Perhaps now more than ever, the legal profession is in the spotlight for its role in upholding—or, in some cases, defying—the rule of law, as a politically tumultuous year comes to a close. Here we highlight some of the profession’s most notable leaders, from the “liberal lion of the federal court” Judge Stephen Reinhardt to Mayer Brown’s Stephen Shapiro whose life was tragically cut short, who passed away in 2018.

Christine Beshar