2022
Law Firm Award
Latham & Watkins LLP
Government Pro Bono Award
Tracy Suhr
U.S. Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration
Legal Services Award
Kristin Eliason
Network for Victim Recovery DC
Presidents Award for Public Service
Karen Newton Cole
Neighborhood Legal Services Program
2021
Law Firm Award
Arnold & Porter
Government Pro Bono Award
Nichelle Johnson Billips
USAID
Legal Services Award
Leah Myers
Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Presidents Award for Public Service
Susie Hoffman
Crowell & Moring
2020
Law Firm Award
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Government Pro Bono Award
Josephine Bahn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Legal Services Award
Allison Miles-Lee
Bread for the City
Presidents Award for Public Service
Paul M. Smith
Campaign Legal Center
2019
Law Firm Award
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Above & Beyond Award
Jen Swedish
Washington Council of Lawyers Board Member & Government Attorney
Government Pro Bono Award
Marisa Schnaith
U.S. Department of Labor
Legal Services Award
Trisha Monroe
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Presidents Award for Public Service
Nicole Austin-Hillery
Human Rights Watch
2018
Law Firm Award Award
Covington & Burling LLP
Legal Services Award
Lindsy Miles-Hare
Ayuda
Government Pro Bono Award
Catalina Martinez
U.S. Small Business Administration
Presidents Award for Public Service
Shelley Broderick
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clark School of Laws
2017
Law Firm Award
Mayer Brown LLP
Above & Beyond Award
Jaya Saxena
The George Washington University Law School
Legal Services Award
Tracy Goodman
Children’s Law Center
Government Pro Bono Award
Deborah Birnbaum
U.S. Department of Labor
Presidents Award for Public Service
Patty Mullahy Fugere
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
2016
Law Firm Award
Dechert LLP
Legacy Award
Marsha Tucker
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Legal Services Award
Skip Mark
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center
Government Pro Bono Award
Katrina Rouse
U.S. Department of Justice
Presidents Award for Public Service
Kathryn Doan
CAIR Coalition
2015
Law Firm Award
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Above & Beyond Award
Jennifer Tschirch
Catholic University of American, Columbus School of Law
Legal Services Award
Rebecca Lindhurst
Bread for the City
Government Pro Bono Award
Kathryn Legomsky
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Presidents Award for Public Service
Roderic V. O. Boggs
Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs
2014
Law Firm Award
Sidley Austin
Above & Beyond Award
Gregory Lipper
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Legal Services Award
Jodi Feldman
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Government Pro Bono Award
John Bowers
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
Presidents Award for Public Service
Avis Buchanan
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
2013
Legacy Award
Lawrence Schneider
Arnold & Porter LLP
Law Firm Award
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Government Pro Bono Award
Jay Owen
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Presidents Award for Public Service
Judith Sandalow
Children’s Law Center
2012
Law Firm Award
SNR Denton
Government Pro Bono Award
Edward Eliasberg
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Presidents Award for Public Service
James Sandman
Legal Services Corporation
2011
Law Firm Award
Hogan Lovells / Arnold & Porter
Government Pro Bono Award
Karen Shrimp
Securities & Exchange Commission)
Presidents Award for Public Service
Walter Smith
DC Appleseed
2010
Law Firm Award
DLA Piper
Government Pro Bono Award
John Warshawsky
U.S. Department of Justice
Presidents Award for Public Service
Maureen Thornton Syracuse
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
2009
Above & Beyond Award
Mary Kennedy
Arnold & Porter LLP
Law Firm Award
Goodwin Procter
Government Pro Bono Award
Sean Keveney
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Presidents Award for Public Service
Louise Howells
University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
2008
Law Firm Award
Hunton & Williams
Government Pro Bono Award
Paul Kendall
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Presidents Award for Public Service
Katia Garrett
D.C. Bar Foundation
2007
Law Firm Award
Crowell & Moring
Government Pro Bono Award
James Yoon
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Presidents Award for Public Service
Daniel Bruner
Whitman-Walker
2006
Law Firm Award
Akin Gump
Government Pro Bono Award
Mark Fletcher
U.S. Department of Justice
Presidents Award for Public Service
Jonathan Smith
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
2005
Law Firm Award
Arnold & Porter LLP
Government Pro Bono Award
Julie Abbate
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Presidents Award for Public Service
Nkechi Taifa
Open Society Foundations
2004
Law Firm Award
Akin Gump Strauss, Hauer & Feld / Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Government Pro Bono Award
Laura Klein
U.S. Department of Justice
Presidents Award for Public Service
Jan Allen May
AARP, Legal Counsel for the Elderly
2003
Law Firm Award
Jenner & Block LLP
Government Pro Bono Award
Claire McGuire
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation / U.S. Department of Transportation
Presidents Award for Public Service
Paula D. Scott
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
2002
Law Firm Award
Arnold & Porter / Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson / Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman
Presidents Award for Public Service
Virginia E. Sloan
The Constitution Project
2001
Law Firm Award
Arnold & Porter / Hogan & Hartson / Steptoe & Johnson
Presidents Award for Public Service
Linda Perle
Center for Law and Social Policy