2023
Meredith Bloch, JD ’10, Senior Staff Attorney – TakeRoot Justice, New York, NY
Hannah Freedman, JD ’16, Staff Attorney and Director of Juvenile Litigation – Justice 360, Columbia, SC
William Grigg, JD ’15, Staff Attorney – Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc., Brownsville, TX
Victoria Inojosa, JD ’19 (rising star), Assistant Federal Defender – Dallas Capital Habeas Unit, Dallas, TX
Amanda Minikus, JD ’15, Judge Advocate – US Marine Corps, Fayetteville, NC
Mary Kathryn Smith, JD ’19 (rising star), Post Conviction Litigation Fellow – Innocence Project, New York, NY
Angela Winfield, JD ’08, Chief Diversity Officer – Law School Admission Council, Newtown, PA

2022
Adena Wayne, JD ’17 (rising star award), Staff Attorney – LGBTQ Law Project, New York Legal Assistance Group, New York, NY
David Cordero-Heredia, LLM ’14, JSD ’18, Director, Human Rights Center, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Katherine Higgins, JD ’09, Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County Public Defender’s Office, Rochester, NY
Nancy Morisseau, JD ’04, Agency Attorney, New York City Department of Education, New York, NY
Ginger Quintero-McCall, JD ’09, Legal Director, Demand Progress, Washington, DC
Tricia Russell, JD ’00, Attorney, Arkansas Public Defender Commission, Little Rock, AR
Barry Strom, JD ’74, Clinical Professor Emeritus, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY
Betsy Wohl, JD ’90, Supervising Attorney, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc., Ithaca, NY

2021
Ivory Goudy, JD ’18, Defense Attorney, Office of the Public Defender at Fulton County, Atlanta, GA
Raphael Stern, JD ’17, Staff Attorney, Lawyers Alliance for New York, New York, NY
James Bogin, JD ’84, Senior Supervising Attorney, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, Albany, NY
Katherine Ensler, JD ’13, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Mildred Whalen, JD ’92, Attorney, Federal Defenders of New York, New York, NY
Joseph Wheeler, JD ’03, Supervisory Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, US Department of Education, San Francisco, CA

2020
Stephanie Delgado, JD ’14,  (rising star award), Senior Direct Representation Attorney, Kids In Need of Defense; Los Angeles, CA
Pradine Saint-Fort, JD ’10, Pro Bono Fellow, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP; New York, NY
Geoffrey Schmits, JD ’94, Senior Director of Finance & Planning, Volunteer Now!; Tarrytown, NY
Linda Slamon, JD ’93, Public Defender, New Hampshire Public Defender; Portsmouth, NH
Carolyn Wald, JD ’16, (rising star award), Staff Attorney – LGBTQ & HIV Project, American Civil Liberties Union; Chicago, IL
Steve Yeager, JD ’04, Assemblyman, District 9 and Partner, Atkinson, Watkins & Hoffmann; Las Vegas, NV

2019
Diane L. Campbell, JD ’98 Supervising Attorney, Legal Assistance of Western New York; Ithaca, NY
Earl A. Kirkland III, JD ’13 (rising star award), John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; New York, NY
Steven A. Koh, JD ’08, Associate in Law, Columbia Law School; New York, NY
Jessica Hittelman Lopez, JD ’13 (rising star award), Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Legal Services; Brooklyn, NY
Andrew D. Miller, JD ’90, Executive Director, Human Solutions; Portland, Oregon
Brian P. Moran, JD ’93 (pro bono award), Senior Attorney, Litigation Department, Paul Hastings; New York, NY

2018
Deborah Agus ’79, Executive Director, Behavioral Health Leadership Institute, Baltimore, MD
David Kagle ’08, Staff Attorney, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Bath Office, Bath, NY
Ryan Norwood ’02, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Cheyenne Sanders ’14 (rising star award), Deputy General Counsel, Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA
Daniel Sosland ’85, President, Acadia Center, Rockport ME
Quinten Steenhuis ’08, Senior Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services – Boston, MA

2017
Samuel Angell ’88 Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Community Defender Office, Philadelphia, PA
Ronna Blau ’72, Deputy Chief Attorney, NYS Mental Hygiene Legal Services, First Department, New York, NY
Lynn W.L. Fahey ’70, Attorney-in-Charge, Appellate Advocates, New York, NY
Naomi Post ’79, Executive Director, Children’s Defense Fund, New York, NY
Deborah Press ’09 (rising star award), Director of Regulatory Affairs, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Washington, DC
Katherine Rybak ’79, Staff Attorney, Indiana Legal Services, Inc., Evansville, IN
Jeffrey Vogt ’99, Legal Director, International Trade Union Confederation, Washington, DC
Leslie Wheelock ’84, Director of the Office of Tribal Relations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC

2016
Meredyth Andrus ’85, Attorney, Health Care Division, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
Christopher Clark ’05, Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston, MA
Ed Cross ’76, Staff Attorney, New Hampshire Public Defender, Manchester, NH
Sharice Davids ’10 (rising star award), Deputy Director, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation – Porcupine, SD
Tanya Douglas ’92, Director, Disability Advocacy Project, Manhattan Legal Services – New York, NY
Edwin Lopez-Soto ’81, Chief Counsel, Rochester City School District, Rochester, NY
Angela Rea ’02, Chief, Adult Trial Division, Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender, Louisville, KY

2015
Ronald Chillemi ’96, Assistant Attorney General, State of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ
Nav Dayanand LL.M. ’04, Director of Federal Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy, Portland, OR
Lisa Graves ’94, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy, Madison, WI
William Kolen ’82 (posthumous award), Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jessica Lazarin ’06 (rising star award), Immigration Staff Attorney, Erie County Bar Association Volunteer
Lawyers Project, Buffalo, NY
Laura Miranda ’98, Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member, Tribal Legal Development Clinic, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Emily Paavola ’05 (rising star award), Executive Director, South Carolina Death Penalty Resource and Defense Center, Columbia, SC
David Pels ’87 , Supervising Attorney, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Bath, NY
Jerome “Sam” Tarver ’90 , Associate General Counsel and Ethics Officer, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Washington, D.C.

2014
George Cohen ’57, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Washington, DC
Joseph Krakora ’83, Public Defender State of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ
Cyrus Mehri ’88, Partner, Mehri &Skalet LLP, Washington, DC
Alicia Plotkin ’80, Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Ithaca, NY
Judith Whiting ’86, General Counsel, Community Service Society, New York, NY
James Yoon ’03, Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions, Washington, DC

2013
David Baron ’77, Earthjustice, Washington, DC
Hon. Robert Boochever ’41 (posthumous),U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Pasadena, CA
Eve Hill ’89, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC
Keisha Hudson ’03, Federal Community Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA
Bryn Lovejoy-Grinnell ’08 (rising star award), Hiscock Legal Aid, Syracuse, NY
Cristina Velez ’02, HIV Law Project, New York, NY
Dennis Walsh ’83, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Washington, DC
Wendy Weinberg ’84, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, DC

2012
Elizabeth Barker ’89 , Contra Costa Public Defender, Martinez, CA
Andrew Cowan ’08 (rising star award), Committee for Public Counsel Services, Public Defender Division, Dedham, MA
Gabriela Solis de Ibarrola LL.M. ’02, Bufete Juridico Gratuito Social, A.C., Mexico City
Matthew Faiella ’05 (rising star award), U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, New York, NY
Neil Getnick ’78, Getnick &Getnick, LLP, New York, NY
Len Kennedy ’77, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, DC
Peggy Lee ’96, Southeastern Ohio Legal Services, Athens, OH
Michael Levine ’80, Local Initiatives Support Organization, New York, NY
Robin Lunge ’95, State of VT Director of Health Care Reform, Burlington, VT
Jason Patlis ’92, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Washington, DC

2011
Shane Cooper ’03, Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy
Lawrence F. Gardella ’75, Legal Services of Alabama, Montgomery, AL
Mary Griffin ’88, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Boston, MA
Matthew D. Glasser ’77, World Bank, Washington, DC
Nancy Koppe ’92, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Charlotte Lanvers ’07 (rising star award), Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Berkeley, CA
June Lorenzo ’84, Pueblo of Laguna, Laguna, NM
Marie Pierre Py ’05 (rising star award), Public Defender Service of D.C., Washington, DC

2010
Barber Conable AB ’42 LL.B. (posthumous), President, World Bank, Washington, DC
David E. Fritchey ’72, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA
Nicola Goren ’92, Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington, DC
Allison Jordan ’05 (rising star award), Legal Aid Society of New York, New York, NY
James Murphy ’76, Legal Services of Central New York, Cortland, NY
Jessica Polansky ’05 (rising star award), Childrens’ Rights, New York, NY
Jay Waks BS ’68 JD ’71, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY

2009
Daniel Boglioli ’00 (rising star award), Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY
Carl J. Boykin ’88, NYS Attorney General’s Office, Albany, NY
Arthur Eisenberg ’68, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY
Bryan D. Hetherington ’75, Empire Justice Center, Rochester, NY
Douglas Meiklejohn ’71, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Santa Fe, NM
Martha L. Raimon ’85, Center for the Study of Social Policy, New York, NY

2008
Jamie Andree ’79, Indiana Legal Services, Bloomington, IN
Joe Iarocci ’84, CARE, Atlanta, GA
Shannon Minter ’93, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Washington, DC
Rosemary Pye ’74, National Labor Relations Board, Boston, MA
John Tobin ’74, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Manchester, NH
Lisa Wolford ’02 (rising star award), New Hampshire Public Defender, Concord, NH
Saman Zia Zarifi ’93, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC

2007
David S. Buckel ’87, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York, NY
Gitanjali Gutierrez ’01, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY
Douglas Lasdon ’81, Urban Justice Center, New York, NY
Albert H. Meyerhoff ’72, Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Myers ’71, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, NY
Patricia Warth ’96, Prisoners’ Legal Services, Buffalo, NY

2006
Helaine Knickerbocker ’51, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, New York, NY
Paul W. Lee ’76, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA
Angelica Matos ’99, Junta for Progressive Action, New Haven, CT
Elizabeth Padilla ’02 (posthumous), Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers’ Project, Brooklyn, NY
Martha Roberts ’84, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Geneva, NY
Michael Wright ’94, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX