The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has posted its 2023 On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers honorees.
The annual On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers provides national recognition for 40 ABA young lawyer members who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership and legal and community service.
A selection committee comprised of practicing attorneys in private practice and in-house positions reviewed nominations and made selections based on the reputation of the nominator, the professional relationship between the nominator and the nominee and the nominator’s firsthand knowledge of the nominee’s experience, skill and character.
The 2023 honorees include:
Randa Adra, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY
• Priscilla Arthus, Polsinelli PC, Houston, TX
• Zachary Avallone, US DOJ, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, D.C.
• Brian Balduzzi, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA
• Mari Bandoma Callado, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, Oakland, CA
• Amber Carson, Gray Reed, Dallas, TX
• Bethany Corbin, Nixon Gwilt Law, Charlotte, NC
• Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA
• Kenneth Cushing, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA
• Aastha Farr, SCAN Health Plan, Long Beach, CA
• Candace Ford, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA
• Devon Galloway, Zuckerman Spaeder, New York, NY
• Gonzalo Go, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY
• Blair Hlinka, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
• Mason Ji, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA
• Kyle Kroll, Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
• Diana-Marie Laventure, Kaufman Ryan & Borgeest, Jersey City, NJ
• Whitney Lee, Morrison Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.
• Linchi Liang, L Law Firm PLLC, Washington, D.C.
• Eduardo Marquez Certucha, Sidley Austin LLP,, Houston, TX
• Angelo Mathay, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Raleigh, NC
• S. Leslie McIntosh, McIntosh Sherard Sullivan & Brousseau, Anderson, SC
• Claire Melehani, Gates Eisenhart Dawson, San Jose, CA
• Ebony Morris, Taft/Jaffe Law Firm, Chicago, IL
• Keith Naccari, Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC, New Orleans, LA
• K. Chike Odiwe, Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry, Lacy LLP, Oakland, CA
• Adam Prom, DiCello Levitt LLC, Chicago, IL
• Ryan Rosenblatt, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Boston, MA
• Reginald Sainvil, Baker McKenzie, Miami, FL
• Armin Salek, Youth Justice Alliance, Austin, TX
• Marie Sarantakis, Sarantakis Law Group, Ltd., Oak Brook, IL
• David Simons, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY
• Asher Smith, PETA Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• Colleen Smith, Stris & Maher LLP, Washington, D.C.
• Kerri Smith, Silverman Thompson, Baltimore, MD
• Jennifer Sta.Ana, United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, San Francisco, CA
• Charlyn Stanberry, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C.
• Quinton Thompson, Morgan and Morgan, Memphis, TN
• Daniel Woofter, Goldstein, Russell & Woofter LLC, Washington, D.C.
Lisa Zivkovic, Morrison Foerster, New York, NY
On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers welcomes new nominees each year. Nominations for the 2024 group of recipients will open on October 31 and will remain open through the end of February 2023.
The Young Lawyers Division is committed to assuring it is best able to represent the newest members of the profession, ensuring that it reflects the society it serves and providing young lawyers and young lawyer organizations with the tools and opportunities for professional and personal success. For additional information, visit www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers.
