Pittsburgh-based partner Dusty Elias Kirk was named a Lifetime Achievement Award winner, an honor bestowed on three lawyers and a judge this year. Philadelphia-based partner Arielle Lusardi was selected as a winner in the Large Law Firm Lawyers on the Fast Track category. In addition, the firm’s Insurance Recovery Group was named a winner in the Litigation Departments of the Year in the Insurance Specialty Practice category.

The firm was also a finalist in three categories: Delaware Excellence Law Firm of the Year, Law Firm of the Year, and Litigation Departments of the Year in General Litigation.

Kirk was honored for her four-decade career, leaving a lasting imprint on Pennsylvania’s legal landscape through her precedent-setting legal work, distinguished public service to the Commonwealth, and sustained professional leadership in commercial real estate law. Among her most consequential matters was the redevelopment of the Pittsburgh Penguins Arena in the Lower Hill District, one of the largest urban infill projects in the United States.

Lusardi was selected as a Fast Tracker for distinguishing herself through exceptional legal skill, strategic insight, and a client-centered approach that consistently delivers results spanning the full spectrum of health care law. Her perspective is informed by her unique background in health care, having worked in a clinical laboratory and earning a master’s degree in public health.

Reed Smith’s Insurance Recovery Group is a preeminent force with the largest and most robust team of policyholder-focused insurance attorneys, earning its honor in the Litigation Departments of the Year in the Insurance Specialty Practice category. The group handles a broad array of high-profile, bet-the-company, and precedential insurance litigation and arbitrations, as well as other significant insurance disputes for corporations, partnerships, and nonprofits headquartered in Pennsylvania, throughout the United States, and beyond.