Adams and Reese Litigation Practice Group Leader Liz Roussel has been selected among the 2024 New Orleans CityBusiness “Women of the Year.” This is the second time in her career that Roussel has been honored with this prestigious award.
"Women of the Year" recognizes corporate and nonprofit leaders whose successes in business and contributions to the community have made them movers and shakers in the New Orleans region. Honorees will be celebrated on Nov. 4 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the New Orleans Museum of Art. There will be a special publication profiling the honorees on Nov. 15.
At Adams and Reese, Roussel has enjoyed a more than 20-year legal career in litigation, labor and employment, and insurance law. She is ranked by clients and peers among the top labor and employment attorneys in Louisiana by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers. Roussel is also ranked among the “Litigation Stars” by Benchmark Litigation and among the top “500 Leading Litigators in America” by LawDragon 500.
Roussel represents a variety of clients including energy and oil and gas companies, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, retailers, public entities, nonprofits, state agencies, private universities, charter schools, start-ups and technology companies.
Along with its annual "Women of the Year" honorees, CityBusiness announced "Nonprofit Organizations of the Year."
Congratulations to all the below honorees.
2024 Women of the Year
- Magdalen Blessey Bickford
- Clare Bienvenu
- Kheri Billy
- Danyel Nicole Black
- Ronicka Briscoe
- Darlene “Dee” Budgewater
- Vanessa Brown Claiborne
- Arnel W. Cosey
- Alyssa Dausman
- Kate deKay
- Michelle Delery
- Marigny deMauriac
- Wendy Dolan
- Bonnie E. Dye
- Michelle Edelman
- Sarah H. Franatovich
- Amber Barlow Garcia
- Jennifer Gardner
- Charmel Gaulden
- Lindsay E. Goldring
- Kristen Gradney
- Kimberly Gramm
- KaTrina Chantelle Griffin
- Nubia Gutierrez
- Katelyn P. Gunn
- Rebecca Gustafson
- Allison Guste
- Atoyia Scott Harris
- Tiffanie Hartenstein
- Annie Irvin
- Colleen C. Jarrott
- Carol White Johnston
- Katherine LeBlanc
- Luz Lobos
- Amy Cohen Mallen
- Catherine Mansell
- Stephenie Joseph Marshall
- Heather Matthews
- Tallie Merritt
- Malana M. Joseph Mitchell
- Kim A. Perret
- Stephanie Condon Perry
- Darleene D. Peters
- Monica Pierre
- Miranda Restovic
- Kimberly Reyher
- Candace Robinson
- Mackenzie D. Rodriguez
- Liz Roussel
- Melissa Sawyer
- Ashley Shelton
- Lauren Siegel
- Julie S. Stokes
- Michele Kidd Sutton
- Jessica Vaccaro
- Voris Roberts Vigee
- Tara Waldron
- Candace Alfred Weber
- Ashley Weiss
- Elaine Williams
2024 Nonprofit Organizations
- American Heart Association, Greater New Orleans
- CRC We Care! We Share!
- Delgado Community College Foundation
- Easterseals Louisiana
- Health & Education Alliance of Louisiana
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana
- Jefferson Community Foundation
- Jefferson Ready Start Network
- Junior League of New Orleans
- KID smart
- LCMC Health
- New Orleans Career Center
- New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
- New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter
- Ochsner Health
- Operation Restoration
- Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
- Reconcile New Orleans + Café Reconcile
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana
- The New Orleans Family Justice Center
- United Way of Southeast Louisiana