As part of our 10th Year Anniversary celebration in 2015, we added a Hall of Fame recognizing past members of the Lawdragon 500 and other outstanding lawyers who have made remarkable contributions to the legal profession. Each of these lawyers has been part of Lawdragon’s story and it is an honor to recognize them.
| First | Last | Organization | Year Inducted | Location | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judy | Barrasso | Barrasso Usdin | 2023 | New Orleans | Litigation Defense |
| David | Berry | Berry Appleman Leiden | 2023 | San Francisco | Employment, Immigration |
| Michael | Blair | Debevoise | 2023 | New York | Dealmaker |
| Jamie | Boucher | Skadden | 2023 | Washington, D.C. | Financial Regulation |
| David H. | Braff | Sullivan & Cromwell | 2023 | New York | Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| James S. | Bramnick | Akerman | 2023 | Miami | Employment |
| Eugene | Brown Jr. | Hinshaw | 2023 | San Francisco | Business Litigation |
| M. Malissa | Burnette | Burnette Shutt McDaniel | 2023 | Columbia, S.C. | Plaintiff Employment, Civil Rights Litigation |
| Larry A. | Campagna | Chamberlain Hrdlicka | 2023 | Houston | Tax Litigation |
| Ricardo G. | Cedillo | Davis Cedillo & Mendoza | 2023 | San Antonio | Litigation |
| Robert | Clifford | Clifford Law Offices | 2023 | Chicago | Plaintiff Litigation |
| Richard | Climan | Hogan Lovells | 2023 | Redwood City | Dealmaker |
| Robert L. | Corbin | Kendall Brill | 2023 | Los Angeles | Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| Gordon K. | Davidson | Fenwick | 2023 | Mountain View, Calif. | Dealmaker |
| William | Dougherty | Simpson Thacher | 2023 | New York | Dealmaker |
| Karen | Dyer | Cadwalader | 2023 | New York | Remembered; Litigator |
| Gary | Ford | Synergos | 2023 | New York | Employment |
| Dennis J. | Friedman | Gibson Dunn | 2023 | New York | Dealmaker, M&A |
| Glenn | Gerstell | Center for Strategic & International Studies | 2023 | Washington, D.C. | National Security |
| Robert V. | Gunderson | Gunderson Dettmer | 2023 | Redwood City | Dealmaker, Venture Capital |
| Rusty | Hardin | Rusty Hardin & Associates | 2023 | Houston | Litigation |
| Randy | Holland | Wilson Sonsini/Delaware Supreme Court | 2023 | Wilmington | Remembered; Corporate Governance |
| Sherrilyn | Ifill | Ford Foundation/NAACPLDEF | 2023 | New York | Civil Rights |
| Randy | Johnston | Johnston Tobey | 2023 | Dallas | Legal Malpractice |
| Marc E. | Kasowitz | Kasowitz Benson Torres | 2023 | New York | Litigation |
| Jennifer | Keller | Keller Anderle | 2023 | Irvine | Commercial Litigation, White Collar |
| Frank E. | Lamothe III | Lamothe Law Firm | 2023 | New Orleans | Plaintiff Litigation |
| Bradley M. | Marten | Marten Law | 2023 | Seattle | Environmental Law |
| Darin P. | McAtee | Cravath | 2023 | New York | Litigation |
| Richard | Mithoff | Mithoff Law | 2023 | Houston | Plaintiff Litigation |
| Charles W. | Mulaney Jr. | Skadden | 2023 | Chicago | Dealmaker, M&A |
| Linda | Myers | Kirkland | 2023 | Chicago | Dealmaker, Private Equity |
| William H. | Narwold | Motley Rice | 2023 | Hartford, Conn. | Plaintiff Financial Litigation |
| Ron | Peterson | Jenner & Block | 2023 | Chicago | Bankruptcy |
| Carl L. | Reisner | Paul Weiss | 2023 | New York | M&A, Dealmaker |
| Robert H. | Riley | Riley Safer | 2023 | Chicago | Litigation |
| Jeffrey J. | Rosen | Debevoise | 2023 | New York | M&A, Corporate |
| Paul N. | Roth | Schulte Roth & Zabel | 2023 | New York | Investment Funds |
| S. Shay | Samples | Hare Wynn | 2023 | Birmingham | Plaintiff Litigation |
| Leah Ward | Sears | Smith Gambrell & Russell | 2023 | Atlanta | Leadership; Litigation |
| Joseph M. | Sellers | Cohen Milstein | 2023 | Washington, D.C. | Civil Rights & Employment Litigation |
| William R. | Sieben | Schwebel Goetz & Sieben | 2023 | Minneapolis | Plaintiff Litigation |
| Grace E. | Speights | Morgan Lewis | 2023 | Washington, D.C. | Employment |
| Sally | Thurston | Skadden | 2023 | New York | Tax |
| Arthur | Wolk | The Wolk Law Firm | 2023 | Philadelphia | Plaintiff Litigation |
| Michael R. | Young | Willkie | 2023 | New York | Financial Litigation, esp. Accounting, Securities |
| Rosemary | Alito | K&L Gates | 2022 | Newark | Litigators |
| Kim | Askew | DLA Piper | 2022 | Dallas | Leadership |
| Theodore 'Ted' | Babbitt | Searcy Denney | 2022 | West Palm Beach | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Jan | Baisch | Law Office of Jan Baisch | 2022 | Portland, Ore. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Lee | Balefsky | Kline Specter | 2022 | Philadelphia | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| George "Gar" | Bason | Davis Polk | 2022 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Steve | Berman | Hagens Berman | 2022 | Seattle | Litigators |
| Stephen | Breyer | U.S. Supreme Court | 2022 | Washington, D.C. | Judges |
| Brad | Brian | Munger Tolles | 2022 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Michael | Burrage | Whitten Burrage | 2022 | Oklahoma City | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Evan | Chesler | Cravath | 2022 | New York | Power Brokers |
| Mary Louise | Cohen | Phillips & Cohen | 2022 | Washington, D.C. | Innovators |
| Dean | Colson | Colson Hicks | 2022 | Coral Gables | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Mark | Decof | Decof Barry | 2022 | Providence | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Mike | Delikat | Orrick | 2022 | New York | Litigators |
| Dennis | Donnelly | The Donnelly Law Firm | 2022 | Summit, N.J. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Ken | Doran | Gibson Dunn | 2022 | Los Angeles | Leadership |
| Ora | Fisher | Latham | 2022 | Menlo Park | Leadership |
| James | Fitzgerald | Fitzgerald Law Firm | 2022 | Cheyenne, Wyo. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Aaron | Freiwald | Freiwald Law | 2022 | Philadelphia | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Richard H. | Friedman | Friedman Rubin | 2022 | Seattle | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Anthony | Gair | Gair Gair | 2022 | New York | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Sergio | Galvis | Sullivan & Cromwell | 2022 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Merrick | Garland | U.S. Department of Justice | 2022 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Willie | Gary | Gary Williams Parenti | 2022 | Stuart, Fla. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| James L. | Gilbert | The Gilbert Law Group | 2022 | Arvada, Colo. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Daniel | Golden | Akin Gump | 2022 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Marcia | Goldstein | Weil | 2022 | New York | Litigators |
| Stuart | Grant | Bench Walk Advisors | 2022 | Wilmington | Innovators |
| William 'Andy' | Haggard | The Haggard Law Firm | 2022 | Coral Gables | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Thomas R. | Harkness | Whitehurst Harkness | 2022 | Austin | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Frank | Herrera Jr. | The Herrera Law Firm | 2022 | San Antonio | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Lynn R. | Johnson | Shamberg Johnson | 2022 | Kansas City | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Allan | Kanner | Kanner Whiteley | 2022 | New Orleans | Litigators |
| David | Kirby | Edwards Kirby | 2022 | Raleigh | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Jeff | Klein | Clarick Gueron | 2022 | New York | Litigators |
| Sandra | Leung | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 2022 | New York | Leadership |
| Richard S. | Lewis | Hausfeld | 2022 | Washington, D.C. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Stuart | Liner | DLA | 2022 | Los Angeles | Innovators |
| David | McClain | Kazan McClain | 2022 | Oakland | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Craig | McClellan | McClellan Law Firm | 2022 | San Diego | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Bobbie | McMorrow | McMorrow Consulting | 2022 | Santa Ynez, Calif. | Consultant |
| Ron | Mercaldo | Mercaldo Law Firm | 2022 | Tucson | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Robert R. | Michael | Shadoan Michael | 2022 | Rockville, Md. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Ted | Mirvis | Wachtell | 2022 | New York | Litigators |
| Ann | Oldfather | Oldfather Law Firm | 2022 | Louisville | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Isaac | Pachulski | Pachulski Stang | 2022 | Los Angeles | Dealmakers |
| Joe | Power | Power Rogers | 2022 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Harry | Reasoner | Vinson & Elkins | 2022 | Houston | Litigators |
| Ron | Safer | Riley Safer | 2022 | Chicago | Compassion |
| Dick | Sayles | Bradley Arant | 2022 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Frederick | Schenk | Casey Gerry | 2022 | San Diego | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Todd | Smith | Smith LaCien | 2022 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Robert | Spohrer | Spohrer Dodd | 2022 | Jacksonville | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Neil | Sugarman | Sugarman | 2022 | Boston | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Fred | Thompson III | Motley Rice | 2022 | Mt. Pleasant, S.C. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Charles W. | Whetstone Jr. | Whetstone Perkins | 2022 | Columbia, S.C. | Plaintiff Trial Lawyers |
| Terry | Abeyta | Abeyta Nelson | 2021 | Yakima, Wash. | Litigators |
| Mike | Abourezk | Abourezk & Garcia | 2021 | Rapid City | Litigators |
| Vicki Lafer | Abrahamson | Abrahamson Rdzanek | 2021 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Mary | Alexander | Mary Alexander & Associates | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Greg | Allen | Beasley Allen | 2021 | Montgomery | Litigators |
| D. Leon | Ashford | Hare Wynn | 2021 | Birmingham, Ala. | Litigators |
| Scott | Atlas | Atlas Counsel Search | 2021 | Houston | Consultant |
| Vincent | Bartolotta Jr. | Thorsnes Bartolotta | 2021 | San Diego | Litigators |
| Daniel | Berger | Berger Montague | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Daniel | Berger | Grant & Eisenhofer | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Norman | Berman | Berman Tabacco | 2021 | Boston | Litigators |
| Lynne | Bernabei | Bernabei & Kabat | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Stephen | Berzon | Altshuler Berzon | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Lisa | Blue | Athea Trial Lawyers | 2021 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Patricia | Bobb | Patricia C. Bobb & Associates | 2021 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Kathleen | Bogas | Bogas & Koncius | 2021 | Bingham Farms, Mich. | Litigators |
| Mary | Bonauto | GLAD | 2021 | Boston | Leadership |
| Michael M. | Boone | HaynesBoone | 2021 | Dallas | Dealmakers |
| James | Bostwick | Bostwick & Peterson | 2021 | Mill Valley, Calif. | Plaintiff Consumer |
| Margaret Moses | Branch | Branch Law Firm | 2021 | Albuquerque | Litigators |
| Thomas | Brandi | The Brandi Law Firm | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Frank | Branson | The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson | 2021 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Joseph | Brown Jr. | Cunningham Bounds | 2021 | Mobile | Litigators |
| Elizabeth | Cabraser | Lieff Cabraser | 2021 | San Francisco | Leadership |
| Peter | Calamari | Quinn Emanuel | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| David | Casey Jr. | Casey Gerry | 2021 | San Diego | Litigators |
| Douglas A. | Cawley | McKool Smith | 2021 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Cynthia | Chihak | Chihak & Martel | 2021 | San Diego | Litigators |
| James J. | Clark | Cahill | 2021 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Lew | Clayton | Paul Weiss | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Howard | Coker | Coker Law | 2021 | Jacksonville | Litigators |
| Jan | Conlin | Ciresi Conlin | 2021 | Minneapolis | Litigators |
| Silvia | Coulter | LawVision | 2021 | Manchester, Mass. | Consultant |
| Christopher | Cox | Cadwalader | 2021 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Patrick | Dahlstrom | Pomerantz | 2021 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Merrill | Davidoff | Berger Montague | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Lanny | Davis | Trident DMG | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Consultant |
| Mark | Davis | Davis Levin | 2021 | Honolulu | Litigators |
| John | DeGroote | DeGroote Partners | 2021 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Jorge | del Calvo | Pillsbury | 2021 | Palo Alto | Dealmakers |
| Thomas | Demetrio | Corboy & Demetrio | 2021 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Carl | Douglas | Douglas Hicks | 2021 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Thomas | Dubbs | Labaton Sucharow | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Lewis "Mike" | Eidson | Colson Hicks | 2021 | Coral Gables | Litigators |
| Jay | Eisenhofer | Grant & Eisenhofer | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Alan | Epstein | Spector Gadon | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Alan | Exelrod | Rudy Exelrod | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Elizabeth | Faiella | Faiella & Gulden | 2021 | Orlando | Litigators |
| Robert | Fleder | Paul Weiss | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Valerie | Fontaine | Seltzer Fontaine | 2021 | Los Angeles | Consultant |
| David | Fox | Kirkland | 2021 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Jan Woodward | Fox | Law Offices of Jan Woodward Fox | 2021 | Houston | Litigators |
| Stephen | Fraidin | Cadwalader | 2021 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Hal | Gillespie | Gillespie & Sanford | 2021 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Ruth Bader | Ginsburg | U.S. Supreme Court | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Remembered |
| Amy | Gladstein | Gladstein Reif | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Nathan | Goldberg | Allred Maroko | 2021 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Marc | Gross | Pomerantz | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Stanley | Grossman | Pomerantz | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Stuart | Grossman | Grossman Roth | 2021 | Coral Gables | Litigators |
| Paul J. | Hanly Jr. | Simmons Hanly Conroy | 2021 | Miami | Remembered |
| William | Hartnett | Cahill Gordon | 2021 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Terry | Hatter | U.S. District Court | 2021 | Los Angeles | Judges |
| Michael | Hausfeld | Hausfeld | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Edward | Herlihy | Wachtell | 2021 | New York | Leadership |
| Frank | Herrera Jr. | The Herrera Law Firm | 2021 | San Antonio | Litigators |
| Nancy | Hersh | Hersh & Hersh | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Nora | Jordan | Davis Polk | 2021 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Robert | Kaplan | Kaplan Fox | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Karen | Kaplowitz | New Ellis Group | 2021 | New Hope, Pa. | Consultant |
| Steven | Kazan | Kazan McClain | 2021 | Oakland, Calif. | Litigators |
| Don | Keenan | Keenan Law Firm | 2021 | Atlanta | Litigators |
| Skip | Keesal | Keesal Young | 2021 | Long Beach | Litigators |
| Michael | Kelly | Walkup Melodia | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Thomas | Kline | Kline Specter | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Alan | Kornberg | Paul Weiss | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Alexandra | Korry | Sullivan & Cromwell | 2021 | New York | Remembered |
| Michael | Kump | Kinsella Weitzman | 2021 | Santa Monica | Litigators |
| Edward | Labaton | Labaton Sucharow | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Stephen | Lamb | Paul Weiss | 2021 | Wilmington | Leadership |
| Barbara | Lawless | Lawless & Lawless | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Richard | Lawrence | The Lawrence Firm | 2021 | Covington, Ky. | Litigators |
| Ann | Lee Gibson | Ann Lee Gibson Consulting | 2021 | West Plains, Mo. | Consultant |
| Richard | Levine | SEC Whistleblower Advocates | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Roberta | Liebenberg | Fine Kaplan | 2021 | Philadelphia | Leadership |
| Jon | Lindsey | Major Lindsey & Africa | 2021 | New York | Consultant |
| Michael | Livingston | Davis Levin | 2021 | Honolulu | Litigators |
| Randi | McGinn | Athea/McGinn Montoya | 2021 | Albuquerque | Litigators |
| Mike | McKool | McKool Smith | 2021 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Ellen | Messing | Messing Rudavsky | 2021 | Newton, Mass. | Litigators |
| Bruce | Miller | Miller Cohen | 2021 | Detroit | Litigators |
| Dale | Minami | Minami Tamaki | 2021 | San Francisco | Leadership |
| Marc | Moller | Kreindler & Kreindler | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| Laddie | Montague Jr. | Berger Montague | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Henry | Nassau | Dechert | 2021 | Philadelphia | Dealmakers |
| Harold | Nix | Nix Patterson | 2021 | Texarkana, Texas | Litigators |
| John | Norman | Norman & Edem | 2021 | Oklahoma City | Litigators |
| Cliff | Palefsky | McGuinn Hillsman | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| C. Cary | Patterson | Nix Patterson | 2021 | Texarkana, Texas | Litigators |
| Frank | Pitre | Cotchett Pitre | 2021 | Burlingame, Calif. | Litigators |
| Aaron | Podhurst | Podhurst Orseck | 2021 | Miami | Litigators |
| Steven | Quattlebaum | Quattlebaum Grooms | 2021 | Little Rock | Litigators |
| Kalman | Resnick | Hughes Socol | 2021 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Deborah | Rhode | Stanford Law School | 2021 | Stanford, Calif. | Remembered |
| Joseph | Rice | Motley Rice | 2021 | Mt. Pleasant, S.C. | Litigators |
| Mark | Robinson | Robinson Calcagnie | 2021 | Newport Beach | Litigators |
| Stephen | Roddenberry | Akerman | 2021 | Miami | Dealmakers |
| Sanford Jay | Rosen | Rosen Bien | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| David | Rosenfeld | Weinberg Roger | 2021 | Emeryville, Calif. | Litigators |
| Rick | Rule | Paul Weiss | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Patrick | Salvi | Salvi Schostok | 2021 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Hollis | Salzman | Robins Kaplan | 2021 | New York | Remembered |
| Richard | Sarver | Barrasso Usdin | 2021 | New Orleans | Litigators |
| Sherrie R. | Savett | Berger Montague | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| John "Jack" | Scarola | Searcy Denney | 2021 | West Palm Beach | Litigators |
| Irving | Scher | Hausfeld | 2021 | New York | Litigators |
| James | Schwebel | Schwebel Goetz | 2021 | Minneapolis | Litigators |
| Mary Anne | Sedey | Sedey Harper | 2021 | St. Louis | Litigators |
| Marc | Seltzer | Susman Godfrey | 2021 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Elonide | Semmes | Ravir | 2021 | New Orleans | Consultant |
| Anthony | Shapiro | Hagens Berman | 2021 | Seattle | Remembered |
| Joseph | Shenker | Sullivan & Cromwell | 2021 | New York | Leadership |
| Leopold | Sher | Sher Garner | 2021 | New Orleans | Dealmakers |
| Nancy | Shilepsky | Sherin & Lodgen | 2021 | Boston | Litigators |
| Michael | Sitrick | Sitrick | 2021 | Los Angeles | Consultant |
| William | Smith | Abramson Smith | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Larry | Sonsini | Wilson Sonsini | 2021 | Palo Alto | Dealmakers |
| Dan | Stormer | Hadsell & Stormer | 2021 | Pasadena | Litigators |
| Paul | Stritmatter | Stritmatter Kessler | 2021 | Seattle | Litigators |
| Robert | Sullivan | Sullivan Papain | 2021 | Garden City, N.Y. | Litigators |
| Joseph | Tabacco Jr. | Berman Tabacco | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Steven | Toll | Cohen Milstein | 2021 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Mark | Wawro | Susman Godfrey | 2021 | Houston | Litigators |
| K. Craig | Wildfang | Robins Kaplan | 2021 | Minneapolis | Litigators |
| Deborah | Willig | Willig Williams | 2021 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Harvey | Wolkoff | Quinn Emanuel | 2021 | Boston | Litigators |
| Steven | Zieff | Rudy Exelrod | 2021 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Rosemary | Alito | K&L Gates | 2020 | Newark | Litigators |
| Clifford | Aronson | Skadden | 2020 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Max | Berger | Bernstein Litowitz | 2020 | New York | Litigators |
| Alexander "Zander" | Blewett | Hoyt & Blewett | 2020 | Great Falls, Mont. | Litigators |
| David | Boies | Boies Schiller | 2020 | Armonk, N.Y. | Power Brokers |
| Paulette | Brown | Locke Lord | 2020 | New York | Leadership |
| Erwin | Chemerinsky | University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | 2020 | Berkeley | Leadership |
| Ty | Cobb | Law Offices of Ty Cobb | 2020 | Washington, D.C. | Power Brokers |
| Patrick | Coughlin | Robbins Geller | 2020 | San Diego | Litigators |
| Kathleen | Fisher | Calvo Fisher | 2020 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Thomas | Fitzgerald | Winston & Strawn | 2020 | Chicago | Leadership |
| Donald | Godwin | Godwin Bowman | 2020 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Patti | Goldman | Earthjustice | 2020 | Seattle | Compassion |
| Nina | Gussack | Pepper Hamilton | 2020 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| James | Harrington | Harrington & Mahoney | 2020 | Buffalo | Litigators |
| Richard | Heimann | Lieff Cabraser | 2020 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Lynne | Hermle | Orrick | 2020 | Menlo Park | Litigators |
| Anita | Hill | Cohen Milstein | 2020 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Cassandra | Holleman | Harris County Judge | 2020 | Houston | Remembered |
| Jeffrey | Kessler | Winston & Strawn | 2020 | New York | Power Brokers |
| David | Lash | O’Melveny | 2020 | Los Angeles | Compassion |
| Jane | Michaels | Holland & Hart | 2020 | Denver | Litigators |
| Wayne | Outten | Outten & Golden | 2020 | New York | Leadership |
| Lee | Phillips | Manatt | 2020 | Los Angeles | Dealmakers |
| Stacy | Phillips | Blank Rome | 2020 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| John | Quinn | Quinn Emanuel | 2020 | Los Angeles | Innovators |
| Connie | Rice | Advancement Project | 2020 | Los Angeles | Leadership |
| Jonathan | Schiller | Boies Schiller | 2020 | New York | Litigators |
| Roman | Silberfeld | Robins Kaplan | 2020 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| William | Urquhart | Quinn Emanuel | 2020 | Los Angeles | Remembered |
| Christine | Varney | Cravath | 2020 | New York | Leadership |
| Leigh | Walton | Bass Berry | 2020 | Nashville | Dealmakers |
| Elizabeth | Warren | U.S. Senate | 2020 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Howard | Weitzman | Kinsella Weitzman | 2020 | Los Angeles | Remembered |
| Theodore | Wells | Paul Weiss | 2020 | New York | Litigators |
| William | Whelan | Cravath | 2020 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Lawrence | Zweifach | Gibson Dunn | 2020 | New York | Litigators |
| Margaret | Zwisler | Latham | 2020 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Nancy | Abell | Paul Hastings | 2019 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Linda | Addison | Norton Rose | 2019 | Houston | Leadership |
| Corinne | Ball | Jones Day | 2019 | New York | Leadership |
| Charlene | Barshefsky | American Express | 2019 | New York | Powerbrokers |
| Hilarie | Bass | Bass Institute for Diversity & Inclusion | 2019 | Miami | Leadership |
| Philip | Beck | Bartlit Beck | 2019 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Candace | Beinecke | Hughes Hubbard | 2019 | New York | Dealmakers |
| David | Berg | Berg & Androphy | 2019 | Houston | Litigators |
| John | Branca | Ziffren Brittenham | 2019 | Los Angeles | Dealmakers |
| Dale | Cendali | Kirkland | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Jay | Cohen | Paul Weiss | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Nina | Cortell | Haynes Boone | 2019 | Dallas | Litigators |
| Scott A. | Edelman | Milbank | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Dianne | Elderkin | Akin Gump | 2019 | Philadelphia | Litigators |
| Parker | Folse | Susman Godfrey | 2019 | Seattle | Litigators |
| Robin | Gibbs | Gibbs & Bruns | 2019 | Houston | Litigators |
| Patricia | Glaser | Glaser Weil | 2019 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Jamie | Gorelick | WilmerHale | 2019 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Stuart | Grant | Grant & Eisenhofer | 2019 | Wilmington | Leadership |
| Eric | Holder | Covington | 2019 | Washington, D.C. | Powerbrokers |
| Stacy | Kanter | Skadden | 2019 | New York | Dealmakers |
| David | Kappos | Cravath | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Anthony | Kennedy | U.S. Supreme Court (ret.) | 2019 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Thomas | Kennedy | Skadden | 2019 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Carolyn | Lamm | White & Case | 2019 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Judith | Livingston | Kramer Dillof | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Patrick | McGroder | Beus Gilbert | 2019 | Phoenix | Litigators |
| Roger | Meltzer | DLA | 2019 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Thomas | Moore | Kramer Dillof | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| James | O'Callahan | Girardi | Keese | 2019 | Los Angeles | Remembered |
| C. Allen | Parker | Wells Fargo | 2019 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Kathleen Flynn | Peterson | Ciresi Conlin | 2019 | Minneapolis | Litigators |
| Miles | Ruthberg | Latham | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Shira | Scheindlin | Stroock | 2019 | New York | Leadership |
| Robert | Schumer | Paul Weiss | 2019 | New York | Powerbrokers |
| Lawrence | Sucharow | Labaton Sucharow | 2019 | New York | Litigators |
| Stephen | Susman | Susman Godfrey | 2019 | Houston | Remembered |
| David | Tolbert | International Center for Transitional Justice | 2019 | New York | Innovators |
| Seth | Waxman | WilmerHale | 2019 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Arthur | Abbey | Abbey Spanier | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| Robert | Baron | Cravath | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| Martha | Bergmark | Voices for Civil Justice | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Compassion |
| Bruce | Broillet | Greene Broillet | 2018 | El Segundo, Calif. | Litigators |
| Richard | Clary | Cravath | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| Martin | Flumenbaum | Paul Weiss | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| Jay | Goffman | Skadden | 2018 | New York | Dealmakers |
| David | Gordon | Latham | 2018 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Russ | Herman | Herman Herman | 2018 | New Orleans | Powerbrokers |
| Christy | Jones | Butler Snow | 2018 | Jackson, Miss. | Litigators |
| Stasia | Kelly | DLA | 2018 | Reston, Va. | Leadership |
| Kenton | King | Skadden | 2018 | Palo Alto | Dealmaker |
| David | Levi | Duke Law School | 2018 | Durham, N.C. | Leadership |
| Cheryl | Little | Americans for Immigrant Justice | 2018 | Miami | Compassion |
| Colleen | Mahoney | Skadden | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| William | McLucas | WilmerHale | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Carlos | Mendez-Penate | Dorsey Whitney | 2018 | New York | Leadership |
| Sara | Moss | Estee Lauder | 2018 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Robert | Mueller | U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Tom | Nolan | Pearson Simon | 2018 | Sherman Oaks, Calif. | Litigators |
| Eileen | Nugent | Skadden | 2018 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Bernard | Nussbaum | Wachtell Lipton | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| Debra | Pole | Sidley | 2018 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Pete | Romatowski | Jones Day | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Gloria | Santona | Baker McKenzie | 2018 | Chicago | Leadership |
| Paul | Schnell | Skadden | 2018 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Rodd | Schreiber | Skadden | 2018 | Chicago | Dealmakers |
| David | Schulz | Ballard Spahr | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| Christian | Searcy | Searcy Denney | 2018 | West Palm Beach | Litigators |
| Brad | Smith | Microsoft | 2018 | Redmond, Wash. | Innovators |
| Steven | Sunshine | Skadden | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Donald | Verrilli | Munger Tolles | 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Herbert | Wachtell | Wachtell Lipton | 2018 | New York | Litigators |
| William | Whitehurst | Whitehurst Harkness | 2018 | Austin | Leadership |
| Stephen | Zack | Boies Schiller | 2018 | Miami | Leadership |
| Cris | Arguedas | Arguedas Cassman | 2017 | Berkeley | Litigators |
| Sam | Baxter | McKool Smith | 2017 | Marshall, Texas | Litigators |
| Jere | Beasley | Beasley Allen | 2017 | Montgomery | Litigators |
| David | Beck | Beck Redden | 2017 | Houston | Litigators |
| Ralph | Campillo | Mintz | 2017 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Richard | Cohen | Southern Poverty Law Center | 2017 | Montgomery | Compassion |
| Robert | Denham | Munger Tolles | 2017 | Los Angeles | Dealmakers |
| Mike | Dowd | Robbins Geller | 2017 | San Diego | Litigators |
| Howard | Ellin | Skadden | 2017 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Patrick | Fitzgerald | Skadden | 2017 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Gary | Fox | Stewart Tilghman | 2017 | Miami | Litigators |
| Richard | Godfrey | Kirkland | 2017 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Dicky | Grigg | Law Office of Dicky Grigg | 2017 | Austin | Litigators |
| Kris | Heinzelman | Cravath | 2017 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Valerie Ford | Jacob | Freshfields | 2017 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Steven | Lane | Herman Herman | 2017 | New Orleans | Litigators |
| William | Lee | WilmerHale | 2017 | Boston | Leadership |
| Eduardo | Leite | Baker & McKenzie | 2017 | New York | Leadership |
| Andrew | Levander | Dechert | 2017 | New York | Litigators |
| Simon | Lorne | Millennium Corporation | 2017 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Greg | Markel | Seyfarth | 2017 | New York | Litigators |
| Michele Coleman | Mayes | New York Public Library | 2017 | New York | Leadership |
| Gary | Naftalis | Kramer Levin | 2017 | New York | Litigators |
| Steven | Newborn | Weil | 2017 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Ron | Olson | Munger Tolles | 2017 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Ted | Olson | Gibson Dunn | 2017 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Mike | Papantonio | Levin Papantonio | 2017 | Pensacola | Litigators |
| Diane | Patrick | Ropes & Gray | 2017 | Boston | Litigators |
| Richard | Posner | 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | 2017 | Chicago | Judges |
| Gordon | Rather | Wright Lindsey | 2017 | Little Rock | Litigators |
| Frank | Schreck | Brownstein Hyatt | 2017 | Las Vegas | Litigators |
| Paul | Smith | Campaign Legal Center | 2017 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Broadus | Spivey | Spivey & Grigg | 2017 | Austin | Remembered |
| Myron | Steele | Potter Anderson | 2017 | Dover, Del. | Judges |
| John | Tarantino | Adler Pollock | 2017 | Providence | Litigators |
| Chilton Davis | Varner | King & Spalding | 2017 | Atlanta | Litigators |
| F. Joseph | Warin | Gibson Dunn | 2017 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Dan | Webb | Winston | 2017 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Mary Jo | White | Debevoise | 2017 | New York | Litigators |
| Wylie | Aitken | Aitken Aitken Cohn | 2016 | Santa Ana, Calif. | Litigators |
| David | Andrews | PepsiCo/McCutchen (Bingham) | 2016 | San Francisco | Remembered |
| Ralph | Baxter | Ralph Baxter | 2016 | Wheeling, W. Va. | Innovators |
| Morgan | Chu | Irell | 2016 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Joseph | Cotchett | Cotchett Pitre | 2016 | Burlingame, Calif. | Litigators |
| Mary | Cranston | Pillsbury | 2016 | San Francisco | Leadership |
| Larry | Feldman | Law Office of Larry Feldman | 2016 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| William | Gates Sr. | World Justice Project/K&L Gates/University of Washington Law School | 2016 | Seattle | Remembered |
| Jack | Greenberg | Columbia Law School/NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | 2016 | New York | Remembered |
| Marshall | Grossman | Orrick | 2016 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| Ben | Heineman Jr. | Harvard Law School | 2016 | Cambridge, Mass. | Leadership |
| Stephen | Immelt | Hogan Lovells | 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Powerbrokers |
| Lou | Kling | Skadden | 2016 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Esther | Lardent | Pro Bono Institute | 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Remembered |
| Raymond | Marshall | Sheppard Mullin | 2016 | San Francisco | Leadership |
| Vilma | Martinez | MALDEF/Munger Tolles | 2016 | Los Angeles | Leadership |
| Richard | Matsch | U.S. District Court, Colorado | 2016 | Denver | Remembered |
| William | Neukom | Microsoft/K&L Gates/Stanford/World Justice Project | 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Larry | Rogers Sr. | Power Rogers | 2016 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Antonin | Scalia | U.S. Supreme Court | 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Remembered |
| Paul | Tosetti | Latham | 2016 | Los Angeles | Dealmakers |
| John | White | Cravath | 2016 | New York | Powerbrokers |
| C. Steven | Yerrid | Yerrid Law Firm | 2016 | Tampa | Litigators |
| Roger | Aaron | Skadden | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Shirley | Abrahamson | Wisconsin Supreme Court | 2015 | Madison, Wis. | Remembered |
| Floyd | Abrams | Cahill Gordon | 2015 | New York | Litigators |
| Cesar | Alvarez | Greenberg Traurig | 2015 | Miami | Leadership |
| Eugene | Anderson | Anderson Kill | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Dennis | Archer | Dickinson Wright | 2015 | Detroit | Leadership |
| Peter | Atkins | Skadden | 2015 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Robert | Barnett | Williams & Connolly | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Power Brokers |
| George | Barrett | Barrett Johnston | 2015 | Nashville | Remembered |
| Francis | Barron | Cravath | 2015 | New York | Litigators |
| Fred | Bartlit | Bartlit Beck | 2015 | Denver | Litigators |
| Richard | Beattie | Simpson Thacher | 2015 | New York | Leadership |
| Robert | Bennett | Bennett LoCicero | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Power Brokers |
| Beau | Biden | Grant & Eisenhofer | 2015 | Wilmington | Remembered |
| Sheila | Birnbaum | Dechert | 2015 | New York | Litigators |
| Roy | Black | Black Srebnick | 2015 | Miami | Litigators |
| Franci | Blassberg | Debevoise & Plimpton | 2015 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Maxwell | Blecher | Blecher & Collins | 2015 | Los Angeles | Remembered |
| Paula | Boggs | Boggs Media | 2015 | Allston, Mass. | Leadership |
| Caryl | Boies | Boies Schiller | 2015 | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | Remembered |
| Gordon | Bonnyman | Tennessee Justice Center | 2015 | Nashville | Compassion |
| John | Bostelman | Sullivan & Cromwell | 2015 | New York | Dealmakers |
| Lon | Bouknight | Steptoe & Johnson | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| John | Bouma | Snell & Wilmer | 2015 | Phoenix | Remembered |
| James | Brosnahan | Morrison & Foerster | 2015 | San Francisco | Litigators |
| Frank | Burch | DLA Piper | 2015 | Baltimore | Leadership |
| Plato | Cacheris | Trout Cacheris | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Remembered |
| Peter | Canellos | Wachtell | 2015 | New York | Dealmakers |
| James | Carter | WilmerHale | 2015 | New York | Innovators |
| Michael | Ciresi | Ciresi Conlin | 2015 | Minneapolis | Litigators |
| Robert | Clark | Harvard Law School | 2015 | Cambridge, Mass. | Leadership |
| Edith Brown | Clement | 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | 2015 | New Orleans | Judges |
| John | Coffee | Columbia Law School | 2015 | New York | Dealmakers |
| H. Rodgin | Cohen | Sullivan & Cromwell | 2015 | New York | Power Brokers |
| Roxanne | Conlin | Roxanne Conlin & Associates | 2015 | Des Moines | Litigators |
| Ralph | Cook | Hare Wynn | 2015 | Birmingham, Ala. | Leadership |
| Philip | Corboy | Corboy Demetrio | 2015 | Chicago | Remembered |
| Jon | Davidson | Freedom for All Americans Education Fund | 2015 | Los Angeles | Compassion |
| David | Dean | Sullivan Papain | 2015 | New York | Litigators |
| Robert | Dell | Latham | 2015 | San Francisco | Leadership |
| Marshall | Doke | Foley | 2015 | Dallas | Leadership |
| Bob | Faiss | University of Nevada Law School/Lionel Sawyer | 2015 | Las Vegas | Remembered |
| Ken | Feinberg | Law Offices of Kenneth Feinberg | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Judges |
| James | Ferguson | Ferguson Chambers | 2015 | Charlotte | Leadership |
| Ralph | Ferrara | Proskauer | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Bert | Fields | Greenberg Glusker | 2015 | Los Angeles | Power Brokers |
| Bob | Fiske | Davis Polk | 2015 | New York | Leadership |
| Joe | Flom | Skadden | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Tamar | Frankel | Boston University School of Law | 2015 | Boston | Innovators |
| John | Gibbons | Gibbons P.C. | 2015 | Newark | Remembered |
| Lee | Godfrey | Susman Godfrey | 2015 | Houston | Innovators |
| Browne | Greene | Greene Broillet | 2015 | El Segundo, Calif. | Litigators |
| Mel | Immergut | Milbank | 2015 | New York | Leadership |
| Jack | Jacobs | Young Conaway | 2015 | Wilmington | Judges |
| Joe | Jamail | Joe Jamail | 2015 | Houston | Remembered |
| Robert | Joffe | Cravath | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Harvey | Kaplan | Shook Hardy | 2015 | Kansas City | Litigators |
| Christopher "Kit" | Kaufman | Latham | 2015 | Palo Alto | Dealmakers |
| Judith | Kaye | Skadden | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| David | Kendall | Williams & Connolly | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Leadership |
| Victor | Kovner | Davis Wright | 2015 | New York | Litigators |
| Ira | Kurzban | Kurzban Kurzban | 2015 | Miami | Compassion |
| Martin | Lipton | Wachtell | 2015 | New York | Power Brokers |
| Maureen | Mahoney | Latham & Watkins | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Thomas | Malcolm | Jones Day | 2015 | Irvine, Calif. | Power Brokers |
| Billy | Martin | Martin & Gitner | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Harvey | Miller | Weil | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Stacey | Mobley | Dickstein Shapiro | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Innovators |
| Robert | Morgenthau | Wachtell | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Ed | Moss | Shook Hardy | 2015 | Miami | Remembered |
| Ron | Motley | Motley Rice | 2015 | Charleston, S.C. | Remembered |
| Sandra Day | O'Connor | U.S. Supreme Court | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Judges |
| Jack | Olender | Jack Olender & Associates | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Jerry | Oshinsky | Kasowitz | 2015 | Los Angeles | Litigators |
| John | Payton | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Remembered |
| Mariana | Pfaelzer | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California | 2015 | Los Angeles | Remembered |
| John | Phillips | Phillips & Cohen | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Innovators |
| Regina | Pisa | Goodwin Procter | 2015 | Boston | Leadership |
| William | Rehnquist | U.S. Supreme Court | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Remembered |
| Bruce | Rogow | Law Offices of Bruce Rogow | 2015 | Cedar Mountain, N.C. | Litigators |
| Tom | Sager | Ballard Spahr | 2015 | Wilmington | Innovators |
| Victor | Schwartz | Shook Hardy | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Litigators |
| Jerry | Shargel | Winston & Strawn | 2015 | New York | Litigators |
| Robert | Silver | Boies Schiller | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Jock | Smith | The Cochran Firm | 2015 | Tuskegee, Ala. | Remembered |
| Jerry | Solovy | Jenner & Block | 2015 | Chicago | Remembered |
| Ted | Sorensen | Paul Weiss | 2015 | New York | Remembered |
| Gilchrist | Sparks | Morris Nichols | 2015 | Wilmington | Dealmakers |
| Gerry | Spence | Spence Law Offices | 2015 | Jackson, Wyo. | Litigators |
| John Paul | Stevens | U.S. Supreme Court | 2015 | Chicago | Remembered |
| Larry | Stewart | Stewart Tilghman | 2015 | Miami | Litigators |
| Geoffrey | Stone | University of Chicago Law School | 2015 | Chicago | Leadership |
| Brendan | Sullivan | Williams & Connolly | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Power Brokers |
| James | Thompson | Winston & Strawn | 2015 | Chicago | Remembered |
| Anton | Valukas | Jenner & Block | 2015 | Chicago | Litigators |
| Keith | Wetmore | Major Lindsey & Africa | 2015 | San Francisco | Leadership |
| Richard | Wiley | Wiley Rein | 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Innovators |
| Diane | Wood | 7th Circuit | 2015 | Chicago | Judges |