December 23, 2020 at 12:25 PM Shares29 The past year has been, for better or worse, a big year in legal news. So it should come as no surprise to see big names dominating our list of finalists for 2020 Lawyer of the Year. Thanks to everyone who responded to our request for nominations for 2020 Lawyer of the Year. We narrowed the many excellent nominees to a slate of ELEVEN (yes, that’s how crazy this year was) fascinating lawyers — distinguished, despicable, or debatable, depending on your point of view. Here are the nominees, in alphabetical order, with a brief blurb about each: Stacey Abrams: After losing her bid for Georgia governor in 2018 following a purge of voter rolls, the Yale Law graduate and former Georgia assemblywoman founded Fair Fight, an anti-voter suppression group, pledging to register as many disenfranchised voters of color as possible for the 2020 presidential election. Through her efforts, Abrams helped turn her state blue, allowing Joe Biden to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to secure Georgia in about 30 years.