At first blush, it seems almost an embarrassment of riches–the achievements of these 45 women lawyers (under the age of 45, no less!) who fill the pages in this issue of The American Lawyer. Reading about their feats, you can’t help but feel that women have arrived.
Certainly, they seem to be reaching the highest echelons of the most elite firms, and making a mark in an incredible array of practice areas. There’s Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s Julian Chung, advising the U.S. Department of the Treasury on its $33.3 billion DIP loan to General Motors Company and its $4.1 billion DIP loan to Chrysler LLC; Sullivan & Cromwell’s Audra Cohen, leading the team advising NBTY, Inc., in its $3.8 billion sale to The Carlyle Group, L.P.; and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Victoria Maroulis, defending Genentech, Inc., in a complex patent suit against Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH.
