The Dan Bradley Award

Dan Bradley The Dan Bradley Award is LGBT Bar’s highest honor. It recognizes the efforts of a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal community whose work, like Attorney Dan Bradley, has led the way in our struggle for equality under the law. Dan Bradley was the first chair of the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibility’s Committee on the Rights of Gay People, now known as the Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Bradley saw the law as a powerful instrument of social justice, and he believed that lawyers had an obligation to place their skills as advocates at the service of the least powerful among us. The 2013 Dan Bradley Award will be presented on August 22, 2013, as part of the Lavender Law® Conference in San Francisco.

Now Accepting Nominations!

Nominations for the 2013 Dan Bradley Award are due by Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 5:00pm ET. Please send your statement of support to nominations@lgbtbar.org with “Dan Bradley Award” in the subject line.

Previous Winners:

2012 | Lavender Law 2012 – Washington, DC

Jennifer Levi, Director of Transgender Rights Project, GLAD

 

2011 | Lavender Law 2011 – Hollywood, CA

Nancy Polikoff, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law

 

2010 | Lavender Law 2010 — Miami Beach, FL

Jon Davidson, Legal Director, Lambda Legal

 

2009 | Lavender Law 2009 — Brooklyn, NY

Dr. Frank Kameny, one of the nation’s first and foremost gay activists

 

2008 | Lavender Law 2008 — San Francisco, CA

Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights

Therese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, City of San Francisco

 

2007 | Lavender Law 2007 — San Francisco, CA

Patricia M. Logue, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

 

2006 | Lavender Law 2006 — Washington, DC

Urvashi Vaid, Executive Director of the Arcus Foundation

 

2005 | Lavender Law 2005 — San Diego, CA

Arthur S. Leonard, Professor of Law at New York Law School and author of Law Notes

 

2004 | Lavender Law 2004 — Minneapolis, MN

Ruth E. Harlow, former Legal Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund; Lead Counsel in the landmark case, Lawrence v. Texas

 

2003 | Lavender Law 2003 — New York, NY

Matthew Coles, Director, ACLU National Lesbian and Gay Rights Project

Leslie Cooper, Staff Attorney, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project

 

2002 | Lavender Law 2002 — Philadelphia, PA

Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA

 

2001 | Lavender Law 2001 — Dallas, TX

Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Activist and Civil Rights Leader, Houston, TX

 

2000 | Lavender Law 2000 — Washington, D.C.

Mark D. Agrast, Legislative Director & Counsel to Rep. William H. Delahunt, Former NLGLA Co-Chair

 

1999 | Lavender Law 1999 — Seattle, WA

Hon. Stephen M. Lachs, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge

 

1998 | Lavender Law 1998 — Boston, MA

John Ward, Founder & Former Executive Director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders

 

1997 | Lavender Law 1997 – West Hollywood, CA

Abby Rubenfeld, Rubenfeld & Associates, Nashville, Tennessee; Former Legal Director of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

 

1996 | Lavender Law V - New Orleans, LA

Suzanne Goldberg, Attorney for Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

Tom Stoddard, Former Executive Director of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

Jeanne Winer, Trial Counsel for Plaintiffs in Evans v. Romer

 

1994 | Lavender Law IV-Portland, OR

William E. Adams, Jr.

Nova University School of Law, Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

1992 | Lavender Law III – Chicago, IL

Sue Wilson, Attorney for Sharon Kowalski

 

1990 | Lavender Law II – Atlanta, GA

Nan Hunter, Professor, Brooklyn Law School; Former Head of Gay & Lesbian Rights Project, ACLU