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 School2004 | ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Hon. John Lewis
Congress member, Georgia2003 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
Chris Zawisza
ACLU Attorney2002 | ABA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
Hon. Charles Robb
Senator, Virginia2001 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
James Rogers
Boston College Law School2000 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York, New York
Hon. Parris N. Glendening
Governor, Maryland1999 | ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Hon. William Campbell
Mayor, AtlantaRichard J. Podell
Milwaukee, WisconsinJudy Perry Martinez
New Orleans, Louisiana1998 | ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hon. Dennis W. Archer
Mayor, Detroit; Former Chair of the House of Delegates, American Bar Association1997 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
Drucilla Stender Ramey
Executive Director and General Counsel, Bar Association of San Francisco1996 | ABA Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Herma Hill Kay
Dean, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, BerkeleyLaurence Tribe
Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School1995 | ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Hon. Bernice B. Donald
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of TennesseeNorman Redlich
Former Dean, New York University School of Law; Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, New York, NYJohn J. Curtin, Jr.
Former American Bar Association President; Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA1994 | ABA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
William L. Robinson
Dean, DC School of Law; Delegate to American Bar Association House of DelegatesJohn H. Pickering
Founder, Counsel to Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington DC; Delegate to American Bar Association House of DelegatesSara-Ann Determan
Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC; Former Chair, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar AssociationChesterfield H. Smith
Partner, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL; Former American Bar Association President1993 | ABA Annual Meeting, New York, New York
Brooksley E. Born
Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DCAlexander D. Forger, Jr.
Partner, Millbank, Tweed, New York, NYElaine R. Jones
Executive Director of NAACP Legal Defense FundWilliam O. Whitehurst
Texas Bar Association President;George E. Bushnell, Jr.
Detroit, Michigan; President of ABA