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PAGES 62-63 Jacqueline Bushwack PAGE 68 Doreen Lilienfeld Nina Roket Robin Adelstein Kathleen McLeod Caminiti Susan Frunzi Lynn Loacker Sara Rubenstein Terri Adler Ting Chen Marjorie Glover Elizabeth Sacksteder Meriam Al-Rashid Sylvia Chin Kristin Going PAGES 74-75 Rena Andoh Jennifer Chu Marcia Goldstein Kristen Lonergan PAGES 80-81 Antonia Apps Nancy Chung Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman Stacy Louizos Claudia Salomon Michele Arbeeny Anta Cissé-Green Tatiana Gutierrez Paola Lozano Charan Sandhu Nicole Argentieri Elizabeth Cooper Samaa Haridi Janice Mac Avoy Karen Scanna Sonia Bain Melisande Hill Ayşe Yüksel Mahfoud Kara Schechter-Rakowski Corinne Ball PAGES 66-67 Barbara Mendelson Jodi Schwartz Bonnie Barsamian Magda Cruz PAGE 70 Nancy Mitchell Rebecca Silberstein Laura Barzilai Margaret Dale Ellen Holloman Cheryl Eisberg Moin Audrey Sokoloff Lori Bauer Jill Darrow Lenore Horton Una Dean Tanisha James PAGES 76-77 PAGES 82-83 Martine Beamon Margery Neale Elizabeth Brooke Stein Leora Ben-Ami Jennifer Fiorica Delgado Patricia Kantor Mylan Denerstein Barbara Kaplan Julie North Antonia Stolper Lynda Bennett Inosi Nyatta Christine Swanick Andrea Bierstein Therese Doherty Michelle Kelban Jennifer Ezring Nancy Kestenbaum Melissa Osipoff Carolyn Vardi PAGES 64-65 Lucy Fato Jamie Kocis Donna Parisi Elise Wagner Frances Bivens Angela Fernandez Marcia Paul Kim Walker Kimberly Brown Blacklow Melanie Figueroa PAGE 72 Lisa Pensabene Carolyn Walker-Diallo Elise Bloom Barbara Finkelstein Cheryl Korman Naomi Waltman Eleanor Lackman PAGES 78-79 Debbie White Susan Bodine Jessica Forbes D. Hara Perkins Lauren Boglivi Katherine Forrest Jessica Lee Nancy Wolff Jiyeon Lee-Lim Lisa Radetsky Diana Wollman Stephanie Breslow Mary Beth Forshaw Stacey Rappaport Erica Buckley Helene Freeman Lori Lesser Jennifer Yount Jamie Levitt Rebecca Rettig Susanna Buergel Ricki Roer

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59 Women’s voices on gender parity

Any female lawyer who juggles family and career will gain new respect for the early years of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, chronicled in the 2018 documentary RBG. One of nine women in a class of more than 500 at Harvard Law School in 1956, Ginsburg was the first female member of the Harvard Law Review. She was caregiver for a two-year-old daughter and her husband Marty, who was undergoing cancer treatment. Let that sink in for a moment: Harvard Law. Toddler. Husband with cancer.

Lawyers today rely on a formal support to partnership and leadership slots indus- with relatively equal compensation, billing system that includes family leave and part- trywide as “women help women expand rates, and hours worked as associates—but time work, and the career/family juggle is far opportunities for advancement. Some of it is later fail to reach senior ranks in greater easier than in Ginsburg’s day. But the legal business referrals, because women need to numbers. industry still struggles with a lack of female be able to bring in business.” lawyers in senior partnership and law firm In response, the American Bar Association governance roles; the issues of retention and The lawyers on this year’s list are passionate in 2017 launched a two-year initiative to pay equity; and the paucity of female litiga- about opening doors to career and client research possible contributing factors to tors who take the lead chair at trials. development opportunities. “Female attor- the steady loss over time of experienced neys need to be given the same opportuni- female lawyers at law firms. The ABA’s goal The fight for gender parity is dear to many ties as men. If that happens, then women will is to make empirically based recommenda- of the 114 women who grace the 2019 list of knock those opportunities out of the park,” tions for policies that promote retention and Notable Women in Law. Like Ginsburg, these writes one honoree. eliminate the attrition gender gap. attorneys juggle distinguished careers, fami- ly, exceptional civic activities—and are steely Another called for law firm clients to be Those are issues that already are being tack- warriors against gender discrimination. change agents by ensuring women “are in led by the women on our list, 39% of whom the room where business is awarded.” Writes hold governance roles such as practice “Change must start at the top. To take a a third honoree: “Educate men about the leader chair or co-chairs, a committee seat page from the Notorious RBG, advancement importance of sponsoring and mentoring or an executive committee member. These opportunities will expand for all female women. They need to ask themselves ‘when leadership positions matter. Compensation lawyers when managing partners and other I go to a pitch, do I only bring people who and promotion decisions are made by law- management positions in law firms are filled look like me?’ If the answer is yes, they need yers who hold governance committee seats. by women,” noted one of women on this to change that.” year’s list. The NAWL report notes that women make Attorneys also called for better support of up 25% of firm governance roles, 22% of firm- That comment was one of many insightful the career/family juggle. “Many new mothers wide managing partners, 20% of office-level points made in response to a request Crain’s struggle with continuing their careers and managing partners and 22% of practice made to this year’s class: Anonymously being home. A law firm that is more flexible group leaders. Those statistics represent identify one change the legal profession can with facetime and focuses on productivity progress, but they are not 50%. As NAWL make to expand advancement opportunities and outcome will be more successful in says, “the numbers still lag behind the repre- for female lawyers. Among their candid rec- retaining the talent they originally hired,” sentation of women in the legal profession ommendations, these attorneys stress that writes one honoree. Law firms and corporate as a whole.” it’s all about the numbers. legal departments, adds another, “should seek ways to permit flexible hours and the With so many of the female legal luminaries “Even though my firm makes efforts towards ability to work from home so that working on this year’s list pushing for change, those diversity and inclusion, I am often the only mothers can remain on partnership tracks or statistics are sure to improve. These women female partner in discussions and in the earn career advancement.” have strong ideas about how to fix what’s office practice group,” writes one lawyer. “We broken. In the words of one of our Crain’s need to do better encouraging women to These sentiments are born from statistics honorees, “women must rise to the top and stay at Big Law by supporting their choices.” that highlight the pressing need for improve- break through the cycle of underrepresen- Adds another: “Set parity goals and make ment. Data still shows that fewer women tation to become law firm leaders, general law firm and practice leaders accountable than men become equity partners and get counsels and CEOs to truly achieve parity.” for achieving them for mid-level and senior elected to law firm leadership positions. associates; partnership elevations; partner ••• retention; partner compensation; and credit In its 2018 Survey on the Retention and Pro- The profiles in this report are drawn from for contributions.” motion of Women in Law Firms, the National submitted nomination materials as well as Association of Women Lawyers reported from Crain’s New York Business editorial. No At Greenberg Traurig, Shareholder Barbara that females comprise 47% of associates but lawyer paid to be featured. The 2019 list of Kaplan calls her firm a meritocracy where only 30% of non-equity partners and 20% Notable Women in Law celebrates an ex- 21% of executive committee members are of equity partners, figures that have barely ceptional pool of talented female attorneys female. “But it’s not enough,” said Kaplan. budged in the past decade. As in previous in the New York City metropolitan area. “There are still too few women.” Kaplan NAWL surveys, women start off in essentially Please join us in congratulating an believes more female attorneys will advance equal numbers as men at the entry level— outstanding 2019 class.

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ANTONIA APPS MICHELE NICOLE SONIA BAIN Partner ARBEENY ARGENTIERI Partner MILBANK TWEED Partner Partner BRYAN CAVE HADLEY & WINDELS O’MELVENY LEIGHTON MCCLOY PAISNER MARX LANE & ••• ••• MITTENDORF ••• A skilled litigator A former fed- ••• Sonia Bain is a and former fed- eral prosecutor Michele Arbeeny transactional eral prosecutor, and lauded concentrates her commercial real Nicole Argentieri trial attorney, practice on real estate lawyer advises corporations, board members Antonia Apps represents financial estate finance, municipal finance and who represents developers, retail and executives on internal investi- institutions, corporations and exec- trade finance transactions. Arbeeny companies, landlords and tenants, gations, criminal defense, regulatory utives in a range of regulatory en- maintains a successful track record of hotel groups and family offices. Bain compliance and related civil litigation. forcement proceedings, white-collar representing financial institutions and is an expert in matters ranging from Since joining O’Melveny earlier this criminal investigations and complex nonprofits in all aspects of secured acquisitions, dispositions and devel- year, Argentieri has amassed a growing commercial litigation. She also advises and unsecured financing, including opment to the financing and leasing list of high-powered clients. During hedge funds on securities trading and acquisition loans, construction loans of numerous types of commercial her decade-long tenure as an assis- compliance matters. Prior to joining and revolving and term loans. She real estate assets. She is a frequent- tant U.S. attorney, Argentieri led and Milbank in 2014, Apps spent more also represents financial institutions ly sought-after speaker, moderator supervised complex investigations and than seven years as an assistant U.S. and developers in affordable housing and panelist on topics related to the prosecutions, including a civil rights attorney, where she led some of the transactions. In 2017, Arbeeny spear- real estate industry. A passionate case charging a Bureau of Prisons government’s highest-profile securi- headed the formation of Windels Marx supporter of fostering the success lieutenant with the repeated sexual ties fraud and insider trading cases. Women, a group of legal professionals of talented women in the workforce, assault of a female inmate under his Apps also teaches a course on white who organize around business de- Bain also co-chairs the WX Mentor- supervision. She has also lectured collar criminal law and procedure at velopment, networking and mento- ing Committee, an organization that at Columbia University Law School, Harvard Law School and is a frequent ring opportunities. She was also the promotes and supports women in where she co-taught two courses on speaker and commentator on white leading force behind the firm’s estab- commercial real estate. federal litigation and federal criminal collar and securities enforcement lishment of a scholarship devoted to prosecutions. issues. advancing diversity in law schools and the workplace. 62 *Response from a poll sent to all honorees Source: †New York State Bar Association Committee on Women in the Law CORINNE BALL BONNIE Clients need to push for diverse Partner BARSAMIAN JONES DAY Partner representation. If clients insisted on ••• DRINKER BIDDLE equality in representation and leadership Corinne Ball ••• has nearly four Bonnie in law firms, the entire profession decades of Barsamian has would change nearly overnight.”* experience in spent nearly 30 the fields of years as a trust- business finance and restructuring. ed adviser to public and private com- At Jones Day, she co-leads the New panies, boards of directors, C-suites LAURA LORI BAUER York office’s business restructuring and financial institutions in complex BARZILAI Office managing and reorganization practice, along transactional and governance matters. Partner principal with the European distress investing Her experience ranges from securities SIDLEY AUSTIN JACKSON LEWIS and alternative capital initiatives. Ball offerings to cross-border mergers and ••• ••• worked extensively on the city of acquisitions. A seasoned counselor on Laura Barzilai After 30 years Detroit restructuring, which followed federal securities laws, Barsamian ad- puts her more with the firm her leading a team of attorneys vises clients on SEC reporting matters, than 30 years and nine years representing Chrysler in its successful rule-making initiatives, compliance of industry as the office’s Chapter 11 reorganization. Ball is also and best practices. In June 2016, her experience to work as a transactional litigation manager, Lori Bauer be- a force for change in her community. work was recognized by President and tax controversy lawyer at Sidley came managing principal of Jackson She was recognized with a Human Barack Obama, who nominated her Austin, where she co-leads the firm’s Lewis’ New York office in 2018. Her Relations Award from the Anti-Defa- to serve on the board of the Securi- global tax practice and is a member extensive experience includes coun- mation League for her commitment ties Investor Protection Corporation, of the executive committee. Her seling management on a variety of to fighting anti-Semitism, racism and an organization that provides limited clients include Fortune 100 compa- employment matters and handling all forms of bigotry. coverage to investors on their broker- nies, banks, insurance companies and litigation disputes on behalf of em- age accounts if their brokerage firm private equity and sovereign wealth ployers before administrative agen- becomes insolvent. funds. Her practice is largely devoted cies and state and federal courts. As to federal income tax matters, advis- part of her practice, she is a skilled ing clients in the areas of domestic defender of employers in single Make mentoring and business and cross-border mergers and acqui- and multi-plaintiff actions involving development opportunities available sitions, joint ventures and restructur- claims of discrimination, wrongful ings. Barzilai is also a member and discharge and related tort claims. She to associates at an earlier stage in the previous New York chair of the is also a dedicated member of the their career and encourage them firm’s Committee on Retention and American Bar Association and the New York Bar Association. to take advantage of these Promotion of Women. opportunities.”*

MARTINE LEORA LYNDA ANDREA BEAMON BEN-AMI BENNETT BIERSTEIN Partner Partner Partner Shareholder DAVIS POLK & KIRKLAND & ELLIS LOWENSTEIN SIMMONS HANLY WARDWELL ••• SANDLER CONROY ••• ••• ••• Leora Ben-Ami Martine Beamon counsels her cli- With more than Andrea Bierstein has successfully ents in all areas 20 years of com- has more than represented her of technology, mercial litigation three decades clients in their most critical situations including biotechnology, medical de- experience, Lynda Bennett litigates, of legal experience and is recog- as part of Davis Polk’s litigation de- vices, pharmaceuticals and chemistry, negotiates and resolves complicated nized as one of the premier appellate partment. In the wake of the #MeToo mechanical devices and electronics. disputes with insurers. As chair of the brief-writers and oral advocates in the movement, she has worked with She has tried a number of jury trials insurance recovery group, she ob- nation. In her position with the com- boards, companies and individuals in as lead counsel and has extensive ap- tains significant recoveries for clients plex litigation department, she fo- highly sensitive, confidential inves- pellate experience, including arguing in environmental, asbestos, product cuses her practice on pharmaceutical tigations related to alleged sexual before the U.S. Court of Appeals for liability and professional liability and commercial litigation, consumer misconduct and sexual harassment. the Federal Circuit. Her work in the cases. She is a trusted counsel to her protection class actions and environ- Committed to advancing women in field has led to her recognition by a clients with respect to contractual mental law. She has secured millions the legal profession, Beamon was number of respected organizations, insurance requirements, new insur- of dollars on behalf of her clients a founding member of Davis Polk’s including The American Lawyer and ance products, innovative risk-man- over the years, including a $32 million affinity group for women, DPWomen, The National Law Journal. She fre- agement tools and insurance program settlement for a medical manufactur- which provides networking, mento- quently speaks at conferences and assessment. Bennett regularly advises er. She is also a former law professor ring, career development and lead- seminars on patent law, including strategic acquirers and private equity and designed and taught an annual ership opportunities for the firm’s talks at the New Jersey Intellectual funds regarding insurance coverage civil litigation clinic and second-year women lawyers. She is also a global Property Association and the Sedona issues that arise in acquisition and law courses at Western New England advisory board member of the Wom- Conference. investment transactions. Bennett also College Law School. en in Law Empowerment Forum. founded the Lowenstein Sandler’s Women’s Initiative, a grassroots pro- gram designed to empower the firm’s women lawyers. 63 FRANCES KIMBERLY BIVENS BROWN Hon. Sonia Sotomayor Partner BLACKLOW DAVIS POLK & Partner was the first Hispanic (man or woman) WARDWELL CLEARY ••• GOTTLIEB STEEN appointed to the federal bench As part of Davis & HAMILTON † ••• in New York. Polk’s litigation department, Since joining Frances Bivens regularly acts as lead Cleary Gottlieb counsel in a broad range of high- in 1994, Kimberly Brown Blacklow has stakes commercial litigation matters served her clients in real estate and ELISE BLOOM SUSAN other asset-based finance transac- Partner BODINE in courts around the country and ar- PROSKAUER tions, as well as structured finance Partner bitrations across the globe. She puts ROSE COWAN DEBAETS her electrical engineering degree and capital markets transactions in ••• ABRAHAMS & to work by specializing in litigation both the U.S. and abroad. She regularly With a career SHEPPARD ••• involving complex technical issues. represents both lenders and borrow- spanning more Bivens is also committed to pro bono ers in intercreditor agreements, credit than 30 years, Susan Bodine work and recently collaborated with tenant lease financing and other types Elise Bloom is the go-to the Office of the Public Defender of financing transactions. She is also is an employment lawyer known representative in the Eastern District of New York well-versed in matters involving real for handling high-profile cases on of a diverse clientele in the motion to address sexual assaults against estate acquisitions and joint ventures. behalf of some of the nation’s most picture, television and digital media female detainees. Additionally, she In addition to her regular practice, prominent companies. Over the industries as co-head of the firm’s is a member of Brown University’s Blacklow has significant pro bono ex- course of her career, Bloom has entertainment group. As part of her Advisory Council on Diversity and the perience, including guiding the Lower represented more companies in class practice, she counsels those clients Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Manhattan Cultural Council in estab- actions challenging interns, trainees in all phases of development, fi- Under Law’s Board of Directors. lishing The Arts Center at Governors and volunteers than any firm in the nance, production and distribution Island in New York City. country, and her precedent-setting of movies, television programs and argument on behalf of Fox Search- new media properties. She is also light Pictures helped determine the committed to pro bono work and Offer flexibility for women standard for evaluating the legality recently handled an asylum case on of unpaid internships. Outside of behalf of an African immigrant for the to resume a ‘partnership track’ career path Proskauer, Bloom is a board member Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, an or- after having children, so that having of the Women in Law Empowerment ganization serving refugees and other Forum, a platform that educates and displaced persons around the world. and raising children does not mean provides networking opportunities She also provides pro bono services women must sacrifice their for women in law. to entrepreneurs and artists through * her involvement with the IFP Made career objectives.” in NY Media Center and Creative Capital.

LAUREN STEPHANIE ERICA SUSANNA BOGLIVI BRESLOW BUCKLEY BUERGEL Partner Partner Partner Partner PROSKAUER SCHULTE ROTH NIXON PEABODY PAUL WEISS ROSE & ZABEL ••• RIFKIND ••• ••• WHARTON & Erica Buckley GARRISON Having spent As co-head of leads the co- ••• her entire the investment operatives and Susanna Buergel legal career at management condominium is a sought-af- Proskauer, Lauren Boglivi has devel- group and a member of the executive practice at Nixon Peabody, where she ter litigator for complex securities oped a successful transactional prac- committee and operating committee, oversees transactional matters and and financial services litigation and tice on behalf of companies, private Stephanie Breslow maintains a diverse government investigations involving regulatory matters. Co-chair of the equity sponsors and family offices. practice that includes liquid funds, real estate securities. An expert on firm’s preeminent securities litigation Her array of experience includes private equity funds and the struc- the Martin Act, a New York blue-sky and enforcement group, Buergel also handling mergers and acquisitions, turing of investment management law that governs real estate securities, has extensive intellectual property buyouts and related financings, joint businesses. She also co-heads a team Buckley’s clients range from prom- experience, counseling and litigat- ventures and growth and seed in- of cross-practice lawyers that advise inent New York City developers to ing on behalf of clients in copyright, vestment. Foreign private issuers and private investment funds and other startup nonprofits. Drawing on her trademark and patent disputes. U.S. public companies rely on Boglivi investors on the implications of spon- experience as former chief of the Buergel has also been a involved in to manage their SEC compliance soring initial coin offerings, conducting Real Estate Finance Bureau, Buckley a number of pro bono matters in the matters. Outside of her cutting-edge transactions involving cryptocurren- advises clients on meeting regulatory city. At Paul Weiss, she supervises a legal work, Boglivi sits on the board cies and managing and investing in requirements while minimizing risk team that helps transgender New of Women in Need, an organization funds that involve cryptocurrencies. to their properties. Buckley is also Yorkers file petitions to change their that helps homeless women and Highly involved in the New York City credited with establishing the legal names legally. Over the past two children in New York City succeed community, Breslow is a member of department at the Urban Homestead- years, the team has been responsible on their own by providing them with the board of trustees of the Joyce ing Assistance Board, a nonprofit that for assisting more than 40 individuals housing, services and programs. Theater and a member of the Board helps create and support self-help with these name change petitions. of Visitors of Columbia Law School. housing.

64 *Response from a poll sent to all honorees Source: †New York Women’s Bar Association JACQUELINE KATHLEEN Women must break through BUSHWACK MCLEOD Partner CAMINITI the cycle of underrepresentation to RIVKIN RADLER Partner ••• FISHER PHILLIPS become law firm leaders, general counsels Jacqueline ••• and CEOs in order to truly Bushwack has In her position achieve parity.”* successfully de- as co-chair of fended universi- Fisher Phillips’ ties, pharmaceutical companies and pay equity practice group, Kathleen hospitals in a variety of suits alleging Caminiti is a skilled litigator in em- TING CHEN SYLVIA CHIN liability, malpractice and violations of ployment matters ranging from indi- Partner Partner/of counsel labor law. Along with a proficiency in vidual plaintiff discrimination claims CRAVATH, WHITE & CASE managing all phases of discovery and to wage and hour class and collective SWAINE & ••• MOORE trial preparation—frequently leading actions. She has successfully defend- ••• With consider- to clients obtaining dismissals ed her clients in cases alleging civil able experience Ting Chen before trial or favorable jury ver- rights violations, discrimination, sex- in corporate advises clients dicts—Bushwack maintains a stel- ual harassment and whistleblowing. and commer- on mergers and lar track record of resolving cases She also assists clients in their liability cial financing, acquisitions, through mediation. She is also active prevention efforts by conducting Sylvia Chin is known for her ability to corporate governance and activism in the American Bar Association, employee training, preparing hand- propose creative solutions for unique and takeover defense as part of where she co-chairs the Work/Life books and implementing policies. situations. Her practice involves nav- Cravath’s corporate department. In Management Sub-Committee. A Recognized as an authority on issues igating complicated transactions in recent years, Chen has served as a respected author, Bushwack’s most surrounding labor law, Caminiti is capital markets, project financing and valuable asset to Kraft in the spinoff recent book, “Her Story: Lessons in frequently quoted by major media equipment leasing. Chin is a dedicat- of its $30 billion North American Success from Lawyers Who Live It,” outlets and has published numerous ed member of a number of profes- grocery business, DreamWorks was published in May 2017. articles that have appeared in The sional organizations. She chairs the Animation in its $4.1 billion sale to New York Law Journal, New Jersey First Judicial District of the New York Comcast, British American Tobacco in Business, New Jersey Lawyer Maga- Bar Foundation and serves as presi- its $97 billion merger with Reynolds zine and Practical Law Institute. dent of the Asian American Law Fund American and The Washington Post’s of New York. She is also focused on sale of its newspaper publishing guiding the next generation of legal businesses to Jeff Bezos. Among her professionals, teaching as an adjunct Diversity and inclusion other notable past clients, Chen has associate professor at Fordham represented high-profile companies programs must have genuine University School of Law and including Starbucks, Goldman Sachs, frequently lecturing on corporate support from the top in order BDT Capital Partners and IBM. finance topics. to succeed.”*

JENNIFER CHU NANCY ANTA CISSÉ- ELIZABETH Partner CHUNG GREEN COOPER DEBEVOISE & Partner Associate general Partner PLIMPTON SIDLEY AUSTIN counsel SIMPSON ••• ••• NYU LANGONE THACHER & Jennifer Chu is MEDICAL BARTLETT Nancy Chung CENTER ••• a key member has more than ••• In her more of the firm’s 20 years of At NYU Langone, than two mergers and ac- experience Anta Cissé-Green decades at quisitions and private equity groups, handling complex disputes and is responsible for advising the devel- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Elizabeth where she advises corporations and investigations and crisis management opment department on agreements Cooper has built a diverse practice private equity firms in mergers and situations. As co-head of the firm’s lit- for gifts and bequests, trust and focused on mergers, acquisitions acquisitions, joint ventures and other igation group, her caseload includes estate administration and nonprofit and other corporate transactions. corporate matters, with a particular commercial, white-collar criminal legal and taxation issues. She is also A member of the firm’s corporate focus on transactions in the health defense, securities and bankruptcy an active member of her communi- department, Cooper regularly rep- care and insurance industries. Chu litigation matters for financial insti- ty, serving as vice president of pro- resents private equity sponsors in actively speaks and publishes on tutions and asset management firms grams for the Metropolitan Black Bar a broad range of investments, joint mergers and acquisitions, private with a global footprint. She is a trust- Association and as a member of the ventures, recapitalizations and other equity and health care topics. Out- ed adviser for leading investment advisory council for the Foundation business combination transactions. side of the firm, Chu serves on the funds and global financial institutions for Letters, a nonprofit that promotes Her work in the field has been widely board of Practicing Attorneys for Law in managing and assessing their improved college access by provid- recognized by leading publications, Students, a nonprofit focused on litigation risks. Her experience in the ing urban schools with a range of and she was recently named Private creating opportunities for minority field and positive results for clients academic and enrichment programs. Equity Lawyer of the Year at The law students and early career lawyers, have earned her the honor of a She was recently honored by the New Deal Awards. She is also a dedicated where she is also an active partici- 2018 “Rainmaker” by the Minority York Law Journal for her longtime member of the Association of the pant in its mentoring program. Corporate Counsel Association. commitment to providing pro bono Bar of New York City. legal services.

65 MAGDA CRUZ MARGARET Partner DALE Does your current place BELKIN BURDEN Partner WENIG & PROSKAUER of work have successful diversity GOLDMAN ROSE ••• ••• policies in place?” Response: * Magda Cruz Margaret Dale is 85% Yes, 15% No leads the appel- a versatile first- late practice at chair litigator Belkin Burden who handles complex business dis- and has played an instrumental role putes for clients across a variety of in- in its placement among the top New dustries. She also heads the litigation JILL DARROW UNA DEAN York real estate boutique firms. With Partner Partner department’s data privacy and cyber- KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN FRIED FRANK a career spanning nearly three de- security practice group and regularly ••• HARRIS SHRIVER cades, Cruz specializes in real estate & JACOBSON handles regulatory investigations At Katten, Jill Darrow is the leader matters, contract disputes and com- ••• and class action lawsuits stemming of the firm’s New York transactional plex litigation matters. Outside of her A distinguished from data breaches. Dale maintains tax planning practice. Her caseload practice, Cruz is committed to raising former federal an active pro bono practice focusing predominantly involves tax planning funds to support outreach initiatives prosecutor, Una on issues affecting women, children and tax law, with a focus on partner- to bring classical music, instrumental Dean represents and veterans. She chairs the Board ship transactions, financial services, instruction and performance oppor- a diverse range of companies, boards of Directors of the Center for Family hedge funds, commodities funds and tunities to emerging young musicians and individuals in internal investiga- Representation, a nonprofit dedi- real estate. Darrow is a trusted re- in underserved communities in New tions including whistleblower com- cated to keeping children out of the source for clients on the tax aspects York City, and she serves on the plaints, allegations of harassment and foster care system, and as a member of transactions involving partner- boards of the Chamber Music Center discrimination and claims of corpo- of the Board of Directors of Volunteer ships, limited liability companies and of New York and the Brooklyn Youth rate fraud. She is also a respected Lawyers for the Arts. hedge funds. A sought-after lecturer Music Project. member of the firm’s cybersecurity and author, Darrow regularly speaks practice, where she routinely advises before industry groups including the companies on compliance with cy- Financial Research Associates and bersecurity regulations, cybersecurity the Practising Law Institute. Darrow is corporate governance, breach pre- also a member of the American Bar paredness, training and cybersecurity Association’s tax section, real estate Do you see technology risk disclosures. Prior to joining Fried and partnership committees. changing your job in the Frank, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of near future?” New York, where she investigated and * prosecuted cases involving interna- Response: 58% Yes, 42% No tional money laundering, insider trad- ing, trade sanctions and cybercrime.

JENNIFER MYLAN THERESE JENNIFER FIORICA DENERSTEIN DOHERTY EZRING DELGADO Partner Member Partner Partner GIBSON DUNN & MINTZ CAHILL GORDON LOWENSTEIN CRUTCHER ••• & REINDEL ••• ••• SANDLER Therese ••• After years of Doherty rep- Since joining Jennifer Fiorica serving as a resents banks, Cahill sev- Delgado brings trusted member broker-dealers, en years ago, her extensive experience in a range of Andrew Cuomo’s administration, futures commission merchants and Jennifer Ezring has become a trusted of capital markets disputes to her both in his time as governor and industry executives in complex civil adviser to clients like Bank of Amer- role as a member of Lowenstein’s attorney general, Mylan Denerstein litigation, regulatory enforcement ica, Deutsche Bank and Goldman capital markets litigation group. Her joined Gibson Dunn as a partner proceedings and internal investiga- Sachs in the leveraged finance and clients are primarily members of the in 2014. Since that time, she has tions involving securities, futures and asset-based lending arenas. She “buy-side” and include asset man- become a key part of the firm’s derivatives. Leading financial institu- practices across a variety of indus- agers, hedge funds and institutional white-collar defense and investiga- tions also rely on Doherty for assis- tries, including gaming, retail, energy, investors. In addition to her litigation tions, securities litigation, appellate tance in resolving recruitment and media and technology. Along with practice, Delgado devotes a significant and crisis-management practices. other employment-related disputes. sitting on the firm’s executive com- amount of time to pro bono work. In her various roles, she represents Doherty is a passionate supporter of mittee, Ezring is a key member of its She recently represented a disabled companies on a wide range of legal the New York City-based nonprofit Women’s Initiatives Committee and woman living in public housing who issues involving local, state and fed- First Workings, an organization ded- previously served as a member of the brought disability discrimination eral government. She also maintains icated to helping underserved high- Diversity and Inclusion Committee, claims against the New York City a strong commitment to public ser- school students acquire social capital Associate Development Committee Housing Authority. She is also highly vice and serves as an active member through influential, paid internship and Hiring Committee. She is also a involved with the Financial Women’s of the Association of Black Women opportunities. Over the years, she frequent speaker at industry confer- Association, an organization dedicat- Attorneys. has taken on several interns, provid- ences, most recently those held by ed to developing future leaders in ev- ing students with the opportunity to the Practising Law Institute and the ery sector of the financial community. work in a top Manhattan law firm. Commercial Finance Association.

66 *Response from a poll sent to all honorees LUCY FATO ANGELA Executive vice FERNANDEZ Does your current place president and Executive director general counsel NORTHERN of work offer sufficient work-life AMERICAN MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR balance support?” GROUP INC. IMMIGRANT * ••• RIGHTS 97% Yes, 3% No Lucy Fato over- ••• sees more than A first genera- 900 people spanning 50 countries tion immigrant, Angela Fernandez has in her role at AIG. Prior to joining the spent more than 20 years advocat- MELANIE BARBARA insurer last year, she held high-rank- ing for human and civil rights in the FIGUEROA FINKELSTEIN ing legal positions with firms includ- United States and internationally. Her Partner CEO ing Marsh & McLennan and McGraw public interest law experience began MITCHELL LEGAL SERVICES Hill Financial. In her time at AIG, Fato in the Middle East, where she investi- SILBERBERG & OF THE HUDSON KNUPP VALLEY has used her corporate governance gated labor law violations of workers ••• ••• expertise to develop a plan to ensure with the Centre for Human Rights Melanie Figueroa Barbara long-term, sustainable growth for the Legal Aid in Cairo. During her tenure is an accom- Finkelstein company and presided over its larg- at the Northern Manhattan Coalition plished attorney oversees ev- est acquisition in 15 years. Fato is an for Immigrant Rights, she has helped who represents public and private ery aspect of Legal Services of the active member of the Randall’s Island build city- and statewide coalitions companies in securities regulation, Hudson Valley, a provider of free civil Park Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated that have reversed policies that could mergers and acquisitions and corpo- legal services to almost 600,000 to the care and programming of the potentially be devastating to vulner- rate financing transactions. She also low-income individuals in Westches- park and has helped the Alliance able New Yorkers. She also spear- has significant experience represent- ter, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Rock- raise more than $4.15 million. headed the first-of-its-kind Women’s ing issuers with all Securities Act and land, Sullivan and Ulster counties. In Studies Program for female detainees Exchange Act registration statements. the years since Finkelstein joined the at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. A member of the firm’s Start ‘n Knupp organization in 1995, Legal Services team, Figueroa regularly advises en- of the Hudson Valley’s budget has trepreneurs, startups and other early increased eightfold. Finkelstein, the stage companies through the earliest first woman to helm the organization, Did the Kavanaugh stages of corporate formation and has also worked to expand the free initial capital raising. As a member of services offered to the community; confirmation process have a the Hispanic National Bar Association create units for domestic violence, negative impact on how you and Puerto Rican Bar Association, children’s advocacy and the LGBTQ Figueroa dedicates her time to affect community; and form the Hudson feel about being a lawyer?” positive change in the New York City Valley Justice Center, which serves Response: 30% Yes, 70% No* community and the organizations that immigrants who cannot afford an empower Latina women. attorney, regardless of their immigra- tion status.

JESSICA KATHERINE MARY BETH HELENE FORBES FORREST FORSHAW FREEMAN Corporate partner Partner Partner Partner FRIED FRANK CRAVATH SIMPSON PHILLIPS NIZER HARRIS SHRIVER SWAINE & THACHER & ••• & JACOBSON MOORE BARTLETT ••• ••• ••• As a litigator with more Jessica Forbes After more than Along with her than 30 years has been a valu- two decades role as a mem- of experience, able member at Cravath, ber of the firm’s Helene Freeman focuses her prac- of Fried Frank for more than 30 years. Katherine Forrest was nominated by executive committee, Mary Beth tice on all facets of entertainment, In that time, she has become one of President Barack Obama to serve as a Forshaw handles a wide range of publishing, the arts and fashion. She the leading regulatory lawyers na- U.S. District Judge in 2011. During her litigation matters at Simpson Thacher, serves as a dependable counsel to tionwide in the private funds space, seven years on the bench, she pre- particularly in insurance, reinsurance, multinational record distributors, with a focus on securities regulation. sided over thousands of criminal and bankruptcy and international arbi- leading musical groups, film and tele- Forbes demonstrates her expertise civil cases. In 2018, Forrest rejoined tration. Forshaw is highly regarded in vision producers, authors and adver- by providing advice on trading and Cravath, where she brings her signif- the field, consistently receiving top tising agencies. She regularly advises credit regulation to hedge funds, pri- icant experience in areas including honors from revered organizations clients on international transactions vate equity firms, family offices and antitrust, financial services, crypto- including Chambers USA and Bench- involving the acquisition of rights in high-net-worth individuals. Within currency and employment matters to mark Litigation. In addition to her entertainment and media properties. her community, Forbes served for the firm’s litigation department. As an practice, Forshaw devotes a signif- Possessing a strong commitment to more than a decade as trustee of the adjunct professor at NYU School of icant amount of time to the Legal pro bono work, Freeman serves as Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Law, Forrest has mentored students Action Center serving as the vice chair of the governance committee a Harlem-based organization that and co-taught a course on quantita- chairman of the Board of Directors. of the Community for Education works to enhance the lives of un- tive methods and the law. She is also She also sits on the board of the Yale Foundation. She regularly speaks on der-resourced New York City youth. a regular lecturer and author on top- Law School Fund, which helps sustain topics covering copyright licensing, ics involving antitrust and intellectual and promote the core functions of intellectual property and property. Yale Law School. entertainment law.

67 SUSAN FRUNZI MARJORIE Partner GLOVER Do you believe that your SCHULTE ROTH & Partner ZABEL NORTON ROSE compensation level is the same as an ••• FULBRIGHT Along with her ••• equally-qualified male lawyer?” * position as a Marjorie Glover Response: 59% Yes, 41% No member of the devotes her firm’s executive practice at committee, Susan Frunzi represents Norton Rose Fulbright to the areas some of the nation’s wealthiest of executive compensation and individuals as part of the individual employee benefits law, corporate KRISTIN GOING MARCIA Partner client services group at Schulte Roth governance and risk oversight and GOLDSTEIN DRINKER BIDDLE Partner & Zabel. Frunzi’s clients, including employment law. In her position with ••• WEIL GOTSHAL entrepreneurs and investment fund the firm, she advises on employee Kristin Going & MANGES ••• managers, depend on her services benefits and executive compensation helps creditors for their estate planning, charitable issues in domestic and cross-border maximize their Marcia Goldstein giving, family law and litigation needs. mergers, acquisitions, private place- recoveries in has spent more She also develops and implements ments and project financing. She is bankruptcies, than 35 years charitable giving plans and negotiates also a contributing author to high- federal and state court litigation with Weil’s business finance and contributions to nonprofits. Frunzi ly-regarded publications, including a and out-of-court negotiations. With restructuring department. During is deeply involved in the immediate monthly “Ask the Expert” column for more than two decades of experi- that time, she has honed her skills and greater New York City communi- Employee Benefit Plan Review mag- ence, Going is nationally recognized in domestic and international debt ty. She is a member of The New York azine. Outside of her legal practice, for her work representing financial restructuring and crisis management Historical Society’s Planned Giving she is an active participant in autism institutions and possesses an in- and has served as lead restructuring Advisory Council and The Rockefeller advocacy group Autism Speaks and depth knowledge of the regulations lawyer in a number of major inter- University’s Committee on Trust and the tax section of the American Bar that impact debt securities and the national and U.S. cases. She played Estate Gift Plans. Association. bond industry. She routinely advises a key leadership role in situations at the Drinker Biddle health care team the epicenter of the financial cri- on restructuring issues impacting sis, including Chapter 11 counsel for the health care industry and has a Washington Mutual and restructuring Has the #MeToo movement keen understanding of matters that adviser to AIG. She has also been a affected the legal profession in terms drive decision-making for health lecturer at Yale, Harvard and Colum- care clients. In addition to providing bia law schools and is a frequent of women’s willingness to come practical seminars for clients, Going is speaker at restructuring seminars. forward to report incidences?” a frequent speaker on topics related to business restructuring at trade and * Response: 74% Yes, 26%, No industry conferences.

ELIZABETH TATIANA SAMAA HARIDI MELISANDE GONZALEZ- GUTIERREZ Partner HILL HOGAN LOVELLS SUSSMAN Partner Partner ••• Partner NIXON PEABODY HILL & MOIN OLSHAN FROME ••• Samaa Haridi ••• WOLOSKY The focal point applies her After more ••• of Tatiana experience than a decade As part of Gutierrez’s representing working at Olshan’s corpo- practice is corporations some of the top rate group and a key member of the affordable housing, and in her posi- and financial institutions from across personal injury law firms in New York firm’s renowned shareholder activist tion at Nixon Peabody, she counsels the globe to her work with clients City, Melisande Hill co-founded Hill & and equity investment practice, developers, investors and housing at Hogan Lovells. Part of the inter- Moin in 1997 with a goal of providing Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman coun- authorities on affordable housing national arbitration group, Haridi clients with personalized, results- sels her clients in the areas of corpo- transactions and regulatory issues. regularly handles commercial and oriented representation. Hill puts her rate and securities law, mergers and She paves the road for her clients investor-state arbitrations involving more than 35 years of experience to acquisitions, tender and exchange with respect to the HUD regulatory the Middle East. She is a vital mem- work at the personal injury law firm, offers and shareholder activist situa- process, ensuring that process is as ber of a number of arbitral organiza- where she and co-founder Cheryl tions. She regularly assists both pub- smooth and predictable as possible. tions, including the ICC International Moin have collectively won more lic and privately held companies in Since beginning her career in afford- Court of Arbitration, the Arbitration than $160 million in verdicts and capital-raising transactions, mergers able housing at the Harrison Institute Committee of the International Bar settlements, handled thousands of and acquisitions, and general cor- for Public law, Gutierrez has been pro Association and the London Court of cases and more than 250 appellate porate and securities law matters. In bono counsel for tenant associations International Arbitration (LCIA) Arab cases, including precedent-setting addition to her thriving law practice, in Washington D.C., limited equity Users’ Council. Fluent in both Arabic matters before the New York State Gonzalez-Sussman possesses a deep cooperatives and nonprofits. She and French, and conversant in Span- Court of Appeals. She is also an active commitment to her community. In has also shared her experiences as ish, Haridi is a frequent speaker at member of the New York State Trial 2018, she was elected as a member of an adjunct professor at Georgetown conferences worldwide, and routinely Lawyers Association. the Westchester County Democratic University Law Center. sits as an arbitrator in international Committee. disputes.

68 *Response from a poll sent to all honorees Debevoise congratulates partners Jennifer Chu and Rebecca Silberstein and all of the talented women leaders selected as Crain’s Notable Women in Law N ew Yor k City

New York Paris Hong Kong Washington, D.C. Frankfurt Shanghai London Moscow To k yo www.debevoise.com ELLEN LENORE HOLLOMAN HORTON The pay gap: Partner Partner CADWALADER FISHERBROYLES Male partners at large U.S. law firms WICKERSHAM & ••• TAFT made an average of $959,000 this year; At FisherBroyles, ••• † Lenore Horton female partners made $627,000. Ellen Holloman combines her is a trusted background as representative a serial entrepreneur with her expe- of financial institutions, corporations rience in litigation, capital raising, and individuals in civil litigation, TANISHA PATRICIA trademark protection, investigations regulatory enforcement proceedings JAMES KANTOR and corporate restructuring. Horton and corporate internal investigations. Partner Member offers expert legal counsel to estab- COOLEY MINTZ She also regularly advises companies, lished businesses, nonprofits, artists ••• ••• boards and investors in connection and entrepreneurs, and specializes Tanisha James Patricia Kantor with corporate governance mat- in helping clients navigate significant helps clients has spent more ters. Outside of the firm, Holloman business changes, from crippling and investors than 20 years serves on the board of the Center litigation to succession planning. successfully focused on real for Employment Opportunities, a Horton often speaks on topics relat- navigate mergers, acquisitions and estate law in New York City. During nonprofit dedicated to assisting men ed to empowering minority-owned strategic investments in her role that time, she has handled complex and women with criminal convictions startups with the tools necessary to at Cooley. Clients regularly entrust acquisitions and sales, financings, re- with finding employment. Because of succeed, most recently at the Black James with guiding them through structurings, workouts and develop- her commitment to pro bono en- Women Talk Tech conference in New negotiations with governmental and ment work for her clients. Last year, gagements, Holloman was honored York City. She is also legal counsel to private parties, responding to agen- she handled three of the top 10 resi- with the Thurgood Marshall Award Ellevate Network, a professional de- cy investigations and coordinating dential closings in the city, amounting by The New York City Bar Associa- velopment network for women, and cross-jurisdictional antitrust defense to more than $200 million combined. tion in recognition of her service to serves as a frequent participant in its strategies. James is also dedicated to On the corporate side, Kantor advises post-conviction inmates facing a outreach efforts. using her legal skills to improve the small and family-owned business- capital punishment sentence. lives of underrepresented groups. es on a variety of corporate legal She has successfully represented a matters. In addition to her work with number of pro bono clients, includ- Mintz, Kantor has been a featured ing an El Salvadoran asylum applicant speaker for the New York City Bar Male partners’ hourly billing rates this fleeing persecution by a high-rank- Association and the Council of New ing government official in her native York Cooperatives. year averaged $736; female partners’ country. She is also an active partic- rates averaged $650.† ipant in the voting rights initiatives of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.

BARBARA MICHELLE NANCY JAMIE KOCIS KAPLAN KELBAN KESTENBAUM Partner Shareholder Partner Partner KRAMER LEVIN GREENBERG LATHAM & COVINGTON ••• TRAURIG WATKINS & BURLING Jamie Kocis ••• ••• ••• plays an instru- As co-chair of Michelle Kelban Clients seek mental role in Greenberg leads a team of out Nancy the closing of Traurig’s glob- more than 90 Kestenbaum to multimillion-dol- al tax practice, Barbara Kaplan has lawyers globally in her role as co- handle their most sensitive govern- lar securitization transactions, includ- earned global prominence for her chair of the firm’s real estate practice, ment and internal investigations and ing timeshare, solar and auto loan ability to handle complicated tax where she specializes in commer- litigation. A trailblazer with more than securitizations. She advises clients in examination and sensitive tax con- cial real estate law with a particular 25 years of experience, Kestenbaum both warehouse securitization facilities troversy matters. A go-to lawyer on concentration on real estate finance. has represented clients ranging from and term securitizations, along with issues relating to tax compliance, She represents capital providers in multinational corporations to indi- market-leading transactions involving Kaplan’s aptitude in the field attracts a variety of real estate transactional viduals in high-stakes criminal and new and emerging asset classes. A both domestic and international structures and has significant experi- civil enforcement investigations. She strong role model for future female clients with complex issues. Kaplan is ence with a range of property types. maintains a robust pro bono practice lawyers, Kocis serves as co-chair of also a prolific speaker on the subject Kelban spearheaded an effort to focused on marginalized individuals Kramer Levin’s Women’s Initiative of tax law and frequently speaks at expand the practice’s presence in key in society. Along with the Center for Committee, which works to represent industry conferences, including those markets, like London, New York and Constitutional Rights, Kestenbaum and support women at the New York presented by the Practising Law Insti- the West Coast. She also maintains has represented a number of post- law firm and address important issues tute, The Bar Association of the City a thriving pro bono practice and has 9/11 detainees in matters involving regarding women in the legal industry. of New York and the New York Uni- led Latham’s holiday gift program for claims of unlawful and abusive She also headed the launch of Kramer versity Institute on Federal Taxation. underprivileged children for more detention. She has also supervised Levin’s Women’s Circles, a program that than a decade. immigration asylum petitions that provides an opportunity for lawyers, have led to asylum status for refu- ranging from associates to partners, gees who were persecuted in their to network. home nations.

70 Source: †Major, Lindsey & Africa survey, December 2018 TAKING WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP TO NEW HEIGHTS

Wilson Elser congratulates our partner Ricki Roer on her recognition by Crain’s as a Notable Women in Law in New York City.

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

Ricki has already made signifi cant 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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© 2018 Wilson Elser. All rights reserved. 509-18 CHERYL ELEANOR KORMAN LACKMAN Partner Partner In 2014, Paulette Brown became RIVKIN RADLER COWAN DEBAETS ••• ABRAHAMS & the first black woman elected as president SHEPPARD † Cheryl Korman ••• of the American Bar Association. has represent- The firm’s ed clients in youngest equity hundreds of partner, appeals involving substantive and Eleanor Lackman co-chairs the litiga- procedural issues relating to diverse tion group and trademark group at JESSICA LEE JIYEON areas of the law, including attorney Cowan DeBaets. Along with represent- Partner LEE-LIM and accountant malpractice, com- LOEB & LOEB ing high-profile clients, she also works Partner mercial litigation, insurance law and ••• LATHAM & on behalf of nonprofit organizations labor law. Drawing on her more than As co-chair WATKINS including the Al Hirschfeld Foundation ••• 20 years in practice, Korman regular- of the firm’s and the Estate of Gilbert Baker, who ly prosecutes and defends appeals privacy, secu- Over the past designed the well-known rainbow flag. before New York appellate courts rity and data three decades, Lackman is also a trustee of the non- and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the innovations Jiyeon Lee-Lim profit educational organization, the Second Circuit. Korman is deeply practice, Jessica Lee works with en- has served as a sophisticated adviser Copyright Society of the USA, where committed to the Long Island Wom- tertainment, technology and digital on some of the most complicated she also formerly served as co-chair of en’s Collaborative, an innovative or- media companies to address the cross-border tax issues that arise in its largest chapter and co-chair of the ganization she co-chairs that empow- privacy and intellectual property corporate transactions around the membership committee. She is also ers and engages Long Island’s leading issues that arise when marketing and world. As global chair of the firm’s involved with ChIPS, a women-focused business women, while encouraging monetizing digital content. Even as tax department, she works cases organization with the goal of advancing partnerships and providing growth one of the firm’s youngest partners, involving international and corporate women in law, technology and policy. opportunities. Lee’s high-profile clients, including tax, with a particular emphasis on NBCU, Amazon, HBO and T-Mobile, financial products, capital markets rely on her to help strategize their transactions, securitization transac- digital media initiatives. Lee is also tions and cross-border tax planning. Women represented 25% committed to public service and is Additionally, through the firm’s pro actively involved with Hudson Link bono partnership with Mount Sinai’s of the attorneys appearing in for Higher Education in Prison, where Center for Transgender Medicine and commercial and criminal cases she provides education and re-entry Surgery, Lee-Lim has spent the last support to break the cycle of crime year working closely with individuals in courtrooms in the state and poverty. She also co-chairs Loeb to effectuate their name changes. in 2016‡ & Loeb’s affinity group for Attorneys of Color and Ethnic Diversity.

LORI LESSER JAMIE LEVITT DOREEN LYNN Partner Partner LILIENFELD LOACKER SIMPSON MORRISON Partner Partner THACHER & FOERSTER SHEARMAN & DAVIS WRIGHT BARTLETT ••• STERLING TREMAINE ••• As co-chair ••• ••• Lori Lesser han- of the firm’s For more than Lynn Loacker dles complex commercial two decades, works with matters involv- litigation and Doreen clients ranging ing intellectual trial group, Jamie Levitt manages Lilienfeld has focused her law practice from startups to Fortune 100 compa- property, technology law and privacy cases involving complex commer- on compensation-related matters in nies, helping them meet their growth law as head of the intellectual prop- cial litigation and arbitration. Public all manner of transactions, including objectives, overcome obstacles and erty transactions practice at Simpson companies come to Levitt to rep- the design and implementation of build successful businesses. Drawing Thacher. Her areas of expertise resent them in SEC and regulatory retention and incentive plans, disclo- on her more than 35 years of ex- include mergers and acquisitions, se- investigations. Her expertise also sure and regulatory compliance and perience, Loacker works with man- curities offerings and secured financ- includes conducting and defending employment negotiations for C-Suite agement and boards of directors to ings, bankruptcy and restructurings, corporate internal investigations and executives. For the past 16 years, execute their companies’ strategic vi- joint ventures and other strategic advising board committees and indi- Lilienfeld has spearheaded the publi- sion by helping to facilitate corporate agreements. A well-known lecturer viduals with respect to investigations. cation of the firm’s celebrated survey and commercial transactions, assess in her field, Lesser is co-chair of the Levitt serves as chair of the Morrison of the compensation-related corpo- and mitigate risk and advise on best Practising Law Institute’s conferences & Foerster Foundation, one of the rate governance practices of the larg- practices in corporate governance. A on technology and software issues. oldest law-firm-affiliated charities in est 100 companies, which provides in- longtime advocate for women in her Lesser is also highly involved with her the U.S. that is dedicated to giving depth analyses of practices and trends profession, Loacker founded Davis alma mater, Harvard University, where back to the communities in which impacting corporate governance. Wright Tremaine’s Project W, a group she serves as director of the Harvard the firm has offices. She is also an Lilienfeld is also an active member of that aims to provide women entre- Alumni Association and is the imme- active member of the firm’s board of the Lawyers Alliance for New York, a preneurs and business executives the diate past president of the Harvard directors. pro bono clearing house for nonprofits tools, connections and expertise they Law School Association of NYC. throughout the city of New York. need to build great companies.

72 Sources: †American Bar Association ‡New York State Bar Association Una A. Dean Jessica Forbes Janice Mac Avoy Congratulations to Fried Frank’s Una A. Dean, Jessica Forbes and Janice Mac Avoy and all of the other women featured in Crain’s Notable Women in Law list

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74 AYŞE YÜKSEL BARBARA NANCY CHERYL MAHFOUD MENDELSON MITCHELL EISBERG MOIN Partner Partner Partner Partner NORTON ROSE MORRISON & O’MELVENY HILL & MOIN FULBRIGHT FOERSTER ••• ••• ••• ••• With more than Cheryl Eisberg Ayşe Yüksel In her work 30 years of legal Moin is co- Mahfoud is as a member and banking ex- founder and an integral of Morrison & perience, Nancy co-managing member of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Foerster’s financial services group, Mitchell has developed expertise partner of Hill & Moin, one of the few management team, as well as its cor- Barbara Mendelson advises foreign in providing assistance to debtors, women-led personal injury law firms porate practice, where she handles and U.S. banks in a variety of com- acquirers and creditors in complex in the city. With more than 35 years a diverse array of cross-border deals plex regulatory matters, including restructurings and Chapter 11 pro- of experience, Moin has represented primarily for international clients. sales and acquisitions of firms and ceedings. She has counseled clients plaintiffs in more than 200 appeals She also has extensive experience applications to bank regulators. Her on a number of large-scale bankrupt- affirming multimillion-dollar verdicts, in a range of corporate transactions, more than 25 years of experience has cies and restructurings, including her obtaining reversals on complex issues including mergers and acquisitions, made her a trusted representative of ongoing representation of Puerto and questions of first impression. private equity investments, privat- foreign banks in their U.S. operations. Rico government agencies in the An accomplished lecturer, Moin has izations, joint ventures, strategic Over the course of her career, she largest in-court restructuring in U.S. spoken at a variety of symposiums alliances and financing transactions. has been instrumental in forming history. Previously, Mitchell was exec- and conferences, including those held She is also the founder and partner- a number of subsidiaries of foreign utive director of CIBC World Markets, by the New York City Bar Association. in-charge of the firm’s Istanbul office. banks. Outside of work, Mendelson where she handled the development She has also served as a member of Along with her work at Norton Rose dedicates her time to Big Brothers of financial models for complex the board of directors and chair of the Fulbright, Mahfoud is a dedicated Big Sisters and serves as trustee of its restructurings. Mitchell is engaged Amicus Brief Committee of the New adviser to nonprofit organization Jazz New York City organization. in a range of civic-minded activities, York State Trial Lawyers Association. at Lincoln Center, where she serves including New York City’s The Work- as their lead pro bono counsel on a shop Theater, a group dedicated to range of corporate matters. exploring and developing new works.

We join Crain’s New York Business in honoring Notable Women in Law in New York

including our partners and friends Jessica Lee and

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

Los Angeles New York Chicago Nashville Washington, DC San Francisco Beijing Hong Kong www.loeb.com 75 MARGERY JULIE NORTH INOSI NYATTA MELISSA NEALE Partner Partner OSIPOFF Partner CRAVATH SULLIVAN & Partner WILLKIE FARR & SWAINE & CROMWELL FISHER PHILLIPS MOORE GALLAGHER ••• ••• ••• ••• Inosi Nyatta A broad range Julie North’s Co-chair of co-heads the of clients rely on broad litigation Willkie Farr’s project de- Melissa Osipoff practice covers asset man- velopment to handle their a range of areas agement group, Margery Neale is and finance practice at Sullivan & employment-related litigation needs including antitrust, general com- a nationally-recognized leader in Cromwell, where she is also part of before federal and state courts and mercial, securities and mergers and the area of investment funds. Neale the finance and restructuring group. administrative agencies. Osipoff’s acquisitions litigation. North handles counsels investment companies, in- Particularly adept in a range of cor- core practice involves defending em- clients’ antitrust regulatory clearance vestment advisers, fund sponsors and porate transactions, Nyatta handles ployers in wage litigation, wrongful issues in connection with mergers independent directors in all aspects project financings, capital markets termination, employment contracts, and acquisitions. A passionate civil of the fund business and regularly offerings and cross-border financings. restrictive covenants, trade secrets rights advocate and diversity pro- counsels on fund governance, regu- Clients in a medley of industries, and whistleblower claims. She also ponent, North has worked with the latory compliance and a broad range ranging from oil and gas companies has significant experience preparing American Civil Liberties Union and of transactions involving funds and to financial institutions, depend on numerous position statements in other national organizations to re- advisory organizations. Neale served Nyatta to assist in their acquisitions, response to New York State Division form the manner in which the states as a member of the elite task force private equity investments and joint of Human Rights complaints result- of Montana and Michigan provide on the Fund Director’s Guidebook venture arrangements. Nyatta is an ing in dismissals and case closures. legal services to indigent citizens. of the Federal Regulation of Securi- active member of the firm’s Diversi- As a trusted authority in the field of She is also one of the founders of the ties Committee of the American Bar ty Committee and chairs the Africa labor litigation, Osipoff has shared firm’s Women’s Initiative, which aims Association. She is also a frequent Sub-Committee of the New York City her expertise on matters related to to assist the development of women author and contributor to a range of Bar Cyrus R. Vance Center for Interna- the #MeToo movement on a num- lawyers. respected publications. tional Justice. ber of platforms, including an Emmy award-winning television program.

Congratulations to Crai ’s Notable Women in Law.

Cravath is proud to have Julie North, Judge Katherine Forrest (fmr.) and Ting Chen among this year’s distinguished honorees for their work across the antitrust, litigation and mergers and acquisitions fields.

76 DONNA PARISI MARCIA PAUL LISA Partner Partner PENSABENE SHEARMAN & DAVIS WRIGHT Partner In federal courts STERLING TREMAINE O’MELVENY ••• ••• ••• in New York in Donna Parisi is At Davis Wright As head of 2016, women the global head Tremaine, O’Melveny’s of Shearman Marcia Paul life-science liti- made up 24% of & Sterling’s concentrates gation practice, all the attorneys finance business unit. A skilled prac- her burgeoning practice on a range Lisa Pensabene handles high-stakes titioner and negotiator, she advises of media and intellectual property patent litigation for companies in the who appeared clients on derivatives, structured litigation and counseling. Her clients pharmaceutical and biotechnology in court, with products, securitization, capital mar- include some of the nation’s major industries. She has worked on cases kets and commodities matters. Parisi media companies, who rely on Paul involving drugs for treatments span- 23% holding the also spearheads the firm’s FinTech to handle legal issues involving copy- ning from cancers, HIV and diabetes to Foundry program, which supports the right, trademark, libel and advertising cardiovascular disease and neurologi- position of lead activities of the firm’s clients in the matters. She is an experienced liti- cal disorders. Pensabene also serves as counsel. In state financial technology industry. Parisi gator in complicated situations that a leading member of O’Melveny’s Intel- has long been a champion for the full involve multinational and cross-bor- lectual Property Practice. In November courts, women inclusion of women in the workplace. der issues. During her time with Davis 2017, she co-founded the Women in made up 27% She plays a leading role in Shearman Wright Tremaine, Paul has tried a IP Network, a group that now boasts & Sterling’s global Women’s Initiative, number of cases in state and federal more than 300 members and provides of the attorneys which enhances the firm’s commit- courts around the country, along with an opportunity for women in the field in court and ment to diversity and inclusiveness. complex litigation before various ar- of intellectual property to network and She also supports the Women’s bitral tribunals—including jury trials— enhance their skills. 27% of the lead Initiative for Success, Excellence and across various industries. ‡ Retention, the firm’s associate-run counsels. inclusion network for women.

Source: ‡New York State Bar Association

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77 D. HARA LISA STACEY REBECCA PERKINS RADETSKY RAPPAPORT RETTIG Partner Partner Partner Attorney GOULSTON & PHILLIPS NIZER MILBANK TWEED DONTZIN NAGY STORRS ••• HADLEY & & FLEISSIG ••• MCCLOY ••• As co-chair of ••• In recent years, Phillips Nizer’s One of the few Stacey D. Hara Perkins real estate female litiga- Rappaport is an has helped practice, Lisa tors in her field, accomplished structure some of the most signifi- Radetsky focuses on preparing of- Rebecca Rettig is a complex com- litigator who has developed a track cant neighborhood-transforming real fering plans for vacant and occupied mercial litigator focused on legal and record of success in complex finan- estate transactions in New York City, residential and mixed-use properties. regulatory matters relating to digital cial transaction cases during her including Essex Crossing, a planned She works alongside government assets and blockchain, the technol- more than 20 years at Milbank. A mixed-use development on the agencies to secure approval for those ogy at the heart of Bitcoin and other member of the firm’s litigation and Lower East Side, and Cornell Tech’s projects. An in-demand attorney virtual currencies. Though the block- arbitration group, she represents 12-acre campus on Roosevelt Island. whose cases typically last between chain industry is young and litigation some of the nation’s most distin- Perkins has negotiated low-income three to five years, Radetsky regularly relating to these matters is relatively guished corporations and financial housing tax credit transactions val- represents nonprofit organizations new, Rettig has successfully argued institutions. In 2018, Rappaport was ued at more than $1 billion on behalf and owners of commercial buildings cases across several industries, elected to Milbank’s global execu- of her developer and investor clients. that seek to convert their buildings including finance, pharmaceuticals tive committee, making her the first An expert in the fields of housing and into condominiums. Radetsky has and technology. Rettig is a member female member in the firm’s 152-year economic development, Perkins, who also served on the New York State of Global Digital Finance, an industry history. She also serves as a board co-chairs the firm’s multifamily hous- Bar Associations’ committee on body that drives the acceleration and member of Sanctuary for Families, ing industry group, speaks regularly cooperatives and condominiums and adoption of digital finance technolo- a service provider and advocate for on the trends and changes that are on the alumna advisory board for the gies to support the next era of digital survivors of domestic violence, sex affecting the real estate industry. reorganization of Gamma Phi Beta commerce. trafficking and other forms of gender sorority at Columbia University, which violence. had been dormant since 1911.

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78 RICKI ROER NINA ROKET SARA ELIZABETH Partner Partner RUBENSTEIN SACKSTEDER WILSON ELSER OLSHAN FROME General counsel, Partner ••• WOLOSKY senior vice PAUL WEISS ••• Along with president RIFKIND Nina Roket has CONTINENTAL WHARTON & her role as VENTURES GARRISON regional man- developed a ••• ••• keen under- aging partner of Sara Rubenstein’s A prolific litiga- standing of Wilson Elser’s 17 years in the tor, Elizabeth commercial real estate law, spe- New York office, Ricki Roer chairs the real estate and construction indus- Sacksteder has represented global cifically leasing, conveyancing and firm’s employment and labor prac- tries have given her a broad range banks in virtually every significant finance transactions, over the course tice, where she leads a team of more of experience in real estate finance, category of litigation and regulatory of her nearly 20 year career in the than 150 attorneys across the United development, sales and acquisitions. investigation arising out of the finan- industry. She is a trusted adviser to States. She is also a member of the At Continental Ventures, she oversees cial crisis. She has also represented clients across the U.S. in sophisticat- firm’s Office of the Chairman. Over all legal work and advises the compa- major life and property-casualty ed transactions, including mezzanine the course of her career, Roer has ny in complex real estate and financ- insurers in a wide array of matters, in- and preferred equity financings. As litigated thousands of cases in state ing transactions, the lending platform cluding regulatory investigations and founder and chair of Olshan’s Wom- and federal courts at the trial and and strategic business decisions. policyholder class actions. Sacksteder en’s Committee, a group that serves appellate levels on behalf of a variety Recently, she formed and structured shares her knowledge and experi- as a networking, business develop- of clients, ranging from multinational a new logistics platform for the com- ence with students as a lecturer at ment and mentoring platform for the corporations to nonprofit organiza- pany, which has grown exponentially Columbia Law School, teaching a firm’s women lawyers and their cli- tions. A recognized authority in the since its launch less than one year course on advanced civil procedure. ents and colleagues, Roket has been industry, Roer is consistently called ago. She is also actively involved with She is also an active member of the at the forefront of advancing women upon to lecture on issues of employ- the Women’s Executive Circle, where board of the New York-based Legal both within the legal profession and ment discrimination and labor law. she has served as a mentor for young Action Center, and in 2012 received other respective industries. professional women and speaks reg- the organization’s Arthur Liman Pub- ularly at real estate industry events. lic Interest Award.

Congratulations to NYC’s Boldest and Brightest

Karen Scanna One of Crain’s Notable Women in Law

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79 CLAUDIA CHARAN KAREN KARA SALOMON SANDHU SCANNA SCHECHTER- Partner Partner Partner RAKOWSKI LATHAM & WEIL GOTSHAL STROOCK & Partner WATKINS & MANGES STROOCK & LAVAN BELKIN BURDEN ••• ••• ••• WENIG & Claudia Charan Sandhu For more than GOLDMAN ••• Salomon works is a key member 23 years, Karen closely with of Weil’s tech- Scanna has Kara Schechter- companies and states in complex nology and IP transactions practice, been at the forefront of develop- Rakowski joined arbitration matters as global co-chair where she uses her significant expe- ment in all five boroughs of New York Belkin Burden in 1991 and was elevated of Latham & Watkins’ international ar- rience to represent clients in matters City, working on several of the most to partner just eight years later. Since bitration practice. She also helms the relating to technology transfer and complex and high-profile real estate that time, she has dedicated her ca- expansion of the firm’s investment the development, acquisition and transactions in the city’s history. reer to representing owners in matters treaty arbitration and international use of technology and intellectu- Private developers acquiring city- involving rent regulation, affordable commercial arbitration capabilities to al property. Sandhu is consistently owned property often seek Scanna’s housing, fair housing, anti-discrimina- meet clients’ growing needs. Addi- recognized as a leader in her field by guidance in navigating the city’s com- tion and anti-harassment. As co-head tionally, Salomon was the first fe- respected organizations including petitive bid process. Outside of her of the firm’s administrative depart- male U.S. member appointed to the Legal 500 US and Super Lawyers, and work with the firm, Scanna focuses on ment, Schechter-Rakowski is the first International Chamber of Commerce was recently named Minority Fe- mentoring women in real estate. She woman partner to head a department International Court of Arbitration, male Lawyer of the Year by Chamber has been an active member of WX- in the firm. Through the human rights an institution that aims to resolve USA. Sandhu is highly involved with New York Women Executives in Real practice that she introduced to the international commercial disputes. In Weil’s pro bono efforts and regularly Estate for more than a decade and firm, Schechter-Rakowski has used her June 2018, she was appointed to the represents Kids in Need of Defense, a mentored numerous women through expertise to educate property owners, prestigious position of vice president group that protects children who en- both group sessions and one-on-one managing agents and their staff and of the Court. Salomon also leads a ter the U.S. immigration system alone. engagement. real estate brokers in an effort to pre- range of pro bono matters, including vent discrimination and harassment in several cases focused on voting rights housing and employment. issues.

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80 JODI REBECCA AUDREY SCHWARTZ SILBERSTEIN SOKOLOFF Partner Partner Partner WACHTELL DEBEVOISE & SKADDEN ARPS In the 2nd U.S. LIPTON ROSEN PLIMPTON SLATE MEAGHER & KATZ ••• & FLOM Circuit Court ••• ••• With more of Appeals in Jodi Schwartz than 25 years Following a has spent more of experience, career at Skadden 2016, women than 28 years as Rebecca Silberstein advises invest- that spans nearly constituted partner at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & ment banks, financial institutions 30 years, Audrey Sokoloff was named Katz, where she focuses her work on and boutique firms as sponsors a global head of the firm’s transac- 36% of the the tax aspects of corporate transac- of global private equity, leveraged tions practices in 2018. In this role, public-sector tions. Schwartz has been the principal buyout and bespoke fund products clients worldwide rely on her expe- tax lawyer on numerous domestic and separate accounts. She is a key rience in real estate and real estate attorneys, 14% and cross-border transactions in a relationship partner for many of the finance matters. She also advises wide range of industries and is recog- most prominent private investment clients on private equity issues, of the private nized as one of the leading lawyers fund managers in the world, includ- including acquisitions and sales, con- attorneys. Women in her field. Schwartz recently retired ing Allianz, Credit Suisse, Morgan struction and development projects, from her position as a trustee of The Stanley and WeWork. Well-known in and hospitality and gaming. Deeply represented 28% Jewish Board, a post she held for 25 the investment funds industry, she committed to diversity and inclu- of the attorneys years. In recognition of her years of chairs the New York City Bar’s Private sion initiatives, Sokoloff is a member service, the organization honored Investment Funds Committee, which of Skadden’s Diversity Committee, in criminal cases her with its Madeleine Borg Lifetime explores current legal and policy where she acts as a sponsor of the and 18% in Service Award in 2017. firm’s LGBT Affinity Group. In June issues affecting private funds, includ- ‡ ing hedge funds, private equity funds 2014, she led the firm’s launch of its civil cases. and venture capital funds and their Straight-LGBT Alliance, a first among sponsors. peer law firms.

Source: ‡New York State Bar Association

Olshan congratulates our partners Nina Roket & Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman on their selection to Crain’s Legal List 2019 Notable Women in Law in New York City.

This is Ms. Roket’s second selection, a rare distinction of which we’re very proud. Their commitment to diversity and inclusion reinforces our core values.

OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP 1325 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 WWW.OLSHANLAW.COM 81 ELIZABETH ANTONIA BROOKE STEIN STOLPER Women lawyers of color were eight times Senior manager, Partner New York energy SHEARMAN & more likely than white men to report that law and policy STERLING ENVIRONMENTAL ••• they had been mistaken for janitorial staff, DEFENSE FUND * ••• Antonia Stolper administrative staff or court personnel. heads the Latin Elizabeth America affinity Brooke Stein is a group at Shearman & Sterling, where dedicated advocate for practices that she is highly regarded for her work improve the flexibility and perfor- with Latin American corporate and CHRISTINE CAROLYN mance of New York’s energy system. sovereign issuers and their under- SWANICK VARDI Stein has established a reputation Partner Partner writers in debt and equity securities as a leader in the space and plays a SHEPPARD WHITE & CASE offerings. Since joining the firm in MULLIN ••• key role in advancing clean energy 1991, Stolper has advised a number ••• and utility reform across the state of Carolyn Vardi of Latin American issuers on their For more than New York. Since 2012, her work with is a seasoned ongoing SEC reporting requirements, 23 years, the Environmental Defense Fund has representative compliance issues and corporate Christine helped ensure that the post-Sandy of buyers and governance matters. A member of Swanick has been a leading practi- transformation of the state’s energy sellers in public and private merg- the Shearman & Sterling Pro Bono tioner of federal Indian law. In her system is built on a foundation of ers and acquisitions. She has built a Committee, Stolper has worked on role at Sheppard Mullin, she advises sustainability, not just durability. She strong track record in the resolution the firm’s efforts to provide free legal clients in all aspects of federal Native is also a board member of the Salan of complex transactions for both assistance to thousands of unaccom- American law and tribal-law matters, Foundation, an organization that corporate clients and private equity panied minors fleeing violence in representing both tribes and entities advances useful ideas for greener, funds. Along with her work as part Central America who have resettled doing business with tribes in contrac- high-performance cities. of the firm’s mergers and acquisi- in the New York City region. tual, gaming, regulatory and econom- tions group, Vardi founded White ic development matters. A nationally & Case’s Private Equity and Finance recognized expert in tribal lending Breakfast Series for Women, which and restructuring transactions, Swa- supports the development of young Some 80% of white men, but only 63% nick has worked on more than 100 professionals in these industries. Native American and gaming credit She also co-wrote a widely revered of white women, 59% of men of color transactions involving more than report focused on trends that could and 53% of women of color reported 50 different Native American tribes. drive private equity firms to improve Before entering private practice, gender balance within their ranks that they had equal opportunities for Swanick worked as an in-house tribal and promote more women to senior * attorney for three different federally positions in the field. high-quality assignments. recognized tribes.

ELISE WAGNER KIM WALKER CAROLYN NAOMI Partner Counsel WALKER- WALTMAN KRAMER LEVIN WILLKIE FARR & Executive vice NAFTALIS & GALLAGHER DIALLO Judge, New York president and FRANKEL ••• City Civil Court associate general ••• Kim Walker has NEW YORK counsel, litigation CBS CORP. A leading land- been a leader STATE COURTS ••• ••• use attorney, in the intellec- As head of Elise Wagner tual property Judge Carolyn litigation for has substantial field for more than 27 years. She Walker-Diallo CBS, Naomi Waltman represents the experience counseling for-profit and has advised clients on billion dollar is the first Muslim woman elected to media giant in a broad range of liti- nonprofit property owners on the acquisitions and counseled compa- serve as a judge in the United States. gation matters, including intellectual planning and development of new nies across various industries, ranging Since assuming the bench in 2016, property, defamation and employ- buildings and the reuse of existing from technology and telecommu- she has been instrumental in de- ment. She was previously deputy buildings. She has played a key role nications to retailers and sports creasing court dockets in both civil head of litigation for CBS before her in coordinating the public approval networks. As Willkie’s Chief Diversity and criminal courts, part of a state- promotion in 2018. In recent years, processes for major development and Inclusion Officer, Walker works wide goal to shrink backlogs in the Waltman has been at the forefront of projects that involve cooperation tirelessly to promote the retention state’s courts. Walker-Diallo began a number of industry-wide litigation between private developers and city and advancement of diverse and her legal career as a litigation asso- initiatives protecting CBS’s content. and state agencies. Wagner is also a female attorneys. Walker is also a ciate at Milbank and later joined the Waltman supports the advancement board member and chair of the nom- board member of Rising Ground New York City Office of the Corpo- of women and minorities. She co- inating committee of the New York and Edwin Gould Services for Chil- ration Counsel as a labor and em- chairs the Women’s Group of the Building Congress, an organization dren and Families, leading nonprofit ployment attorney. She also helms a New York Chapter of the Association committed to promoting the growth human services organizations that nonprofit named after her father, The of Corporate Counsel and is deputy and success of the construction in- provide children, adults and families George Walker Jr. Community Coali- global chair of the Women in Law dustry in New York City. with the resources and skills needed tion, which provides youth develop- Empowerment Forum. to help them rise above adversity. ment and community services.

82 Source: *”You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Bias in the Legal Profession,” September 2018 report by the American Bar Association DEBBIE WHITE NANCY WOLFF DIANA JENNIFER Deputy chair, Partner WOLLMAN YOUNT music industry COWAN DEBAETS Partner Partner LOEB & LOEB ABRAHAMS & CLEARY GOTTLIEB PAUL HASTINGS SHEPPARD ••• STEEN & ••• ••• HAMILTON Recognized as As chair of the Nancy Wolff is ••• an elite enter- firm’s finance widely recog- Recognized tainment lawyer and restruc- nized as an as one of the by publications turing practice, expert in copy- leading forces including Variety, The Hollywood Jennifer Yount represents a wide right and licensing issues relating to in her field, Diana Wollman provides Reporter and Billboard, Debbie range of traditional banks and in- all aspects of digital content, visual counsel to her clients on interna- White’s client list includes popular vestment banks, while maintaining a arts and publishing. Her legal advice tional acquisitions, internal restruc- recording artists, producers, managers, strategic focus on alternative lenders, is sought after by major image-licens- turing transactions, tax investigations record companies and celebrities. She direct lenders and finance compa- ing companies, publishers, digital and strategic audit preparation. She has negotiated multimillion dollar nies. Her range of specialties include design agencies as well as prominent joined Cleary Gottlieb in 2015 follow- recording contracts, publishing deals acquisition financing, distressed artists for counseling, transaction- ing her tenure as the Internal Reve- and other arrangements for some credit and restructurings. Yount is al services and dispute resolution. nue Service’s first director of interna- of the most successful names in the widely recognized as an expert and She is frequently requested to be a tional strategy for its large business music industry. Her practice is increas- thought leader in the finance indus- speaker on copyright and issues of and international division. In that ingly active in Asia’s expanding media try and speaks widely on the market licensing in the area of digital media. position, Wollman improved how market, where her clients include challenges facing both traditional In addition, she is an active board the agency addresses international China’s largest tech company and one and nonbank lenders. She is also a member of the Foundation for Gen- tax issues and trains its agents. She of the most popular K-pop bands in staunch supporter of Shane’s Inspi- der Equality, a foundation that aims has authored or contributed to more history. She is also deeply involved ration, an organization that aims to to create new pathways to address than 30 written works on a range of with Law Rocks, a global organization create social inclusion for children issues impacting the development of tax-related issues and is an executive with a mission to promote music edu- with disabilities by creating acces- woman and girls. committee member of the New York cation for underprivileged youth. sible playgrounds and educational State Bar Association’s Tax Section. programs for children of all abilities.

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83 Female litigators find their voices New efforts to give young women their day in court

Janice Mac Avoy, co-head of the real estate Female attorneys in speaking roles account for just Senior litigators are coaching young women to over- litigation practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, about a quarter of counsel who appear in state and come their fear of asking to take on a case or lead a federal courts in New York. They had 24.9% of lead deposition. Shriver & Jacobson, recalls chatting with counsel roles and 27.6% of additional counsel roles. another senior female attorney about a But in complex commercial cases, the percentage “Women need to be more vocal,” said Una Dean, a case that she knew her firm would not win. of female lead counsel—31.6% in one-party cases— Fried, Frank partner and former federal prosecutor. Mac Avoy’s colleague made an eye-opening shrank to 26.4% in two-party cases and just 19.5% in “They struggle with fear of failure: ‘Can I do this?’ The cases with five or more litigants. “The more complex critical part is leaning in even when you have doubts suggestion—if the case was unwinnable, why the case,” reads the report, “the less likely that a wom- you can do it, because that’s what your male counter- not let a female associate tackle the oral an appeared as lead counsel.” parts are doing.” arguments as a learning experience? So what’s to be done? Female lawyers must conduct The NYBA report makes specific recommendations “I thought wow, why didn’t I think of that?” said Mac depositions early on in their careers. They should par- that New York judges have taken to heart. Avoy. “We knew we would lose, so no one would ticipate in court instead of sitting at the counsel table blame her. It was a great experience for her, and it while the senior partner argues the matter. When that “Judges in the Southern District now ask if there isn’t saved the client money to have the associate, not me, happens, female litigators gain experience, and court a woman on the litigation team, why not, and if there argue the case. Not every motion is the most import- proceedings are more efficient, said Nancy Kesten- is, why isn’t she speaking? That is really powerful,” said ant thing in the world.” baum, a Covington & Burling partner and former Mac Avoy. federal prosecutor. More partners are giving female litigators the oppor- “Judges are saying ‘I want to hear other voices,’” added tunity to shine in the courtroom. The impetus is a “Instead of senior lawyers turning for answers to the Mary Beth Forshaw, a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett bombshell 2017 report published by the New York female associate who took the deposition, the judge litigation partner. “The judiciary in New York is leading State Bar Association. “If Not Now, When?” is packed gets those answers efficiently, and it is an opportu- the charge, making sure women are taking the first with data on the lack of female voices in both court- nity for younger lawyers to speak. It’s a win-win,” said or second chair. Everyone needs to stop and think, is rooms and in alternative dispute resolutions. Kestenbaum. there a woman on our roster?”

84 85 The path to success Leadership skills get handed down to the next generation of female lawyers

In the legal profession, the gender gap is positions are committed to grooming female associ- “Despite the now universal adoption of women’s characterized by fewer women in top gov- ates for entry-level spots. initiatives,” according to a 2018 survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, “there is little ev- ernance and practice leadership posts; less “You have to develop leadership skills, and the only idence that these initiatives have led to substantial in- access to senior partners who influence client way to do so is if someone says, ‘you should be on creases in the representation of women at the highest exposure; and the juggle between family the finance committee to get those skills,’ ” said Mary levels of the law firm.” and career that often falls more heavily on Beth Forshaw, a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner in her seventh term on the firm’s executive committee. Still, serious mentoring goes on at women’s initiatives. women. The 114 attorneys on the 2019 list of At Shearman & Sterling, the Women’s Initiative for Notable Women in Law have responded with Younger women must be encouraged to run for these Success, Excellence and Retention, or WISER, asso- an arsenal of techniques to lessen that gap positions, adds Forshaw, who recalls how she put her ciates learn to appreciate the business side of law. for younger women by developing their lead- name into the ring at a relatively early age. “There’s a Getting a handle on P&L, overhead, compensation, hesitancy, and that needs to change to ‘heck, I can do and managing people are critical skills for leader- ership, legal and business development skills. this,’” she said. Propelled by such support, there now ship roles—and deepen a lawyer’s knowledge of her are two younger women on the executive committee. clients’ businesses, said Donna Parisi, the global head “The more we see women in positions of power, the of Shearman & Sterling’s finance business unit and a more we see this as a matter of course,” said Ricki Other skill-development tools are women’s initia- former member of the firm’s executive committee. Roer, who sits on Wilson Elser’s executive committee. tives—formal networking groups that offer programs on “And as women move up the ranks of power,” she career advancement and professional development— “Women need to understand the business side of law added, “we can begin to address disparities” such as as well as informal women-led alternatives to the old and how that can drive value for clients,” said Parisi. the gender pay gap. boys network. Both can help female associates access high-visibility cases and relationships with key mentors. Nina Roket, founder and chair of the Women’s Access to the law firm power structure, where the Research suggests, however, that while women’s initia- Committee at Olshan Frome Wolosky, makes sure bulk of compensation and promotion decisions are tives are influential, they are by no means equivalent the initiative polishes business generation skills. A made, is critical. Women who hold law firm leadership to elevating more women to governance posts. co-administrative partner at the firm, Roket said she

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86 learned that lesson early in her career after joining or- girl network so that we are advocating for each other,” a great opportunity for women,” said Lee. “The old ganizations that nurtured female client relationships. said Lori Lesser, a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. boy network hasn’t had time to creep in.”

“It opened up my eyes: Guys do this all the time and New “old girl networks” have emerged in specific Women helping women is key to mentorship in the refer work to each other,” said Roket. practice areas where female attorneys have an edge wake of the #MeToo movement. There is talk of male over the traditional attorneys who refuse to be alone in a room with The significance of cluster of older white female associates. Given the volume of men who con- female referral networks “The more we see women in men. That includes trol high-profile assignments and client interactions, has skyrocketed in re- cybersecurity, where such hesitancy threatens successful mentorships. cent years. They develop positions of power, the more women like Lesser, a pipeline of talent that who co-chairs Simpson Conversely, sexual misconduct investigations have can be tapped to meet we see this as a matter of course. Thacher’s privacy and become a key practice area for female employment new benchmarks for And as women move up the cybersecurity practice, lawyers and former prosecutors. gender diversity, such as entered a tech area that a recent California law ranks of power we can begin wasn’t dominated by “Many women are involved because of the sensitivity that sets minimum gen- older men in the early around these investigations,” said Una Dean, a former der-based requirements to address disparities.” 1990s. For a younger federal prosecutor and partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, for boards of directors. Ricki Roer, partner, Wilson Elser generation that grew up Shriver & Jacobson. around technology, it The networks also help was a legal arena where CBS’s board asked ex-prosecutor Nancy Kestenbaum law firms respond to client pressure to enhance female associates could punch above their weight. of Covington & Burling to co-lead an independent in- diversity among outside counsel. “You didn’t have an entrenched set of experts. Every- vestigation into sexual misconduct allegations against one had an equal playing field,” Lesser recalled. former Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves. “We expect our law firms to assign diverse teams to She had led previous investigations involving such all CBS matters for which they have been engaged,” Privacy law is also a hot area with less competition institutions as Choate Rosemary Hall and the Brearley said Naomi Waltman, CBS Corp.’s executive vice presi- from more senior attorneys. “It’s been a great oppor- School. The #MeToo movement, said Kestenbaum, dent and associate general counsel, litigation. “To pe- tunity for younger lawyers,” said Jessica Lee, a Loeb & “definitely has had an impact on my practice. There’s riodically assess compliance, we track the time spent Loeb partner who focuses on privacy and intellectual no doubt there’s been an uptick,” as more companies by diverse lawyers on our matters. We also expect the property issues. “It helps that they can understand grapple with allegations. diverse team members to play a meaningful role in how the tech works, because they grew up with AI, the particular CBS matter.” blockchain and VR.” Women in particular are interested in the practice area. “I have no trouble staffing these cases,” added Female referral networks essentially create databases Lee recalls a recent panel on blockchain and virtual Kestenbaum. “They are interesting, and they have a of qualified women. “It’s so important to have that old reality populated entirely by female attorneys. “What social impact.”

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