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.
Click each recipient's headshot to learn more about them.
Moya Novella
Global Privacy and AI Policy Counsel,
IBM,
and Adjunct Professor of Privacy and AI Law,
Albany Law School
Avani Patel
Supervising Senior Program Manager (Illinois Court Help),
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
and Special Projects Manager, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Samita T. Ali-Khan
Partner
Foley Hoag LLP
Alexis L. Angell
Health Care Litigation Shareholder
Polsinelli PC
Alexandra Barbee-Garrett
Counsel
Crowell & Moring LLP
Jessica Borchers
Director of Legal and Compliance
SunFire
Anna Britt
Senior Corporate Counsel
Amazon Web Services
Gina L. Campanella, FACHE
Principal Attorney
Campanella Law Office LLC
Suzanne K. Canali
Chief Legal Officer
Safe Alliance
Ann Chen
Deputy Chair, Capital Markets & Corporate Loeb & Loeb LLP
Tiffany G. Cox
Staff Attorney, Post-Conviction & Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services
Kathleen Gersh
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Chaya Gourarie
Partner
Bell Law Group, PLLC
Jennifer Jaskolka
Head of Legal & Corporate Secretary
Modivcare
Siobhan Klassen
Attorney
Goddard Law PLLC
Tamara Kraljic
Counsel
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Susanna Lee
Corporate Counsel
Salesforce
Nikki Marcotte
(they/she)
Associate
Kirkland & Ellis
Michelle C. Musielewicz
Associate
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Manisha P. Patel
Managing Attorney/Owner
Law Office of Manisha P. Patel, PLLC
Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
M&A and Public Company Advisory Partner White & Case LLP
Kristina A. Pierre-Louis
Litigation Associate
Haynes and Boone, LLP
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
Eirene Nakamura Salvi
Trial Attorney
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC
E. Blair Schilling
Partner
Fishman Haygood
Aliza Shatzman
President and Founder
The Legal Accountability Project
Nikki Lewis Simon
Senior Vice President, Litigation Shareholder, and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Samantha Arrington Sliney
Attorney Advisor
Department of the Army
Michelle Travis
Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law
Mian R. Wang
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Calla Yee
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Beatrice Zdrodowski
General Counsel (Venture Capital Entities) and Associate General Counsel (Private Equity Firm)
Gardner Capital
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
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
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
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