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OK, amazing but under-appreciated law professionals. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Here is the list of the Daily Journal of Commerce’s Unsung Legal Heroes finalists for 2011.

This is the first year the 91ÊÓƵ is honoring the support staffers – from paralegals and legal secretaries to firm administrators and information technology professionals – who help local law firms run smoothly.

The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges including some of Portland’s most prestigious lawyers, among them last year’s 91ÊÓƵ Up & Coming Lawyer of the Year, Caroline Harris Crowne.

See all of the 2011 Unsung Legal Heroes finalists after the jump.

• Elise Brickner-Schulz of Miller Nash
• Margaret Cicchetti of Davis Wright Tremaine
• Denise Doherty of Cosgrave Vergeer Kester
• Vicki Folkestad of Davis Wright Tremaine
• LaJean Humphries of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
• Mardrey Lavine of Cosgrave Vergeer Kester
• Kristen Leis of Stoel Rives
• Dardanel Robinson of Cosgrave Vergeer Kester
• Mary Rower of Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf
• Tyler Peterson of Stahancyk, Kent & Hook; Darla Pierce of Gevurtz Menashe
• Michael Shufeldt of Cosgrave Vergeer Kester
• Douglas Swayne of Kilmer, Voorhees & Laurick
• Stuart Zimmerman of Davis Wright Tremaine

The 14 finalists, including one who will be named the 91ÊÓƵ’s 2011 Unsung Legal Hero of the Year, will be recognized during an awards dinner scheduled for Nov. 17, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., at The Nines Hotel in Portland. The 24 Up & Coming Lawyers finalists for 2011 also will be honored at the dinner.

Tickets are $70 if purchased by Nov. 5, or $85 thereafter. For registration and additional information, go to the 91ÊÓƵ’s 91ÊÓƵ page.