The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association honors legal professionals who, in their position of leadership, have allied with the LGBTQ+ community and have made noteworthy contributions to the struggle for civil rights and equality before the law.

Previous Allies for Justice Awardees:

• 2015 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Jack L. Rives, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, American Bar Association

• 2014 | Business Legal Conference, London, England

  Alderman Fiona Wolff, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna

• 2014 | ABA Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

  Ally in Government: Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts

  Ally in the ABA: James Silkenat, President, American Bar Association

  Ally in Small Practice: Judith Sperling-Newton, Director, AAARTA

  Ally in the Academy: Laurence Tribe, Professor, Harvard Law School

• 2013 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

  Todd Solomon, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

  Rosie Hidalgo, Director of Public Policy, Casa de Esperanza

• 2012 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Laurie Hasencamp, interim executive director, Equality California

• 2011 | ABA Annual Meeting, Ontario, Canada

  Frederick J. Krebs, president of the Association of Corporate Counsel

  Robert J. Grey, Jr., executive director at the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

• 2010 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

  Wayne Watts, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AT&T

  Llewelyn G. Pritchard, Partner, Helsell Fetterman LLP

• 2009 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Gary Kennedy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Airlines

• 2008 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York City, New York

  Veta T. Richardson, Executive Director, Minority Corporate Counsel Association

  Hon. Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• 2007 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

  Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco

  William H. Neukom, President, American Bar Association

• 2006 | ABA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai’i

  Honorable Steven H. Levinson, Associate Justice, Hawai’i Supreme Court

• 2005 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Harold Hongju Koh
  Dean, Yale University Law School

• 2004 | ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

  Hon. John Lewis
  Congress member, Georgia

• 2003 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

  Chris Zawisza
  ACLU Attorney

• 2002 | ABA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

  Hon. Charles Robb
  Senator, Virginia

• 2001 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  James Rogers
  Boston College Law School

• 1999 | ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

  Hon. William Campbell
  Mayor, Atlanta

  Richard J. Podell
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  Judy Perry Martinez
  New Orleans, Louisiana

• 1998 | ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Hon. Dennis W. Archer
  Mayor, Detroit; Former Chair of the House of Delegates, American Bar Association

• 1997 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

  Drucilla Stender Ramey
  Executive Director and General Counsel, Bar Association of San Francisco

• 1996 | ABA Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

  Herma Hill Kay
  Dean, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

  Laurence Tribe
  Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School

• 1995 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Hon. Bernice B. Donald
  Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

  Norman Redlich
  Former Dean, New York University School of Law; Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, New York, NY

  John J. Curtin, Jr.
  Former American Bar Association President; Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA

• 1994 | ABA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana

  William L. Robinson
  Dean, DC School of Law; Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates

  John H. Pickering
  Founder, Counsel to Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington DC; Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates

  Sara-Ann Determan
  Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC; Former Chair, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association

  Chesterfield H. Smith
  Partner, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL; Former American Bar Association President

• 1993 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York, New York

  Brooksley E. Born
  Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC

  Alexander D. Forger, Jr.
  Partner, Millbank, Tweed, New York, NY

  Elaine R. Jones
  Executive Director of NAACP Legal Defense Fund

  William O. Whitehurst
  Texas Bar Association President;

  George E. Bushnell, Jr.
  Detroit, Michigan; President of ABA