The 2022 Elite Trial Lawyers award ceremony held in New York Thursday celebrated outstanding plaintiffs-side legal work in 23 practice categories as well as attorney lifetime achievements and firms’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The awards also honored 30 Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar and 15 Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar.

As courts have reopened and dockets slowly return to a more regular schedule, plaintiffs firms have applied innovative approaches to litigation, including in nationwide opioid prescription drug cases, data privacy claims against major technology companies or in high-stakes environmental protection cases.