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The Legal Times Awards: Champions & Visionaries

The lawyers who have helped advance the practice of law in Washington.

The National Law Journal

July 9, 2012

For the fifth year, we're recognizing Washington lawyers for work that has advanced the practice of law. The trailblazers profiled here have won cases at the U.S. Supreme Court and influenced policy at the Justice Department. They've charted new courses for their firms and in-house legal departments, and spent hundreds of hours on pro bono cases that made a difference. The results of their work often can be felt far beyond the Beltway.

Selections are made by the editors of The National Law Journal, based on nominations from the legal community as well as our own research and reporting. The selections have been divided into two categories: Champions, those who have upheld the profession's core values through public service, pro bono work and advocacy for civil liberties, and Visionaries, attorneys whose business foresight or legal acumen has expanded their firms, advanced the law or improved government.

We will celebrate their achievements at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1150 22d St. N.W. in Washington, on Sept. 20. — David L. Brown, editor in chief

These lawyers upheld the legal industry's professional mission of public duty. They took on community causes, fought to protect civil rights and campaigned for ethics in government.

HAROLD BAILEY JR. Garvey Schubert Barer	PAUL SCHIFF BERMAN Dean, George Washington University Law School	SHEILA CHESTON General counsel, Northrop Grumman Corp.	ERIC DUBELIER Reed Smith
MARY ELCANO General counsel, American Red Cross	GEORGE GRANDISON Steptoe & Johnson LLP	STEPHEN HANLON Holland & Knight	JENNIFER LEVY Kirkland & Ellis
ROBERT LONG Covington & Burling	RYAN MALONE Ropes & Gray	PATRICK MCGLONE Sr. V.P. and general counsel, Ullico Inc.	TED OLSON Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
CAROLYN OSOLINIK Mayer Brown	ABID QURESHI Latham & Watkins	KANNON SHANMUGAM Williams & Connolly	JOHN SHEPHERD JR. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
EARL SILBERT DLA Piper	WILLIAM TREANOR Dean, Georgetown University Law Center	TONY WEST Acting U.S. associate attorney general	PETER WORK Crowell & Moring

These attorneys saw further ahead. They guided firms through a stagnant economy, revamped public corruption prosecution efforts and guided federal agencies through legal thickets.

JAMIE BAKER Baker Botts	JIM BRAMSON General counsel, LivingSocial Inc.	GRAEME BUSH Zuckerman Spaeder	CLAUDETTE CHRISTIAN Hogan Lovells
JOHN FACCIOLA U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia	SCOTT BLAKE HARRIS General counsel and senior V.P., Neustar Inc.	PETER KEISLER Sidley Austin	DANIEL LENNON Latham & Watkins
MICHAEL LYLE Weil, Gotshal & Manges	RONALD MACHEN JR. U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia	MICHAEL McKEON Fish & Richardson	R. BRUCE McLEAN Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
PAUL McNULTY Baker & McKenzie	BRIAN MILLER Executive V.P., general counsel, AES Corp.	ANNETTE NAZARETH Davis Polk & Wardwell	ALFRED POLLARD General counsel, Federal Housing Finance Agency
BERT REIN Wiley Rein	EUGENE SCALIA Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	EVAN TAGER Mayer Brown	SETH WAXMAN Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr