NAWL Rising List

Since 2021, the NAWL Rising List recognizes early- to mid-career attorneys committed to NAWL’s mission by either advancing women in the profession or advocating for women under the law.

2024 Recipients

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Samita T. Ali-Khan
Partner

Foley Hoag LLP

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Alexis L. Angell
Health Care Litigation Shareholder

Polsinelli PC

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Alexandra Barbee-Garrett
Counsel

Crowell & Moring LLP



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Jessica Borchers
Director of Legal and Compliance

SunFire

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Anna Britt
Senior Corporate Counsel

Amazon Web Services

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Gina L. Campanella, FACHE 
Principal Attorney

Campanella Law Office LLC



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Suzanne K. Canali
Chief Legal Officer

Safe Alliance



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Ann Chen
Deputy Chair, Capital Markets & Corporate Loeb & Loeb LLP

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Tiffany G. Cox
Staff Attorney, Post-Conviction & Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services



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Kathleen Gersh
Partner

Loeb & Loeb LLP



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Chaya Gourarie
Partner

Bell Law Group, PLLC

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Jennifer Jaskolka
Head of Legal & Corporate Secretary

Modivcare



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Siobhan Klassen
Attorney
Goddard Law PLLC



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Tamara Kraljic
Counsel

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

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Susanna Lee
Corporate Counsel

Salesforce



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Nikki Marcotte
(they/she)

Associate

Kirkland & Ellis

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Michelle C. Musielewicz
Associate

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

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Manisha P. Patel
Managing Attorney/Owner

Law Office of Manisha P. Patel, PLLC



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Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
M&A and Public Company Advisory Partner White & Case LLP



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Kristina A. Pierre-Louis
Litigation Associate

Haynes and Boone, LLP

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Karol Y. Ruiz
Town of Dover Council Member and Assistant Deputy Public Defender

State of New Jersey Office of the Public Defender Division of Mental Health Advocacy



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Eirene Nakamura Salvi
Trial Attorney

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC



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E. Blair Schilling
Partner

Fishman Haygood

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Aliza Shatzman
President and Founder

The Legal Accountability Project 

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Nikki Lewis Simon
Senior Vice President, Litigation Shareholder, and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Greenberg Traurig, LLP



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Samantha Arrington Sliney
Attorney Advisor

Department of the Army

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Michelle Travis
Professor of Law

University of San Francisco School of Law



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Mian R. Wang
Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Calla Yee
Partner

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 

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Beatrice Zdrodowski
General Counsel (Venture Capital Entities) and Associate General Counsel (Private Equity Firm)

Gardner Capital

  • 2023 Recipients

    Monsurat M. Adebanjo

    Administrative Law Judge

    City of New York


    Hiba Mona Anver

    Shareholder

    Erickson Immigration Group


    Siobhan Mukerji Barco

    University Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate

    Princeton University


    Dr. Liz Bodamer

    Director of Research

    Law School Admission Council


    Melissa H. Boyd

    Associate

    Cooley LLP


    Stephanie Chesney

    Partner

    MG+M The Law Firm


    Evelyn Cobos

    Shareholder

    Greenberg Traurig, LLP


    Shantia Coley

    Associate General Counsel

    Edward Jones


    Katherine Gnadinger

    Corporate Counsel

    Microsoft


    Tanya A. Grillo

    President

    Grillo Law, PLLC


    M. Amadea Groseclose

    Senior Counsel

    ABB Inc.


    Lacey Hofmeyer

    General Counsel & VP,

    Public Policy & Government Affairs

    Broward College


    Melanie J. Howard

    Chair, Intellectual Property Protection;

    Chair, Luxury Brands;

    Deputy Chair, Advanced Media and Technology

    Loeb & Loeb LLP


    Saba Khan

    Director, Regulatory Affairs Counsel

    UBS


    Erin Klug

    Patent & Trademark Attorney

    The Dobrusin Law Firm, P.C.


    Angela Korge

    Associate

    Jones Day


    Jessica B. Lee

    Chair, Privacy, Security & Data Innovations

    Loeb & Loeb LLP


    Sari Long

    Partner

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP


    Anna Lozoya

    Chief Legal & Risk Officer

    CommUnityCare Health Centers


    Freddi Mack

    Senior Assistant City Attorney

    City of Miami Beach, Florida


    Lizzy Magarian

    Partner

    Dorsey & Whitney LLP


    Lanette Suárez Martín

    Associate

    K&L Gates LLP


    Angela P. Maxam

    University Counsel

    Princeton University


    Cassandra J. Neugold

    Associate, Employment & Labor Law

    Gibbons P.C.


    Adriana Perez

    Associate

    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP


    Jennifer Larson Ryback

    Shareholder

    McGuire, Craddock & Strother, P.C.


    Nancy Shalhub

    Associate

    Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.


    Kirsten J. Silwanowicz

    Associate General Counsel

    Great Lakes Water Authority


    Liz Stameshkin

    Special Counsel

    Cooley LLP


    Sheea Sybblis

    Associate General Counsel & Practice Group Leader

    Genentech, Inc.


    Erin J. Tilton

    Shareholder

    Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson


    Lauren van Schilfgaarde

    Assistant Professor

    UCLA School of Law


    Erica S. Weisgerber

    Partner

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP


    Patricia Wood

    Senior Managing Associate

    Sidley Austin LLP

  • 2022 Recipients

    Nicole D. Allen

    E-Discovery Of Counsel

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP


    Patricia Astorga

    General Counsel

    Mintz Group


    Avanti Bakane

    Partner

    Gordon, Rees, Scully, Mansukhani, LLP


    Camille R. Bryant

    Member

    McGlinchey Stafford PLLC


    Jacqueline Candella

    3L

    New York Law School


    Kathleen Chen

    Associate General Counsel

    The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania


    Anne M. Collart

    Director

    Gibbons P.C.


    Mallory Cooney

    Associate

    K&L Gates LLP


    Anna R. Gressel

    Senior Associate

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP


    Kimi Murphy Ide-Foster

    Partner

    Chun Kerr LLP


    Jennifer N. Jones

    Managing Counsel

    Toyota Motor North America, Inc.


    Summer H. Kaiawe

    Partner

    Watanabe Ing LLP


    Erica Kelley

    Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

    Palo Alto Networks, Inc.


    Selena Kim

    Partner

    Gowling WLG


    Bonnie Lau

    Antitrust Litigation Partner

    Morrison & Foerster LLP


    Ashley Christina Lherisson

    Litigation Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law

    Founder, Ivy Grad Services LLC


    Sabria McElroy

    Partner

    Boies Schiller Flexner


    Sepideh Mousakhani

    Partner

    Cooley LLP


    Shaila Lakhani Ohri

    Assistant General Counsel

    Exelon


    Marisa O'Sullivan

    Partner

    Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal


    Tanisha R. Reed

    Counsel & Litigator

    McGuireWoods LLP


    Samantha A. Sliney

    Major

    U.S. Air Force JAG Corps


    Jennifer Sta.Ana

    Trial Attorney, Office of the Solicitor

    U.S. Department of Labor


    Yasmean N. Tamoor

    Assistant Corporation Counsel

    New York City Law Department


    Lauren N. Tuckey

    Associate

    Bates Cary LLP


    Crystal T. Williams

    Assistant General Counsel, Neuroscience Business Unit

    Eli Lilly and Company


    Melanie Younger

    Associate General Counsel, Privacy

    Meta


    Jennifer Yu

    Director of Business Development

    Synergy Settlement Services

  • 2021 Recipients

    Samira Alimohammad

    Vice-President & General Counsel

    Specialist Staffing Group, the U.S. Division of Shree Plc


    Olesja Cormney

    Managing Counsel

    Toyota Motor North America, Inc.


    Valerie Fontenot

    Associate Attorney

    Frilot, LLC


    Suzanne Levy Friedman

    Senior Associate

    Hogan Lovells LLP (Washington, D.C.)


    Hillary Gardner

    Corporate Counsel

    Credigy Solutions Inc.


    Sylvia-Rebecca “Becky” Gutierrez

    Associate

    Gibbons P.C.


    Ty Kayam

    Attorney

    Microsoft 


    Ebony S. Morris

    Associate Attorney

    Garrison, Yount, Forte & Mulcahy, LLC


    Anu Prasad

    Counsel

    Cozen O’Connor


    Emily Rodriguez-Sanchirico

    Litigation Associate

    Miller Barondess, LLP


    Meredith C. Slawe

    Partner, Co-Chair Class Actions Practice Group, Co-Chair Retail Industry Group     

    Cozen O’Connor


    Erika Stallings

    Associate General Counsel, Music Product

    Facebook 


    Raychelle Tasher Riley 

    Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division

    United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida


    Jennifer Marino Thibodaux

    Founder

    JMT Speaks, LLC


    Jennifer Trowbridge

    Junior Partner

    Jacko Law Group, PC


    Cara Vecchione

    Counsel

    Robinson & Cole LLP

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