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Welcome to the 2020 edition of our annual special supplement honoring LA’s most influential women attorneys. According to the American Bar Association, 38% of practicing attorneys today are women– and that number will continue to move toward balance when you consider that law school enrollment is currently 49% female. Los Angeles is truly a national leader when it comes to influential women – and the field of law is no exception. There are some particularly stellar attorneys in the LA region who happen to be women and we’ve alphabetically listed some of the best of them here, along with information about their careers, practice and some relevant recent successes they’ve achieved.
These are the honorees and finalists we singled out for exceptional legal skill and achievement across the full spectrum of responsibility, exemplary leadership as evidenced by the highest professional and ethical standards, and for contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.
Congratulations to the superb attorneys who made this list and thank you for all you do for the people and businesses of the Los Angeles region.
Letter from the Publisher
Josh Schimmels
Top Women Attorneys in Los Angeles
KOREN BELL – Larson O’Brien LLP
KIMBERLY BRANSCOME – Kirkland & Ellis
CELESTE BRECHT- Venable LLP
JENNIFER M. BRODER – Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
JENNIFER WOO BURNS – Scali Rasmussen PC
CANDACE CARLO – Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo
VICKI CHOU – Hueston Hennigan LLP
MICHELLE COOKE – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
KANIKA CORLEY – Akerman LLP
ELIZABETH DUBECK – O’Melveny & Myers LLP
KATHRYN F. EDGERTON – Nelson Hardiman LLP
BONNIE E. ESKENAZI – Greenberg Glusker LLP
DEBORAH J. FOX – Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson, PLC
PATRICIA L. GLASER – Glaser Weil
KATE GOLD – Proskauer Rose LLP
NICOLE GORDON – The Sohagi Law Group
SAMANTHA GRANT – Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
MARISSA ROMÁN GRIFFITH – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
MIRA HASHMALL – Miller Barondess LLP
SHAWN HOLLEY – Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
SARAH KELLY-KILGORE – Greenberg Gross LLP
CHRISTIANNE KERNS – Hahn & Hahn LLP
CANDICE E. KIM – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
CHRISTIANE KINNEY – Kinney Law, P.C.
YUKIKO KOJIMA – Nossaman
LINDA KORNFELD – Blank Rome LLP
JANET KWUON – Reed Smith LLP
AMY LALLY – Sidley Austin LLP
IRENE Y. LEE – Russ August & Kabat
MARGARET LODISE – Sacks Glazier Franklin & Lodise LLP
DANA LOWY – Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers LLP
BETHANY GAYLE LUKITSCH – McGuireWoods LLP
SUANN MACISAAC – Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
NINA MARINO – Kaplan Marino
COURTNEY MCNICHOLAS – McNicholas & McNicholas LLP
ANN MARIE MORTIMER – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
MICHELE MULROONEY – Venable LLP
TRITIA MURATA – Morrison & Foerster LLP
POOJA S. NAIR – Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
DAYNA NICHOLSON – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
ARAMEH O’BOYLE – Mintz
ABIGAIL O’BRIENT – Mintz
DOREEN MARIE OLSON – Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers LLP
DIANA PALACIOS – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
STACY D. PHILLIPS – Blank Rome LLP
ALISON PLESSMAN – Hueston Hennigan LLP
ROBYN POLASHUK – Covington & Burling LLP
BRONWYN F. POLLOCK – Mayer Brown LLP
JENNIFER POST – Thompson Coburn
HILARY POTASHNER – Larson O’Brien
SAHARA PYNES – Fox Rothschild LLP
LAURA REATHAFORD – Lathrop GPM
ANGELA REDDOCK-WRIGHT – Reddock Law Group
NAEUN RIM – Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C.
CANDICE ROGERS – Hahn & Hahn LLP
WHITNEY JONES ROY – Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
SARINA SALUJA – Fisher Phillips
MISTY M. SANFORD – Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
JESSICA SHARRON – Alston & Bird
MONICA J. SHILLING – Kirkland & Ellis
KATY SPILLERS – Greenberg Glusker LLP
JULIA B. STRICKLAND – Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
ELLIA M. THOMPSON – Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
VIVIAN LEE THOREEN – Holland & Knight LLP
NICOLE RODRIGUEZ VAN DYK – Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C.
TANYA VINER – Buchalter
JENIFER WALLIS – Munck Wilson Mandala LLP
PAMELA KOHLMAN WEBSTER – Buchalter
DONNA L. WILSON – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
COURTNEY WRIGHT – Alston & Bird
DEBRA WONG YANG – Practice Group Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
ASHLEY YEARGAN – Russ August & Kabat
