Evan Chesler is the finest lawyer I have ever seen. Whether it’s arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, cross-examining a witness before a jury or counseling a board on extricating its company from an existential crisis, there is no litigator I would recommend over Evan.

Evan’s successes in the courtroom demonstrate why he is such an obvious candidate to receive this prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, but stopping there would be to ignore much of who Evan is and what he has accomplished in his remarkable career. I first began working with Evan as a second year associate at Cravath. The one thing I knew for sure was that I had little idea what I was doing, and the prospect of working with Evan (then Head of Cravath’s Litigation Department) was just a tad intimidating!