Women of Weil

Weils Women Leaders

There are 81 women partners globally at Weil. Thirty-one percent of the Firm’s U.S. partners are women.

Sixteen women serve as leaders of offices or practice groups, or are Firmwide committee chairs or Management Committee members. The General Counsel and four Management Committee members are women.

On this page, we feature the latest news and profiles of our many women leaders.

View more information on Women@Weil, our women’s affinity group.

Latest News

Weils Women Leaders

Weil’s Female Executive Leadership: Britta Grauke, Courtney S. Marcus, Ramona Nee and Elizabeth Weiswasser, female members of Weil’s Management Committee, and Mindy Spector, Weil’s General Counsel, share reflections on their success and advice to young women today. Read more.

Latest News

Jacqueline Marcus discusses her service as Diversity Committee Co-Chair, TOWER Co-Chair and one of our first flex-time partners. Read more.

Weils Women Leaders

In Weil Women’s Wisdom, female leaders reflect on their personal and professional journeys and the lessons learned along the way. Our goal is to inspire and reassure women starting their careers or at key transition points with advice and perspective from those who have blazed the trail before them. Read more.

Latest News

Elizabeth Weiswasser: Benchmark Litigation Top 250 Women in Litigation (2022). Financial Times Most Innovative Legal Practitioner (2021). PTAB Bar Association's Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials (2021). Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Law (2021). Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Award for Outstanding Practitioner (2018).

Courtney Marcus: D CEO Magazine Dallas 500 (2020-2023). Texas Diversity Council Top Women Lawyer Award (2021). Texas Lawyer Trailblazer (2020). D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas (2018-2021). Dallas Business Journal Women in Business Honoree (2018).

Lyuba Goltser: Euromoney Women in Business Law Americas Awards Lawyers of the Year (2022). American College of Governance Counsel Fellow (2021). MergerLinks Top Lawyers (2021). Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards Top Practitioners (2020). Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (2018).

Charan Sandhu: Crain’s New York Business Notable Asian Leaders (2022) Chambers USA Women in Law Award for Minority Female Lawyer of the Year (2018).

Ronit Berkovich: The American Lawyer Northeast Trailblazer (2022). Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Law (2022). Turnarounds & Workouts Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer (2019). Law360 Bankruptcy MVP (2018). Law360 Sealing the Deal Profile (2018).

Diane Sullivan: Daily Journal Leading Commercial Litigator (2023). Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2023). Benchmark Litigation Top 10 Women in Litigation (2022). The National Law Journal Winning Litigators (2019). Benchmark Litigation Hall of Fame (2019). LMG Life Sciences Awards’ Trial Lawyer of the Year (Non-IP) and Product Liability Attorney of the Year (2019). FT Top 100 Female Executives (2018). The AmLaw Litigation Daily Litigator of the Week (2018).

Chantale Fiebig: Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2023).

Jenny Davidson: Euromoney EMEA Women in Business Law Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year (2022). Global Restructuring Review 40 Under 40 (2022). Legal Week Rising Star: The U.K.'s Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers (2022).

Lori Pines: Financial Times Most Innovative Intrapreneur Finalist (2022). New York Law Journal Innovation Award Winner (2022).

Candace Arthur, Ronit Berkovich, Kelly DiBlasi, Jessica Liou and Jacqueline Marcus: Lawdragon U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Leaders (2022).

Karen Ballack, Jenny Doak, Heather Emmel, Lyuba Goltser, Jenine Hulsmann, Amy Rubin and Charan Sandhu: MergerLinks Top Lawyers (2021).

Jessica Falk and Liz Ryan: Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under Hot List (2021 and 2022).

Karen Ballack, Lyuba Goltser, Ramona Nee, Diane Sullivan and Elizabeth S. Weiswasser: Euromoney Women in Business Law Americas Awards Lawyers of the Year (2022).

Barbara C. Smith: Council of Urban Professionals’ Law Catalyst (2021).

Meredith Moore: Crain’s New York Business Top Diversity and Inclusion Officer (2021).

Brianne Kucerik, Charan Sandhu, Diane Sullivan and Elizabeth S. Weiswasser: Legal Media Group Life Sciences Stars (2022).

Michelle Sargent: The M&A Advisor Emerging Leaders (2022).

Amanda Fenster: The Deal Top Women in Dealmaking (2022). Insider Top Electric-Vehicle Startup Lawyer (2021). Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Rising Star (2020). The Deal Rising Star (2020).

Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides Rising Stars (2022)

Candace Arthur, Lois Deasey, Amanda Fenster, Megan Granger, Cassie Kimmelman, Graham Magill, Vynessa Nemunaitis and Megan Pendleton: Legal Media Group's Expert Guides Rising Stars (2022).

Lawdragon Leading Litigators in America (2022)

Luna Ngan Barrington, Anne Cappella, Brianne Kucerik, Carrie C. Mahan, Diane Sullivan and Elizabeth S. Weiswasser: Lawdragon Leading Litigators in America (2022).