Lawyers of Color has named 100 minority attorneys from the Eastern Region to its Second Annual Hot List, which recognizes early- to mid-career minority attorneys excelling in the legal profession. These distinguished attorneys were feted at a reception at the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell on July 17th. The honorees, who are in-house counsel, government attorneys, and law firm associates and partners, were chosen through a two-pronged process. The selection committee spent months reviewing nominations and researching bar association publications and legal blogs in order to identify promising candidates. Nominations from mentors, peers, and colleagues were accepted. The selection committee also made editorial picks of attorneys who had noteworthy accomplishments, especially those active in legal pipeline initiatives. Honorees will also be profiled in the Hot List 2014 Issue. The digital version will be released on July 28, 2014. View reception photos and the names of this year’s Eastern Region honorees:
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- CTV & BNN news anchor and Hot List emcee Chitra Nawblatt
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- Sullivan & Cromwell partner Bill Snipes
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- Hot List honorees and guests
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- Hot List honorees and guests
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- Hot List honorees and guests
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- S & C associate and Hot List honoree Heather Mitchell
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- Carolyn Edgar, VP & Legal Counsel, Estee Lauder
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- Hot List Honorees
Special Guest & Honoree
The Honorable Andrew Carter Jr.
| Name | Company | City, State | |
| Aba | Acquaah | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | New York, NY |
| Adeolu | Bakare | McNees Wallace & Nurick | Harrisburg, PA |
| Adrienne | Gonzalez | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | New York, NY |
| Aimee | Fukuchi Bryant | Nutter McClennen & Fish | Boston, MA |
| Albert | Llosas Barrueco | Pepper Hamilton | New York, NY |
| Ali | Fawaz | Proskauer Rose | New York, NY |
| Alice | Wang | Pierce Atwood | Boston, MA |
| Alison L. | Moore | JPMorgan Chase | New York, NY |
| Alissa | Chang | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter | Newark, NJ |
| Amita | Gopinath | Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone | New York, NY |
| Andrew | Chien | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | New York, NY |
| Andrew | Chou | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis | Philadelphia, PA |
| Asari | Aniagolu | Arent Fox | New York, NY |
| Asha | Smith | The Legal Aid Society | New York, NY |
| Audrey | Lu | McDermott | New York, NY |
| Barbara | Chin | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | Boston, MA |
| Beverly | Ang | Schulte Roth & Zabel | New York, NY |
| Candace | Chang | Seward & Kissel | New York, NY |
| Carlos | Albarracin | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | New York, NY |
| Carolina | DiGiorgio | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young | Reading, PA |
| Cleo | Koh | Latham & Watkins | New York, NY |
| David | Brown | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | New York, NY |
| David | Hubbard | Verizon | New York, NY |
| Deng | Yuanshu | Goulston & Storrs | Boston, MA |
| Dennis | Chow | Post & Schell | Philadelphia, PA |
| Devika | Persaud | Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP | New York, NY |
| Diana | Huang | Choate, Hall & Stewart | Boston, MA |
| Dominick | Cromartie | Davis & Gilbert | New York, NY |
| Dweynie | Paul | St. Paul Travelers Indemnity Co. | New York, NY |
| Elaine | Lo | Vinson & Elkins | New York, NY |
| Elizabeth | Rozon Baksh | Dorsey & Whitney | New York, NY |
| Elizabeth | Yoo | Wolff & Samson | Newark, NJ |
| George | Espinal | New York Life Insurance Company | New York, NY |
| Grace | Lee | Shearman | New York, NY |
| Heather | Mitchell | Sullivan | New York, NY |
| Hsuanyeh | Chang | Burns & Levinson | Boston, MA |
| Janine | Jjingo | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | New York, NY |
| Jasmine | Bramble | Bingham McCutchen LLP | Boston, MA |
| Jay | Cho | Seyfarth | New York, NY |
| Jenai | St. Hill | Reed Smith | Philadelphia, PA |
| Jeremy | Harris | Praxair | New York, NY |
| Jessica | Lu | Brown Rudnick | Boston, MA |
| Jessica | Chong Goebeler | Drinker Biddle & Reath | Philadelphia, PA |
| Joanna | Chen | Phillips Lytle | Buffalo, NY |
| Jona | Kim | Robinson & Cole | New Haven, CT |
| Jungmin | Choi | Epstein Becker & Green | Newark, NJ |
| Kamil E. | Redmond | Sullivan | New York, NY |
| Karen | Saab Dominguez | Goldberg | Garden City, NY |
| Kimly | Vu | Stoll Keenon Ogden | Canonsburg, PA |
| Kristina | Allen | McGuireWoods | New York, NY |
| Leah Threatte | Bojnowski | Nixon Peabody | Albany, NY |
| Leander | Altifois Dolphin | Shipman & Goodwin | Hartford, CT |
| Liliana | Chang | Herrick, Feinstein | New York, NY |
| Lindette | Hassan | Fox Rothschild | Blue Bell, PA |
| Lisa | Sandoval | Steptoe | New York, NY |
| Lucericia | Messiah | Duane Morris | New York, NY |
| Manali | Joglekar | Lowenstein Sandler | Newark, NJ |
| Martin | Oligvie Brown | Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle | New York, NY |
| Minh | Day | Orrick | New York, NY |
| Monique | Myatt Galloway | Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP | Philadelphia, PA |
| Natasha | Williams Goddard | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | New York, NY |
| Nii-Amar | Amamoo | Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman | New York, NY |
| Nikhil | Bodade | Ropes & Gray | New York, NY |
| Nydia | Shahjahan | Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC | New York, NY |
| Oka | Yukiko | Edwards Wildman Palmer | Boston, MA |
| Patrina A. | Ozurumba | Stevens & Lee | Reading, PA |
| Philip | Amoa | McCarter & English | Philadelphia, PA |
| Richard | Harper | Debevoise & Plimpton | New York, NY |
| Robert | Chu | Cozen O’Connor | Philadelphia, PA |
| Ron | Jones | Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Rosevelie | Márquez Morales | Harris Beach | New York, NY |
| Sandra | Brown | Cooley | Boston, MA |
| Sandra | Maki Hashima | Ballard Spahr | Philapelphia, PA |
| Sang Woo | Lee | Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin | Philadelphia, PA |
| Santiago | Fernandez | Macy’s, Inc. | New York, NY |
| Sean | Chung | Litchfield Cavo | New York, NY |
| Seana | Watts | Xerox | New York, NY |
| Selyn | Hong | Hodgson Russ | New York, NY |
| Sherri | Sharma | Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP | New York, NY |
| Shujun | Tian | Bracewell & Giuliani | New York, NY |
| Stacy | Yeung | Smith, Gambrell & Russell | New York, NY |
| Stefi | Peralta Porter | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Stephanie | Cho | Margolis Edelstein | Summit, NJ |
| Stesha A. | Emmanuel | LeClairRyan | Boston, MA |
| Taa | Grays | MetLife | New York, NY |
| Tamara | Coley | Kenyon & Kenyon | New York, NY |
| Temidayo | Aganga-Williams | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York, NY |
| Teresa | Lewi | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | New York, NY |
| Tomohisa | Aiko | Morrison & Foerster | New York, NY |
| Tracy | Chen | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | New York, NY |
| Uche | Ndumele | AOL | New York, NY |
| Victoria | Perez | Gibbons | Newark, NJ |
| Vincent | Cheng | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer | Toms River, NJ |
| Von | Bryant | Foley Hoag | Boston, MA |
| Walter | Menjívar | Day Pitney LLP | Connecticut, PA |
| Yaneris M. | Rosa | Honeywell | New York, NY |
| Yesenia | Batista | Thompson Hine | New York, NY |
| Yiling | Chen-Josephson | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | New York, NY |
| Yohance | Bowden | Hughes | New York, NY |
| Yvonne | Chan | Goodwin Procter | Boston, MA |
Hot List Honorees