The American Lawyer Industry Awards 2022 | ALM Media, LLC | Cipriani 42nd St, 110 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017, US

These awards are focused at the national level, largely around Big Law and in-house departments, and are backed by our signature national brands, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and Legaltech News.

Categories

Best Legal Departments
Subcategories
1. U.S. Legal Department of the Year (for U.S. companies)
2. Compliance Department of the Year (in-house compliance departments)
3. Startup Solo GC of the Year
4. Best Use of Technology
5. General Counsel of the Year
6. Best Deputy or Associate GC
7. Champion of Diversity Award
8. Best Legal Ops Team
9. Purpose and Wellbeing Award

2021 Winners

Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments

Best Legal Ops Team
• Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Best Use of Technology
• Microsoft

Champion of Diversity Award
• April Miller Boise, EVP and GC, Eaton, Corp.

Compliance Department of the Year
• The Kraft Heinz Company

Outstanding Community Service Award:
• Kimberly-Clark, Corp. (Joint effort of In-house counsel of AT&T, Toyota, Rosewood Corp. and Kimberly-Clark Corp.)

Startup Solo GC of the Year
• Kenneth R. Carter, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Bitmovin, Inc.

The American Lawyer's Industry Awards

Law Firm of the Year
• Davis Polk & Wardwell

Tony Mauro Award
• Tom Leatherbury of Vinson & Elkins

Best Business Team
• Barnes & Thornburg

Best Client-Law Firm Team
• Goodwin Procter and Moderna

Best Diversity Initiative
• Kaplan Hecker & Fink

Best Mentor: In-House
• Kenita Barrow, Otsuka US

Best Mentor: Law Firm
• Chanler Langham, Susman Godfrey

Best Provider Collaboration
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Level Legal

Best Use of Technology
• Latham & Watkins

Legal Services Innovation
• Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Young Lawyers of the Year
• Jennifer Cheng, Reed Smith
• Leah Godesky, O’Melveny & Myers
• TJ Graham, Cooley
• Alexia Korberg, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Joshua Matz, Kaplan Hecker & Fink
• Joanna Wright, Boies Schiller Flexner

National Boutique / Specialty Litigation Department of the Year
• Irell & Manella

Regional Litigation Departments of the Year
• Latham & Watkins

Florida
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Georgia
• Greenberg Traurig

Pennsylvania
• Cozen O’Connor

Texas
• Jones Day

Distinguished Law Firm Leader
• Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Attorney of the Year
• Jelena Madir, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

Litigators of the Year
• Helen Cantwell, Debevoise & Plimpton
• Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
• Karen Dunn, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Adam Hakki, Shearman & Sterling
• Josh Krevitt, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• Jonathan Polkes, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
• Michael Rhodes, Cooley
• GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Lisa Blatt, Williams & Connolly

Lifetime Achievement
• Jeh Johnson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, The Innocence Project
• Leah Ward Sears, Smith, Gambrell & Russell
• Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
• Seth Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
• Ben Wilson, Beveridge & Diamond

The American Lawyer's Litigation Departments of the Year

Litigation Department of the Year — General Litigation
• Kirkland & Ellis

Litigation Department of the Year, Insurance
• Reed Smith

Litigation Department of the Year, Intellectual Property
• Irell & Manella

Litigation Department of the Year, Labor and Employment
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Litigation Department of the Year, Product Liability
• O’Melveny & Myers