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Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award Recipients
2023: Hon. Bernice B. Donald
2022: Hon. Richard Gergel
2021: Wylie M Stecklow
2020: Barbara Creel
2019: Hon. Nannette Jolivette Brown
2018: Carol Brook
2017: Lawrence R. Baca
2016: Hon. Michael J. Davis
2015: Hon. Avern Cohn
2014: Kara Van de Carr
2013: Alessandra Serano
2012: Hon. Vicki Miles-LaGrange
2011: Mary Meg McCarthy
2010: Steven T. Wax
2009: Hon. Walter R. Echo-Hawk, Jr.
2008: Hon. Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr.
2007: Hon. Stephanie K. Seymour
2006: Hon. Damon J. Keith
2005: Hon. Matthew Perry, D.SC
2004: Fred Gray
2003: Hon. Robert Carter
Earl W. Kintner Award Recipients
2023: Hon. Michael J. Newman
2022: Tara C. Norgard
2021: James S. Richardson
2020: Raymond J. Dowd
2019: Robert DeSousa
2018: Hon. Barry Russell
2017: Kent Hofmeister
2016: Hon. Elizabeth A. Kovachevich
2015: Aaron H. Bulloff
2014: Larry D. Thompson
2012: James Felman
2011: Virginia Laughlin Schlueter
2010: Hon. Dana E. McDonald
2009: Hon. Pamela A. Mathy
2008: Robert S. Clark
2007: Robert C. Mueller
2006: Hon. Robert E. Bacharach
2005: Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway
2004: William K. Suter
2003: Paul G. Dembling
2002: Hon. Arthur Burnett, Sr.
2001: Owen L. Schmidt
2000: Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway
Elaine R. “Boots” Fisher Award Recipients
2023: Carolina Bravo-Karimi
2022: Elizabeth (Betty) J. Stevens
2021: Joseph Leventhal
2020: Stephen C. Newman
2019: Hon. Jerome A. Holmes
2018: Michelle Pettit
2017: Rupa G. Singh
2016: Hon. Dan A. Polster
2015: Rebecca S. Kanter
2014: Hon. Patricia Sullivan
2013: Carter E. Strang
2012: Hon. Jay Zainey
2011: Alan Sullivan • Chris Martinez
2010: Hon. Michael J. Newman
2009: Diana Thimmig
2008: Hon. Helen G. “Ginger” Berrigan
2007: Hon. M. Margaret McKeown
2006: Hon. Donovan Frank
2005: Hon. Jay Zainey
2004: Hon. Patricia Hemann
2003: Christie Burnett
2002: Andrew Lee
2001: Mark Schnitzer
2000: Jose Feliciano
Peter J. Mazza Award Recipients
2023: W. Mark Conover
2022: Barbara M. Bowens
2021: Mack Jenkins
Ilene and Michael Shaw Public Service Award
2023: Memphis Mid-South Chapter – “Civics Day”
2022: South Carolina Chapter – “Civics Day”
2021: South Florida Chapter – “Civil Discourse and the Constitution”
2020: Eastern District of Michigan Chapter – Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Clinic
2019: Richmond Chapter – Civics Day
2018: Oregon Chapter – Oregon District Court Pro Se Law Clinic
2017: Knoxville Chapter – The Teachers Law School
2016: Eastern District of New York Chapter – “The Justice Institute: Crime, the Constitution, and the Courts”
2015: Chattanooga Chapter – “Restoring Confidence in the Federal Judiciary”
2014: Dayton Chapter – “Younger Lawyer Public Service Initiative”
2013: El Paso Chapter – “Galvanizing Gideon: CJA Mentorship Program”
2012: Chattanooga Chapter – “Public Servant, Counselor, and Advocate: How to Become an Attorney”
2011: Chattanooga Chapter – “Public Servant, Counselor, and Advocate: How to Become an Attorney”
2010: Massachusetts Chapter – “Job Interviewing Skills”
2009: Minnesota Chapter – “FBA Pro Se Project”
2007: New Orleans Chapter – “FBA YLD Rebuild New Orleans Community Service Project”
2005: Minnesota Chapter – “The Federal Transportation Program: Reuniting Female Inmates with their Dependent Children”
2004: New Orleans Chapter – “The Alternative High School Program”
2003: Orange County Chapter – “Bill of Rights Program”
2002: New Orleans Chapter – “Legal Related Education for ‘At Risk’ Kids”
2001: New Orleans Chapter – “At-Risk Kids Prison Project”
2000: Cincinnati Chapter – “Bench/Bar Handbook for the Southern District of Ohio”
Ilene and Michael Shaw Younger Lawyer Public Service Grant
2023: Broward County – “The Bill of Rights in Your Life,”
2022: Massachusetts Chapter – “The Constitution, the Courts, and Candid Conversations,”
2021: Kansas and Western District of Missouri Chapter – “What Do Lawyers Do?”
2020: Eastern District of New York Chapter – E-Pro Se: Using A2J Author Guided Interviews to Improve Access to Justice for Self-Represented Litigants
2019: Tampa Bay Chapter – “The Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse Tour”
2018: Minnesota Chapter – “Techniques and Tools for the Efficient Volunteer Lawyer”
2017: Chicago Chapter – “Case Today”
2016: South Carolina Chapter – “BRIDGE Mentorship”
2015: New Orleans Chapter – “Younger Lawyers Division, Angola Prison Tour”
2014: El Paso Chapter – “Getting To Know El Paso”
2013: Minnesota Chapter – “Newer Lawyer Training: Tools to be a Successful Pro Sec Project Volunteer”
2010: Utah Chapter – “Help R.I.S.E.”
2009: Northern District of Ohio Chapter – “A Book of Your Own”
2008: Northern District of Ohio Chapter – “A Book of Your Own”
2007: Northern District of Ohio Chapter – “A Book of Your Own”
2006: Northern District of Ohio Chapter – “A Book of Your Own”
2005: Eastern District of Michigan Chapter – “New Lawyers’ Pro Bono Prisoner Rights Litigation Program”
2004: Orange County Chapter – “Bill of Rights Program”
2003: Orange County Chapter – “Bill of Rights Program”
2002: Cincinnati Chapter – “Summer Judicial Clerkship Program”
2001: New Orleans Chapter – “Teach for America”
2000: Oregon Chapter – “U.S. District Court of Oregon Educational Website”
Robyn J. Spalter Outstanding Achievement Award
2023: Erica L. Brody
2022: Rebecca G. Church
2021: V. Kathleen “Katie” Dougherty
2020: Peter J. Mazza
2017: Matthew B. Moreland
2016: Allison H. Goddard
2015: Henry M. Quillian III
2014: Katherine Lind Parker
2013: Vildan Teske
Unsung Hero Award
2023: Dana Yoakum
Younger Federal Lawyer Awards
2023: Betsey A. Boutelle • Barbara Jo De Pena • Kim Gregg • Tiffany R. Johnson • Christopher J. Nassar
2022: Marissa P. Harris • Joseph A. Marutollo • Christopher J. Perras • David T. Ryan • Connie V. Wu
2021: Cindy J. Cho • Robert J. Dodson • Jamie A. Flowers • Alexander W. Samuels • Kyle E. Smiddie
2020: Dylan Aste • Allison Westfahl Kong • Bahram Samie • Jamie Lea Nabors Schoen • Zeyen Wu
2019: Caitlin Marchand • Christopher Dos Santos • Eric Fuchs • Melinda Williams • Reginald E. Jones
2018: Jessica Kim • Adam Cullman • Alex Cristaudo • Rebecca Church • Erica Zolioli
2017: Joseph Adams • Andrew Haden • Helen Hong • Saritha Komatireddy • Chase Scolnick
2016: L. Ashley Aull • Patrick Burke • Vincent A. Citro • Andrew Goetz • Benjamin P. Hernandez-Stern
2015: Christopher Belen • David Finn • Maj. Jessica Martz • Jeffrey Sandberg • Mark Yohalem
2014: MiAngel Cody • Megan Dupuy • Caroline Han • LCDR David Melson • Vanessa Snyder
2013: Roy Altman • Shireen Becker • Lieutenant John F. Butler • Daniel Hugo Fruchter • Peter Koski
2012: Samantha Chaifetz • Martin Estrada • Major Jaclyn C. Grieser • Peter Mazza • Andrew Strelka
2005: Andrew M. Herscowitz • Eric R. Komitee • Lieutenant Karen C. Jensen • Emily Marcus Levine • Capt. Joseph W. Mazel
2003: Major David J.R. Frakt • Roger R. Martella • Denise Manning • Lieutenant Commander Colleen M. Glaser • Lieutenant Joseph Romero • Jack Smith • Capt. Thomas F. Jasper, Jr.
2002: James M. Aquilina • Scott Clifford Rask • Capt. Brian J. Suckman • Marian E. Sullivan
2001: Lt. Robert J. Crow • Lisa E. Jones • K. Russell LaMotte • Lt. Ryan J. McBrayer • Michael A. Schwarts
2000: Monika Brenner • Lucius B. Lau • Alisa Klein • Todd L. Greenberg
1999: Armando O. Bonilla • Daniel F. Callahan • Joseph M. Pinjuh • Kelly Zusman
1998: Capt. Kristine Marie Kijek • Michel Nicrosi • Brian J. Quarles • Ethan G. Shenkman • Nelson S.T. Thayer Jr.
1997: Manus Cooney • Althea M. Forrester • Mathew S. Rosengart • Sean Courtney Skaggs • Allen S. Weiner
1996: Sean Murphy • Lisa Stotsberry Still • James M. Kasischke • Bryan Saddler
1995: Nathan Hochman • Capt. Walter C. Robert Jr. • David C. Nutter • Maj. Kevin D. Baron • Jill A. Frisch
1994: Ana-Mita Betancourt • Amy L. Comstock • LCDR Robert E. Korroch • Mark Jay Krum • Michele Klein Solomon
1993: David S. Abramowitz • Capt. David C. Caldwell • Maj. Susan S. Gibson • Maj. Steven A. Lamb • John K. Walker Jr.
1992: Howard Ogle McGillin Jr. • Jeffry D. Kovar • Paul J. Fishman • Stephen R. Kaufman • Robert W. Kern • Joan Elizabeth McKnown
1991: David Gustafson • Robert James Orr • Joseph Douglas Wilson • Susan Ferris Wyderko • Robert Harris
1990: Barbara D. Cottrell • John F. Feltman • Robin Jo Frank • Mary Ann Razim • Bernard A. Smith