Above the Law’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year Competition: The Winner!

Above the Law’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year contest is now over. Thanks to everyone who nominated a lawyer; thanks to our finalists, for being such accomplished and interesting individuals; and thanks to all our readers, who picked our victor after two weeks of voting over the holiday season.

Here are ATL’s past Lawyers of the Year:

2007: Loyola 2L2008: President Barack Obama2009: Justice Sonia Sotomayor2010: Law School Transparency’s Kyle McEntee and Patrick Lynch2011: Professor Paul Campos

For 2012, who will join their distinguished ranks? Let’s find out….

The votes were close in this year’s competition: just 39 votes separated our first-place finisher from our runner-up (Clifford Chance Mommy), and only 31 votes separated our silver medalist from our third-place finalist (Martin Sweeney). Without further ado, here is the esteemed winner of our 2012 competition:

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