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Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s special section honoring the LA region’s most influential women legal professionals, Women of Influence: Attorneys.
There are some particularly stellar attorneys in Los Angeles who happen to be women and we’ve alphabetically listed some of the very best of them here, along with details about their careers, practices and relevant recent successes they’ve achieved.
The women covered in these pages have been recognized 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 extraordinary women included this year and thank you for your contributions to the people and businesses of our region.
Methodology: The professionals featured in these pages did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted to the Los Angeles Business Journal. Those selected for inclusion were reviewed by the editorial department and chosen based on a demonstration of impact made on the profession and on the Los Angeles community.
Women Of Influence: Attorneys
Marissa Alguire- Akerman, LLP
Kalley Aman- Buchalter
Heather Antoine- Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP
Lisa Atty- McGuireWoods LLP
Keri Axel- Waymaker LLP
Koren Bell- Larson LLP
Stephanie Blum- Reuben Raucher & Blum
Patricia Brum- Snell & Wilmer
Michelle Carpenter- Latham & Watkins
Apalla Chopra- O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Vicki Chou- Hueston Hennigan LLP
Carmen Cole- Squire Patton Boggs, LLP
Claire Collins- Hanson Bridgett
Simone Collins- Sklar Kirsh, LLP
Michelle Cooke- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Robyn Crowther- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Renee Delphin-Rodriguez- Crowell & Moring LLP
Colleen Deziel- Anderson, McPharlin & Conners LLP
Sierra Elizabeth- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Victoria Ersoff- Riley | Ersoff LLP
Laura Farber- Hahn & Hahn LLP
Connie Fickel- Lewis Brisbois
Susan Field- Musick, Peeler & Garret LLP
Rachel Fiset- Zweiback, Fiset & Coleman LLP
Julie R.F. Gerchik- Glaser Weil LLP
Meghan Glaspy- RMO LLP
Demetria L. Graves- The Graves Law Firm
MaryBeth Heydt- DTO Law
Nicole Howell- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Teresa Huggins- Waymaker LLP
Stephanie Hurst- Mayer Brown LLP
Sarah Kelly-Kilgore- Greenberg Gross LLP
Christianne Kerns- Hahn & Hahn LLP
Christiane Kinney- Kinney Law, P.C.
Linda Kornfeld- Blank Rome LLP
Carolyn Kubota- Covington & Burling LLP
Irene Lee- Russ August & Kabat
Jennifer Levitt- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Meg Lodise- Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise LLP‚ÄØ
Jayme Long- DLA Piper
Jana Lubert- Lewis Brisbois
Angela Machala- Winston & Strawn LLP
Nina Marino- Kaplan Marino PC
Marianne Martin- Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
Kathryn McCann- Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP
Ann Marie Mortimer- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Pooja Nair- Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Angel Nakamura- Arnold & Porter
Sabrina C. Narain- Sanders Roberts LLP
Jennifer Nassiri- Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Arameh O’Boyle- Mintz
Colleen O’Brien- Scali Rasmussen, PC
Eliza Langdon Oliver- Hudock Employment Law Group
Purvi G. Patel- Morrison & Foerster LLP
Kelly Perigoe- King & Spalding LLP
Katherine Petti- Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP
Stacy D. Phillips- Blank Rome LLP
Alison Plessman- Hueston Hennigan LLP
Debra Pole- Sidley Austin LLP
Jennifer Post- Thompson Coburn LLP
Hilary Potashner- Larson LLP
Brenda Radmacher- Akerman, LLP
Elsa Ramo- Ramo Law PC
Angela Reddock-Wright- Reddock Law/Judicate West
Ariel Robinson- Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP
Julia Romano- King & Spalding LLP
Jennifer Sawday- TLD Law
JoLynn Scharrer- Hunt Ortmann
Monica Shilling- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Christine Shin- Russ August & Kabat
Lara Shortz- Michelman & Robinson, LLP
Nicole Janigian Simonian- Crowell & Moring LLP
Alice Chen Smith- Yoka | Smith, LLP
Margaret Sohagi- The Sohagi Law Group
Sanaz (Sunny) Soltani- Aleshire & Wynder, LLP
Rose Sorensen- Snell & Wilmer
Kalpana Srinivasan- Susman Godfrey LLP
Julia Strickland- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Hannah Sweiss- Fisher Phillips
Casey Sypek- Miller Barondess, LLP
Anna Tang- Nossaman
Yael Tobi- Munck Wilson Mandala
Sylvia Torres-Guillen- Andrade Gonzalez LLP
Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk- Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C.
Heidy Vaquerano- Fox Rothschild LLP
Tanya Viner- Buchalter
Jenifer Wallis- Munck Wilson Mandala
Debra Wong Yang- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Pantea Yashar- Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Alice Yuan- Massumi + Consoli LLP
Deborah (Debbie) Birndorf Zeiler- Birndorf Law Offices, APC
Annita Zhong- Irell & Manella LLP
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