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     Meet some of the New York Bar’s
     most talented lawyers, who just
     happen to be women
     The 100 New Yorkers named to the inaugural list of Leading Women
     Lawyers in New York City, powered by Crain’s Custom, are trailblaz-
     ers who found multiple paths to excellence. Some are partners and
     practice leaders at the city’s big law firms, others corporate counsel
     at Manhattan companies. Some unabashedly champion their fellow
     minority female attorneys, while others feed their passions for public
     service by donating their time generously to pro bono causes. These
     are women who juggle both distinguished careers and exceptional
     civic and philanthropic activities.

     In acknowledging the talents of               to the heights of their careers against     Morales advises law firms to keep close
     these 100 women, Crain’s is merely            a background of sometimes blatant,          watch on who they elevate to partner.
                                                   sometimes unconscious bias. Only            If there are too few women, they must
     tapping into New York’s rich history                                                      reassess whether females have access
                                                   a very foolish man, though, would
     of female lawyers who refused to              try to objectify or demean these            to power in the firm structure, and
     be defined by their gender.                   gifted attorneys.                           guard against unconscious bias and
                                                                                               blind spots. Law firms must also lean on
     Since the 1800s, the state has been           “When someone said obnoxious                specific tools that cultivate the careers of
     home to “amazing trailblazing women           things or made a stupid comment, I          younger female attorneys and give them
     attorneys who broke through barriers           was so incredulous I’d laugh and say,      access to training, client development,
     and blatant discrimination to make            ‘Are you kidding me?’ because it was        mentoring and management opportu-
     major contributions in the legal profes-      so ridiculous,” said Terri Adler, who       nities. Law firms also should track why
     sion,” the New York State Bar Associa-        chairs the real estate practice at Duval    associates leave, and set goals to address
     tion’s Committee on Women in the Law          & Stachenfeld. “I’m not afraid to           problems that can include a lack of flexi-
     recently noted. “Their stories are ones       confront people openly.”                    ble work policies that improve retention.
     of fierce determination, passion for the
     law, keen intelligence, and inspiring         Adler reminds young lawyers to present      Many partners on the Crain’s 100 list
     achievement.”                                 themselves as “being as good or better      are in a position to boost that pipeline
                                                   than anyone in the room, because            of female talent. There are more than
     In an age when women grace the                you are.”                                   15 practice area chairs, at least five law
     Supreme Court of the United States, it                                                    firm managing partners, and a few firm
     may seem out of date to celebrate the         Although statistics document a historic     founders. With such exceptional talent
     achievements of one particular gen-           lack of gender parity, in a November        among our inaugural class of Leading
     der. Yet as far as female attorneys have      report, the Diversity & Flexibility Alli-   Women Lawyers, no doubt the future
     come, let’s not forget what has domi-         ance announced that the percentage          ratio of female partners will rise at New
     nated the news headlines: high-profile        of women promoted to partnership in         York law firms as these exceptional
     cases of sexual harassment against            2017 in many of the country’s largest       women mentor a new generation of
     women.                                        and top-grossing law firms was at a         legal superstars.
                                                   six-year high: 38.1%, up five percentage
                                                                                               ••••••
     “It’s a mixed sense of it’s about time, but   points since 2012. Another welcome
     also, we’ve been through this before,”        statistic: 32.3% of law firms had a new     The profiles in this report are drawn
     said Myra Freed, president of the New         partner class consisting of at least        from submitted nomination materials as
     York Women’s Bar Association.                 50% females.                                well as from Crain’s Custom research.
                                                                                               No lawyer paid to be featured. There is
     She is referring, of course, to law profes-   The numbers are moving in the right         an exceptional pool of talented female
     sor Anita Hill’s testimony and allegations    direction, but they should be moving        attorneys in New York. We recognize
     of sexual harassment made during the          along faster.                               that this year’s inaugural list is not
     Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings                                                     comprehensive, and look forward to a
     in 1991.                                      “The reason we track them is the im-        future of exceptional potential honoree
                                                   portance of documenting the partner-        nominations as the Leading Women
     That history is important to note. Some       ship pipeline,” said Manar Morales, the     Lawyers in New York City becomes a
     130 years after Kate Stoneman became          alliance’s president and chief executive.   new tradition for the city’s legal com-
     the first woman, in 1886, to be admitted      “Firms have to dig behind the partner-      munity. Please join Crain’s Custom in
     to the New York bar, these 100 wom-           ship numbers, and look where they           congratulating a truly impressive
     en celebrated by Crain’s have climbed         went wrong or did well.”                    inaugural class.
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AMRITH KAUR AAKRE                               TERRI L. ADLER                                 NEYSA ALSINA                                  LAUREN ANGELILLI
Legal director                                  Partner                                        Counsel                                       Partner
THE SIKH COALITION                              DUVAL & STACHENFELD                            NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION                 CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE
•••                                             •••                                            •••                                           •••
Amrith Kaur Aakre’s work for the                Terri Adler is a real estate lawyer with ex-   Neysa Alsina provides advice on in-           An expert on issues including tax law,
Coalition entails protecting the civil rights   pertise in both national and international     tellectual property, employment law,          mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs,
of all Americans in such critical areas as      markets. She oversees one of the largest       corporate governance and more. She is         restructurings and joint ventures, Lauren
hate crimes, bullying and racial profiling.     real estate practice groups in New York        a member of the Board of Directors of         Angelilli serves in her firm’s tax depart-
Her experience with this work includes          City and has helped clients understand         the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial         ment. She frequently represents clients
co-drafting a Senate resolution that            laws and regulations in countries world-       Internship Program, which assists high        in front of the I.R.S. on private ruling mat-
successfully strengthened existing hate         wide. She’s a member of WX–New York            school and law students in landing in-        ters. Angelilli takes on pro bono work at
crime prosecution after 9/11. Aakre par-        Women Executives in Real Estate, which         ternships with state and federal judges.      Cravath, and is an advocate for recruiting
ticipated in the grassroots activism that       works to advance women in the field.           Alsina is also a member of the New York       and promoting women at the firm, as
helped form the Sikh Coalition in 2001.                                                        City Bar Association’s Committee to           well as mentoring female colleagues.
                                                                                               Enhance Diversity in the Profession.

                                                                                                       In 1886, New York State admitted
                                                                                                       the first woman, Kate Stoneman,
                                                                                                              to its bar association*

JUDITH A. ARCHER                                KAREN ARTZ ASH
Partner                                         Partner
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT                           KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN
•••                                             •••
After serving six years as the in-house         Karen Artz Ash helps those in the fashion
counsel for AT&T, Archer became a               industry with cases involving intellectual
litigation partner specializing in com-         property and trademark licensing. When
plex commercial cases. She is also a            not serving on legal cases, she works as
proponent of professional women’s               an academic. Her work has appeared
advancement. She serves on the grants           in The Licensing Journal and Managing
advisory committee for the New York             Intellectual Property Magazine, and she
Women’s Foundation, and is a member             is a contributing author of several books,     ELSA AYOUB                                    CHRISTINA M. BALTZ
of the women’s-focused subcommittee             including Fashion Law – A Guide for            Attorney at law                               Partner
                                                                                               THE LAW OFFICES OF ELSA AYOUB                 WITHERS BERGMAN
of the Association of the Bar of the City       Designers, Fashion Executives and Attor-
                                                                                               •••                                           •••
of New York.                                    neys and Becoming a Fashion Designer.
                                                                                               Elsa Ayoub represents multinational           Christina Baltz works with the firm’s
                                                                                               corporations and individuals in industries    private client and tax team to assist fam-
                                                                                               including media, education, financial         ilies with wealth and charitable planning
                                                                                               services and banking—on issues pertain-       strategies, corporate and family gov-
       In 1943, Florence Perlow Shientag                                                       ing to business immigration law, including    ernance, and family office needs and
                                                                                               visa strategies, naturalization and perma-    objectives. Baltz recently spearheaded
   became New York’s first female prosecutor                                                   nent residence status. She also represents    Withers’ inaugural Women & Wealth
      as the assistant U.S. attorney for the                                                   foreign business owners looking to            event, a forum that gathered women in
                                                                                               immigrate to the U.S. Ayoub is a member       business, philanthropy and technology.
         Southern District of New York*                                                        of the American Immigration Lawyers
                                                                                               Association.
                                                                                                               *Source: New York State Bar Association Committee on Women in the Law   S2
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                                                                                                   In 1942, Cadwalader Wickersham
                                                                                                 & Taft’s Catherine Noyes Lee is the first
                                                                                                        female partner at a major
                                                                                                           Wall Street law firm*

LUISE A. BARRACK                             MEREDITH BEUCHAW
Managing member                              Partner
ROSENBERG & ESTIS                            COOLEY
•••                                          •••
Luise Barrack, who leads the firm’s          Meredith Beuchaw counsels clients on
litigation department, focuses on            matters that include mergers and acqui-
complex commercial litigation at the         sitions, restructurings, joint ventures and
trial and appellate levels. She main-        corporate governance. She’s worked
tains a diverse client roster, comprising    extensively in the tech industry, repre-
not-for-profit companies, developers,        senting strategic and financial acquir-
educational institutions and more, and       ers and acquisition targets. Beuchaw
has represented many of her clients          has provided assistance pro bono to               SHEILA S. BOSTON                            ERICA F. BUCKLEY
for nearly three decades. She serves         the Acumen Fund, including projects               Partner                                     Partner
on the leadership council of the YMCA        related to investments in developing              ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER                NIXON PEABODY
of Greater New York.                         countries.                                        •••                                         •••
                                                                                               A member of Arnold & Porter Kaye            Erica Buckley specializes in real estate
                                                                                               Scholer’s product liability group, Sheila   securities filings for cooperatives and
                                                                                               Boston focuses on complex commer-           condominiums, including new construc-
                                                                                               cial litigation matters. She is a member    tion plans. She is an expert on affordable
                                                                                               of the firm’s pro bono and hiring com-      housing issues and the Martin Act, a New
       Judith Kaye was the first woman                                                         mittees and serves as treasurer of the      York law that governs real estate securi-

       appointed to serve on New York’s                                                        Federal Bar Foundation. Gov. Andrew
                                                                                               Cuomo appointed her to serve a three-
                                                                                                                                           ties. Buckley previously served as general
                                                                                                                                           counsel to the Urban Homesteading
            highest court in 1983*                                                             year term on the judicial screening
                                                                                               committee of New York’s First
                                                                                                                                           Assistance Board and is credited with
                                                                                                                                           establishing the nonprofit’s first
                                                                                               Department.                                 legal department.

COLLEEN CADEN                                HELEN V. CANTWELL                                 LINDA R. CARLOZZI                           SARAH L. CAVE
Partner                                      Partner                                           Principal                                   Partner
PRYOR CASHMAN                                DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON                              JACKSON LEWIS                               HUGHES HUBBARD & REED
•••                                          •••                                               •••                                         •••
Colleen Caden’s expertise in immigra-        Helen Cantwell works on white collar              A labor law specialist, Linda Carlozzi      Sarah Cave has applied her expertise in
tion law is rooted in 15 years of expe-      criminal defense cases, regulatory enforce-       has presented cases before the Na-          securities litigation, accountants’ liability
rience. As chair of Pryor’s immigration      ment actions and internal investigations,         tional Labor Relations Board, Equal         and bankruptcy litigation to high-pro-
group, she represents clients in indus-      representing a wide range of individuals,         Employment Opportunity Commission           file crisis-related cases. Her pro bono
tries including media, arts and enter-       companies, schools, and nonprofits. She           and other prominent agencies. Before        work has earned her multiple accolades
tainment, and is one of a handful of         served for eight years as an assistant U.S.       becoming a lawyer in New York, she cut      from the Legal Aid Society, and she is
attorneys providing immigration counsel      attorney, during which time she was a             her teeth doing labor law work in Wash-     the former chair of the firm’s pro bono
to professional sports leagues, teams        member of the securities and commodi-             ington and Philadelphia. Her pro bono       committee. She has also been active in
and athletes. Caden regularly speaks on      ties fraud task force. Prior to that, she spent   and community efforts have benefited        organizing many of the firm’s diversity
U.S. business immigration issues.            a year in Malaysia with the International         philanthropic foundations including the     and women’s initiatives.
                                             Women’s Rights Action Watch.                      National Italian American Foundation.
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DALE CENDALI                                 KIMBERLY Y. CHAINEY                            KATHY HIRATA CHIN                              JANE CHUANG
Partner                                      Associate general counsel                      Senior counsel                                 Partner
KIRKLAND & ELLIS                             AVIS BUDGET GROUP                              CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT                   LEE ANAV CHUNG WHITE KIM RUGER
•••                                          •••                                            •••                                            & RICHTER
Dale Cendali heads up the firm’s copy-                                                                                                     •••
                                             Kimberly Chainey joined Avis Budget            Kathy Chin’s practice covers health care
right, trademark, internet and advertis-     Group in 2014 and leads the legal teams        and real estate litigation. In the former      Jane Chuang advises clients—predomi-
ing practice, leading a group of skilled     that support key mobility initiatives          area, she has represented clients in           nately in the creative industries—on intel-
lawyers representing corporations and        for emerging technology, including             matters including suits pertaining to          lectual property, including copyright and
individuals in the intellectual property     autonomous vehicles. She additionally          Medicaid reimbursement issues; in the          trademark matters, as well as internet and
space. Previously, her intellectual          leads the legal team that supports the         latter, she has focused on such matters        media law. She was a founding partner of
property legal work brought her before       company’s Latin America business unit.         as compliance and transferable devel-          Yim & Chuang. Chuang is co-chair of the
the U.S. Supreme Court. When not             Chainey serves on the board of trustees        opment rights. She is a member of the          National Asian Pacific Bar Association’s
applying her legal knowledge to cases,       of the Montclair Art Museum, and pre-          New York City Commission to Combat             Entertainment Law Committee and a
she’s sharing it with others as an adjunct   viously served as treasurer of the board       Police Corruption, appointed by former         member of the New York Chapter Plan-
professor at Harvard Law School.             for the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylva-         mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.                    ning Committee of the Copyright Society.
                                             nia, a nonprofit, public-service law firm.

                                                                                                 Hon. Sonia Sotomayor was the first
                                                                                                Hispanic (man or woman) appointed
                                                                                                 to the federal bench in New York.†

JAYNE CONROY                                 VICTORIA S. COOK
Shareholder                                  Partner
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY                         FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ
•••                                          •••
Jayne Conroy litigates product liability     A leading entertainment lawyer, Victoria
and mass torts cases for the firm, which     Cook has represented filmmakers, actors,
is one of the nation’s largest focused       directors and other stakeholders in the
on mass tort law. Her representation         motion picture and television industries.
has helped thousands of victims re-          She has lectured at film schools, law
ceive medical assistance and financial       schools and producer conferences, and
retribution. Conroy has played a key         has participated in panels at Cannes and
role in Simmons Hanly Conroy’s efforts       other prominent film festivals. She is a       MELANIE CYGANOWSKI                             LISA E. DAVIS
to contribute to mesothelioma cancer         regular mentor at the Sundance Institute       Partner                                        Partner
                                                                                            OTTERBOURG                                     FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ
research and support the mesothelioma        Creative Producing Conference and the
                                                                                            •••                                            •••
community.                                   Sundance Institute Catalyst Conference
                                             for film investors.                            Melanie Cyganowski chairs the firm’s re-       In her role as an entertainment lawyer
                                                                                            structuring and bankruptcy department,         representing businesses and celebrities in
                                                                                            working on bankruptcy cases for clients        the film, television, publishing, music and
                                                                                            in industries ranging from retail to man-      theater industries, Lisa Davis has served
                                                                                            ufacturing to real estate. She is a former     as counsel on major motion pictures
  The late Sheila Abdus-Salaam, in 2013,                                                    federal bankruptcy judge. Cyganowski           and documentaries. She has also worked
  was the first black woman appointed                                                       is on the editorial board of the Norton
                                                                                            Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
                                                                                                                                           with several notable authors and play-
                                                                                                                                           wrights. Davis has been featured at the
    to the New York Court of Appeals*                                                       and fellow of the American College of          annual Corporate Counsel Women of
                                                                                            Bankruptcy.                                    Color conference several times.

                                                                         *Sources: New York State Bar Association Committee on Women in the Law † New York Women’s Bar Association   S4
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YASMIN DWEDAR                                    DANIELLE EPSTEIN-DAY                          REGINA E. FAUL                                 LISA M. FERRI
Supervising attorney of driver protection unit   Partner                                       Partner                                        Partner
NEW YORK CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE                 SADIS & GOLDBERG                              PHILLIPS NIZER                                 MAYER BROWN
COMMISSION                                       •••                                           •••                                            •••
•••                                              Danielle Epstein-Day focuses on real          Regina Faul advises companies on such          Lisa Ferri’s role comprises IP practice
Before assuming her current role in              estate, finance, corporate and trademark      matters as employee relations, collective      leader in the firm’s New York office. Ferri,
the TLC’s driver protection unit, Yasmin         legal matters, representing clients ranging   bargaining, employment litigation and          who serves as lead trial and appellate
Dwedar clerked at the New York State             from property owners and investors to         insurance defense. She is particularly         counsel for pharmaceutical, biotech-
Supreme Court and served as an assis-            landlords and tenants. She also prepares      well-versed in human resources policies,       nology and medical device companies,
tant district attorney for Kings County.         and negotiates commercial and residen-        helping clients to implement corrective        is particularly expert at guiding clients
She is the president and co-founder              tial leases, including for shopping centers   action and to avoid potential government       through patent challenges under the
of the Arab American Bar Association,            and office buildings. In the corporate        investigations and class-action suits. Faul    Hatch-Waxman Act. She teaches patent
whose mission includes advancing                 realm, she handles matters including          is on the advisory board of the Business       litigation at Fordham University School of
Arab-American attorneys by providing             franchise, shareholder, licensing and         of WE (Women Entrepreneurs), which             Law, where she is an adjunct professor.
support such as mentorship and schol-            other agreements, as well as employment       supports opportunities for women and
arship assistance to law students.               practices and compensation.                   minorities.

                                                                                                        In 2014, Paulette Brown became
                                                                                                         the first black woman elected
                                                                                                         as president of the American
                                                                                                                 Bar Association*

MELANIE FIGUEROA                                 MARIA FERNANDA GANDAREZ
Partner                                          Shareholder
MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP                      OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWART
•••                                              •••
Securities regulation, mergers and acqui-        Maria Fernanda Gandarez has spent
sitions, and corporate financing transac-        more than three decades exclusively
tions are among Melanie Figueroa’s legal         practicing immigration law, and current-
specialties. She has assisted in IPO alter-      ly represents multinational corporate
natives, including reverse mergers, and is       clients in a diverse range of industries.
particularly well-versed in the Securities       Her work includes advising on the
Act and Exchange Act. Figueroa addition-         acquisition of temporary employment
ally focuses on helping entrepreneurs            visas and permanent residency, as well        FAITH GAY                                      SANDRA C. GOLDSTEIN
and early-stage businesses with corpo-           as immigration-related discrimination         Partner                                        Partner
                                                                                               QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN              CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE
rate formation and initial capital raising as    practices. At her alma mater, Rutgers,
                                                                                               •••                                            •••
a member of Mitchell Silberberg’s Start ‘n       she served as managing editor of the
Knupp team.                                      Women’s Rights Law Reporter.                  Faith Gay focuses on complex civil litiga-     With a focus on mergers and acquisi-
                                                                                               tion for plaintiffs and defendants, as well    tions, securities and commercial dis-
                                                                                               as on corporate governance matters.            putes, Sandra Goldstein has represented
                                                                                               She has assisted clients in investigations     clients in litigation cases representing
                                                                                               by the I.R.S., Department of Justice and       a cumulative value of more than $400
  Today, women occupy 25% of law firm                                                          others. Gay is on the board of trustees of     billion. Her significant client list has
   governance roles, nearly double the                                                         The Public Theater and the Law Board of
                                                                                               Northwestern University’s Pritzker School
                                                                                                                                              included corporations in the tech and
                                                                                                                                              retail spaces. She also serves as a
          volume a decade ago†                                                                 of Law, and on the board of directors of       member on the board of the trustees at
                                                                                               Union Theological.                             New York University School of Law.

S5                                                                                                  Sources: *American Bar Association   †2017 National Association of Women Lawyers survey
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                                                                                                      In 2006, women represented
                                                                                                  30.2% of the legal profession; in 2016,
                                                                                                           that figure was 36%*

WENDY GOLDSTEIN                                 WANDA N. GOODLOE
Partner                                         Senior vice president, general counsel
COOLEY                                          CBRE
•••                                             •••
An expert on health care fraud and              Wanda Goodloe oversees the day-to-
abuse, Wendy Goldstein has provided             day operations of CBRE’s New York tri-
counsel to clients on pharmaceuticals           state region legal department, preparing
and medical devices, and advised on             and negotiating over 3,000 brokerage
government health care program com-             transactions annually. Goodloe has also
pliance risks. She shares her expertise         provided legal advice to more than 500
on these issues as an adjunct professor         brokers in the region. She has served on
at Pace University School of Law. Gold-         the board of The Harlem Community              JENNIFER K. GRADY                            KEISHA-ANN G. GRAY
stein has also done pro bono work in            Development Corporation and the ad-            Managing partner                             Partner
the field of pediatric oncology research.       visory board for African-American Real         RICHARDS KIBBE & ORBE                        PROSKAUER ROSE
                                                Estate Professionals of New York.              •••                                          •••
                                                                                               Jennifer Grady has applied her expertise     Keisha-Ann Gray, who focuses on civil
                                                                                               on derivatives transactions, distressed      law, is respected for her handling of
                                                                                               debt and bankruptcy-claims to financial      highly sensitive employment discrim-
                                                                                               institutions including investment banks      ination claims, earning victories in
                                                                                               and broker-dealers. Notably, her resume      both state and federal courts. She also
       Women have constituted more                                                             includes working on financing facilities     serves as co-head of the firm’s policies,

     than 40% of law school students for                                                       secured by solar renewable energy
                                                                                               credits. Grady played a crucial role in
                                                                                                                                            handbooks and training group. Gray
                                                                                                                                            is a columnist for Human Resources
            more than 30 years†                                                                creating the documentation, standards
                                                                                               and customs adopted by the secondary
                                                                                                                                            Executive Online magazine, and helps
                                                                                                                                            up-and-comers as a highly regarded
                                                                                               loan trading marketplace.                    mentor of junior lawyers.

TAA GRAYS                                       NICOLE L. GREENBLATT                           DARYN A. GROSSMAN                            CAROLINE G. HARRIS
Vice president and associate general counsel,   Partner                                        Partner                                      Managing partner
information governance                          KIRKLAND & ELLIS                               PROSKAUER ROSE                               GOLDMANHARRIS
METLIFE                                         •••                                            •••                                          •••
•••                                             Nicole Greenblatt’s business law exper-        Daryn Grossman, who heads up her             Eight years ago, Caroline Harris co-found-
Taa Grays heads MetLife’s strategic             tise has made her a leader in handling all     firm’s life sciences group, works with       ed the firm GoldmanHarris, where she
management information lifecycle                aspects of corporate restructurings on         clients in fields ranging from cloud         focuses on development rights deals
management program, a role that in-             behalf of debtors, creditors, equity holders   computing, software and electronics to       and New York City zoning, land use and
volves managing corporate ILM policies,         and investors. She has worked on Chapter       retail, fashion and entertainment. Pre-      historic preservation. She has worked on a
processes, procedures, standards and            11 cases and on matters that cross juris-      viously, she served as a partner liaison     pro bono basis to promote sustainability-
tools. She co-chairs the technology             dictions and borders. She was selected as      to the Proskauer Women’s Alliance, a         focused zoning modifications, and this
governance committee and previously             a nominee to participate in the inaugural      resource affinity group for the firm. She    year established the Caroline G. Harris
chaired the legal affairs’ diversity com-       Next Generation Program at the National        often lectures on entrepreneurship and       Endowment for Leadership to support
mittee. Grays is the former president of        Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.               issues pertaining to tech, licensing and     exceptional lawyers focused on policies
the Metropolitan Black Bar Association.                                                        intellectual property law.                   affecting women and minorities.
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CONGRATULATIONS, WANDA
We congratulate Wanda Goodloe on being named one of
Crain’s Leading Women Lawyers in New York City. We continue
to be inspired by Wanda’s integrity and drive, and applaud her
positive impact on the NYC business community.
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TANYA HOBSON-WILLIAMS                           MARY BETH HOGAN                                    LENORE HORTON                              LISA K. HOWLETT
Principal                                       Partner                                            Partner                                    Senior vice president, general counsel and
HOBSON-WILLIAMS                                 DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON                               FISHERBROYLES                              secretary
•••                                             •••                                                •••                                        HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION
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Tanya Hobson-Williams’ practice, which          Mary Beth Hogan utilizes her expertise             An experienced entrepreneur, Lenore
                                                                                                                                              •••
focuses on elder law and guardianship           on litigation and investigations practice          Horton provides legal counsel to
matters, has been part of several key           areas as co-chair of her firm’s litigation         businesses and nonprofits as well as       Lisa Howlett ensures that Hunter Rob-
successes, including a recent reversal          department. She has represented many               investors and startups. Her expertise      erts is provided with effective counsel
of a Supreme Court decision regarding           large financial institutions, and has fo-          includes handling complex litigation       on all legal issues, with a focus on con-
easement access. When not working               cused on actions involving the Depart-             involving embezzlement, copyright and      tractual and uninsured litigation mat-
on cases, she mentors and provides pro          ment of Justice, attorneys general and             trademark infringement, and sexual         ters. She also manages the company’s
bono assistance to young people in the          Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,              harassment. Horton has also lectured       ethics programs. Howlett is the former
LGBTQ community. She additionally               among others. She serves on the board              on international justice issues, with a    co-president of Episcopal Property
provides free legal assistance to resi-         of directors of Catalyst, the global non-          focus on the intersection of business      Assistance, an affiliate entity of the Epis-
dents of senior-living facilities.              profit that supports female leadership in          and human rights.                          copal Diocese of New York that guides
                                                the workplace.                                                                                development of parish property.

                                                                                                      In 2017, Women in Law Empowerment
                                                                                                    Forum gave its gold standard of certification
                                                                                                     to 44 big firms, meaning that at least 20%
                                                                                                         of their equity partners are female*

NARGES M. KAKALIA                               SONG KIM
Member                                          Staff attorney
MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY                 ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND
AND POPEO                                       EDUCATION FUND
•••                                             •••
Narges Kakalia specializes in complex           Song Kim represents survivors of traffick-
business disputes, with a focus on matters      ing, on their applications for immigration
including securities litigation, contracts,     relief and in federal civil litigation. She is a
corporate governance and insurance              steering committee member of the New
coverage. She also advises clients on           York Anti-Trafficking Network, as well
legal ethics, attorney-client privileges, big   as a member of the Brooklyn Human
data and other issues. She manages the          Trafficking Task Force and the Freedom             LAURIN BLUMENTHAL KLEIMAN                  EVE I. KLEIN
firm’s pro bono practice for the New York       Network. She regularly informs immi-               Partner                                    Partner
office, and has had her pro bono work           grant communities by giving Know-Your-             SIDLEY AUSTIN                              DUANE MORRIS
honored by Human Rights First.                  Rights presentations.                              •••                                        •••
                                                                                                   As a global co-leader of the firm’s in-    Eve Klein specializes in employment law,
                                                                                                   vestment funds, advisers and derivatives   labor relations and litigation. She particu-
                                                                                                   practice team, Laurin Kleiman rep-         larly has expertise in laws and regulations
                                                                                                   resents investment funds and managers,     affecting the workplace, including em-
            The percentage of female                                                               with a focus on issues such as compli-     ployment discrimination statutes, union

          equity partners has remained                                                             ance, governance and reorganizations.
                                                                                                   She is co-chair of Sidley’s committee
                                                                                                                                              representation, wage rules, employee
                                                                                                                                              benefits and more. Klein has spoken at
       relatively flat over the last 10 years                                                      on retention and promotion of women
                                                                                                   and has provided pro bono services to
                                                                                                                                              conferences and annual meetings of the
                                                                                                                                              American Health Lawyers Association
            (16% in 2007, 19% in 2017)†                                                            individuals seeking asylum in the U.S.     and New York State Bar Association,
                                                                                                                                              among others.
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                                                                                            Slightly less than 25% of general counsel
                                                                                             at Fortune 500 companies are women;
                                                                                               19.8% of general counsel at Fortune
                                                                                                501-1000 companies are women*

MARNI J. LERNER                             JANICE MAC AVOY
Partner                                     Partner
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT                  FRIED FRANK HARRIS SHRIVER & JACOBSON
•••                                         •••
Marni Lerner practices in the corpo-        In addition to serving as a member
rate department, where her specialties      of her firm’s real estate and litigation
include private divestitures, strategic     departments, Janice Mac Avoy co-
investments and corporate and secu-         chairs its pro bono committee. She
rities law. During her 25 years in the      is a well-regarded expert on, among
field, Lerner has worked on complex         other issues, complex commercial
acquisitions involving many high-profile    landlord-tenant disputes and creditors’
companies. She serves on Simpson            rights. Her work advocating for wom-       CARMELYN P. MALALIS                             MERCEDES M. MALDONADO
Thacher’s women’s committee, which          en’s reproductive freedom has earned       Commissioner and chair                          Senior associate attorney
supports the advancement of female          her The Courage Award from the Wom-        NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON                     KOEHLER & ISAACS
                                                                                       HUMAN RIGHTS                                    •••
lawyers.                                    en Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
                                                                                       •••                                             Specializing in labor and employment
                                                                                       In her current post, to which she was           law, Mercedes Maldonado works on be-
                                                                                       appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2014,      half of the labor interests of correction
                                                                                       Carmelyn Malalis utilizes her many years of     officers and other public and private
                                                                                       experience as an advocate for employee          employees in the workforce. Maldona-
      In 1899, 18 women denied admission                                               rights in the workplace. She previously         do is experienced in labor arbitration
                                                                                       co-founded and co-chaired law firm prac-
       to other bar associations created the                                           tice groups focused on LGBTQ rights and
                                                                                                                                       and collective bargaining negotiations.
                                                                                                                                       Her legal victories under the “victims of
      Women Lawyers Club located in NYC†                                               disability discrimination, and represented
                                                                                       individuals in cases involving discrimination
                                                                                                                                       domestic violence” amendment paved
                                                                                                                                       the way for other victims to assert their
                                                                                       based on gender identity, gender expres-        civil rights.
                                                                                       sion, sexual orientation and religion.

JEANINE T. MARGIANO                         LORI MARKS-ESTERMAN                        HAZEL-ANN F. MAYERS                             MARJORIE MESIDOR
Partner                                     Partner                                    Executive vice president, general counsel       Partner
WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF              OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY                       SIMON & SCHUSTER                                PHILLIPS & ASSOCIATES
•••                                         •••                                        •••                                             •••
Jeanine Margiano’s real estate practice     As chair of Olshan’s litigation practice   Hazel-Ann Mayers handles all legal              Marjorie Mesidor has won significant
has included representing developers in     group, Lori Marks-Esterman is the firm’s   affairs for the publishing juggernaut,          awards and settlements for her clients–
the construction of affordable and sup-     youngest practice group leader. In         including litigation, intellectual property     employees who have been sexually
portive housing projects. She also serves   addition, she co-leads the securities      and legal strategies for transitioning          assaulted or discriminated on the basis of
as general counsel to both for-profit and   litigation practice group and the com-     to digital publishing. Previously, she          race, gender, disability and other protect-
not-for-profit companies, offering legal    mercial real estate litigation practice    worked for Simon & Schuster’s parent            ed characteristics. She regularly prose-
support on everything from intellectual     group. Her experience ranges from con-     company, CBS Corporation. Mayers                cutes Fortune 500 companies as well as
property to non-disclosure agreements.      tract and unfair-competition disputes to   serves as a vice president of the New           smaller organizations. The Office of the
She serves on the board of A Chance         corporate dissolution. Marks-Esterman      York City Bar Fund and as an advisory           Public Advocate has recognized her work
In Life, an international organization      also mentors other female attorneys at     board member of the Women in Law                against the disparate impact of “poor
focused on assisting at-risk youth.         the firm.                                  Empowerment Forum.                              door” policies on rent-stabilized tenants.
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MELANIE MEYERS                              AKIKO MIKUMO                                   PAMELA A. MILLER                            JESSICA M. MILLETT
Partner                                     Managing partner, Asia                         Partner                                     Partner
FRIED FRANK HARRIS SHRIVER & JACOBSON       WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES                          O’MELVENY & MYERS                           DUVAL & STACHENFELD
•••                                         •••                                            •••                                         •••
A member of her firm’s real estate          At Weil, Akiko Mikumo advises on               In addition to representing banks and       Jessica Millett advises on domestic and
department, Melanie Meyers focuses          takeovers, mergers, proxy fights, spin-        insurance companies in litigation ranging   international matters across industries,
on issues including land use, environ-      offs and strategic alliances, leveraging       from bank liability to securities fraud,    but specializes in U.S. tax issues arising
mental review and public approvals. In      her three decades of experience with           Pamela Miller has conducted internal        out of cross-border real estate transac-
this capacity, she draws on her previ-      mergers and acquisitions. She is also          investigations on anti-money laundering     tions. She’s also worked with financial
ous experience as an architect and as       a member of the firm’s management              compliance, accounting fraud and more.      institutions on tax and compliance
general counsel to the NYC Department       committee. She is a regular participant        In this role, she has appeared before the   issues, including those related to tax
of City Planning. Meyers is a member of     on the Mergers and Acquisitions Update         Department of Justice and the Securities    treaty planning. She serves as chair of
the WX New York Women Executives in         panel at the Practising Law Institute’s        and Exchange Commission, among oth-         the firm’s pro bono committee, help-
Real Estate.                                Annual Institute on Corporate & Securi-        ers. Her pro bono work for the Legal Aid    ing assist clients in U-Visa and asylum
                                            ties Law in Hong Kong.                         Society has earned her accolades.           applications.

              congratulates partner

                                        Pamela Miller
              on her selection as one of Crain’s Leading
              Women Lawyers in NYC. From her work on
              high-stakes litigation to her efforts championing
              diversity in the legal profession, we are
              extremely proud of her achievements.

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NANCY A. MITCHELL                            CHRISTINE MONTENEGRO                        SHEILA M. MURPHY                              JAIMEE L. NARDIELLO
Shareholder                                  Partner                                     Senior vice president and associate general   Partner
GREENBERG TRAURIG                            KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES                      counsel                                       ZETLIN & DE CHIARA
•••                                          •••                                         METLIFE                                       •••
                                                                                         •••
Nancy Mitchell is co-chair of the firm’s     One of a handful of female Hispanic                                                       Jaimee Nardiello focuses on disputes
national restructuring and bankruptcy        lawyers in the country handling high        Leader of the U.S. regulatory and retail      involving construction, contracts and
practice. She is also the regional operat-   stakes litigation matters, Christine Mon-   litigation group, Sheila Murphy provides      environmental/energy laws on behalf of
ing shareholder and co-managing share-       tenegro’s specialties include protecting    litigation, regulatory and risk mitiga-       her clients in the design industry. In her
holder for the firm’s New York office,       the rights of Native Americans. She’s       tion advice. She serves on the advisory       role, she negotiates contracts in trans-
representing debtors, acquirers and cred-    been instrumental in reconstituting         board to MetLife’s U.S. Women’s Busi-         actions for high-profile construction
itors in complex distressed situations. In   Kasowitz’s women’s initiative commit-       ness Network and previously served on         projects, represents clients in commer-
this role, she utilizes more than 30 years   tee, of which she is now co-chair and       the company’s U.S. Diversity Task Force.      cial litigation, and works on intellectual
of experience as both an attorney and an     an active leader. In this role, she works   Murphy is a member of the board of            property disputes. She is the current
investment banker. Mitchell is a member      with female partners, associates and        directors of the National Association of      president-elect of Commercial Real
of the American Bankruptcy Institute.        staff to help ensure professional growth.   Women Lawyers.                                Estate Women of New York.

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SHARON NELLES                                LYNN K. NEUNER                               AMANDA H. NUSSBAUM                          MOYA M. O’CONNOR
Partner                                      Partner                                      Partner                                     Senior trial attorney
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL                          SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT                   PROSKAUER ROSE                              METLIFE
•••                                          •••                                          •••                                         •••
Sharon Nelles represents financial           Lynn Neuner represents clients including     Amanda Nussbaum specializes in the          In her role, Moya O’Connor provides litiga-
institutions and global companies in civil   large financial institutions, pharmaceu-     structuring of domestic and internation-    tion counsel in fields such as premises lia-
litigation and related regulatory, con-      tical companies and prominent insur-         al private investment funds, and advises    bility, automobile liability, property damage,
gressional and criminal investigations       ers. She focuses on litigation involving     those funds on investment activities        subrogation and personal injury. Outside
and enforcement actions. Her practice        securities, mergers, insurance coverage      and operations issues. Nussbaum also        the courtroom, she serves as founder and
currently focuses on matters arising         and false advertising. Neuner has served     advises not-for-profit clients on tax-re-   CEO of Caribbean Attorneys Network, Inc.
from the subprime mortgage crisis.           in several prestigious roles, including as   lated matters, including applying for and   (CAN), which aids in the development of
She spearheaded the firm’s founding          vice president of the Association of the     maintaining exemption from federal          attorneys, law students and legal profes-
sponsorship of Out Leadership, an orga-      Bar of the City of New York. She current-    income tax. She is the co-author of the     sionals of Caribbean descent. O’Connor
nization supporting LGBT leaders in the      ly serves on the lawyers committee of        New York Limited Liability Company:         has also been published in the New York
financial services and legal professions.    the Inner-City Scholarship Fund.             Forms and Practice Manual.                  State Bar Association Torts, Insurance, &
                                                                                                                                      Compensation Law Section Journal.

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KATHLEEN PAKENHAM                             MICHÈLE PENZER                               D. HARA PERKINS                              VERED RABIA
Partner                                       Managing partner                             Director                                     Partner
COOLEY                                        LATHAM & WATKINS                             GOULSTON & STORRS                            SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM
•••                                           •••                                          •••                                          •••
Kathleen Pakenham’s specialties include       A member of her firm’s Finance Depart-       An expert in housing and economic            Vered Rabia focuses on the firm’s real
representing clients on tax shelter and       ment and Banking and Project Finance         development, Hara Perkins has helped         estate practice, including acquisitions,
tax fraud issues. She is a seasoned litiga-   Practices, Michèle Penzer specializes        structure significant real estate transac-   dispositions, developments, restructurings
tor with extensive experience advising        on strategic planning, client relations,     tions and negotiated low-income-tax-         and joint ventures. She has worked with
clients at the prelitigation assessment       recruitment and integration and diversity.   credit transactions on behalf of inves-      clients in connection with the acquisition,
phase. Pakenham is a member of the            Previously, she served as chair of the       tors and developers. She is known for        financing, development and disposition
board of directors of the Legal Aid           firm’s diversity committee and associ-       incorporating new technologies into the      of office buildings, arts venues, senior
Society’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic          ates committee. She also co-founded          practice of law, and serves as co-chair      living residences and more. Her pro bono
and of the global advisory board of the       Women Enriching Business, an initiative      of the firm’s multifamily housing indus-     work includes representing a nonprofit in
Women in Law Empowerment Forum.               dedicated to empowering women with           try group. Additionally, she is a regular    developing a new high school building
                                              tools to develop their business skills.      speaker on industry issues and trends.       and covenant house in New York.

                                                               Proud of our friend and colleague

                                                                                  Hara Perkins
                                                                    2018 Leading Women Lawyers
                                                                          in New York City
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VALERIE RADWANER                           KARA I. SCHECHTER-RAKOWSKI                   JULISSA REYNOSO                             AIMEE L. RICHTER
Deputy chair and partner                   Partner                                      Partner                                     Partner
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON & GARRISON      BELKIN BURDEN WENIG & GOLDMAN                WINSTON & STRAWN                            LEE ANAV CHUNG WHITE KIM RUGER
•••                                        •••                                          •••                                         & RICHTER
                                                                                                                                    •••
Valerie Radwaner helps fashion, retail     Kara Rakowski specializes in administra-     Julissa Reynoso previously served as U.S.
and luxury-brand companies with acqui-     tive law, with a focus on rent regulation    ambassador to Uruguay, and as deputy        Aimee Richter serves as co-chair of the
sition financings, asset-based loans and   and human rights. She has represented        assistant secretary for Central Ameri-      matrimonial and family law division at
more. She is also a member of the firm’s   owners in litigation involving agencies      can, Caribbean and Cuban affairs in the     Lee Anav, the fourth-largest minori-
management committee, a partner in         like the New York City Commission on         U.S. department of state. Her work has      ty-owned law firm in New York state.
the finance practice group of the firm’s   Human Rights and the New York City           involved, among other things, advising      Richter was sworn in this year as pres-
corporate department, and deputy           Environmental Control Board, and ad-         on complex cross-border disputes and        ident of the Brooklyn Bar Association.
chair. Radwaner is a member of the 30%     vised owners on compliance with feder-       investigations. Her public-interest work—   She was also one of the founders of
Club, an organization that has set a 30%   al regulations for lead paint. Rakowski is   she’s served on several nonprofit and       the Kings County Matrimonial Pro Bono
target for women on corporate boards       responsible for introducing the human        advisory boards—has been recognized by      Project and serves as co-chair.
by 2020.                                   rights practice to Belkin.                   the Hispanic National Bar Foundation.

                                                         CONGR ATUL ATIONS TO

                                     Kara Schechter-Rakowski
                                                         ON HER ACCEPTANCE TO

                              The 2018 Legal List/Leading Women Lawyers in NYC!

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RICKI E. ROER                                 NINA ROKET                                   CAROL ROSENTHAL                           JENNIFER ROSSAN
Partner                                       Partner                                      Partner                                   Partner
WILSON ELSER                                  OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY                         FRIED FRANK HARRIS SHRIVER & JACOBSON     SADIS & GOLDBERG
•••                                           •••                                          •••                                       •••
As chair of the firm’s employment and         Nina Roket specializes in commercial         As a member of the firm’s real estate     Jennifer Rossan, specializes in financial
labor litigation practice, Ricki Roer leads   real estate law, with a focus on leasing,    department, Carol Rosenthal provides      services disputes, including Securities and
a team of more than 150 attorneys, and        conveyancing and finance transactions.       land use and development counsel to       Exchange Commissions and Financial In-
has litigated thousands of cases focused      She provides counsel for landlords at        developers, businesses and nonprof-       dustry Regulatory Authority enforcement
on labor and employment law. She’s            several office buildings in New York and     its. She has successfully prosecuted      actions. She also litigates complex com-
represented a range of clients, from          for restaurateurs, and manages complex       applications for numerous government      mercial and employment law matters,
multinational corporations to nonprofits.     retail leasing projects across the nation.   approvals. She is a member of Women       including claims of wrongful termination
She also has expertise in the medical         She is founder and chair of the firm’s       in Housing and Finance Inc. and of the    and harassment. Previously, she served as
fields, and has worked with physicians        women’s committee, a networking,             women’s forum planning committee,         senior counsel for the New York City law
and leading teaching hospitals.               business development and mentoring           a group that directs the firm’s women’s   department and taught continuing legal
                                              platform for female lawyers.                 affinity group.                           education classes on trial practice.

                                                        Olshan congratulates
                                               Nina Roket & Lori Marks-Esterman
                                               on their selection as Leading Women
                                                    Lawyers in New York City.
                                                          Their commitment to diversity and inclusion
                                                                  reinforces our core values.

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SARA RUBENSTEIN                               LAURIE S. RUCKEL                             ALANNA C. RUTHERFORD                         MELISSA SAWYER
General counsel and senior vice president     Managing partner                             Partner                                      Partner
CONTINENTAL VENTURES                          LOEB & LOEB                                  BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER                       SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
•••                                           •••                                          •••                                          •••
Leveraging her 17 years of experience in      As the firm’s trusts and estates deputy      Alanna Rutherford, who works with            Melissa Sawyer, who also co-heads
the real estate and construction indus-       chair, Laurie Ruckel focuses on estate       many of the firm’s major clients, fo-        the firm’s consumer and retail group,
tries, Sara Rubenstein advises Continental    and succession planning, estate taxation     cuses on issues including antitrust and      advises clients in a range of industries,
Ventures on complex real estate and           and estate and trust administration. She     cybersecurity. On a pro bono basis,          including consumer and retail and
financing transactions, the lending plat-     has also worked on cases involving wills,    she’s worked to challenge the removal        cybersecurity. She advises clients on
form and strategic business decisions. She    gift-tax audits and prenuptial agree-        of campaign finance limits. Rutherford       public and private M&A transactions,
has advised high-profile owners, lenders      ments. Ruckel is involved with Women         serves as vice chairman of the board of      joint ventures, strategic alliances, cor-
and developers in real estate acquisitions,   and Wills, a free lecture series educating   Avenues for Justice, which promotes          porate governance, activism and more.
dispositions and more. She recently won       women on matters such as long-term           alternatives to juvenile detention, and is   She is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law
the St. Francis Food Pantries Woman of        health care, charitable giving and wills.    acting secretary for the board of New        School, and a fellow of the American
Valor humanitarian award.                                                                  York Live Arts.                              Bar Foundation.

                           We join in honoring Crain’s
                           Leading Women Lawyers in NYC
                           including our friend and New York Office
                           Managing Partner
                           Laurie Ruckel.

                           We salute your dedication to our clients and
                           continued contributions to the industry, paving
                           the way for generations of women to come.

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BELINDA G. SCHWARTZ                                        MICHELLE J. SHAPIRO                               ROBIN E. SILVERMAN                         GEORGIANA J. SLADE
Partner                                                    Partner                                           Partner                                    Partner
HERRICK FEINSTEIN                                          DENTONS US                                        GOLENBOCK EISEMAN ASSOR BELL               MILBANK TWEED HADLEY & MCCLOY
•••                                                        •••                                               & PESKOE                                   •••
                                                                                                             •••
As chair of the firm’s real estate depart-                 Michelle Shapiro has represented clients                                                     Georgiana Slade serves as practice
ment, Belinda Schwartz advises de-                         in connection with grand jury investiga-          Working in the media, entertainment,       group leader of the firm’s trusts and
velopers, owners, funds, investors and                     tions, pre-trial proceedings, jury trials, sen-   merchandising and online fields, Robin     estates group, representing corporate
family-owned real estate businesses on                     tencing, with a focus on issues including         Silverman focuses on intellectual prop-    executives, hedge fund and private
matters ranging from complex debt and                      financial fraud, corruption, and computer         erty litigation and counseling. Areas of   equity fund managers with estate, phil-
property acquisitions to development                       crimes. Shapiro has also managed internal         specialty include theft of ideas, First    anthropic and personal planning needs.
deals and ground leases. She also coun-                    investigations of potential misconduct by         Amendment issues, privacy and pub-         She also advises on issues pertaining to
sels clients in portfolio deals for residen-               corporate officers, employees and agents,         licity rights, and more. She’s co-chair    the administration of estates and trusts.
tial, hospitality and commercial properties                including for Fortune 500 companies.              of the intellectual property law section   She is active with the Duke University
across the nation. She is founder of Real                  She frequently speaks and writes about            committee on transactions for the New      Estate Planning Council and American
Women of Real Estate, which works to                       white-collar criminal issues.                     York State Bar Association.                College of Trusts and Estates Counsel.
empower women in the field.

                TAKING WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP TO NEW HEIGHTS

                                                                      Wilson Elser congratulates our partner Ricki Roer on her recognition by Crain’s as
                                                                      among the Leading Women Lawyers in New York City.

                                                                      Ricki chairs Wilson Elser’s Employment & Labor litigation practice, serves on the
                                                                      firm’s Executive Committee, is a member of the Chairman’s Office and acts as role
                                                                      model and mentor to scores of attorneys.

                   Ricki has already made significant contributions to the local, national and international legal communities.
                   We look forward to following this remarkable leader as she scales still greater heights.

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AUDRA J. SOLOWAY                                LISA J. SOTTO                               KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN                         STACIE E. TROTT
Partner                                         Partner                                     Partner                                      Partner
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON & GARRISON           HUNTON & WILLIAMS                           QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN            DUVAL & STACHENFELD
•••                                             •••                                         •••                                          •••
Audra Soloway co-chairs the firm’s              Lisa Sotto is chair of the firm’s global    Kathleen Sullivan is chair of the national   Stacie Trott specializes in commercial
securities litigation and enforcement           privacy and cybersecurity practice,         appellate practice at Quinn Emanuel,         real estate law, with a particular focus
group, specializing in securities litigation,   managing partner of its New York office,    the world’s largest law firm devoted         on complex international transactions,
corporate internal investigations and           and is on its executive committee. She      solely to business litigation. She has       including acquisitions, sales, financings
enforcement proceedings and regulatory          is known for her work in privacy and        taught constitutional law to thousands       and joint ventures (representing both
defense. She represents clients in inves-       cybersecurity, and serves as the chair-     of students, and as the former dean          money and operating partners). Her
tigations and enforcement proceedings           person of the Department of Homeland        of Stanford Law School, was the first        work has involved transactions across
brought by the Securities and Exchange          Security’s data privacy and integrity ad-   woman dean of any school at Stanford.        the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. Trott
Commission and state securities regula-         visory committee. She was selected to       Sullivan has argued 11 times before the      is the co-chair of the firm’s international/
tors. She is co-author of Federal Securities    draft Serbia’s data security and breach     U.S. Supreme Court.                          cross-border real estate practice.
Litigation: A Deskbook for the Practitioner.    notification laws.

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                                                             th
                                                            Largest Real Estate Law Firm in New York
                                                              ~The Real Deal (October 2017)
                                                                   • Financing                 • Development             • Tax Certiorari
                                                                                                 & Land Use
                                                                   • Public Finance                                      • Liens & Foreclosures
                                                                                               • Redevelopment
                                                                   • JV & Equity                                         • Workouts
                                                                     Investments               • Construction              & Restructurings
                                                                   • Acquisitions              • Leasing                 • Litigation
                                                                     & Sales

                                                                                       Congratulations to our Partner,
                                                                                       Jeanine T. Margiano, on her
                                                                                       recognition among the Crain’s
                                                                                       New York Leading Women Lawyers.
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