The 2024 Lawdragon Legends
By Katrina Dewey | February 9, 2024 | Guides, News & Features
Erica Harris of Susman Godfrey, LaBarron Boone of Beasley Allen and Johnine Barnes of Greenberg Traurig
It is among our greatest honors every year to announce The Legends.
The 2024 Lawdragon Legends are a razzle-dazzle class of 33 of the nation’s finest lawyers, overflowing with inspiring accomplishments from coast to coast.
They include the plaintiff lawyers who help victims of sexual abuse and harassment find pathways to justice; who champion victims of predatory lending and pharmaceutical destruction; and who wrest claims against financial villains who too often escape public justice.
Featured here are also white-collar gurus and others who defend the accused, be they corporations, individuals or other organizations facing the gravest of accusations. In addition to the astonishing litigation talent from both sides of the courtroom, this year's group includes elite lawyers from the technology, restructuring and financial practices.
These lawyers have formed new firms and built them to great heights, carved elite Supreme Court practices, reached the pinnacle of lawyering in the White House and America’s elite money machines, forged new pathways for women and minorities and crafted new styles of leadership at the nation’s most powerful law firms.
The Legends are comprised of lawyers who have been recognized with the Lawdragon 500 distinction repeatedly, typically 10 times or more. We recognized our first class of Legends in 2015, our 10th anniversary. As a group they embody what Lawdragon believes is the best a lawyer can be. You can view the full Legends here.
It is our pleasure to recognize them and share a few of their stories, including "Limelights" of Johnine Barnes; Vincent Cohen; Erica Harris; Bill Reid; Tara Sutton; and Milton Williams.
| First | Last | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt | Arnold | Arnold & Itkin | Houston |
| Johnine P. | Barnes | Greenberg Traurig | Washington, D.C. |
| Paul M. | Basta | Paul Weiss | New York |
| LaBarron | Boone | Beasley Allen | Montgomery, Ala. |
| John D. | Buretta | Cravath | New York |
| Michael | Carlinsky | Quinn Emanuel | New York |
| Vincent H. | Cohen Jr. | Dechert | Washington, D.C. |
| Stephen | D'Amore | Winston & Strawn | Chicago |
| Karin A. | DeMasi | Cravath | New York |
| Diane M. | Doolittle | Quinn Emanuel | Redwood Shores, Calif. |
| Gregory G. | Garre | Latham | Washington, D.C. |
| Elizabeth 'Beth' | Graham | Grant & Eisenhofer | San Francisco |
| Erica | Harris | Susman Godfrey | Houston |
| Jason | Itkin | Arnold & Itkin | Houston |
| Rachel | Jensen | Robbins Geller | San Diego |
| Christopher | Keller | Labaton Sucharow | New York |
| Kathy | Love | McGinn Montoya | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Edward | Micheletti | Skadden | Wilmington |
| Donald A. | Migliori | Motley Rice | Mount Pleasant, S.C. |
| Sharon | Nelles | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York |
| Sean F. | O'Shea | Cadwalader | New York |
| Stephanie E. | Parker | Jones Day | Atlanta |
| Brian A. | Ratner | Hausfeld | Washington, D.C. |
| Noelle M. | Reed | Skadden | Houston |
| William T. | Reid IV | Reid Collins | Austin |
| Lorin L. | Reisner | Paul Weiss | New York |
| David | Ring | Taylor Ring | Manhattan Beach, Calif. |
| Kathryn | Ruemmler | Goldman Sachs | New York |
| Gina N. | Shishima | Norton Rose Fulbright | Austin |
| Tara D. | Sutton | Robins Kaplan | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Jeroen | van Kwawegen | Bernstein Litowitz | New York |
| Milton | Williams | Walden Macht | New York |
| Bruce E. | Yannett | Debevoise | New York |
