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.

Previous Allies for Justice Awardees:

• 2015 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Jack L. Rives, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, American Bar Association

• 2014 | Business Legal Conference, London, England

  Alderman Fiona Wolff, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna

• 2014 | ABA Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

  Ally in Government: Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts

  Ally in the ABA: James Silkenat, President, American Bar Association

  Ally in Small Practice: Judith Sperling-Newton, Director, AAARTA

  Ally in the Academy: Laurence Tribe, Professor, Harvard Law School

• 2013 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

  Todd Solomon, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

  Rosie Hidalgo, Director of Public Policy, Casa de Esperanza

• 2012 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

  Laurie Hasencamp, interim executive director, Equality California

• 2011 | ABA Annual Meeting, Ontario, Canada

  Frederick J. Krebs, 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

  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

• 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