We are delighted to announce our United States IFLR1000 Women Leaders for 2023. The sixth edition is the most comprehensive yet, featuring around 1000 lawyers globally. It is a privilege to be able recognise the work of all the outstanding women. 

IFLR1000 Women Leaders is an elite ranking category reserved for the most prominent women lawyers across the world working in the areas of law IFLR1000 researchesThis is an exclusive group of lawyers with outstanding reputations within their markets who either have expertise and experience of working on complex deals, or who have risen to hold leadership roles with their firms or their practices. For some individuals both these things are true. 

 

Research methodology  

IFLR1000's research teams in Hong Kong, London, New York and Sofia collectively analyse thousands of research submissions, conduct thousands of interviews with law firm partners, and survey tens of thousands of clients to determine IFLR1000's Women Leaders. 

Each year Women Leaders uses the previous submission cycle's data for the research. Women Leaders 2023 will be based primarily on submissions made in 2022. We consider all female lawyers working in our areas of research as Women Leaders but firms that participate in our research (see guidelinescan nominate individuals and individual lawyers can nominate themselves by taking our Lawyer Survey. 

 

Women Leaders 2023 Profiles 

The below list contains links to Women Leaders organized by firm. 

If you have questions about the research process, please contact Chynna Lewis: chynna.lewis@iflr1000.com 

If you would like to discuss how we can help you promote you or your firm's achievements, please contact Emily Kyriacou: emily.kyriacou@delinian.com 

 

Cahill Gordon & Reindel

Jennifer Ezring

 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Elizabeth Lenas

Francesca Odell

Margaret Pepnois

Kimberly Spoerri

 

Cravath Swaine & Moore

Ting Chen

Tatiana Lapushchik

Faiza Saeed

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Vanessa Jackson

Deanna Kirkpatrick

Margaret Tahyar

Nora Jordan

 

Debevoise & Plimpton

Rebecca Silberstein

 

Dechert

Laura Swihart

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Valerie Ford Jacob

Madlyn Gleich Primoff

Melissa Raciti-Knapp

Sarah Solum

 

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson

Dorothy Mehta

 

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Barbara Becker

Linda Curtis

 

Kirkland & Ellis

Erica Berthou

Melissa Hutson

Jennifer Perkins

 

Latham & Watkins

Stephanie Teicher

 

Mayer Brown

Julie Gillespie

Anna Pinedo

Elizabeth Raymond

 

Milbank

Carolina Walther-Meade

 

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Joanne Soslow

 

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Taurie Zeitzer

 

Ropes & Gray

Laurel FitzPatrick

Leigh Fraser

Jane Goldstein

Julie Jones

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel

Stephanie Breslow

 

Shearman & Sterling

Donna Parisi

Antonia Stolper

Cynthia Urda Kassis

 

Sidley Austin

Germaine Gurr

Angela Fontana

Elizabeth Shea Fries

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Elizabeth Cooper

Jennifer Hobbs

Marni Lerner

Roxane Reardon

 

Skadden Arps Slate & Meagher

Sonia Nijjar

Allison Schneirov

 

Sullivan & Cromwell

Alison Ressler

 

Weil Gotshal & Manges

Ramona Nee

 

White & Case

Arlene Hahn

Dolly Mirchandani

Kimberly Petillo-Décossard

Michelle Rutta

Tali Sealman

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Rosalind Fahey Kruse

 

WilmerHale

Franca Harris Gutierrez