Our Distinguished Leader awards recognize attorneys in leadership roles who achieved impressive results in the past year. Strong leaders are hard to come by, and we want to highlight lawyers who had great performances while demonstrating clear leadership skills leading to positive outcomes.
The New York Law Journal congratulates its 2022 Distinguished Leaders:
William Bernstein, partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Daniel Brown, partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Lenora Easter, supervising attorney, The Bronx Defenders
Elizabeth Glazer, founder, Vital City
Joseph M. Hanna, partner, Goldberg Segalla
Richard Hans, partner, DLA Piper
Sean Hecker, partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink
Karen R. King, partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
Anthony Kuhn, partner, Tully Rinckey
Carla M. Palumbo, president and CEO, Legal Aid Society of Rochester
Lisa Sotto, partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Rebecca Monck Ricigliano, partner, Crowell & Moring
Megan C. Ryan, general counsel/CLO, Nassau Health Care Corp.
Carol C. Villegas, partner, Labaton Sucharow
Brett S. Ward, partner, Blank Rome
