NLJ Names Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers

The National Law Journal today named its 2010 list of “Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers.” The listing recognizes women who set the legal agenda in the nation’s capital and includes 33 lawyers from private firms, government, and advocacy and trade groups. They range from the two women on the Supreme Court (and one more who’s likely to be) to the heads of practice groups and offices at D.C. firms to civil rights activists.

Awardees were selected by the editors of The National Law Journal, based upon reporting over the past year and nominations from peers in the D.C. legal community. They will be honored, along with the legal “Champions” and “Visionaries” named previously this year, at a gala dinner Sept 30 at The Willard in Washington, D.C.

“In Washington, these are women whose power and legal acumen commands the respect of their peers regardless of gender,” said David Brown, editor in chief of The National Law Journal.

This year’s honorees are:

			Nan Aron, president, Alliance for Justice
			Charlene Barshefsky, partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
			Elise Bean, Democratic staff director and chief counsel, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
			Beth Brinkmann, deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Division appellate staff
			Robin Conrad, executive vice president, National Chamber Litigation Center
			Marianna Dyson, chair, Miller & Chevalier
			Deborah Feinstein, partner, Arnold & Porter
			Alice Fisher, partner, Latham & Watkins
			Deborah Garza, partner, Covington & Burling
			Ruth Bader Ginsburg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court
			Jamie Gorelick, partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
			Marcia Greenberger, co-president, National Women’s Law Center
			Elena Kagan, solicitor general, Solicitor General’s Office
			Carolyn Lamm, partner, White & Case and president, American Bar Association
			Debra Lee, chairman and CEO, BET Holdings Inc.
			Linda Lipsen, chief executive officer, American Association for Justice
			Marcia Madsen, partner, Mayer Brown
			Laura Miller, partner, Nixon Peabody
			Patricia Millett, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
			Heather Podesta, founder, Heather Podesta + Partners
			Mary Ellen Powers, Washington partner in charge, Jones Day
			Jane Sullivan Roberts, managing director, Major, Lindsey & Africa
			Lisa Rickard, president, Institute for Legal Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
			Kathryn Ruemmler, deputy counsel to the president, White House Counsel’s Office
			Judith Sandalow, executive director, Children’s Law Center
			Linda Singer, partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
			Melanie Sloan, executive director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
			Sonia Sotomayor, justice, U.S. Supreme Court
			Grace Speights, Washington managing partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
			Cheryl Tritt, partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
			Christine Varney, assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
			Helgi Walker, partner, Wiley Rein
			Beth Wilkinson, partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison