
Our annual awards ceremony gives us a chance to recognize the outstanding contributions of lawyers who perform pro bono and public-interest work.
Congratulations to our 2021 Award Recipients!
Presidents Award for Public Service
Susan M. Hoffman
Crowell & Moring LLP
Government Pro Bono Award
Nichelle Johnson Billips
US Agency for International Development
Law Firm Award
Arnold & Porter
Legal Services Award
Leah Myers
Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Thank you to 2021 Awards Ceremony Sponsors:
Golden Giving Circle:
Washington Council of Lawyers is about community. These prior-year sponsors have increased their giving this year by 50% in honor of our 50th Anniversary. Thank you!
Arnold & Porter
Buckley
Crowell & Moring
Dechert
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
The Steptoe Foundation
TM Financial Forensics
Wiley LLP
Thank you to all of our 2021 Awards Ceremony Sponsors
Champion
Arnold & Porter
Compass Lexecon
Kirkland & Ellis
Trailblazer
Latham & Watkins
Advocate
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Defender
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Buckley
Compliance (System One)
Covington & Burling
Hogan Lovells
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Seyfarth
Sidley
Steptoe Foundation
Zuckerman Spaeder
Pioneer
Alix Partners
Arent Fox
Crowell & Moring
Dechert
DLA Piper
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Marc & Michele Gary
Nancy Lopez
Relman Colfax
Jessica Rosenbaum
Jim Sandman
Larry Schneider
TM Financial Forensics
Wiley
Sponsors help make our work possible. If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact our Executive Director, Christina Jackson, at cjackson@wclawyers.org or 202.451.8129.
Past Award Winners
Past Winners – Presidents Award for Public Service
Past Winners – Government Pro Bono Award
Past Winners – Legal Services Award
More on our past Awards Ceremonies
2021 Awards Ceremony
Sponsors
50th Anniversary Celebration video
Attorney General Karl Racine remarks video
Photo Album
2020 Awards Ceremony
Sponsors
Video Introduction of Paul Smith, Recipient of the 2020 Presidents Award for Public Service
Photo Album
2019 Awards Ceremony
2018 Awards Ceremony