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    Allies for Justice Awards

    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

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