The Legal Intelligencer Announces 2024 Pennsylvania Legal Awards Finalists, Honorees

The Legal Intelligencer is pleased to announce the 2024 Pennsylvania Legal Awards winners and finalists. We are delighted to highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the legal communities in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

The winners in finalist categories will be announced at an awards dinner set for May 15, 2024, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, along with winners in Distinguished Leaders, Lawyers on the Fast Track, Lifetime Achievement, Unsung Heroes, and Litigation Specialty Practice categories. Winners will be recognized in special editorial sections.

You can view more information about the awards dinner here. For information on how to book tickets and sponsorships, please contact Andre Sutton at 757-721-9020 or email [email protected].

Let’s congratulate the honorees and finalists for their achievements:

Attorney of the Year Finalists

• Tom Kline, Kline & Specter
• Kristen Gibbons Feden, Anapol Weiss
• John Ryan, Temple Health

Best Law Firm Mentors Finalists

• Shira R. Yoshor, Greenberg Traurig
• Dan Mateo, Holland & Knight
• Michael H. Ginsberg, Jones Day
• Jim Waldenberger, Kline & Specter
• Karen Ann Jacobs, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell
• Paige Macdonald-Matthes, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel
• Davis Wright, Robinson & Cole
• Holly Deihl, SWMW Law
• Heidi G. Villari, The Villari Firm

Distinguished Leaders Winners

• Joe Dougherty, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Patricia Hamill, Clark Hill
• Jordan LaVine, Flaster Greenberg
• Lauren McKenna, Fox Rothschild
• Stacey L. Fuller, Gawthrop Greenwood
• Michael A. Hamilton, Goldberg Segalla
• Diane N. Ibrahim, Greenberg Traurig
• Kelly Iverson, Lynch Carpenter
• Michael Connolly, McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan
• Ashley Altschuler, McDermott Will & Emery
• J. Gordon Cooney Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Joan C. Arnold, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
• Chase T. Brockstedt, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico

Diversity Initiative Finalists

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Kevin Levy, Saul Ewing
• Michael Tang, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
• Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby

ESG Impact Finalists

• Dechert
• Duane Morris
• Elizabeth K. Lange, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
• Jones Day
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Reed Smith

In-House Impact Award Finalists

• La-Toya Hackney, Saint-Gobain North America
• Bruce Balderson, Rubenstein Partners

Law Firm Innovators Finalists

• Scott Angelo, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Kristina Bakardjiev, Cozen O’Connor
• Dechert
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Thomson Reuters AI Collaboration
• Hannalore Merritt, Osterhout Berger Disability Law
• Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
• Tyson & Mendes

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

• Cozen O’Connor
• Jones Day
• Kline & Specter
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Reed Smith
• Troutman Pepper

Lawyers on the Fast Track, Small/Midsize Winners

• Brenda Harkavy, Raynes & Lawn
• Casey Alan Coyle, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
• Jill Roth, Laffey, Bucci & Kent
• John Higgins, Mannion Prior
• Joseph A. Carroll, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
• Joseph B. Kenney, Sauder Schelkopf
• Julia McGrath, Berger Montague
• Kevin Trainer, Langer Grogan & Diver
• Matthew Klebanoff, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
• Megan E. Stamm, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
• Rachael Pritzker, Pritzker Law Group
• Samuel Mukiibi, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
• Tim Kelly, Hausfeld

Lawyers on the Fast Track, Large Firm Winners

• Cara Brack, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
• Christina Barringer, Clark Hill
• Dylan Alper, Cozen O’Connor
• Elizabeth Kuschel, U.S. Department of Labor – Regional Office of the Solicitor
• Eric Kim, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Gunjan Agarwal, Fox Rothschild
• Hannah Molitoris, Morgan & Morgan
• Mark Fidanza, Reed Smith
• Matthew Fontana, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
• Melissa A. Ruth, Duane Morris
• Michael Joyce, Saul Ewing
• Olufunke Leroy, Holland & Knight
• R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
• Rachel Lewis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Rebecca Trela, Barnes & Thornburg
• Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig
• Sara Gelsinger, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell
• Sarah Delia, McCarter & English
• Stephanie Haas, Dechert
• Whitney Cloud, DLA Piper
• William Xiong, Ballard Spahr

Young Attorney of the Year Winner

The winner will be selected from both Lawyers on the Fast Track winners lists and revealed at the awards ceremony.

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

• John J. Cunningham III, Cozen O’Connor
• Andrew C. Kassner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
• Virginia “Ginny” Gibson, Hogan Lovells
• Richard Serbin, Janet, Janet & Suggs
• Judge Eduardo Robreno, McCarter & English
• Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie, Stevens & Lee

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

• Duane Morris
• Hogan Lovells
• Holland & Knight
• Jones Day
• McNees Wallace & Nurick
• Morgan Lewis
• Reed Smith

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Winners

• Class Action: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
• Products Liability/Mass Torts: Kline & Specter
• Appellate: Marshall Dennehey
• Labor & Employment: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Professional Liability Group: Swartz Campbell
• Insurance: Wiggin and Dana

Most-Effective Dealmakers Finalists

• Peter J. Smith, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn
• Steven Haas, Cozen O’Connor
• Ken Young, Dechert
• Marcia C. Kelson, Jones Day
• Ryan T. Purpura, Reed Smith
• Deborah L. Spranger, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Power Players Finalists

• Steven Shoumer, Blank Rome
• Michelle Yarbrough Korb, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• John Summers, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
• Gary Lynch, Lynch Carpenter
• Alan Nochumson, Nochumson P.C.
• Jordan Strokovsky, Strokovsky LLC

Unsung Heroes Winners

• Maureen Holland, Cozen O’Connor
• Gerard Lipski, Dengler & Lipski (Zurich Staff Legal)
• Renée Mosley Delcollo, Greenberg Traurig
• Valerie Pearce, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Laura Karmatz, Reed Smith
• Scott George, Seeger Weiss
• Andrew Medeiros, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders