Allies for Justice Awards

Each year, the National LGBT Bar Association honors legal professionals who, in their position of leadership, have allied with the LGBT community and have made noteworthy contributions to the struggle for civil rights and equality before the law.

Nominations for the 2012 Allies for Justice Award should be sent to nominations@lgbtbar.org. The awardee will be recognized during a special reception held in conjunction with the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting on Friday, August 3, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. Nominations must be submitted by Wednesday, May 23, 2012, no later than 5:00 pm EDT.

Previous Allies for Justice Awardees

2011 | ABA Annual Meeting, Ontario, Canada

Frederick J. Krebs, former president of the Association of Corporate Counsel

Robert J. Grey, Jr., executive director at the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

2010 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

Wayne Watts, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AT&T

Llewelyn G. Pritchard, Partner, Helsell Fetterman LLP

2009 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Gary Kennedy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Airlines

2008 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York City, New York

Veta T. Richardson, Executive Director, Minority Corporate Counsel Association

Hon. Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

2007 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California 

Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco

2007 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California 

William H. Neukom, President, American Bar Association

2006 | ABA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai’i

Honorable Steven H. Levinson, Associate Justice, Hawai’i Supreme Court

2005 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Harold Hongju Koh
Dean, Yale University Law School

2004 | ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

Hon. John Lewis
Congress member, Georgia

2003 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

Chris Zawisza
ACLU Attorney

2002 | ABA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Hon. Charles Robb
Senator, Virginia

2001 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

James Rogers
Boston College Law School

2000 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York, New York

Hon. Parris N. Glendening
Governor, Maryland

1999 | ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

Hon. William Campbell
Mayor, Atlanta

Richard J. Podell
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Judy Perry Martinez
New Orleans, Louisiana

1998 | ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hon. Dennis W. Archer
Mayor, Detroit; Former Chair of the House of Delegates, American Bar Association

1997 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

Drucilla Stender Ramey
Executive Director and General Counsel, Bar Association of San Francisco

1996 | ABA Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

Herma Hill Kay
Dean, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

Laurence Tribe
Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School

Jean Dubofsky
Former Justice, Colorado Supreme Court; Counsel to Plaintiffs in Evans v. Romer

1995 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Hon. Bernice B. Donald
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Norman Redlich
Former Dean, New York University School of Law; Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, New York, NY

John J. Curtin, Jr.
Former American Bar Association President; Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA

1994 | ABA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana

William L. Robinson
Dean, DC School of Law; Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates

John H. Pickering
Founder, Counsel to Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington DC; Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates

Sara-Ann Determan
Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC; Former Chair, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association

Chesterfield H. Smith
Partner, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL; Former American Bar Association President

1993 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York, New York

Brooksley E. Born
Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC

Alexander D. Forger, Jr.
Partner, Millbank, Tweed, New York, NY

Elaine R. Jones
Executive Director of NAACP Legal Defense Fund

William O. Whitehurst
Texas Bar Association President;

George E. Bushnell, Jr.
Detroit, Michigan; President of ABA