Todd Hale

Labor & Employment Group litigation partner and Practice Group co-leader, Lewis and Roca LLP

Age: 39

Community involvement: The American Red Cross, board chair; Volunteer Lawyers Project; John P. Frank Pro Bono Award winner; University of Arizona, adjunct professor

Book on your bedside table: Team of Rivals, a Lincoln biography

You mentor/whom you admire: I admire the many business people in Tucson who could afford to spend their time relaxing on a yacht but choose to do charitable work and give back to the community.

Proudest professional accomplishment: being elected a partner by my peers at Lewis and Roca

A word from the nominator: "A good leader is enthusiastic about his work and committed to the causes that are most important to him. Hale is that leader today and will continue to be that type of leader in the future." - Abbie S. Fink, vice president/general manager, HMA Public Relations