LMG Life Sciences Awards Americas 2022: shortlists announced

The LMG Life Sciences team is pleased to reveal the 2022 Americas Awards shortlists. Read below to view this year's finalists.

The awards program, now in its 10th year, aims to highlight the best in practice in the industry following a thorough survey of the life sciences sector. Practitioners and teams across the United States and Canada are represented in these categories covering the best in regulatory, corporate, intellectual property and litigation.

The annual awards event will be held in-person at the Essex House in New York City on September 8. To inquire about attendance and sponsorship opportunities, please contact george.reeves@euromoneyny.com.

For research-related inquiries, please contact chris.adams@euromoneyny.com.

Congratulations to all recognized firms and individuals.

 

 

Life Cycle

 

Life Cycle Firm of the Year – Canada

DLA Piper

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose Fulbright

Torys

 

Life Cycle Firm of the Year – United States

Arnold & Porter

Goodwin Procter

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Ropes & Gray

Sidley Austin

WilmerHale

 

 

Financial & Corporate

 

Corporate Attorney of the Year

Steve Abrams, Hogan Lovells

Nathan Ajiashvili, Latham & Watkins

Arthur McGivern, Goodwin Procter

Ryan Murr, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

David Peinsipp, Cooley

 

Licensing & Collaboration Attorney of the Year

Kay Chandler, Cooley

Judith Hasko, Latham & Watkins

David McIntosh, Ropes & Gray

Karen Spindler, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Randall Sunberg, Baker McKenzie 

Cullen Taylor,Hogan Lovells

 

M&A Attorney of the Year

Michael Aiello, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Barbara Borden, Cooley

Christopher Comeau, Ropes & Gray

Mitchell Nussbaum, Loeb & Loeb

Graham Robinson, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Krishna Veeraraghavan, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

 

Venture Capital Attorney of the Year

Stuart Cable, Goodwin Procter

Jim Krenn, Morrison & Foerster 

Jason Kropp, WilmerHale

Cheryl Reicin, Torys

Phillip Torrence, Honigman

 

Corporate Firm of the Year

Cooley

Goodwin Procter

Latham & Watkins

Ropes & Gray

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year

Cooley

Goodwin Procter

Latham & Watkins

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Ropes & Gray

Sidley Austin

 

M&A Firm of the Year

Cooley

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Latham & Watkins

Ropes & Gray

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

 

Venture Capital Firm of the Year

Goodwin Procter

Gunderson Dettmer

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

US Rising Star – Financial & Corporate

Branden Berns, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Drew Capurro, Latham & Watkins

Jennifer Fang, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

Emily Oldshue,Ropes & Gray

Yasin Keshvargar, Davis Polk & Wardwell

 

Firm to Watch – Financial & Corporate

ArentFox Schiff

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

 

Financial & Corporate In-House Team of the Year

AbbVie

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Gilead Sciences

Merck & Co

Pfizer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sanofi

 

 

Regulatory

 

Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical

Stacy Cline Amin, Morrison & Foerster

Daniel Kracov, Arnold & Porter

Scott Liebman, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Paul Rubin, Debevoise & Plimpton

Julie Tibbets, Goodwin Procter

 

Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device

J Benneville Haas, Latham & Watkins

Janice Hogan, Hogan Lovells

Gregory Levine, Ropes & Gray

Sonia Nath, Cooley

Vernessa Pollard, McDermott Will & Emery

 

Regulatory Attorney of the Year: Pricing & Reimbursement

Alice Valder Curran, Hogan Lovells

Margaux Hall, Ropes & Gray

Jeffrey Handwerker, Arnold & Porter

Stuart Kurlander, Latham & Watkins

Joseph Metro, Reed Smith

 

US Rising Star – Regulatory

Brigid Bondoc, Morrison & Foerster

Dennis Gucciardo, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Elizabeth Richards, Latham & Watkins

Eva Temkin, King & Spalding

 

FDA Litigation & Enforcement Firm of the Year

Goodwin Procter

Hogan Lovells

King & Spalding

Latham & Watkins

Sidley Austin

 

Regulatory Firm of the Year

Arnold & Porter

Goodwin Procter

Hogan Lovells

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Ropes & Gray

 

 

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Boutique Firm of the Year

Desmarais

Durie Tangri

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Knobbe Martens

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Wolf Greenfield & Sacks

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Branded

David Berl, Williams & Connolly

Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson

William Lee, WilmerHale

Jane Love, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Lisa Pensabene, O’Melveny Myers

Adam Perlman, Latham & Watkins

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Branded

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Paul Hastings

Venable

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Generic

Imron Aly, ArentFox Schiff

Matthew Becker, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan

Emily Rapalino, Goodwin Procter

JC Rozendaal, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

William Zimmerman, Knobbe Martens

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Generic

ArentFox Schiff

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Goodwin Procter

Perkins Coie

Robins Kaplan

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – California

Douglas Carsten, McDermott Will & Emery

Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri

Siegmund Gutman, Proskauer Rose

Brian Kramer, Morrison & Foerster

Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Michelle Rhyu, Cooley

John Sganga, Knobbe Martens

Chad Shear, Fish & Richardson

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – DC Metro

Stanley Fisher, Williams & Connolly

Brian Matsui, Morrison & Foerster

Michael Morin, Latham & Watkins

William Raich, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Amy Wigmore, WilmerHale

Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – Midwest

David Anstaett, Perkins Coie

Sailesh Patel, ArentFox Schiff

Thomas Rein, Sidley Austin

Kenneth Schuler, Latham & Watkins

Amanda Williamson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – New England

Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter

Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery

Anthony Fitzpatrick, Duane Morris

Lisa Pirozzolo, WilmerHale

Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – New York

Peter Armenio, White & Case

Arlene Chow, Latham & Watkins

John Desmarais, Desmarais

Eric Dittmann, Paul Hastings

Lisa Ferri, Mayer Brown

Nicholas Groombridge, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Elizabeth Holland, Allen & Overy

Elizabeth Weiswasser, Weil Gotshal & Manges

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – South

Corrin Drakulich, Fish & Richardson

John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Joseph Mahoney, Mayer Brown

William Peterson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Paul Skiermont, Skiermont Derby

 

General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

Arnold & Porter

Desmarais

Fish & Richardson

Jones Day

Latham & Watkins

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Sidley Austin

Weil Gotshal & Manges

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – California

Mika Reiner Mayer, Cooley

Salima Merani, Knobbe Martens

Judy Mohr, McDermott Will & Emery

Vicki Norton, Duane Morris

Vern Norviel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Catherine Polizzi, Morrison & Foerster

Gargi Talukder, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Lorna Tanner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Michael Wise, Perkins Coie

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – DC Metro

Les Bookoff, Bookoff McAndrews

E Anthony Figg, Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck

Harold Fox, Honigman

Kirsten Grüneberg, Grüneberg and Myers

Carla Ji-Eun Kim, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Jill MacAlpine, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Mercedes Meyer, Banner Witcoff

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Massachusetts

Fangli Chen, Proskauer Rose

David Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig

Heidi Erlacher, Cooley

Rebecca McNeill, McNeill Baur

Andrea Reid, Dechert

Jane Remillard, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Robert Underwood, Hogan Lovells

Patrick Waller, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Midwest

Christopher Betti, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

William Boudreaux, Barnes & Thornburg

Vera Nackovic, Mayer Brown

Jonathan O’Brien, Honigman

Li-Hsien Rin-Laures, RinLaures

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – New York

Ivor Elrifi, Cooley

David Kappos, Cravath Swaine & Moore

Thomas Kowalski, Duane Morris

Alicia Russo, Venable

Kenneth Sonnenfeld, Ballard Spahr

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – South

John Kevin Gray, Fish & Richardson

Mary Henninger, McNeill Baur

Alan Herda, Haynes and Boone

Scott Marty, Ballard Spahr

Tina Williams McKeon, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

 

Patent Strategy Firm of the Year

Bookoff McAndrews

Cooley

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

McNeill Baur

Morrison & Foerster

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Wolf Greenfield & Sacks

 

Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year

Steven Baughman, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Ching-Lee Fukuda, Sidley Austin

Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings

Michael Rosato, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

Appellate Litigator of the Year – Intellectual Property

Robert Hochman, Sidley Austin

TO Kong, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Deanne Maynard, Morrison & Foerster

Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter

 

US Rising Star – Intellectual Property

Elise Baumgarten, Williams & Connolly

Chad Davis, Dechert

Sharonmoyee Goswami, Cravath Swaine & Moore

Megan Raymond, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Manuel Velez, Mayer Brown

 

Inter-Partes Review Firm of the Year

Knobbe Martens

Robins Kaplan

Sidley Austin

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

WilmerHale

Wolf Greenfield & Sacks

 

Firm to Watch – Intellectual Property

Allen & Overy

ArentFox Schiff

Grüneberg and Myers

 

Firm of the Year – Intellectual Property

Arnold & Porter

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Knobbe Martens

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

In-House Team of the Year – Intellectual Property

Amgen

Bristol Myers Squibb

Gilead Sciences

Pfizer

Regeneron

Teva

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Viatris

 

 

Litigation & Enforcement

 

Product Liability Attorney of the Year

Peter Bicks, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Allison Brown, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Michael K Brown, Reed Smith

Mark Cheffo, Dechert

Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig

Tarek Ismail, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum

Debra Pole, Sidley Austin

Bart Williams, Proskauer Rose

 

Product Liability Firm of the Year

Arnold & Porter

Dechert

Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum

King & Spalding

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

O’Melveny & Myers

Sidley Austin

Tucker Ellis

 

Government Investigations Attorney of the Year

Jennifer Bragg, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Gary Giampetruzzi, Paul Hastings

Laura Hoey, Ropes & Gray

Mark Jensen, King & Spalding

Michael Rogoff, Arnold & Porter

John Walsh, WilmerHale

 

Government Investigations Firm of the Year

Arnold & Porter

Hogan Lovells

King & Spalding

Latham & Watkins

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Ropes & Gray

WilmerHale

 

Antitrust Practitioner of the Year

Robert Atkins, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Ben Bradshaw, O’Melveny & Myers

Heidi Hubbard, Williams & Connolly

Brianne Kucerik, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Robert Milne, White & Case

Eric Stock, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

 

Antitrust Firm of the Year

Arnold & Porter

O’Melveny & Myers

Sidley Austin

Weil Gotshal & Manges

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

 

 

Canada

 

Canadian Product Liability Attorney of the Year

Michel Gagné, McCarthy Tétrault

David Neave, DLA Piper

Peter Pliszka, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Sylvie Rodrigue, Torys

Randy Sutton, Norton Rose Fulbright

 

Canadian Product Liability Firm of the Year

DLA Piper

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose Fulbright

Torys

 

Canadian Patent Litigator of the Year

Andrew Brodkin, Goodmans

Julie Desrosiers, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault

Orestes Pasparakis, Norton Rose Fulbright

Nancy Pei, Smart & Biggar

Peter Wilcox, Belmore Neidrauer

 

Canadian Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

Belmore Neidrauer

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Goodmans

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose Fulbright

Smart & Biggar

Torys

 

Canadian Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year

Jung-Kay Chiu, Norton Rose Fulbright

Micheline Gravelle, Bereskin & Parr

Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar

Lisa Melanson, McCarthy Tétrault

Geoffrey Mowatt, DLA Piper

Teresa Reguly, Torys

 

Canadian Patent Strategy Firm of the Year

Bereskin & Parr

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose Fulbright

Smart & Biggar

Torys

 

Canadian Regulatory Attorney of the Year

Ranjeev Dhillon, McCarthy Tétrault

Mathieu Gagné, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Eileen McMahon, Torys

Timothy Squire, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Alice Tseng, Smart & Biggar

 

Canadian Financial & Corporate Attorney of the Year

Jean-Raphael Champagne, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Joseph Garcia, Blake Cassels & Graydon

Noam Goodman, DLA Piper

Janet Grove, Norton Rose Fulbright

Philippe Leclerc, McCarthy Tétrault

 

Canadian Financial & Corporate Firm of the Year

DLA Piper

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose Fulbright

Torys

 

Canadian Rising Star

Véronique Barry, Norton Rose Fulbright

Dara Jospé, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Fiona Legere, McCarthy Tétrault

Mark Pidkowich, Smart & Biggar

 

Canadian In-House Team of the Year

Apotex

AstraZeneca

Janssen

Medicago

Merck Canada

Pfizer Canada

Teva Canada