Announcing the 2021 Inductees to the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame
By Katrina Dewey | January 27, 2021 | Guides, News & Features
We are thrilled to introduce the new members of the Lawdragon Hall of Fame. These lawyers are among the most acclaimed of their generation, having led America’s signature law firms to unprecedented heights, achieved civil rights advances and changed our world for the better.
The lawyers selected include dealmakers such as Sullivan & Cromwell’s Joe Shenker; Wachtell’s Edward Herlihy; and Kirkland’s David Fox. All-star litigators include Mary Alexander; McKool Smith’s Doug Cawley; Paul Weiss’ Jay Cohen; and Lieff Cabraser’s Elizabeth Cabraser. Also inducted this year is the remarkable former Delaware Vice Chancellor and Paul Weiss of counsel Stephen Lamb.
Recognized here are three remarkable female lawyers we lost last year: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sullivan partner Alexandra Korry and Robins Kaplan partner Hollis Salzman. The magnitude of their loss mirrors the breadth of their achievements and impact on those they touched.
| First | Last | Company | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deirdre | Aaron | Outten & Golden | Litigators |
| Terry | Abeyta | Abeyta Nelson | Litigators |
| Mike | Abourezk | Abourezk & Garcia | Litigators |
| Vicki Lafer | Abrahamson | Abrahamson Rdzanek | Litigators |
| Mary | Alexander | Mary Alexander & Associates | Litigators |
| Greg | Allen | Beasley Allen | Litigators |
| D. Leon | Ashford | Hare Wynn | Litigators |
| Scott | Atlas | Atlas Counsel Search | Consultants |
| Vincent | Bartolotta Jr. | Thorsnes Bartolotta | Litigators |
| Lynne | Bernabei | Bernabei & Kabat | Litigators |
| Stephen | Berzon | Altshuler Berzon | Litigators |
| Lisa | Blue | Athea Trial Lawyers | Litigators |
| Patricia | Bobb | Patricia C. Bobb & Associates | Litigators |
| Kathleen | Bogas | Bogas & Koncius | Litigators |
| Mary | Bonauto | GLAD | Leadership |
| Michael | Boone | HaynesBoone | Dealmakers |
| James | Bostwick | Bostwick & Peterson | Litigators |
| Margaret Moses | Branch | Branch Law Firm | Litigators |
| Thomas | Brandi | The Brandi Law Firm | Litigators |
| Frank | Branson | The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson | Litigators |
| Joseph | Brown Jr. | Cunningham Bounds | Litigators |
| Elizabeth | Cabraser | Lieff Cabraser | Leadership |
| David | Casey Jr. | Casey Gerry | Litigators |
| Douglas | Cawley | McKool Smith | Litigators |
| Cynthia | Chihak | Chihak & Martel | Litigators |
| James | Clark | Cahill | Dealmakers |
| Lew | Clayton | Paul Weiss | Litigators |
| Howard | Coker | Coker Law | Litigators |
| Jan | Conlin | Ciresi Conlin | Litigators |
| Silvia | Coulter | LawVision | Consultants |
| Christopher | Cox | Cadwalader | Dealmakers |
| Lanny | Davis | Trident DMG | Consultants |
| Mark | Davis | Davis Levin | Litigators |
| John | DeGroote | DeGroote Partners | Litigators |
| Jorge | del Calvo | Pillsbury | Dealmakers |
| Thomas | Demetrio | Corboy & Demetrio | Litigators |
| Carl | Douglas | Douglas Hicks | Litigators |
| Lewis 'Mike' | Eidson | Colson Hicks | Litigators |
| Jay | Eisenhofer | Grant & Eisenhofer | Litigators |
| Alan | Epstein | Spector Gadon | Litigators |
| Alan | Exelrod | Rudy Exelrod | Litigators |
| Elizabeth | Faiella | Faiella & Gulden | Litigators |
| Robert | Fleder | Paul Weiss | Litigators |
| Valerie | Fontaine | Seltzer Fontaine | Consultants |
| David | Fox | Kirkland | Dealmakers |
| Jan Woodward | Fox | Jan Woodward Fox, PLC | Litigators |
| Stephen | Fraidin | Cadwalader | Dealmakers |
| Hal | Gillespie | Gillespie & Sanford | Litigators |
| Ruth Bader | Ginsburg | U.S. Supreme Court | Remembered |
| Amy | Gladstein | Gladstein Reif | Litigators |
| Nathan | Goldberg | Allred Maroko | Litigators |
| Stuart | Grossman | Grossman Roth | Litigators |
| Paul | Hanly Jr. | Simmons Hanly Conroy | Remembered |
| William | Hartnett | Cahill Gordon | Dealmakers |
| Terry | Hatter | U.S. District Court | Judges |
| Michael | Hausfeld | Hausfeld | Litigators |
| Michael | Hausfeld | Hausfeld | Litigators |
| Edward | Herlihy | Wachtell | Leadership |
| Frank | Herrera Jr. | The Herrera Law Firm | Litigators |
| Nancy | Hersh | Hersh & Hersh | Litigators |
| Anita | Hill | Cohen Milstein | Litigators |
| Nora | Jordan | Davis Polk | Dealmakers |
| Karen | Kaplowitz | New Ellis Group | Consultants |
| Steven | Kazan | Kazan McClain | Litigators |
| Don | Keenan | Keenan Law Firm | Litigators |
| Skip | Keesal | Keesal Young | Litigators |
| Michael | Kelly | Walkup Melodia | Litigators |
| Thomas | Kline | Kline Specter | Litigators |
| Alan | Kornberg | Paul Weiss | Litigators |
| Alexandra | Korry | Sullivan & Cromwell | Remembered |
| Michael | Kump | Kinsella Weitzman | Litigators |
| Stephen | Lamb | Paul Weiss | Leadership |
| Barbara | Lawless | Lawless & Lawless | Litigators |
| Richard | Lawrence | The Lawrence Firm | Litigators |
| Ann | Lee Gibson | Ann Lee Gibson Consulting | Consultants |
| Jon | Lindsey | Major Lindsey & Africa | Consultants |
| Michael | Livingston | Davis Levin | Litigators |
| Randi | McGinn | Athea/McGinn Montoya | Litigators |
| Ellen | Messing | Messing Rudavsky | Litigators |
| Michael | Meyer | Glaser Weil | Dealmakers |
| Bruce | Miller | Miller Cohen | Litigators |
| Dale | Minami | Minami Tamaki | Litigators |
| Mark | Moller | Kreindler & Kreindler | Litigators |
| Henry | Nassau | Dechert | Dealmakers |
| Harold | Nix | Nix Patterson | Litigators |
| John | Norman | Norman & Edem | Litigators |
| Cliff | Palefsky | McGuinn Hillsman | Litigators |
| Aaron | Podhurst | Podhurst Orseck | Litigators |
| Steven | Quattlebaum | Quattlebaum Grooms | Litigators |
| Kalman | Resnick | Hughes Socol | Litigators |
| Deborah | Rhode | Stanford Law School | Remembered |
| Mark | Robinson | Robinson Calcagnie | Litigators |
| Stephen | Roddenberry | Akerman | Dealmakers |
| Sanford Jay | Rosen | Rosen Bien | Litigators |
| David | Rosenfeld | Weinberg Roger | Litigators |
| Rick | Rule | Paul Weiss | Litigators |
| Patrick | Salvi | Salvi Schostok | Litigators |
| Hollis | Salzman | Robins Kaplan | Remembered |
| Richard | Sarver | Barrasso Usdin | Litigators |
| John 'Jack' | Scarola | Searcy Denney | Litigators |
| James | Schwebel | Schwebel Goetz | Litigators |
| Mary Anne | Sedey | Sedey Harper | Litigators |
| Elonide | Semmes | Right Hat | Consultants |
| Anthony | Shapiro | Hagens Berman | Remembered |
| Joseph | Shenker | Sullivan & Cromwell | Leadership |
| Leopold | Sher | Sher Garner | Dealmakers |
| Nancy | Shilepsky | Sherin & Lodgen | Litigators |
| Michael | Sitrick | Sitrick | Consultants |
| William | Smith | Abramson Smith | Litigators |
| Larry | Sonsini | Wilson Sonsini | Dealmakers |
| Dan | Stormer | Hadsell & Stormer | Litigators |
| Paul | Stritmatter | Stritmatter Kessler | Litigators |
| Robert | Sullivan | Sullivan Papain | Litigators |
| Steven | Toll | Cohen Milstein | Litigators |
| Mark | Wawro | Susman Godfrey | Litigators |
| Deborah | Willig | Willig Williams | Litigators |
| Steven | Zieff | Rudy Exelrod | Litigators |
About the author: Katrina Dewey (katrina@lawdragon.com) is the founder and CEO of Lawdragon, which she and her partners created as the new media company for the world’s lawyers. She has written about lawyers and legal affairs for 30 years, and is a noted legal editor, creator of numerous lawyer recognition guides and expert on lawyer branding. She is based in Venice, Calif., and New York. She is also the founder of Lawdragon Campus, which covers law students and law schools. View our staff page.
