MCCA Rainmakers
The 2022 Rainmakers Award Nominations are now open!
MCCA’s Annual List of Rainmakers proves that the profession has talented diverse attorneys who also have valuable client development skills. MCCA honors attorneys from across the nation who have achieved success through innovative, consistent and proactive business development. Their success stories offer insight and value to attorneys at every career stage.
MCCA will profile and recognize the 2022 Rainmaker honorees on our website and social media throughout the year. The 2022 Rainmakers will be honored for their accomplishments at MCCA’s 2022 Creating Pathways to Diversity on October 17-19 and at the 2022 Diversity Gala on October 19. The profiles of all the past Rainmaker honorees can be found below and their sponsored spotlight videos can be found here.
Our goal is for the honorees to embody a wide representation, including race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, attorneys with disabilities, geographic location and practice area.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 11, 2022. We will not accept late or incomplete nominations.
Eligibility Requirements
- Past MCCA Rainmakers are NOT eligible.
- Past nominees who were NOT selected ARE encouraged to reapply.
- Nominated attorneys must have a proven record of compiling a book of business exceeding $5 million annually, including over the past 3 years.
- Nominated attorneys must have demonstrated extraordinary commitment and service to the community.
- Demonstrate a deep commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion.
- Nominated attorneys must have outstanding pro bono contributions. Please provide details on the number of clients served, numbers of hours contributed, impact of the service on clients, and/or the impact of the service on a pro bono program and/or community.
- Firms may choose to proffer more than one person, but a firm will not be represented by more than one attorney in the final group.
- Self-nomination is accepted.
2021 Rainmakers
Paul Lancaster Adams
Shareholder,
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Arif Ali
Partner, Co-Chair – International Arbitration practice,
Dechert LLP
Billy Ching
Partner, Chair of Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice Group,
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Gregory Kilpatrick
Partner; Chair of Securities & Capital Markets Department,
McGuireWoods LLP
Kwame Manley
Partner; Global Chair, Investigations & White Collar Defense,
Paul Hastings LLP
Joseph Ortego
Partner, Chief Diversity Officer, Vice-chair- Litigation Department,
Nixon Peabody LLP
Joyce Smith
Partner; Chair, California International Commercial Practice Group,
Baker McKenzie
Albert Tan
Partner; Co-Chair, Fund Finance Practice Group,
Haynes and Boone, LLP
2020 Rainmakers
Bryan Brantley
Partner; Co-Leader, Transportation Industry Team,
McGuireWoods LLP
Kobi Brinson
Partner; Member, Executive Committee; Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee,
Winston & Strawn, LLP
Ronald Machen
Partner; Co-Chair of White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice; Management Committee Member,
WilmerHale
Alexandre Rene
Partner, Co-Chair, Litigation & Enforcement Practice Group,
Ropes & Gray LLP
Sherrese Smith
Partner; Vice Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity,
Paul Hastings LLP
