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The Best Women Lawyers In New York City (2018)

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Everyone likes a good ranking, and now Crain’s New York has gotten in on the action. They’ve put together a list of the top 100 women lawyers in New York City. The publication has started the ranking in commemoration of the achievements of women, while still being mindful of the challenges of being a high-profile woman attorney.

Some 130 years after Kate Stoneman became the first woman, in 1886, to be admitted to the New York bar, these 100 women celebrated by Crain’s have climbed to the heights of their careers against a background of sometimes blatant, sometimes unconscious bias. Only a very foolish man, though, would try to objectify or demean these gifted attorneys.

Which, of course, doesn’t mean they haven’t tried…

In any event, the list that Crain’s has put together is an impressive one. In the top 100 there are lawyers who do public interest work, small-law and solo practitioners, in-house counsel, and of course, Biglaw attorneys are well represented.

Without further ado, here are the top 100 attorneys, in alphabetical order, on Crain’s inaugural Leading Women Lawyers in New York City:

1. Amrith Kaur Aakre, Legal director, The Sikh Coalition
2. Terri Adler, Partner, Duval & Stachenfeld
3. Neysa Alsina, Counsel, New York City Bar Association
4. Lauren Angelilli, Partner, Cravath Swaine & Moore
5. Judith Archer, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
6. Karen Artz Ash, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
7. Elsa Ayoub, Attorney at law, The Law Offices of Elsa Ayoub
8. Christina Baltz, Partner, Withers Bergman
9. Luise Barrack, Managing member, Rosenberg & Estis
10. Meredith Beuchaw, Partner, Cooley
11. Sheila Boston, Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
12. Erica Buckley, Partner, Nixon Peabody
13. Colleen Caden, Partner, Pryor Cashman
14. Helen Cantwell, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
15. Linda Carlozzi, Principal, Jackson Lewis
16. Sarah Cave, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
17. Dale Cendali, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
18. Kimberly Chainey, Associate general counsel, Avis Budget Group
19. Kathy Hirata Chin, Senior counsel, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
20. Jane Chuang, Partner, Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter
21. Jayne Conroy, Shareholder, Simmons Hanly Conroy
22. Victoria Cook, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
23. Melanie Cyganowski, Partner, Otterbourg
24. Lisa Davis, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
25. Yasmin Dwedar, Supervising attorney, New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission
26. Danielle Epstein Day, Partner, Sadis & Goldberg
27. Regina Faul, Partner, Phillips Nizer
28. Lisa Ferri, Partner, Mayer Brown
29. Melanie Figueroa, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
30. Maria Fernanda Gandarez, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart
31. Faith Gay, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
32. Sandra Goldstein, Partner, Cravath Swaine & Moore
33. Wendy Goldstein, Partner, Cooley
34. Wanda Goodloe, Senior vice president, general counsel, CBRE
35. Jennifer Grady, Managing partner, Richard Kibbe & Orbe
36. Keisha-Ann Gray, Partner, Proskauer Rose
37. Taa Grays, Vice president and associate general counsel, information governance, MetLife
38. Nicole Greenblatt, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
39. Daryn Grossman, Partner, Proskauer Rose
40. Caroline Harris, Managing partner, GoldmanHarris
41. Tanya Hobson-Williams, Principal, Hobson-Williams
42. Mary Beth Hogan, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
43. Lenore Horton, Partner, FisherBroyles
44. Lisa Howlett, Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Hunter Roberts Construction Group
45. Narges Kakalia, Member, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
46. Song Kim, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
47. Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman, Patner, Sidley Austin
48. Eve Klein, Partner, Duane Morris
49. Marni Lerner, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
50. Janice Mac Avoy, Partner, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
51. Carmelyn Malalis, Commissioner and Chair, New York City Commission on Human Rights
52. Mercedes Maldonado, Senior associate attorney, Koehler & Isaacs
53. Jeanine Margiano, Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
54. Lori Marks-Esterman, Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky
55. Hazel-Ann Mayers, Executive vice president, general counsel, Simon & Schuster
56. Marjorie Mesidor, Partner, Phillips & Associates
57. Melanie Meyers, Partner, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
58. Akiko Mikumo, Managing Partner, Asia, Weil Gotshal & Manges
59. Pamela Miller, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
60. Jessica Millett, Partner, Duval & Stachenfeld
61. Nancy Mitchell, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
62. Christine Montenegro, Partner, Kasowtiz Benson Torres
63. Sheila Murphy, Senior vice president and associate general counsel, MetLife
64. Jaimee Nardiello, Partner, Zetlin & De Chiara
65. Sharon Nelles, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
66. Lynn Neuner, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
67. Amanda Nussbaum, Partner, Proskauer Rose
68. Moya O’Connor, Senior trial attorney, MetLife
69. Kathleen Pakenham, Partner, Cooley
70. Michele Penzer, Managing partner, Latham & Watkins
71. D. Hara Perkins, Director, Goulston & Storrs
72. Vered Rabia, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
73. Valerie Radwaner, Deputy chair and partner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
74. Kara Shechter-Rakowski, Partner, Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman
75. Julissa Reynoso, Partner, Winston & Strawn
76. Aimee Richter, Partner, Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter
77. Ricki Roer, Partner, Wilson Elser
78. Nina Roket, Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky
79. Carol Rosenthal, Partner, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
80. Jennifer Rossan, Partner, Sadis & Goldberg
81. Sara Rubenstein, General counsel and senior vice president, Continental Ventures
82. Laurie Ruckel, Managing partner, Loeb & Loeb
83. Alanna Rutherford, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner
84. Melissa Sawyer, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
85. Belinda Schwartz, Partner, Herrick Feinstein
86. Michelle Shapiro, Partner, Dentons US
87. Robin Silverman, Partner, Golenblock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe
88. Georgina Slade, Partner, Milkbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
89. Audra Soloway, Partner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
90. Lisa Sotto, Partner, Hunton & Williams
91. Kathleen Sullivan, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
92. Stacie Trott, Partner, Duval & Stachenfeld
93. Christine Varney, Partner, Cravath Swaine & Moore
94. Naomi Waltman, Senior vice president and associate general counsel, CBS Corp.
95. Jamie Wine, Partner, Latham & Watkins
96. Nicole Woolard, Associate, Duane Morris
97. Allison Yacker, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
98. Alice Yurke, Partner, Alston & Bird
99. Taurie Zeitzer, Partner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
100. Hui Zeng, Partner, Zeng Law Group

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