Our annual awards ceremony gives us a chance to recognize the outstanding contributions of lawyers who perform exceptional pro bono and public-interest work. This year’s awards recipients are:
Presidents Award
Patty Mullahy Fugere
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
Government Pro Bono Award
Deborah Birnbaum
U.S. Department of Labor
Legal Services Award
Tracy Goodman
Children’s Law Center
Law Firm Award
Mayer Brown LLP
Above & Beyond Award
Jaya Saxena
The George Washington University Law School
Thank you to our 2017 sponsors! If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact our Executive Director, Nancy Lopez, at nlopez@wclawyers.org or 202-942-5063.
TRAIL BLAZER
Arnold & Porter
BENEFACTOR
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
DEFENDER
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Buckley Sandler
Covington & Burling
Dentons
DLA Piper
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Hogan Lovells
Sidley Austin
PIONEER
Arent Fox
Crowell & Moring
Dechert
King & Spalding
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
James Sandman
Seyfarth Shaw
Steptoe & Johnson
TM Financial Forensics
Wiley Rein
FRIEND
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Joseph Sellers
Erich Veitenheimer
Past Award Winners
Past Winners – Presidents’ Award for Public Service
Past Winners – Government Pro Bono Award
Past Winners – Legal Services Award