Our annual awards ceremony gives us a chance to recognize the outstanding contributions of lawyers who perform pro bono and public-interest work.
Our 2020 Awards Ceremony was a high-spirited virtual event that took place on December 3.
Our 2020 awards recipients were:
Presidents Award for Public Service
Paul M. Smith
Campaign Legal Center
Government Pro Bono Award
Josephine Bahn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Law Firm Award
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Legal Services Award
Allison Miles-Lee
Bread for the City
Check out these highlights from the 2020 Ceremony.
Video Introduction of Paul Smith, Recipient of the 2020 Presidents Award for Public Service
Thank you to our 2020 Awards Ceremony Sponsors
Champion
Compass Lexecon
Trailblazer
Arnold & Porter
Kirkland & Ellis
Defender
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Consilio
Covington & Burling
Dentons
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Hogan Lovells
Jenner & Block
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Seyfarth
Steptoe Foundation
Zuckerman Spaeder
Pioneer
AlixPartners
Arent Fox
Buckley
Bynum & Jenkins
Capital One
Cooley
Crowell & Moring
Dechert
DLA Piper
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Finnegan Henderson Farrabow Garrett & Dunner
Jim Sandman
King & Spalding
TM Financial Forensics
US Legal Support
Wiley
If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact our Executive Director, Nancy Lopez, at nlopez@wclawyers.org or 202-942-5063.
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
2019 Awards Ceremony
2018 Awards Ceremony
2017 Awards Ceremony