2020 MCCA Rainmakers
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 is proud to announce its 2020 Rainmakers: 11 exceptional diverse attorneys whose business acumen, passion and dedication to proactive client development has set them apart as leaders in the legal profession.
MCCA congratulates the 2020 Rainmakers and celebrates the diversity of their race and ethnicities, gender, sexual orientation, and generational differences, as well as the diversity in their practice areas and career paths. The 2020 Rainmakers were selected from an exceptional group of prominent attorneys who have a proven record, over the course of several years, of compiling books of business exceeding $5 million annually and who have contributed significantly to their communities.
The 2020 MCCA Rainmakers will be honored at our 2020 Creating Pathways to Diversity plenary luncheon in New York on October 27, and 2020 Diversity Gala on October 28.
It is leaders like the MCCA Rainmakers listed below who are making a difference for our profession where we are moving from talk to action. We cannot be herds and followers if we want to change the face of our profession. But, strategically following great examples like the 2020 MCCA Rainmakers will allow us all to #RiseUnited.
Bryan Brantley
Partner; Co-Leader, Transportation Industry Team,
McGuireWoods LLP
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Years Practicing: 16
Practice Area: Transportation
Kobi Brinson
Partner; Member, Executive Committee; Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee,
Winston & Strawn, LLP
Location: Charlotte, NC
Years Practicing: 27
Practice Area: White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations
Phil Cha
Partner, Team Lead, and Board Member
Duane Morris LLP
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Years Practicing: 21
Practice Area: Energy
Will Chuchawat
Partner and M&A Team Leader,
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Years Practicing: 15
Practice Area: Mergers & Acquisitions
Brendan Gutierrez McDonnell
Partner,
K&L Gates LLP
Location: Portland, OR
Years Practicing: 33
Practice Area: Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
Shari Klevens
Ronald Machen
Partner; Co-Chair of White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice; Member of Firm’s Management Committee,
WilmerHale
Location: Washington, DC
Years Practicing: 25
Practice Area: White Collar Defense and Investigations
Laura Maechtlen
Partner,
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Location: San Francisco, CA
Years Practicing: 19
Practice Area: Labor & Employment
Alexandre Rene
Partner, Co-Chair, Litigation & Enforcement Practice Group,
Ropes & Gray LLP
Location: Washington, DC
Years Practicing: 25
Practice Area: Global Litigation & Enforcement
Sherrese Smith
Partner; Vice Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity,
Paul Hastings LLP
Location: Washington, DC
Years Practicing: 20+
Practice Area: Media, Technology, and Telecommunications
Ellisen Turner
Partner,
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Years Practicing: 16
Practice Area: Intellectual Property