Diversity & The Bar is pleased to recognize the following minority attorneys who were promoted to partner in 2008. Their hard work and perseverance resulted in this career benchmark.
Please join us in congratulating these new minority partners and the firms that employ them!
Adorno & Yoss LLP: Tacita A. Mikel Scott, Seth Persily, Peter Serrano, Osvaldo Torres, Kenneth Southall, Frances Suarez McKinney, Fernando Socol, Auma Reggy, Alonzo Llorens Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP: Paul Obico, Monica Quinn, Alex Choi Alston & Bird LLP: S. H. Michael Kim, Nachael L. Bright, Kazuhiro Shimizu, *Yitai Hu, *Shiraz D. Tangri, *Samuel C. Taylor, *Lisa M. Gilford, *Jesse M. Jauregui, *Deborah Yoon Jones, *Brian A. Betancourt Andrews Kurth LLP: Jong S. Kim, Donna D. Kim Archer & Greiner, P.C.: Phil Cha Armstrong Teasdale LLP: Jovita M. Foster Arnold & Porter LLP: *Vernessa Pollard, *Manish Agarwal, *Angel Garganta Baker & Hostetler LLP: Michelle D. Pector Baker & McKenzie LLP: Liquita Thompson Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP: Philip Bowman, Mike Huang, Luis Suarez, Kelly Yuan, Jack Simms Booth & Tucker LLP: Yvonne Barnes Montgomery Bowman and Brooke LLP: Roshan Rajkumar Bracewell & Giuliani LLP: Stephanie Song, *Michael Pegues Bryan Cave LLP: Staci Olvera Schorgl, George Chen Burnham Brown: Rohit Sabins, Derek Lim Cairncross & Hempelman, P.C.: Alice Wong Carlton Fields: Cristina Alonso, Penelope A. Dixon, Jason J. Quintero, *Walter J. Taché Chapman and Cutler: Willie Lewis, Walt Draney Crowell & Moring LLP: *Florence Prioleau, Brian Koide Davis Polk & Wardwell: Maurice Blanco Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: Emilio G. Gonzalez, Kevin H. Kono, Salle E. Yoo Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP: Eridania Perez Dickinson Wright PLLC: Sherry O’Neal, Rhonda D. Welbum Dickstein Shapiro LLP: Salvatore P. Tamburo, Paul C. Sullivan, Divonne Smoyer, Christopher H. Wood, *Eric Fung, *Gina Hough, *Andrew Schifrin, *Christopher Hu, *Stacey Mobley, *Albert Wynn Dixit, Youn & Bahl, LLP: Neera A. Bahl Dorsey & Whitney LLP: Mandana Massoumi, JooRyung Kang, *Jay Kim Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: *O’Kelly E. McWilliams III, *Gregory P. Miller, *Edmund D. Cooke Jr., *Darlene H. Smith Epstein Becker Green P.C.: Daniella D. Landers Fenwick & West LLP: Narinder Banait, Felix Lee, Andrew Kim, *Stephen Graham Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP: Steven L. Park, Sanya Sukduang, Lily Lim Fish & Richardson P.C.: William Sekyl, Todd Garcia, Rex Huang, Christian Chu Fisher & Philips LLP: *Sarah Hawk, *Shanon Stevenson, *Todd Fredrickson Foley & Lardner LLP: Rouget F. Henschel, Jonathan R. Spivey, *Sam L. Nguyen Ford & Harrison LLP: *Daniel Sulton Fox Rothschild LLP: *Phillip F. Shinn Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP: Mala Ahuja Harker Gibbons P.C.: *Fruqan Mouzon, *Clara H. Rho Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP: Y. Ernest Hsin, Julian W. Poon, Frederick S. Chung, Eduardo Gallardo, Aric H. Wu, Anne Lee Benedict, *George Brown Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP: Philip S. Holloway, *Robert R. Furnier, *Rasheed A. Simmonds, *Kenneth A. Louard, *Angela K. Dorn Goodwin Procter LLP: Dahlia Fetouh, *Marc Jones, *Eric Reimer, *Eliot Hinds Greenberg Traurig, P.A.: *Chang Joo Kim, *Edward W. Lam, *Yong Wang, *Arturo Requenez, Rhonda D. Bond-Collins, Patricia L. Gannon, Amit Mehta, Deepro R. Mukerjee, Jonathan M. Perry, Chinh H. Pham, Israel I. Sanchez, Chris Torres Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.: David W. Ybarra, *Kevin B. Duckworth Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail, LLP: *Tonya Parker Hanson Bridgett LLP: Jahmal T. Davis Hartwell, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.: Darius L. Hartwell Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP: Wendy Chang, Chad Jennings, *Burke Lopez Holland & Hart LLP: Soraya Tabibi Aguirre, *Sheila D. Jones Holland & Knight: Erika Royal Barnes, Michael Garcia, Kevin Packman, Victor Perez, Frances Guasch Hunton & Williams LLP: *Henry Talavera, Lowell W. Harrison, *Roland M. Juarez, Sean M. Beard, Yisun Song Jackson Lewis LLP: Thomas Santoro, Terri Freeman, Samia Kirmani, Pedro Torres-Diaz, Otieno Ombok, Nita Parikh, Jessie Marie-Jean Djata, Cara Ching-Senaha, *Raazia Hall Jackson Walker L.L.P.: Mark Fassold, Marcello Tamez, Chris Mugica, Alex Frutos, *Leonard Woods, *Greg Brown, *Arcie Jordan Jenner & Block LLP: *Eric S. Jackson, Darrick J. Hooker Jones Day: Maria Fernanda Farall-Shurman, Dickson Chin, Charmaine Slack, *Shahid A. Ghauri, Ruthie Nelson White, Pedro Jimenez, *Jose L. Patino, *Kevin B. Espinola, *M. Carter DeLorme, *Raymond H. Sheen, Paul C. Lin, *Jeffrey E. Gordon, Mauricio Paez, *Nora L. Gibson, Garfield Simms Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP: Stefan D. Baugh, David A. Pentlow, *Alais L.M. Griffin Keller and Heckman LLP: Jean-Cyril Walker Kelley Drye & Warren LLP: Pamela Bruzzese-Szczygiel King & Spalding LLP: Harold E. Franklin Jr. Kirkland & Ellis LLP: Yi Sheng, Sudwiti Chandra, Stephanie McCann, Sonali Shah Jindal, Kevin Morris, Jessica Sicsu, Hannah Kong, Bernard Taylor, Atif Khawaja, *Yong-Nam Jun, *Marla Tun Connelly, *Esha Bandyopadhyay Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP: Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen, Josué A. Villalta, Carol M. Pitzel Cruz, *Veronica Colby Devitt, *Melanie J. Seelig, *Mauricio A. Uribe, *Marlene J. Ford, *Maria L. Culic Anderson Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd.: Devlin J. Schoop Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, PC: Jin S. Choi Lewis and Roca LLP: Lisa Wong Lackland Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP: Richard D. Kim Liskow & Lewis, A Professional Law Corporation: Endya E. Delpit, Dana M. Douglas Littler Mendelson: Melissa J. Judd, Eugene Ryu, Antonio D. Robinson, *Walter C. Hunter, Stacey A. Campbell, *Ellen N. Sueda, *Alison N. Davis Locke Reynolds LLP: John M. Chavis II Mayer Brown LLP: Ricardo Gonzalez, Rajesh De, Anthony Alexis*, Robert H. Edwards Jr.* McDermont Will & Emery LLP: Tomoki “Tom” Tanida, Qian (Chen) Huang, Kumar Paul, Han (Jason) Yu, George Colindres, Farah Bhatti, Christopher Lin, Arnold V. Pamplona, April Tabor McGuireWoods LLP: Adrienne Conrad McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP: *Dara Mann, *Janine Bowen, Shari Klevens, *Laurence Phillips, *Rupa Singh Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP: *Erika Dillon MehaffyWeber PC: Dawn Tezino Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson: Ruben Duran, James M. Casso Miller Law Group: Lisa Harnasaki Miller Nash, LLP: Hong N. Huynh Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P.: Eugene J. Radcliff Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP: Tony K. Mou, Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, David G. Bowman, *Sandra L. Phillips, *R. E. Cruz, *Mahendra N. Churaman, *Dino T. Barajas Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP: Maria Seferian, Manuel F. Cachán, Joseph J. Ybarra Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP: *LaDale K. George Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP: Kaymani D. West, *Albert A. Foster Jr. Nixon Peabody LLP: David Cheng Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.: Karol S. Robinson, Bryan Blaney O’Melveny & Myers LLP: Sung Park, Portia Ku, Noriko Sakai, Loretta Shaw-Lorello, Dhaivat Shah, *Huey Yann Thong Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Juliano Banuelos, John Wang, Damon Pace, *Nancy Chen, *Angela Padilla Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP: Preston Ratliff, Kristin Chang Winckler, Jane Song Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Rico Hernandez, Hakkyun Kim, Annie Huang, *Rafi Azim-Khan Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt, P.C.: *Kathleen Pasulka-Brown Quarles & Brady LLP: Sara D. Vinarov, Edward A. Salanga, Dawn C. Valdiva, *Kevin E. Slaughter Robinson & Cole LLP: *George C. Springer Jr. Ropes & Gray LLP: *Michael Li-Ming Wong Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP: S. Kato Crews, Eric V. Hall Saul Ewing LLP: Maurice A. Bellan Schoeman, Updike, Kaufman, & Scharf LLP: *Mary L. Smith Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP: Robert Kum, *Moises Melendez, *Karen Ng, *Catalina Sugayan Seyfarth Shaw LLP: Kwame Benjamin, Kamili Dawson, Alex Drummond, *Harumi Hata, *Christa Dommers, *Amadeo Cantu Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.: Leonard Searcy, Jesse Camacho, Frank Cruz-Alvarez Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.: Digna B. French, Alicia M. Choi Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP: Eli Curi, John Kim, Timothy Ray, Heather Dawn Thompson, Marlo Young Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP: Angie M. Hankins Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, A Professional Corporation: Eun Yee (Andie) Chung Sullivan & Cromwell: Tracy Richelle High, Suhana S. Han, Robert Chu Sutherland: Marc Rawls, Ling Ling, Keith Barnett Thompson Hine LLP: *Ileana Martinez Vinson & Elkins LLP: Gillian A. Hobson Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP: Yolanda Cornejo Garcia Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP: William C. Acevedo, Judith Tang, *Edwin Wilson Jr. White & Case LLP: *Shamita Etienne-Cummings, *Jennifer Yokoyama, *Bijal V. Vakil Williams Mullen: *Sangwon S. Kim, *P. Brian See, *Charles E. James Jr. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP: Mei Lin Kwan-Gett WilmerHale: Nader Mousavi, Monica Grewal, Mark C. Fleming, Gregory P. Teran, *Simone Yew Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP: Jacqueline J. Harding Winston & Strawn LLP: Samuel Park, Marcus Hall, Jonathan R. Howden, *Simon C.M. Luk, *Maria C. Rodriguez, *Kit Choy Loke, *John S. Gibson, *Jarrett L. Fugh Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC: Guanming Fang.
*indicates lateral promotion
From the March/April 2009 issue of Diversity & The Bar®