Lawyers of Color has named 100 minority attorneys from the Southern 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 Atlanta office of Greenberg Traurig on Thursday, July 24th. 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 Southern Region honorees below:
Special Guest & Honoree
The Honorable Abdul Karim Kallon
Hot List Honorees
| Name | Company | City, State | |
| A. Rian | Perry | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Alkesh | Patel | State of Georgia Office of the Attorney General | Atlanta, GA |
| Alton | Hornsby III | Merchant & Gould | Atlanta, GA |
| Ana María | Martinez | Dekalb State Court | Atlanta, GA |
| Angela F. | Ramson | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Anita | Goklaney | Internal Revenue Service | Atlanta, GA |
| Annika | Ashton | Morgan, Lewis and Bockius | Miami, FL |
| April | Holland | Miller Martin | Chattanooga, TN |
| Ashaki | Baptist | Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs | Memphis, TN |
| Azdhari | Bahar | Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis | Nashville, TN |
| Bisa | Ajanaku | Grady Health System | Atlanta, GA |
| Brandon | Lofton | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson | Charlotte, NC |
| Brittany | Boykin | Clawson & Staubes, LLC | Charleston, SC |
| Candice | Blain, Esq. | AIG | Alpharetta, GA |
| Candis | Jones | Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Christopher | Bruce | Speed, Seta, and Waters | Atlanta, GA |
| Danielle | Ward Mason | Beasley Allen | Atlanta, GA |
| Darren R. | Jones | United Parcel Service | Atlanta, GA |
| Darrick | McDuffie | King & Spalding | Atlanta, GA |
| David | Coleman MBA, Esq. | Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. | West Palm Beach, FL |
| David | Perez | Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer | Miami, FL |
| Dedria | Harper Kolb | Nexsen Pruet LLC | Charlotte, NC |
| Delia | Gervin Frazier | Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi | Atlanta, GA |
| Earl | Hilliard, Jr. | The Hunt-Hilliard Law Firm, LLC. | Birmingham, AL |
| Edward | Bronston | Bronston Law Office | Memphis, TN |
| Elias W. | Admassu | Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo | Raleigh, NC |
| Emanuel | Azih | Finnegan | Atlanta, GA |
| Emilio | Alvarez-Farre | White & Case | Miami, FL |
| Garrick A. | Sevilla | Williams Mullen | Raleigh, NC |
| Geetha | Adinata | FordHarrison LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Glianny | Fagundo | Taylor English Duma LLP | Marietta, GA |
| Hector | Ibarra | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | Charlotte, NC |
| Ingrid | Hackett | Home Depot | Atlanta, GA |
| Jana J. | Edmondson-Cooper | Georgia Legal Services Program | Macon, GA |
| Jason | Friday | Alston & Bird | Charlotte, NC |
| Jay | Anderson | Troutman Sanders | Atlanta, GA |
| Jeffrey | Saxby | Hall Booth Smith & Slover | Atlanta, GA |
| Jessica L. | Henderson | Sony/ATV | Nashville, TN |
| John H. | Jo | Smith Anderson | Raleigh, NC |
| Jonathan | Goins | Lewis Brisbois | Atlanta, GA |
| Jose | Vega | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings | Birmingham, AL |
| Jose | Bermudez | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | Miami, FL |
| Joy | White | McFadden, White, Sprattlin & Davis LLC | Atlanta, GA |
| Kali Wilson | Beyah | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, GA |
| Katrina | Lindsey | Darden Restaurants | Orlando, FL |
| Kawania | James | Hall Booth Smith & Slover | Atlanta, GA |
| Kelly | Durden | Freedom Center for Social Justice LGBTQ Law Center | Charlotte, NC |
| Kelvin W. | Howard | Waldrep, Stewart & Kendrick LLC | Birmingham, AL |
| Kenya | Thacker Pierre | Kimberly-Clark | Atlanta, GA |
| Keshia A. | McCrary | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Kimberly | Lopez | Akerman | Orlando, FL |
| Kimberly | Broen-Gibbs | Littler Mendelson | Memphis, TN |
| Larissa C. | Garriga | NBCUniversal & Telemundo Media | Hialeah, FL |
| Latasha | Johnson | Ehrenstein Charbonneau Calderín | Miami, FL |
| Lauren | Linder | Turner Broadcasting | Atlanta, GA |
| Lina Lozano | Oviedo | DeKalb County Solicitor-General’s Office | Atlanta, GA |
| Lucero | Bello | Sutherland | Atlanta, GA |
| Lucrecia | Moore | BB&T | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Marcela | Lozano | Shutts & Bowen | Miami, FL |
| Meeta | Dama | Georgia Office of the Attorney General | Atlanta, GA |
| Mialeeka (Mia) | Williams | Addivant | Atlanta, GA |
| Mica | Nguyen Worthy | Cranfill, Summer & Hartzog LLP | Charlotte, NC |
| Micheal L. | Binns | McGuirewoods | Atlanta, GA |
| Mili | Shah | Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C. | Atlanta, GA |
| Monica R. | McCullough | McKesson | Atlanta, GA |
| Nia E. | Rasool | Mayer Brown | Charlotte, NC |
| Nikki | Lewis Simon | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Miami, FL |
| Nisha | Karnani | Antonini & Cohen | Atlanta, GA |
| Oscar | Ramirez | Zodiak USA | Miami, FL |
| Ozair | Shariff | Stites & Harbison, PLLC | Louisville, KY |
| Paul | Arena-Camarillo | Fulton County District Attorney | Atlanta, GA |
| Reginald | Johnson | Family Dollar Stores | Matthews, NC |
| Reginald | Henderson | Lowe’s Companies | Charlotte, NC |
| Renee | Yuen | Walt Disney World Co | Orlando, FL |
| Ria | Chattergoon | Fisher & Phillips | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Rishi J. | Kotiya | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton | Raleigh, NC |
| Sarah | Cash | Georgia Power Company | Atlanta, GA |
| Sehrish | Siddiqui | Bass, Berry & Sims | Memphis, TN |
| Shalisa M. | Francis | Taylor, Day, Grimm & Boyd, P.A. | Florida |
| Shama | Barday | Alston & Bird | Atlanta, GA |
| Shawntel | Hebert | Taylor English | Atlanta, GA |
| Shubhra R. | Mashelkar | Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn | Atlanta, GA |
| Shunta | Grant | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice | Greenville, SC |
| Stinson | Ferguson | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd | Greenville, SC |
| Sumaya | Ellard | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Sunghwan | Choi | Morris, Manning & Martin | Atlanta, GA |
| TaCara | Harris | Baker Donelson | Nashville, TN |
| Tamika | Davis | Merritt, Flebotte, Wilson, Webb | Durham, NC |
| Tanisha | Palvia | Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey | Greensboro, NC |
| Tara N. | Cho | Poyner & Spruill | Raleigh, NC |
| Tunisia | Staten | Aflac | Columbus, GA |
| Vanessa | Hernandez | Maynard, Cooper & Gale | Birmingham, AL |
| Vas | Vedantam | Moore & Van Allen PLLC | Charlotte, NC |
| Vonda | Kirby | Stites & Harbison | Louisville, KY |
| Yasamine | Christopherson | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | Atlanta, GA |
| Yendelela Neely | Anderson | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | Atlanta, GA |
| Yenniffer | Delgado | Heidari Power Law Group LLC | Atlanta, GA |
| Yuan (Michelle) | Yuan | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | Charlotte, NC |
| Zahira | Diaz-Vasquez | Jackson Lewis | Orlando, FL |