Congratulations to Attorneys of Color Joining the Partnership Ranks in 2009
Diversity & the Bar is pleased to recognize the following minority attorneys whose promotion to partner was effective in 2009. Their hard work and perseverance resulted in this career benchmark—an accomplishment made all the more impressive in the context of the recent and continuing economic struggles.
Please join us in congratulating these new partners and the firms that employ them! DB
| Firm | Name |
|---|---|
| Adorno & Yoss LLP | Alia Fatima Ahmed, Kary Agudo Argamasilla,* Cecilly Clark, Frank Cornelius,* Lloyd Jordan,* Yoshihiro Kato,* Rodney Moore,* Teresita Pedrosa |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Patrick Marshall* |
| Alston & Bird LLP | Elizabeth A. Fierman, George D. Medlock Jr., Brandon R. Williams |
| Arent Fox LLP | Maurice A. Bellan* |
| Armstrong Teasdale LLP | Jovita M. Foster |
| Arnold & Porter LLP | Angel Tang, Claudius Sokenu* |
| Baker & Hostetler LLP | Dee Driscole* |
| Baker & McKenzie LLP | Patricia McDonald, Ivan Morales, Jenni Yeh, Sanjay Bhandari* |
| Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, LLC | Koriambanya Carew, Marcos Barbosa |
| Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC | L. Mabel Arroyo, Jennifer Summa* |
| Barnes & Thornburg LLP | Peter T. Shimabukuro |
| Bartlet Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP | Sundeep (Rob) Addy |
| Bass, Berry & Sims PLC | Clarence A. Wilbon |
| Bickerstaff Heath Delgado & Acosta LLP | Catherine Than |
| Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Licenberg, P.C. | Bruce L. Ishimatsu* |
| Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP | Michael Huang |
| Brown & Hutchinson | Michael Cobbs |
| Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP | Johnnie A. James,* Shai N. Halbe* |
| Bryan Cave LLP | Broderick D. Johnson |
| Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC | Toni Y. Anders, Edward H. Davis* |
| Burr & Forman LLP | Kwende B. Jones |
| Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S. | Sandip Soli |
| Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP | Renee Y. Little* |
| Carlton Fields | Natalie J. Carloes, Joanna Garcia, Kenya J. Reddy |
| Cooley Godward Kronish LLP | Mazda K. Antia |
| Covington & Burling LLP | Deborah Garza,* Haywood Gilliam* |
| Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP | Alyssa K. Caples, Minh Van Ngo |
| Crowell & Moring LLP | M. Kay Martin,* Beatrice Nguyen* |
| Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | Emilio Gonzalez,* Kevin Kono, Salle Yoo,* James R. Black,* Camilo Echavarria, Elleanor Chin |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | Jasmine Powers, Satish M. Kini* |
| Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP | Andrianne S. Payson, Albert A. Gonzalez, Sean Wee |
| Dickstein Shapiro LLP | Leslie Jacobs* |
| DLA Piper | Trina Oettinger, Ray Hartman, Kim Pagotto, Juan Alcala, Melquiades Martinez,* Luis Mejia,* Timothy E. Hoeffner* |
| Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Evan Ng |
| Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP | Douglas K. Burrell |
| Duane Morris LLP | Harvey Johnson,* John Nixon,* Gordon Walton,* Phillip Wang,* Chester Lee,* Junghye June Yeum, Vanessa Hew |
| Dykema Gossett PLLC | T.L. Summerville |
| Echelon Law Group, P.C. | Hoshin Lee, Andrew Y. Choung, Tae H. Kim,* K. Kevin Mun* |
| Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP | Rebecca A. Lee, Shahana B. Kanodia* |
| Ellis Porter, PLC | Shaju Jacob |
| Fenwick & West LLP | Carolyn Chang, Jae Won Song |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP | Lily Lim, Charles Suh, Ningling Wang, Scott Burwell, Naveen Modi, Sanya Sukduang |
| Fisher & Phillips LLP | Rafael Nendel-Flores, Regina Petty,* Pavneet Uppal* |
| Foley & Lardner LLP | Etsuo Doi,* Amar L. Thakur,* C. Edward Polk Jr. |
| Foley Hoag LLP | Essence McGill-Arzu |
| Fowler White Burnett | Alice K. Sum |
| Fox Rothschild LLP | Reiko Takikawa, Raj R. Mahale,* Josefina Fernandez McEvoy,* Darrell D. Miller* |
| Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. | Jamal Faleel |
| FSB FisherBroyles, LLP | Cindy W. Andrew,* Bachir Mihoubi* |
| Fulbright Jaworski LLP | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, Efren Alejandro Acosta, Michelle C. Pardo, Carlos Ray Rainer |
| Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP | Cristina Portela Solomon,* Hoang "Quan" Vu* |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Ernest Hsin, Lisa Alfaro |
| Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP | Brenda J. Robinson, Nelson L. Atkins,* Natasha L. Blackshear,* Ben Espy,* Irwin S. Evans,* Ferhan Hamid,* Charles Hamilton Houston III,* Kenneth M. Jones* |
| Goodwin Proctor LLP | Maggie L. Wong |
| Gray Plant Mooty | Adam M. Nathe |
| Greenberg Traurig LLP | Janet Shih Hajek, John H. Bae, Lauren Galeoto, Alexandra Aguirre, Simone Z. Boayue-Gumbs, Cedric T. Chou, Troy A. Eid,* Ricardo A. Gonzalez,* Mark D. Hillier, Alberto J. Morales, Nikki Lewis Simon,* Richard Valladares,* Peter Wahby,* Jennifer H. Weddle,* Gregory P. Wong |
| Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. | Kevin B. Duckworth,* David W. Ybarra |
| Gruber Hurst Johansen & Hail LLP | Tonya Parker |
| Hanson Bridgett LLP | John T. Cu |
| Haynes and Boone LLP | Tom Chen,* Edward Kwok* |
| Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | Jason J. Kim, Leslie Richards-Yellen, Damian Fletcher, Michael Dowell,* Montel Gayles,* John Hongs, Allison Rhodes, Yano Rubinstein |
| Hogan & Hartson LLP | Eun Ah Choi, Warren H. Maruyama* |
| Holland & Hart LLP | Bryce K. Kunimoto |
| Holland & Knight LLP | Leila Jackson Batties, Kwamina Williford |
| Howrey LLP | Linda Baxley,* Paul Grewal,* William Martin,* Jackie Nakamura,* Romeo Quinto, Wallace Wu |
| Hunton & Williams LLP | Edward F. Fernandes* |
| Irwin Fitchie Urquhart & Moore LLC | Dow Michael Edwards,* Darleene Peters |
| Jackson Lewis LLP | Tanya A. Bovee, Cara Ching, Terri Freeman, Samia Kirmani, Otieno Ombok, Nita Parikh, Davis Bae,* Robert Clayton,* Raazia Hall,* Harry Joe,* Weldon Latham,* Devand Sukhdeo* |
| Jenner & Block LLP | Kenneth K. Lee,* Jessie K. Liu,* Joseph A. Saltiel |
| Jones Day | Joseph W. Clark, Rahul Pathak, Manan Shah, Lily Fu Claffee,* Karen Gren Johnson* |
| K&L Gates LLP | William J. Simonitsch, Pallavi Mehta Wahi, Wilson Chu* |
| Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | Darryl W. Jackson* |
| Kilpratrick Stockton LLP | Tywanda Lord, Shyam Reddy, Kali Wilson Beyah, Wendy Choi |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Edwin S. del Hierro,* Jamal M. Edwards, Maja Fabula, Michael J. Garcia,* Deneese Walia Levin, Granta Y. Nakayama,* Philippa Scarlett, Diana Torres,* Min Wang |
| Kutak Rock LLP | Alison L. Gaffney |
| Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd. | Eileen M. Momblanco |
| Latham & Watkins LLP | William Lu, David Teh |
| LeClairRyan | Shyrell A. Reed, Michael J. Plata, Vijay K. Mago* |
| Lee Anav Chung LLP | John K. Park* |
| Leonard, Street and Deinard | Anh Le Kremer* |
| Lewis & Roca LLP | Joice B. Bass, Jennifer Craft |
| Littler Mendelson P.C. | Danielle Herring, Stephanie Seay Kelly, Alaya Meyers |
| Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | Vijay D'Cruz, Jesus Garcia Jr., Christine Richardson, Tai C. Tran, David Cabrales,* James Hwa* |
| Loeb & Loeb LLP | Corey N. Martin, Channing D. Johnson, Frank Lee |
| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP | Christian Vallejo, Robert Fabrikant* |
| Mayer Brown LLP | Rena Chng, Lucius Outlaw, Archis Parasharami, Bronwyn Pollock, Paula Tuffin* |
| McCarter & English, LLP | Justin Y.K. Chu, Kenneth K. Yoon |
| McDermott Will & Emergy LLP | Esther Chang, Qian Huang, Christopher K. Lin, Kumar S. Paul, Tomoki Tanita, Han Yu, Jennifer C. Chen,* Jean Marie R. Pechette* |
| McEwen Gisvold LLP | Trung D. Tu |
| Miles & Stockbridge P.C. | Michael A. Brown* |
| Miller Nash LLP | Lisa C. Lui |
| Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. | Pedro Suarez |
| Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P. | Eugene J. Radcliffe |
| Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | Henry Liu, L. Julius M. Turman, John S. Rah* |
| Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP | Katherine K. Huang |
| Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. | Jay H. Ong |
| Neal Gerber Eisenberg LLP | Jenny S. Kim |
| Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | Keri Chayavadhanangkur |
| Nixon Peabody LLP | Henry Liu |
| Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. | George F. A. Parnell* |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP | Winston Chang, Peter Chen, Sean Monroe, Maritza Okata, Friven Yeoh |
| Patton Boggs LLP | Eric C. Wang, Kristin D. Wells* |
| Pepper Hamilton LLP | Isla L. Long, P. Thao Le, Robert Y. Chow,* Peter T. Wakiyama* |
| Perkins Coie LLP | Kha Q. Dang, Naoki Kawada,* Rajiv Sarathy |
| Phelps Dunbar LLP | LaTonya Merritt, Taylor Carroll |
| Polsinelli Shughart P.C. | Judy Yi, Sang-yul Lee* |
| Quarles & Brady LLP | Everett S. Ward,* Theodore I. Yi* |
| Reed Smith LLP | Thao H. Ngo, Stephanie D. Nguyen |
| Reminger Co. LP A | Gregory G. Guice |
| Rivero Mestre & Castro | Antonio C. Castro* |
| Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. | David Martinez, Yakub Hazzard* |
| Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, P.C. | Jung H. Park |
| Ropes & Gray LLP | Khue V. Hoang, Rajib Chanda |
| Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff, Inc. | Judith Man-Ling Lam* |
| Sanchez & Amador | Shane Sagheb* |
| Sedgewick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP | Tanya M. Lawson, Dennis E. Vega |
| Seyfarth Shaw LLP | James Yu, Jason Cooksey, Esteban Ferrer,* Alan Yoshitake,* Minh Vu* |
| Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. | Sharonda Williams |
| Sherman & Howard, LLC | Vance O. Knapp |
| Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. | Jesse Camacho, Frank Cruz-Alvarez, Leonard Searcy, Ethel Johnson* |
| Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. | Angela Hart-Edwards* |
| Shutts & Bowen LLP | Glennys Ortega Rubin |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Sandeep Qusba* |
| Smith Amundsen LLC | Gary Zhao |
| Strasburger Price LLP | Levi J. Benton |
| Sughrue Mion PLLC | Jennifer Hayes, Diallo Thomas Crenshaw |
| Sulman Hodges & Bastian LLP | Lynda T. Bui |
| Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP | Daniella Landers* |
| Sutin, Thayer & Browne | Sarita Nair |
| The Chugh Firm, APC | Melissa Chan, Navdeep Meamber, Krishna Palagummi, Patricia Rondon |
| Thomas, Feldman & Wilshusen, LLP | Christopher D. Montez |
| Thompson Coburn LLP | Erica L. Freeman, Michael A. Parks,* Booker T. Shaw* |
| Thompson Hine LLP | Dorian Daggs, Eduardo Kim |
| Troutman Sanders LLP | Jimmy F. Robinson Jr.* |
| Tucker Law Group, LL C | Yvonne Barnes Montgomery, Kay Kyungsun Yu* |
| Tydings & Rosenberg LLP | Toyja E. Kelley |
| Vinson & Elkins LLP | Rindala Beydoun,* Ahmed el-Gaili* |
| Waas Campbell Rivera LLP | Mikaela Rivera |
| Warner Norcross & Judd LLP | Charles N. Ash Jr., Homayune A. Ghaussi |
| Welbaum Guernsey | Hung V. Nguyen |
| Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP | Garret D. Murai |
| White & Case LLP | John H. Chung, Clement N. Fondufe, Aalok Sharma, Monica Arora* |
| Wiley Rein LLP | Brendon M. Pinkard |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | A. Mark Getachew |
| WilmerHale | Jeanie Rhee, Tonya Robinson |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Nathaniel Gallon, Rezwan Pavri |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Doressia Hutton* |
* denotes lateral promotion.
From the March/April 2010 issue of Diversity & The Bar®