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AWARDS WINNERS & Finalists
Nancy Chung,
Sidley Austin
Office Managing Partner
Attorney of the Year Finalists
Lifetime
Achievement Awards
Distinguished Leaders
Litigation Departments
Of the Year
Innovation Awards
In-House Impact Awards
Dealmakers
Of the Year
Diversity Awards
Winners
Rising
Stars
NYLJ 2024 PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS:
Law Firm of the Year
Litigation Departments
Of the Year, Specialty
Office Managing Partner of the Year
Rising Stars
Laura Posner,
Cohen Milstein
Attorney
Of the Year
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Law Firm
Of the Year
Winners
Lifetime Achievement
Pepsi Beverages
NA Legal Dept.
In-House Impact Award
Dechert
Innovation Awards, Firm
Milbank
Innovation Awards, Firm
Erin Hanson, White & Case
Innovation Awards,
Individual
Paul Weiss
DEI Strategic Advisory/NYSBA
Diversity Initiative
Winners
Distinguished Leaders
Zach Podolsky, Wachtell Lipton
Dealmakers of the Year
Jennifer St. John Yount,
Paul Hastings
Dealmakers
of the Year
Cravath Swaine
Litigation Department, General Litigation
Lieff Cabraser
Litigation Department, Class
Action
Paul Weiss
Litigation Department, Finance
Simpson Thacher
Litigation Department, Insurance
Kirkland & Ellis
Litigation Department, Intellectual Property
Jones Day
Litigation Department: Labor & Employment
Sidley Austin
Litigation Department, Products Liability
Latham & Watkins
Litigation Department, Professional Liability
Fried Frank
Litigation Department, Real Estate
