We are pleased to present our 2019 D.C. Rising Stars. Selected from a competitive pool, our 40 honorees represent a cross-section of practice areas—from appellate to bankruptcy to international trade. They’ve excelled on some of the biggest stages. One honoree led a team that closed an $18.5 billion fund. Another secured the first public exemption granted to a non-governmental organization by the U.N. Security Council from its North Korea sanctions. And a third helped defeat summary judgment in a widely covered gender discrimination case against a large law firm. This year, they share their biggest successes in practice, their keys to success and what they’ve learned along the way. —Lisa Helem, Editor-In-Chief
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| Joseph Abboud Katz, Marshall & Banks | Natalie Bennett Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Michael Bern Latham & Watkins | Saba Bireda Sanford Heisler Sharp. | Mel Bostwick Orrick |
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| Christopher DiPompeo Jones Day |
David Greene Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Rani Habash Dechert | Masha Hansford Paul Weiss | Lillian Hardy Hogan Lovells |
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| Meghan Hottel-Cox Goulston & Storrs | Emily Hughes Kirkland & Ellis | R. Stanton Jones Arnold & Porter | Deepti Kulkarni Sidley Austin | Anne Lee Covington & Burling |
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| Josh Lindsay Squire Patton Boggs | Judson Littleton Sullivan & Cromwell | Libby Locke Clare Locke |
Emily Loeb Jenner & Block |
Sean Marotta Hogan Lovells | ||||
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| Maria Julia Milesi Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Eric Nitz MoloLamken | Nnedinma Ifudu Nweke Akin Gump |
Patricia Palacios Steptoe & Johnson | Josh Riley Boies Schiller Flexner |
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| Jocelyn Redman Shearman & Sterling | Kristen Riemenschneider Arnold & Porter | Jan Rybnicek Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Kristin Shapiro U.S. House of Representatives |
Adam Shartzer Fish & Richardson |
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| Jesse Solomon Davis Polk & Wardwell | G. Zachary Terwilliger Eastern District of Virginia |
Sean Tonolli Cahill Gordon & Reindel |
Brian Walsh Wiley Rein |
Previn Warren Jenner & Block | ||||
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| Beth Williams U.S. Department of Justice |
Greta Williams Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | David (DJ) Wolff Crowell & Moring | Sergei Zaslavsky O’Melveny & Myers | Lisa Zycherman Davis Wright Tremaine |
The National Law Journal will host its annual legal awards honoring our 2019 D.C. Rising Stars and other honorees on October 30 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. For more information, visit this site.
