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INDEX OF HONOREES
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 PAGES 74 - 75
Sylvia Chin Kristin Going
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
PAGES 76 - 77 PAGES 82 - 83
Martine Beamon Una Dean Tanisha James
Jennifer Fiorica Delgado Patricia Kantor Margery Neale Elizabeth Brooke Stein
Leora Ben-Ami Julie North Antonia Stolper
Lynda Bennett Mylan Denerstein Barbara Kaplan
Therese Doherty Michelle Kelban Inosi Nyatta Christine Swanick
Andrea Bierstein Melissa Osipoff Carolyn Vardi
Jennifer Ezring Nancy Kestenbaum
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
PAGES 78 - 79
Susan Bodine Jessica Forbes Eleanor Lackman Debbie White
Jessica Lee D. Hara Perkins Nancy Wolff
Lauren Boglivi Katherine Forrest Lisa Radetsky
Stephanie Breslow Mary Beth Forshaw Jiyeon Lee-Lim Diana Wollman
Lori Lesser Stacey Rappaport Jennifer Yount
Erica Buckley Helene Freeman Rebecca Rettig
Susanna Buergel Jamie Levitt
Ricki Roer
Lowenstein Sandler congratulates our partners,
Lynda A. Bennett and Jennifer Fiorica Delgado,
on being named to Crain’s distinguished roster
of 2019 Notable Women in Law – New York.
Lynda A. Bennett Jennifer Fiorica Delgado
Partner; Chair, Insurance Recovery Group Partner, Capital Markets Litigation
Lowenstein’s steadfast commitment to opportunities and advancement for women
includes focused employee resource groups, equitable benefits and services to facilitate
work-life balance, and dedicated mentorship and sponsorship to support a diverse and
inclusive workplace.
NEW YORK PALO ALTO NEW JERSEY UTAH WASHINGTON, D.C.
© 2018-2019 Lowenstein Sandler LLP
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CONTENTS
60
Women’s
voices on
gender parity
84
Female
litigators find
their voices
86-87
The path to
success
6
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est Real Estate Law ew Y k
~The Real Deal (October 2018)
• Financing • Development • Tax Certiorari
& Land Use
• Public Finance • Liens & Foreclosures
• Redevelopment
• JV & Equity • Workouts
Investments • Construction & Restructurings
• Acquisitions • Leasing • Litigation
& Sales
Congratulations to our Partner and
Chair of Windels Marx Women,
Michele Arbeeny, and to all of the
accomplished women lawyers recognized
by Crain’s Notable Women in Law.
T: 212.237.1024
E: marbeeny@windelsmarx.com
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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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ROBIN TERRI ADLER
ADELSTEIN Managing partner
DUVAL &
In 1886, New York State
Head of antitrust
and competition STACHENFELD admitted the first woman,
NORTON ROSE •••
FULBRIGHT At Duval &
Kate Stoneman, to its
•••
Before joining
Stachenfeld, bar association†
Terri Adler over-
Norton Rose sees one of the
Fulbright, Robin largest real estate practice groups in
Adelstein served as a key legal official New York City. During a career that
for large-scale firms including health has spanned more than two decades, MERIAM RENA ANDOH
AL - RASHID Partner
care giant Novartis and alcohol Adler has gained a range of expertise
Partner SHEPPARD
beverage leader Diageo. She brings in the real estate field, with a partic- MULLIN
DENTONS
this wealth of experience to her work ular focus on complex joint ventures ••• •••
with the firm, where she litigates and corporate transactions. Adler Along with
As a member of
complex commercial disputes, class founded the women’s initiative at her role as a
Dentons’ litiga-
actions and multi-jurisdictional cases Duval & Stachenfeld and is actively member of the
tion and dispute
before U.S. federal and state courts. involved in mentoring and assisting business trials
resolution prac-
Companies trust Adelstein to advise young female attorneys both within practice group, Rena Andoh counsels
tice group, Meriam Al-Rashid focus-
them on antitrust issues arising in and outside her firm. She regularly clients on practical and legal issues
es on public international law and
mergers and acquisitions, joint ven- speaks on women’s issues in the legal relating to forensic preservation and
investment, commercial arbitration
tures and trade association activities. and real estate industries and is a analysis of electronic devices. Her
and risk management. Her interna-
Adelstein also shares her knowledge member of WX New York Women broad-ranging litigation practice has
tional practice has included arbitra-
as a frequent speaker at summits and Executives in Real Estate. given her substantial trial and arbi-
tions before the International Centre
panel discussions focused on health tration hearing experience, including
for Dispute Resolution, London Court
care and life sciences. acting as lead counsel in complex
of International Arbitration, United
Nations Commission on International commercial matters. Her clients have
Trade Law and International Chamber included firms in the entertainment,
If clients retain women as of Commerce. Al-Rashid shares her financial, manufacturing, technol-
ogy and pharmaceutical industries.
experiences as an adjunct profes-
the lead attorney on matters, it will sor of law at Fordham Law School Recently, Andoh was named vice-
directly result in women attaining teaching investment arbitration. Her chair of Sheppard Mullin’s firmwide
diversity and inclusion committee, a
pro bono legal activities include work
more power within law firms, which for Human Rights Watch regarding group that gives attorneys of color a
forum to address issues of interest
will, in turn, fundamentally alter the proposed rules on crimes against
within the firm and the broader legal
humanity and the Iraqi Refugee
legal landscape on diversity.”* Assistance Project in their efforts to community.
resettle refugees.
ANTONIA APPS MICHELE NICOLE SONIA BAIN
Partner ARBEENY ARGENTIERI Partner
MILBANK TWEED Partner Partner BRYAN CAVE
HADLEY & WINDELS O’MELVENY LEIGHTON
MCCLOY MARX LANE & PAISNER
•••
••• MITTEND ORF •••
•••
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
Partner BARSAMIAN
Clients need to push for diverse
JONES DAY
•••
Partner representation. If clients insisted on
DRINKER BIDDLE
Corinne Ball ••• equality in representation and leadership
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 Office managing
BARZILAI
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
discharge and related tort claims. She
ings. Barzilai is also a member and
to associates at an earlier stage in the previous New York chair of the is also a dedicated member of the
American Bar Association and the
their career and encourage them firm’s Committee on Retention and
New York Bar Association.
Promotion of Women.
to take advantage of these
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
Partner BODINE
in courts around the country and ar- other asset-based finance transac-
PROSKAUER Partner
bitrations across the globe. She puts tions, as well as structured finance 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
represents both lenders and borrow- •••
involving complex technical issues. 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
standard for evaluating the legality recently handled an asylum case on
Offer flexibility for women 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-
ganization serving refugees and other
after having children, so that having of the Women in Law Empowerment
displaced persons around the world.
Forum, a platform that educates and
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 S CHULTE ROTH NIXON PEAB ODY PAUL WEISS
ROSE & ZABEL ••• RIFKIND
••• ••• WHARTON &
Erica Buckley GARRIS ON
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 ex- practice at Nixon Peabody, where she ter litigator for complex securities
oped a successful transactional prac- ecutive committee and operating oversees transactional matters and and financial services litigation and
tice on behalf of companies, private committee, Stephanie Breslow government investigations involving regulatory matters. Co-chair of the
equity sponsors and family offices. maintains a diverse practice that real estate securities. An expert on firm’s preeminent securities litigation
Her array of experience includes includes investment management the Martin Act, a New York blue-sky and enforcement group, Buergel also
handling mergers and acquisitions, and partnerships and securities. She law that governs real estate securities, has extensive intellectual property
buyouts and related financings, joint also co-heads a team of cross-prac- Buckley’s clients range from prom- experience, counseling and litigat-
ventures and growth and seed in- tice lawyers that advise private inent New York City developers to ing on behalf of clients in copyright,
vestment. Foreign private issuers and investment funds and other investors startup nonprofits. Drawing on her trademark and patent disputes.
U.S. public companies rely on Boglivi on the implications of sponsoring experience as former chief of the Buergel has also been a involved in
to manage their SEC compliance 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
BUSHWACK MCLEOD
Women must break through
Partner CAMINITI the cycle of underrepresentation to
RIVKIN RADLER
•••
Partner
FISHER PHILLIP S
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 & •••
MO ORE
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
Diversity and inclusion other notable past clients, Chen has
professionals, teaching as an adjunct
associate professor at Fordham
programs must have genuine represented high-profile companies
including Starbucks, Goldman Sachs,
University School of Law and
support from the top in order BDT Capital Partners and IBM.
frequently lecturing on corporate
finance topics.
to succeed.”*
JENNIFER CHU NANCY ANTA CISSÉ - ELIZABETH
Partner CHUNG GREEN COOPER
DEBEVOISE & Partner Associate general Partner
PLIMPTON SIDLEY AUSTIN counsel SIMP S ON
••• ••• NYU LANGONE THACHER &
MEDICAL BARTLETT
Jennifer Chu is Nancy Chung CENTER •••
a key member has more than •••
of the firm’s In her more
20 years of At NYU Langone,
mergers and ac- than two
experience Anta Cissé-Green
quisitions and private equity groups, decades at
handling complex disputes and is responsible for advising the devel-
where she advises corporations and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Elizabeth
investigations and crisis management opment department on agreements
private equity firms in mergers and Cooper has built a diverse practice
situations. As co-head of the firm’s lit- for gifts and bequests, trust and
acquisitions, joint ventures and other focused on mergers, acquisitions
igation group, her caseload includes estate administration and nonprofit
corporate matters, with a particular and other corporate transactions.
commercial, white-collar criminal legal and taxation issues. She is also
focus on transactions in the health A member of the firm’s corporate
defense, securities and bankruptcy an active member of her communi-
care and insurance industries. Chu department, Cooper regularly rep-
litigation matters for financial insti- ty, serving as vice president of pro-
actively speaks and publishes on resents private equity sponsors in
tutions and asset management firms grams for the Metropolitan Black Bar
mergers and acquisitions, private a broad range of investments, joint
with a global footprint. She is a trust- Association and as a member of the
equity and health care topics. Out- ventures, recapitalizations and other
ed adviser for leading investment advisory council for the Foundation
side of the firm, Chu serves on the business combination transactions.
funds and global financial institutions for Letters, a nonprofit that promotes
board of Practicing Attorneys for Law Her work in the field has been widely
in managing and assessing their improved college access by provid-
Students, a nonprofit focused on recognized by leading publications,
litigation risks. Her experience in the ing urban schools with a range of
creating opportunities for minority and she was recently named Private
field and positive results for clients academic and enrichment programs.
law students and early career lawyers, Equity Lawyer of the Year at The
have earned her the honor of a She was recently honored by the New
where she is also an active partici- Deal Awards. She is also a dedicated
2018 “Rainmaker” by the Minority York Law Journal for her longtime
pant in its mentoring program. member of the Association of the
Corporate Counsel Association. commitment to providing pro bono Bar of New York City.
legal services.
65
MAGDA CRUZ MARGARET
Partner
BELKIN BURDEN
DALE Does your current place
Partner
WENIG &
GOLDMAN
PROSKAUER of work have successful diversity
ROSE
••• ••• policies in place?” Response:
Magda Cruz
leads the appel-
Margaret Dale is 85% Yes, 15% No*
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
Partner Partner
York real estate boutique firms. With 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 handles regulatory investigations & JACOB S ON
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 from data breaches. Dale maintains A distinguished
tax planning practice. Her caseload
practice, Cruz is committed to raising an active pro bono practice focusing former federal
predominantly involves tax planning
funds to support outreach initiatives on issues affecting women, children prosecutor, Una
and tax law, with a focus on partner-
to bring classical music, instrumental and veterans. She chairs the Board Dean represents
ship transactions, financial services,
instruction and performance oppor- of Directors of the Center for Family a diverse range of companies, boards
hedge funds, commodities funds and
tunities to emerging young musicians Representation, a nonprofit dedi- and individuals in internal investiga-
real estate. Darrow is a trusted re-
in underserved communities in New cated to keeping children out of the tions including whistleblower com-
source for clients on the tax aspects
York City, and she serves on the foster care system, and as a member plaints, allegations of harassment and
of transactions involving partner-
boards of the Chamber Music Center of the Board of Directors of Volunteer discrimination and claims of corpo-
ships, limited liability companies and
of New York and the Brooklyn Youth Lawyers for the Arts. rate fraud. She is also a respected
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 and partnership committees.
risk disclosures. Prior to joining Fried
Frank, she served as an assistant U.S.
changing your job in the 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 GIB S ON DUNN & MINTZ CAHILL GORD ON
LOWENSTEIN CRUTCHER ••• & REINDEL
SANDLER ••• •••
Therese
••• After years of Since joining
Doherty rep-
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 honoreesLUCY FATO ANGELA
Executive vice
president and
FERNANDEZ Does your current place
Executive director
general counsel
AMERICAN
NORTHERN of work offer sufficient work-life
MANHATTAN
INTERNATIONAL
GROUP INC.
COALITION FOR balance support?”
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
SILBERBERG & OF THE HUDS ON
Hill Financial. In her time at AIG, Fato in the Middle East, where she investi-
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
empower Latina women.
immigrants who cannot afford an
attorney, regardless of their immigra-
tion status.
JESSICA KATHERINE MARY BETH HELENE
FORBES FORREST FORSHAW FREEMAN
Corporate partner Partner Partner Partner
FRIED FRANK CRAVATH SIMP S ON PHILLIP S NIZER
HARRIS SHRIVER SWAINE & THACHER & •••
& JACOB S ON MO ORE 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.
67SUSAN FRUNZI MARJORIE
Partner
SCHULTE ROTH &
GLOVER Do you believe that your
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 GOLDSTEIN
client services group at Schulte Roth governance and risk oversight and 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
lecturer at Yale, Harvard and Colum-
affected the legal profession in terms drive decision-making for health
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
Partner HO GAN LOVELLS Partner
SUSSMAN
NIXON PEAB ODY ••• HILL & MOIN
Partner
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 honoreesDebevoise congratulates partners Jennifer Chu and Rebecca Silberstein and all of the talented women leaders selected as Crain’s Notable Women in Law New York City New York Paris Hong Kong Washington, D.C. Frankfurt Shanghai London Moscow Tokyo www.debevoise.com
ELLEN LENORE
HOLLOMAN HORTON The pay gap:
Partner Partner
CADWALADER FISHERBROYLES Male partners at large U.S. law firms
WICKERSHAM & •••
TAFT
At FisherBroyles,
made an average of $959,000 this year;
•••
Ellen Holloman
Lenore Horton female partners made $627,000.†
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 Partner Member
and corporate internal investigations.
offers expert legal counsel to estab- CO OLEY 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.
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