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500Maritza Ryan U.S. Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) Colonel Ryan is theHead of the Department of Law of the U.S. Military Academy, and has used herplatform as the first woman and Hispanic West Point department head to advocateagainst discrimination toward women in combat zones.Faiza Saeed Cravath (New York) In a banner year, she represented Pentairin its massive $10B “reverse Morris Trust” combination with Tyco Flow Controland provided counsel to Starbucks in its groundbreaking investment in Square, awidely publicized landmark technology deal.Kelli Sager D a v i s W r i g h t ( L o s A n g e l e s ) She’s magnificent for media,successfully representing the Los Angeles Times seeking to disclose the namesof peace officers who shoot and kill people while on duty, obtaining an appellatedecision allowing disclosure and publication of their names.Gloria Santona McDonald’s (Oak Brook, Ill.) The head of McDonald’slegal affairs department has helped her company make tremendous strides againstclaims it causes obesity and is now moonlighting on a panel to help the legal professiondetermine ways to provide more pro bono legal services to victims ofdomestic violence and others in need.Jeff Saper Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto) A top Wilson Sonsini dealmaker foremerging growth companies, he closed seven IPO’s last year, including that ofLinkedIn.Leigh Saufley Maine Supreme Court (Portland, Maine) Maine’s first femaleSupreme Court chief justice is well-primed as a prosecutor and lawyer for her roleleading Maine’s judiciary.John Savarese Wachtell Lipton (New York) This former assistant U.S.Attorney handles some of the biggest litigations afflicting Corporate America, andadvised Eastman Kodak to adopt a poison pill not only to avoid a potential takeover,but also to proceed with a sale of patents in hopes of obtaining more revenue.Antonin Scalia U.S. Supreme Court (Washington, dc) Reliably right of center,he remains an emotional and intellectual center of the High Court, where hecan be counted on to speak his mind from the bench and the bookshelf.Jonathan Schiller Boies Schiller (New York) His winning defense ofBarclays against $13 billion in Trustee and creditor claims after its purchaseof Lehman Brothers demonstrates what he does best in the courtroom and forthe client.Allison Schneirov Skadden (New York) Her latest deals include Dell in its$2.4B acquisition of Quest; NDS and its owners, Permira and News Corp., in its$5B sale to Cisco; and Blackstone in the $1B sale of its stake in Universal Orlandoto NBCUniversal.L A W D R A G O N 164 I s s u e 13