Hot List Honorees – 2023

Name | Title | Organization
Abby Chin | Judicial Law Clerk | U.S. District Courts
Abby Yi | Associate | Bass Berry & Sims
Adrianne Waddell | Associate | Holland & Knight LLP
Adrieannette Ciccone | Attorney | Law Offices of Robert S. Gitmeid & Assoc.
Aldiama Anthony | Associate | Couch White LLP
Alejandro Montenegro | Associate | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Alex Chan | Partner | Devlin Law Firm/DataNovo, Inc.
Alex Mancero | Legal Counsel | Ria Digital
Alexandra Garza | Associate Counsel | Blue Wire, Inc.
Alexandra Lydon | Senior Staff Attorney | Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Alice Hu | President NAPALSA | Harvard Law School
Alicia Grant | Senior Associate | Norton Rose Fulbright
Alycia S. Tulloch | Associate | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Alysja Carlisle | Vice President – Legal Counsel | Belk
Amber Orr | Associate | Berenzweig Leonard, LLP.
Andrew Paik | Associate | Latham & Watkins
Angela Baldwin | Attorney | The Miller Law Firm, P.C.
Anjali Chavan | Assistant General Counsel | Crane Group Company
Anna Chong | Senior Associate | Alston & Bird
Anna E. Wolfe | Shareholder | McAfee & Taft
Anna Horevay | Public Finance Associate | McGuireWoods LLP
Anupma Sahay | Associate | Reed Smith
Arcelia Magaña | Associate | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Archana Sundar | Associate Attorney | Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP
Arrianna Hart | Associate Attorney | Goldberg Segalla LLP
Artessia “Tess” House | Owner/Managing Attorney | Tess House Law, PLLC
Ashley K. Alger | Associate | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Ashley Upkins | Managing Attorney | The Cochran Firm, LLC
Bo Kim | Senior Associate | Reed Smith LLP
Bretta Oluyede | Counsel | YouTube
Bria Kemp | Deputy Prosecutor | Marion County Prosecutor’s Office
Brianne Reese | Associate | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Brittany S. Macon | Associate | Polsinelli
Camille Roe | Senior Associate | Armstrong Teasdale
Candise Caylao | Managing Associate | Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
Carl Forbes Jr. | Principal | CFJ Law PLLC
Carlissa Shaw | Chief Policy Advisor | Shelby County Environmental Court
Cathleen Winter | Attorney | O’Mara Law Group
Cecilia Brown | Midwest Political Coalition Director | AIPAC
Chaloea Williams | Associate | Williams & Connolly
Chanda Marlowe McClain | Associate | Loeb & Loeb LLP
Charles Akinboyewa Jr. | Associate | Shearman & Sterling LLP
Cheneise Wright, Esq. | Associate | Lewis Brisbois
Cheyenne Sanders | Supervisor | Toyota North America
Chike Croslin | Senior Managing Associate | Sidley Austin
Choity Khan | Construction Lawyer | Robinson+Cole
Christable Lee | Associate Attorney | Lewis Brisbois
Christopher Jison | Legal EEO Consultant | Wells Fargo
Cierra Newman | Associate | Buckley LLP
Claire Vergara | Associate Attorney | Plunkett Cooney
Colin M. Kawaguchi | Corporate Attorney | Nevers, Palazzo
Courtney A. Johnson | Associate | Gibbons P.C.
Danica Brown | Managing Associate | Sidley Austin
Daniel Trujillo Esmeral | Attorney | Offit Kurman, P.A.
Danielle Chidiac | Associate Attorney | Plunkett Cooney
Dara Alvarado | Associate Attorney | Lathrop GPM LLP
Darren Fernandez | Associate | Milbank LLP
Darshana Indira | Senior Associate | Laredo & Smith LLP
David Cho | Associate | Desmarais LLP
December Huddleston, Esq | Associate | Gilbert LLP
Dennis Pangindian | Litigation Associate | Paul Hastings
Dominique D. Calhoun | Attorney | Calhoun Meredith, PLLC
Dora Cornelio | Associate Attorney | Schmidt Salzman & Moran LTD
Ebony Reid Douglas | Senior Counsel, Employment Law | Nestlé
Edward Crlson | Attorney Advisor | US Department of Commerce
Eldred D. Lesansee | President NALSA | Columbia Law School
Elin Park | Litigation Partner | Jenner & Block
Elizabeth Paige White | Associate/Of counsel | DiCello Levitt LLP/Ben Crump Law, PLLC
Emily Xiao | Associate | McAfee & Taft
Ephraim Hintz | Associate | Polsinelli
Eric Love | Vice President | BlackRock
Eunju Park | Counsel | Booz Allen Hamilton
Eve Nguyen | Senior Associate | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Fatmata Kabia | Senior Counsel | NBCUniversal
G. Rex Flynn | Owner and Founder | The Flynn Law Firm, PLLC
Gabriela Baeza-Stout | Associate | Armstrong Teasdale
Garylene “Gage” Javier | Privacy & Cybersecurity Attorney | Crowell & Moring LLP
Gurneet Singh | Litigator & Patent Attorney | Jones Day
Henry E. Floyd, Jr. | General Counsel | The Daniel Initiative
Irvin Hernandez | Associate | Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Isabela Alvarez | Associate | Dilworth Paxson, LLP
Jacqueline August | Staff Attorney | Bodman PLC
Jacqueline Congello | Director of Boards & Commissions | Office of Governor Tim Walz
James Aliaga | Associate | Calcaterra Pollack LLP
Janet Landry Smith | Labor And Employment Attorney | Southwest Airlines
Jarrius Adams | National Chair NBLSA | Howard Law
Jarvarus Gresham | Commercial Litigation Attorney | BakerHostetler
Jasmine Joseph | Associate Corporate Counsel | Amazon
Jaycee Booth | Associate | Crowe & Dunlevy
Jaz Park | Employment and Labor Counsel | Attorney at Law
Jeffrey Saavedra | Associate | Dechert LLP
Jengeih Tamba | Senior Associate | Pillsbury Law
Jennifer Chae | Associate | Sidley Austin
Jeremy Gunn | Associate | Bass Berry & Sims
Jessica O. Hamad | Associate | Reminger Co. LPA
Jiazhen (Ivon) Guo | Associate | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Joan Clarke-Narcisse | Counsel | Aflac
Jonathan (Sheewon) Park | Associate | BakerHostetler
Jonathan Barnes | Partner | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Jordan Jean | Associate | Venable
Jose A. Calves | Labor And Employment Attorney | Brown & Connery, LLP
José E. Galvan | Senior Counsel | FINRA
Joseph T. Rivera Jr. | Partner | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Julie Ferguson Patel | Associate Counsel | NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Justin Dews | Counsel | King & Spalding
Kara Hughley | Product Counsel | Zoom
Kayla Delgado Grundy | Attorney | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Kayla M. Hernandez | Associate | Bilzin Sumberg
Ken Jefferson, Esq | Associate | Holland & Knight
Kenley Joseph | Associate | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Kenneth Baker | Associate | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Kevin Fogle | Associate | Polsinelli
Khoa Nguyen | Associate | Bustamante & Gagliasso
Kimberly Procida | Regional Attorney | CA Public Employment Relations Bd
Kiran Garcia | Immigration Attorney | Focil Legal
Kishwer Vikaas | Assistant Public Defender | Public Defender
Kristin Paradisis | National Chair NLLSA | Pace Law School
Krithika Rajkumar | Litigation Attorney | Holland & Knight LLP
Lauren Brown | Associate | Jones Day
Lauren Goschke | Counsel | Southern California Edison
Lauren Manning | Counsel | Verizon
Lauryn Durham | Associate | Squire Patton Boggs US LLP
Leakhena Au | Associate Attorney | Burns Bair LLP
Lelia Parker | Associate | Gilbert LLP
LieAnn Van-Tull | Associate | Keller & Heckman
Linda Choe | Staff Attorney | Fairfax County Public Schools
Lindsey Pho | Attorney | Messner Reeves LLP
Linh Ly | Partner | Pesner Altmiller Melnick & DeMers PLC
Lisbette Baltazar | Partner | S&B Legal
Lonita Baker | Associate Corporate Counsel | Waystar Medical Technologies, Inc.
Luke Gilman | Consultant | Deloitte
Lutfi Kharuf | Partner | Best Best & Krieger LLP
Malcolm (Max) Tyler | Associate | Pekins Coie LLP
Maliha Siddiqui | Principal and Founder | Siddiqui Family Law, LLC
Mandy Nguyen | Associate | HPM&B
Manpreet Monica Kaur Uppal | Litigation Associate | Lewis Brisbois
Marcia Cho | Associate | Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder, P.S.
Marcus Nemeth | Associate | Ropes & Gray LLP
Mariana D. Bravo | Partner | Carr Maloney PC
Martine Wilson | Associate | Reed Smith
Mary Wu Tullis | Shareholder | Baker Donelson
Matt Maile | Assistant Attorney | Oregon Department of Justice
Matthew Mai | Associate | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Melissa A. Martinez | Senior Counsel | AmerisourceBergen
Mercedes Pineda | Corporate Counsel | EBI
Michael B. Victorian | Attorney | Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Michelle Reynoso | Attorney | Reynoso Law
Mika Ikeda | Senior Counsel | Johnson & Johnson
Mindy M. Wong | Attorney At Law | Vedder Price
Minsuk Han | Partner | Kellogg, Hansen
Monifa Hall | Associate | Greenspoon Marder LLP
Mostafa Abdelkarim | Senior Counsel | Uber
Moussa Ismail | Associate | Cooley LLP
Mr. Darryl V. Auguste | Assistant State’s Attorney | Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Mrinali Sethi | Associate | Reminger Co. LPA
N. John Bey | Attorney | Law at Bey & Associates, LLC
Nadine Shu Rong Tan | Associate Counsel | Green Dot Public Schools California
Natalia Marte | Associate | Philips Lytle
Natalya G. Johnson | Senior Counsel | Johnson & Johnson
Natasha Meserve | Counsel | Travelers
Nelson Pineda Lam | Counsel, Employment | Uber
Nick Rivera | Associate | Barnes & Thornburg
Nicole Dailo | Corporate Counsel | Life Time Inc.
Nikita Saini | Legislative Aide | City and County of San Francisco
Nishi Kothari | Partner | The Brasher Law Firm
Pallvi Babbar | Principal Attorney | Babbar & Associates P.C.
Paula P. Plaza | Associate | Phillips Lytle LLP
Pooja Dave | Principal Corporate Counsel | Microsoft
Pooja Patel, | Attorney | Zaller Law Group, PC
Prince Singh | Attorney | Reed Smith
Princess Rogers | Associate | White & Case
Priyanka Virmani | Assistant District Attorney | Queens District Attorney’s Office
Raymond Manzo | FTC Investigator | Federal Trade Commission
Reginald Wilson | Senior Associate | Norton Rose Fulbright
Riti Singh | Managing Supervisor | The Legal Aid Society
Riya Kurian | Associate Attorney | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Robert F. Hagans, III | Associate | Gibbons P.C.
Robert Y. Chen (Bobby) | Associate | MoloLamken LLP
Rohit Biswas | Business Immigration Associate | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Roke Iko | Associate | Morrison & Foerster LLP
Ruchi Asher | Assistant United States Attorney | United States Attorney’s Office
Sachin Java | Associate Attorney | Ulmer & Berne LLP
Samone Ijoma | Associate | Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP
Sanjeet Ganjam | Partner | Shartsis Friese LLP
Sarabeth (Sara) Rangiah | Associate | Ballard Spahr LLP
Sarah Chowdhury | Legal Counsel | Illinois State Comptroller
Sarah Chu | Associate | Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP
Sarah Odion Esene | Associate | Barnes & Thornburg
Seun Awotunde | Law Clerk | Ropes & Gray LLP
Shafiqa Kureshi, | Senior Associate Attorney | Fragomen
Shalini Goyal | Business & Tort Litigation Group | JONES DAY®
Sharly Larios | Director, Business & Legal Affairs | Sony Music Entertainment
Shaundricka Ranel | EEO Administrator | Prince George’s County Public Schools
Shayda Vance | Associate | Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Shelly Mittal | Associate Legal Counsel | DocuSign
Shivani Parikh | President NASALSA | Fordham University School of Law
Shruthi Reddy | Regulatory Counsel | Beazley
Shuo (Josh) ZhangP | Associate | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LL
Simeon Yerokun | Associate | Crowell & Moring
Simone R. Bray | Assistant Public Defender | Harris County Public Defender’s Office
Siri Rao | Associate | Foley Hoag LLP
Sophia George | Associate | Husch Blackwell
Sophia S. Chen | Associate | Holland & Knight
Stephan Choo | Partner | Ropers Majeski, PC
Stephani A. Roman | Associate | Robinson & Cole LLP
Stephanie Chen | associate attorney | Robins Kaplan LLP
Suzanne A. Prybella | Senior Counsel | PNC
Syed M. Q. Ali Khan | Associate | Paul Hastings, LLP
Thai Viet Phan | Attorney | Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Ting Cheung | Litigation Fellow | Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP
Tomi Akinmola | Associate | Wilkinson Stekloff LLP
Toochi Ngwangwa | Associate | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Tram Nguyen | Junior Counsel | Toyo Tires
Trevor Mason | Associate | Barnes & Thornburg
Umair Javed | Federal Communications Commission | Chief Counsel
Vani Upadhyaya | Associate | Morrison Cohen LLP
Varun Aery | Associate | Hollingsworth LLP
Veneeta Jaswal | Associate | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Victoria C. Smith | Litigation Counsel | Lyft
Victoria Dutcher | Investment Counsel | Securian Asset Management
Vivian Hui | Counsel | Nasdaq
Walter Goss | Associate | Alston & Bird
Wendy Feng | Associate | Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Whitnee Goins | Deputy District Attorney – Supervisor | Contra Costa County District Attorney
Willie Reynolds | Attorney | Elevate Legal Services
Y. Jennifer Lee | Staff Attorney | San Diego Superior Court
Yida (Oliver) Li | Attorney | HSML
Yifang Zhao | Corporate Counsel | Amazon
Ysabelle G. Reyes | Associate | Wiley Rein LLP