Lina Machado Bejarano Named to ABA On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers List
Bradley is pleased to announce that Lina Machado Bejarano, an associate in the firm’s Atlanta office, has been selected to the American Bar Association’s list of On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers for 2026.
The annual On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers Awards provide national recognition for ABA young lawyer members who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service.
An attorney in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, Ms. Machado Bejarano helps clients resolve disputes in court, as well as before alternative dispute resolution bodies. Her experience includes assisting with a variety of civil matters, including business and commercial litigation, regulatory compliance, and class action proceedings, as well as white-collar defense and other criminal matters before federal courts.
Ms. Machado Bejarano is deeply involved with the Georgia legal Latino community and has devoted substantial time to supporting the professional development of Latino law students. As part of these efforts, she serves as a board member of the Georgia Latino Law Foundation (GLLF) where she co-chairs a number of programs, including exam prep and interview boot camps, and serves as the co-founder and co-director for the GLLF Judicial Internship Program, which offers judicial internship summer positions to law students across the state, placing more than 120 law students with judges across Georgia in the past five years.
The ABA Young Lawyers Division is the largest young lawyer organization in the world, serving as the national home for new and newly licensed attorneys. It supports legal professionals through career development, networking, and public service opportunities. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.