- DLA Piper
- Reed Smith
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Dentons
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Berry Appleman Leiden
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Mayer Brown
- Fenwick & West
- Winston & Strawn LLP
- Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Sanford Heisler Sharp
- Covington & Burling
- Lieff Cabraser
- Milbank LLP
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Foley & Lardner
- Munger, Tolles & Olson
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Irell & Manella
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- King & Spalding
- Cooley
- Dechert
- Hanson Bridgett Marcus
- Farella Braun + Martel
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
- Jenner & Block
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