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Congratulations
to the
ABF FELLOWS AWARDS RECIPIENTS:
      ELWOOD F. CAHILL, JR.
         LAURA E. GÓMEZ
      FRANK X. NEUNER, JR.
     STEPHEN A. SALTZBURG
        JAMES J. SANDMAN

   Sandra Chan and Gary Yoshimura
The Fellows of
       the American Bar Foundation

65TH ANNUAL
AWA R D S B A N Q U E T
     Honorable Eileen A. Kato (Ret.), Chair, Presiding

     2021 F E LLOWS AWARDS RECIPIENTS
     Outstanding Service Award Honoree
     Professor Stephen A. Saltzburg

     Outstanding Scholar Award Honoree
     Professor Laura E. Gómez

     Outstanding State Chair Award Honorees
     Louisiana Co-Chairs:
     Elwood F. Cahill, Jr., Esq. and Frank X. Neuner, Jr., Esq.

     Distinguished Life Fellow Award Honoree
     Professor James J. Sandman

     K E YNOT E
     When Should Law Forgive?
     Professor Martha Minow
     300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University
WELCOME

                          LE T TER F R O M THE F EL LOW S CHAIR
                          It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 65th Annual Fellows   Given the immense challenges facing today’s global
                          Awards Banquet! At this virtual program, we are honored       society, your role as a Fellow and continued support of
                          to present the Outstanding Service Award to Professor         the ABF has never been more important. By championing
                          Stephen A. Saltzburg of The George Washington                 the ABF’s groundbreaking research, each of you foster the
                          University in Washington, D.C., the Outstanding Scholar       important work ranging from insights on legal responses
                          Award to Professor Laura E. Gómez of the University of        to the pandemic around the world, to the future of the
                          California, Los Angeles, Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. and Frank      law profession. It is with your support that the ABF is able
                          X. Neuner, Jr., Louisiana State Co-Chairs are the deserving   to undertake this kind of empirical, independent research
                          recipients of the Outstanding State Chair Award, and this     that truly advances justice and the rule of law by providing
                          year’s Distinguished Life Fellow Award goes to James          society with an informed understanding to the legal
                          J. Sandman, President Emeritus of the Legal Services          profession. You honor the ABF by your generosity.
                          Corporation and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
                                                                                        Please accept our deep gratitude for all that you do.
                          Carey Law School. We offer congratulations and our
                          gratitude to each of our extraordinary honorees for the       With warmest regards,
                          contributions they have made.

                          The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is deeply honored by
                          the select and distinguished group of judges, lawyers and
                          scholars who comprise the Fellows of the ABF and who are
                                                                                        Honorable Eileen A. Kato (Ret.)
                          represented here tonight. We offer very special thanks to
                                                                                        Chair of the Fellows
                          the sponsors of this Virtual ABF Fellows Awards Banquet—
                          Platinum Sponsor: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and
                          Gold sponsors: Sandra Chan and Gary Yoshimura and
                          Kirkland & Ellis.

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WELCOME

                          LE T TER F R O M THE A BF P R E SIDE NT
                          It is a great honor to welcome you to the ABF Fellows         Together, even virtually, we all celebrate a shared
                          Virtual Awards Banquet! Though we aren’t able to gather       commitment to the ABF’s mission of expanding knowledge
                          together in person this year, we are proud to recognize the   and advancing justice. Each Fellow, law firm, foundation,
                          achievements of the 2021 award recipients and show our        corporate or individual donor enables the innovative and
                          support for the work of the American Bar Foundation.          influential research projects that enhance the profession of
                                                                                        law, inform lawmakers, advance justice within our national
                          The ABF Board of Directors congratulates this year’s
                                                                                        and local communities, and support the rule of law around
                          honorees—Stephen A. Saltzburg for outstanding service
                                                                                        the globe. You should be proud of what your support is
                          to the profession; Professor Laura E. Gómez for the
                                                                                        accomplishing!
                          advancement of legal scholarship; Elwood F. Cahill, Jr.
                          and Frank X. Neuner, Jr. for their exemplary activities as    I hope you enjoy this program, and that you are inspired by
                          Louisiana Fellows State Co-Chairs; and James J. Sandman       the extraordinary achievements of extraordinary members of
                          for his distinguished career. On behalf of the ABF Board,     the legal profession.
                          I would like to thank platinum sponsor Wachtell, Lipton,
                          Rosen and Katz, as well as Gold Sponsors: Sandra Chan
                          & Gary Yoshimura; and Kirkland and Ellis.                     Tom Sullivan
                                                                                        President, American Bar Foundation
                          I also extend the ABF’s sincerest gratitude to the American
                          Bar Endowment (ABE) for its substantial, longstanding, and
                          continuing grant support of the ABF, which provides the
                          largest contribution to the ABF’s annual budget.

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WELCOME

                          LE T TER F R O M THE A BF D IR E CTOR
                          Welcome to the 2021 American Bar Foundation (ABF) Virtual Awards                 The recipients of this year’s Outstanding State Chair Award are Elwood F.
                          Banquet—our first ever and we hope only virtual awards dinner. As ABF            Cahill, Jr., and Frank X. Neuner, Jr. of Louisiana. Mr. Cahill is a founding
                          Executive Director, it is my privilege to thank you for attending. Though        member of the Business Group of Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &
                          we can’t be together in person, we at the ABF realize how important it is        Hilbert, L.L.C. in New Orleans. Mr Neuner is a founder and Managing
                          to continue our long-standing tradition of thanking you, as ABF Fellows,         Partner of NeunerPate based in Lafayette, Louisiana. This evening we
                          and honoring our awardees who have shown exemplary achievement in                recognize their leadership of the Louisiana Chapter of the Fellows and their
                          advancing the goals of the legal profession.                                     strong and enduring commitment to the ABF.

                          Let me begin with thanks to our many supporters. We are grateful to our          This year we are also honoring James J. Sandman with a Distinguished
                          platinum sponsor, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, as well as our gold            Life Fellow Award. Mr. Sandman is currently the Distinguished Lecturer and
                          sponsors, Sandra Chan and Gary Yoshimura and Kirkland and Ellis,                 Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University
                          LLP for helping us host this virtual event. Thanks always to the American Bar    of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Along with a long-standing career in
                          Endowment and the many other organizations and institutions that continue        public service, Mr. Sandman is President Emeritus of the Legal Services
                          to invest in the ABF’s innovative and influential research and programming.      Corporation, the United States’ largest funder of civil legal aid programs.

                          As you know, this is an annual event hosted by the ABF Fellows, our              Many congratulations to this year’s awardees. As outstanding scholars
                          global honor society of leading lawyers, judges, and legal scholars. Our         and lawyers, they each represent the core ABF values of professionalism
                          Fellows staff and I would like to thank this year’s Fellows Officers for their   and excellence in all that they do. And, in the process, they remind us all,
                          outstanding leadership during challenging times: Hon. Eileen Kato,               particularly during these unique times, about the importance of research,
                          Cyndi Nance, Darrell Mottley and Ellen Jakovic. And of course,                   public service, and leadership in our noble profession.
                          we would like to thank all of you who are Fellows for your generous and
                          continued support for ABF research and programming.                              Finally, on behalf of the ABF faculty and staff, let me conclude by thanking
                                                                                                           all of you as Fellows for supporting the ABF as we continue our mission of
                          We are here tonight to honor this year’s distinguished ABF awardees. This        expanding knowledge and advancing justice.
                          year’s Fellows Outstanding Scholar is Professor Laura E. Gómez, the
                          Rachel F. Moran Endowed Chair in Law at the UCLA School of Law. Professor        With warmest regards,
                          Gómez is renowned for her scholarship in law and critical race studies, and
                          co-founded UCLA’s Critical Race Studies Program—the first specialized
                          program of its kind in any U.S. law school.

                          This year’s Fellows Outstanding Service Award winner is Professor Stephen        Ajay K. Mehrotra
                          A. Saltzburg, the Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor at          Director and Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
                          The George Washington University. We are honored to recognize Professor
                          Saltzburg’s accomplishments in public service, including having founded
                          the National Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia Law School.

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                          Awarded to a Fellow who has adhered for more than thirty years to the highest principles and traditions of the legal profession
                          and to the service of the public

 St e p he n A . Sa l t z b urg
                          Stephen A. Saltzburg is a Life Fellow of the ABF and has           investigation. In 1988 and 1989, Professor Saltzburg served
                          taught at The George Washington University Law School              as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division
                          since 1990. In January 2004, he was named the Wallace and          of the Department of Justice, and in 1989 and 1990 was the
                          Beverley Woodbury University Professor. From 1990–2004,            Attorney General’s ex officio representative on the United
                          he was the Howrey Professor of Trial Advocacy, Litigation          States Sentencing Commission. In June,1994, the Secretary
                          and Professional Responsibility. Professor Saltzburg founded       of the Treasury appointed Professor Saltzburg as the Director
                          and became the Director of the Masters Program in Litigation       of the Tax Refund Fraud Task Force, a position he held
                          and Dispute Resolution in 1996. Before moving to George            until January, 1995. He is a member of the ABA House of
                          Washington, Professor Saltzburg taught at the University of        Delegates from the Criminal Justice Section (which he served
                          Virginia School of Law from 1972 to 1990. He was named             as Chair in 2009).
                          the first Holder of the Class of 1962 Endowed Chair. He co-
                                                                                             Professor Saltzburg is the author or co-author of numerous
                          founded the University of Virginia Law School Trial Advocacy
                                                                                             books and articles on criminal law and procedure, evidence,
                          Institute in 1981, which is now the National Trial Advocacy
                                                                                             litigation and trial advocacy. These include American
                          College at the University of Virginia Law School. He contin-
                                                                                             Criminal Procedure (11th ed. 2018); Federal Rules of Evidence
                          ues to be the Director of the College.
                                                                                             Manual (12th ed. 2019); Military Evidentiary Foundations
                          Professor Saltzburg served as Reporter for and then as a           (6th ed. 2016); Military Rules of Evidence Manual (8th ed.
                          member of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules              2015); Trying Cases to Win: In One Volume (2013); and Trying
                          of Criminal Procedure and as a member of the Advisory              Cases to Win: In One Volume Student Edition (2020).
                          Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence. He was the
                                                                                             He is a graduate of Dickinson College (1967) and the
                          Reporter for the Civil Justice Reform Act Committee for the
                                                                                             University Pennsylvania Law School (1970). He clerked for
                          District of Columbia District Court and then became Chair
                                                                                             the Hon. Stanley A. Weigel (N.D. Cal.), 1970–1971, and for
                          of that Committee. From 1987 to 1988, Professor Saltzburg
                                                                                             the Hon. Thurgood Marshall, 1971–1972.
                          served as Associate Independent Counsel in the Iran-Contra

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The George Washington University Law School Congratulates

                                 STEPHEN A. SALTZBURG,
                                 Recipient, ABF Fellows 2021 Outstanding Service Award

                                 Stephen A. Saltzburg, the Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law
                                 and co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, joined GW Law in 1990.
                                 In 1996, he founded and directed the school’s LLM program in Litigation and Dispute
                                 Resolution. He was named University Professor, the highest title a university can confer
                                 upon a faculty member, in 2004. The Chief Justice of the United States appointed him as
                                 reporter for, and then as a member of, the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of
                                 Criminal Procedure and as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules
                                 of Evidence. He was the reporter for the Civil Justice Reform Act Committee for the D.C.
                                 District Court before he became Chair. He has served as a special master in two class action
                                 cases in the D.C. District Court and continues to serve as a mediator for the U.S. Court of
                                 Appeals for D.C. He has mediated a variety of disputes involving public agencies and
                                 private litigants; served as a sole arbitrator, panel chair, and panel member in domestic
                                 arbitrations; and served as an arbitrator for the International Chamber of Commerce.

                                 Professor Saltzburg has held numerous governmental positions, including Associate
                                 Independent Counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation and Director of the U.S. Treasury
                                 Department Tax Refund Fraud Task Force. He was Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice
                                 Section (2007-08) and represents the section in the ABA House of Delegates. In addition,
                                 he has served on the ABA Task Force on Terrorism and the Law, the ABA Task Force on
                                 Gatekeeper Regulation and the Profession, and the ABA President’s Advisory Group on
                                 Citizen Detention and Enemy Combatant Issues.

                 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, DC
                                            www.law.gwu.edu
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                          Awarded to a person who has engaged in outstanding scholarship in the law or in government

 Lau ra E . Gó m e z
                          Laura E. Gómez is the Rachel F. Moran Endowed Chair in
                          Law at UCLA. She is the Director of the Critical Race Studies
                          Program (and was a co-founder in 2000). Her 2020 book                     The Research Faculty
                          Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism has been
                          called “pioneering,” “insightful,” “incisive,” “bold,” and
                                                                                                    of the American Bar

                                                                                                   congratulates
                          “required reading.” Her previous books include Manifest
                          Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race. She
                                                                                                         Foundation
                          has four degrees from Harvard and Stanford and was the
                          first Mexican American woman in the U.S. to earn both a
                          law degree (1992) and a PhD (1994). She clerked for Judge
                          Dorothy W. Nelson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
                          Ninth Circuit. She has previously served as Interim Dean                     Professor
                          of Social Sciences at UCLA and Vice Dean of the UCLA
                          law school. She is jointly appointed in the Departments
                          of Sociology and Chicana/Chicano Studies & Central
                                                                                                    Laura E. Gomez
                          American Studies.                                                            on receiving the
                                                                                                     Fellows Outstanding
                                                                                                        Scholar Award

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                            Awarded to a State Chair (or Chairs) who has demonstrated a dedication to the work of the Foundation and the mission of
                            The Fellows through exceptional efforts on behalf of The Fellows at the state level

 El wo o d F. Ca h i l l , Jr., Esq
 L o ui si a n a Co - Ch a i r
                            Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. is a Life Fellow and founding member of the Business        including the American Bar Association’s Sections of Business Law, and
                            Group of Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. in New            Real Property Probate & Trust Law, the American College of Real Estate
                            Orleans. His practice is concentrated in commercial real estate, business         Lawyers and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
                            and finance law, as well as creditors’ rights, workouts and foreclosures
                            and commercial bankruptcy and other commercial transactions. Mr.                  Mr. Cahill is the current Louisiana State Co-Chair of the American Bar
                            Cahill practices before and works closely with political entities and public      Foundation and a Fellow and former President of the Louisiana Bar
                            administrative boards and agencies at the local, parish (county) and              Foundation. He is also a former Chair of the Board of Trustees of
                            state levels. As part of his practice, Mr. Cahill has been actively involved      Children’s Hospital in New Orleans and is active in the United Way of
                            with, including speaking to, many professional and trade organizations,           Southeast Louisiana.

 Frank X. Ne u n e r, Jr.
 L o ui si a n a Co - Ch a i r
                            Frank X. Neuner, Jr., is a Patron Fellow of the ABF and partner at                indigent. He is also a past President of the Louisiana State Bar Association
                            NeunerPate based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Prior to his appointment                and is a member of numerous professional and community services
                            to LSC’s Board of Directors, he was a member of LSC’s Governance                  organizations. He is a past President and Campaign Chair of the United
                            and Performance Review Committee and Operations and Regulations                   Way of Acadiana, past Chair of One Acadiana, Inc., and Co-Chair of the
                            Committee. He also serves on LSC’s Disaster Task Force and Co-Chair               Lafayette Outreach for Civil Justice.
                            LSC’s Eviction Task Force. As a founder and Managing Partner of
                            NeunerPate, Mr. Neuner oversees a law firm that has grown from four               He is a recipient of the ABA Solo & Small Firm Lifetime Achievement
                            lawyers with a staff of four to 29 lawyers with a staff of 70. His practices      Award, the Louisiana Bar Foundation 2013 Distinguished Attorney Award,
                            focuses on commercial litigation, admiralty and maritime law, insurance           Louisiana State University Law School Distinguished Alumni of the Year in
                            employment law, and toxic tort litigation.                                        2008 and been listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2004.

                            He is the Chairman of the Innocence Project New Orleans and the                   He holds a B.S. and a J.D. from Louisiana State University. He has
                            President of the Louisiana Client Assistance Foundation. He is a past Chair       been married to Tracy Neuner for 49 years and have four children and
                            of the Louisiana Public Defender Board, having served from 2008 to                5 grandchildren.
                            2013. In this role, he led the drive for legislation to provide defense for the

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Louisiana Bar Foundation

               Congratulates
                Elwood F. Cahill, Jr.
                                           and
               Frank X. Neuner, Jr.
                    on receiving the prestigious ABF Fellows
            2021 Outstanding State Chair Award

                                                                  504.561.1046
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The LSU Law Center
Proudly Congratulates
      Alumnus
FRANK X. NEUNER,
 Recipient of the 2021
ABA Fellows Award for
Outstanding State Chair
     (Louisiana).

      LAW.LSU.EDU
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                          This award recognizes a lifetime of extraordinary leadership, not only within the legal profession, but throughout the larger
                          community and beyond

Ja mes J . Sa n d m a n
                          James J. Sandman is is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the ABF. He is the            Law School, the Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of
                          Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the                Columbia, the International Senior Lawyers Project, the NALP Foundation
                          Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He     for Law Career Research and Education, and Wilkes University.
                          is also President Emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation, the United
                          States’ largest funder of civil legal aid programs. Jim served as President of   Jim was named one of the “90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last
                          LSC from 2011 to February of 2020.                                               30 Years” by the Legal Times in 2008. The University of Pennsylvania
                                                                                                           Law School has honored him with its Alumni Award of Merit and its
                          Jim practiced for 30 years with the international, Washington-based law          Howard Lesnick Pro Bono Award. He has also received the American Bar
                          firm of Arnold & Porter. He served as the firm’s Managing Partner for a          Association’s Presidential Citation; the District of Columbia Bar’s highest
                          decade. Immediately prior to joining the Legal Services Corporation,             honor, the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Award; the Wiley A. Branton
                          he served for three years as General Counsel of the District of Columbia         Award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Legal Rights
                          Public Schools. He is a past President of the 100,000-member District of         and Urban Affairs; the Hugh A. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Award from the
                          Columbia Bar.                                                                    Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia; the D.C. Commission
                                                                                                           on Human Rights’ Cornelius R. Alexander Humanitarian Award; the
                          Jim is currently Chair of the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Legal     Washington Council of Lawyers’ Presidents’ Award; the Council for
                          Issues Arising Out of the 2020 Pandemic. He is Chair of the Board of the         Court’s Excellence’s Justice Potter Steward Award; and the Legal Aid
                          DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Vice Chair of the District of             Society of Cleveland’s Louis Stokes Paragon Award. He was awarded an
                          Columbia Access to Justice Commission, and a member of the American              honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the College of Saint Rose
                          Law Institute, the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, the         and has received Villanova University’s Medallion Award. He has given
                          District of Columbia Bar Pro Bono Committee, and the advisory board              commencement addresses at the College of Saint Rose, Villanova Law
                          of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. He            School, Rutgers Law School, and the University of the District of Columbia
                          is a member of boards of the Pro Bono Institute, Albany Law School, the          David A. Clarke School of Law.
                          College of Saint Rose, and Washington Performing Arts.
                                                                                                           Jim is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston College, where he was
                          Jim previously served as Chair of the District of Columbia Circuit Judicial      elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a cum laude graduate of the University
                          Conference Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, as a member of the              of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the
                          American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public             Coif and served as Executive Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law
                          Service and the ABA’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services, as             Review. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Max Rosenn of
                          Chairman of the Boards of the Meyer Foundation and of Whitman-Walker             the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
                          Health, and as a member of the boards of the University of Pennsylvania

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Congratulations to Jim sandman,
  a treasured and long-time member
   of our board; a friend; a tireless
     advoCate for arts eduCation,
        equity, and aCCess; and
         a role model for all!

            With Warmest Wishes
             from your friends at
     Washington Performing arts

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K E Y N OT E S P E A K E R

 Pro f e s s o r Ma r t h a Minow
 3 0 0 t h An ni ve r s a r y Uni ve r s i t y Profe ssor, Har vard Unive rsity
                          Martha Minow is a Life Fellow of the ABF and the 300th            Special Technology to increase access to the curriculum for
                          Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University where      students with disabilities.
                          she has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, and
                                                                                            She currently serves on the boards of the Advantage
                          served as the inaugural Morgan and Helen Chu Dean from
                                                                                            Testing Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, the
                          2009–2017. Her courses include advanced first amendment
                                                                                            MacArthur Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the
                          law; civil procedure; constitutional law; fairness and privacy;
                                                                                            SCE Foundation, and public broadcaster WGBH as well
                          freedom of speech frontiers; family law; international crimi-
                                                                                            as on the Council for the American Bar Association Center
                          nal justice; jurisprudence; law and education; law, justice;
                                                                                            for Innovation; and is a member of the advisory boards
                          and design; nonprofit organizations; and technology and
                                                                                            for the new College of Computing and the Media Lab at
                          privacy. She is an expert in human rights, constitutional law,
                                                                                            the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She previously
                          and advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities
                                                                                            served as chair of the board of directors for the Revson
                          and for women, children, and persons with disabilities.
                                                                                            Foundation (New York); Vice-Chair of the Legal Services
                          She is the author of many scholarly articles and books across     Corporation, the bi-partisan, government-sponsored
                          a broad range of interests, and her recent books are Saving       organization that provides civil legal assistance to low-
                          the News (Forthcoming); When Should Law Forgive? (2019);          income Americans; and on the boards of the American Bar
                          and In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Constitutional         Foundation; the CBS Corporation; the Bazelon Center for
                          Landmark (2010).                                                  Mental Health Law; the Covenant Foundation; the Iranian
                                                                                            Human Rights Documentation Center; and Facing History
                          Minow has served on a variety of commissions, including
                                                                                            and Ourselves, where she chaired the Scholars’ Board.
                          the Center for Strategic and International Studies
                          Commission on Countering Violent Extremism and on the             After completing her undergraduate studies at the University
                          Independent International Commission Kosovo. She helped           of Michigan, Minow received a master’s degree in education
                          to launch Imagine Co-existence, a program of the U.N.             from Harvard and her law degree from Yale. She clerked for
                          High Commissioner for Refugees, to promote peaceful               Judge David Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals
                          development in post-conflict societies and worked with the        for the D.C. Circuit and then for Justice Thurgood Marshall.
                          federal Department of Education and the Center for Applied

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The American Bar Foundation      The American Bar Foundation
      Board of Directors               Board of Directors
          thanks the                        thanks the
            Fellows               American Bar Endowment
 for their integral support of       for its vital funding of
 the ABF’s research mission.      research and programming.
F E L L O W S AW A R D R E C I P I E N T S

O U TSTA N D IN G S E RV IC E AWA R D S*

2021 Stephen A. Saltzburg          2004 Norman Redlich             1987 Mattie Belle Davis      1970 C. Brewster Rhoads

2020 Jamie S. Gorelick             2003 Shirley Hufstedler         1986 Marris I. Leibman       1969 John G. Buchanan

2019 Hon. Dennis W. Archer         2002 Roswell B. Perkins         1985 E. Nobles Lowe          1968 Roy E. Willy

2018 Hon. Ernestine Steward Gray   2001 Lloyd Lochridge            1984 William L. Marbury      1967 Robert W. Upton

2017 Helaine M. Barnett            2000 William T. Coleman, Jr.    1983 Paul F. Hannah          1966 Thomas Benjamin Gay

2016 Llewelyn G. Pritchard         1999 Irving R. Segal            1982 H. Sol Clark            1965 James D. Carpenter

2015 Benjamin H. Hill III          1998 Robert M. Landis           1981 Gibson Witherspoon      1964 Walter Chandler

2014 Hon. Patricia M. Wald         1997 Theodore A. Kolb           1980 Karl C. Williams        1963 Edwin M. Otterbourg

2013 Philip S. Anderson            1996 Joseph H. Gordon           1979 Joe C. Barrett          1962 George E. Brand

2012 David H. Gambrell             1995 William Fletcher Womble    1978 Carl M. Gray            1961 Stuart Bland Campbell

2011 William G. Paul               1994 Wesley M. Walker           1977 Chester Bedell          1960 John Lord O’Brian

2010 Brooksley E. Born             1993 John H. Pickering          1976 William A. Sutherland   1959 Herbert W. Clark

2009 James B. Sales                1992 Walter P. Armstrong, Jr.   1975 Edward R. Johnston      1958 Jubal Early Craig

2008 James R. Ellis                1991 Edward I. Cutler           1974 Earl Q. Gray            1957 Burt J. Thompson

2007 Neal R. Sonnett               1990 Moses Lasky                1973 Paul Carrington

2006 Gibson Gayle, Jr.             1989 T. Girard Wharton          1972 Cloyd Laporte
                                                                                                * Prior to 2006, the Outstanding Service
2005 James B. Lee                  1988 E. Charles Eichenbaum      1971 Robert B. Troutman      Award required fifty years of service.

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O U TSTA N D IN G S C H OLAR AWA R D S

2021 Laura E. Gómez                2004 Stanton Wheeler &      1987 Boris I. Bittker          1970 Ray Garrett, Sr.
                                        Stewart Macaulay
2020 Lauren B. Edelman                                         1986 Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.   1969 Robert A. Leflar
                                   2003 Richard Posner
2019 Richard L. Abel                                           1985 Philip B. Kurland         1968 Lawrence Bennett
                                   2002 Louis B. Sohn
2018 Carrie Menkel-Meadow                                      1984 Spencer L. Kimball        1967 Herbert Wechsler
                                   2001 Lawrence M. Friedman
2017 Akhil Reed Amar                                           1983 Robert L. Stern           1966 Arthur Linton Corbin
                                   2000 Roger C. Cramton
2016 Kimberlé W. Crenshaw                                      1982 Charles Fairman           1965 E. Blythe Stason
                                   1999 Sanford H. Kadish
2015 Stephen Gillers                                           1981 Norval Morris             1964 Austin W. Scott
                                   1998 Guido Calabresi
2014 Deborah L. Rhode                                          1980 Louis Loss                1963 Robert N. Miller
                                   1997 Louis Henkin
2013 Edward A. Purcell, Jr.                                    1979 Mason Ladd                1962 Herbert F. Goodrich
                                   1996 Yale Kamisar
2012 Joan C. Williams                                          1978 James William Moore       1961 Reginald Heber Smith
                                   1995 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2011 David B. Wilkins                                          1977 Milton Handler            1960 Erwin N. Griswold
                                   1994 Carl A. Auerbach
2010 Marc Galanter                                             1976 Kenneth Culp Davis        1959 John C. Cooper
                                   1993 Archibald Cox
2009 Laurence H. Tribe                                         1975 Henry Jacob Friendly      1958 Albert J. Harno
                                   1992 Maurice Rosenberg
2008 Judith Resnik                                             1974 J. Willard Hurst          1957 Arthur T. Vanderbilt
                                   1991 Francis A. Allen
2007 Catharine A. MacKinnon                                    1973 Paul A. Freund
                                   1990 Herma Hill Kay
2006 Anthony G. Amsterdam                                      1972 Elliott Evans Cheatham
                                   1989 Charles Alan Wright
2005 Alice H. Henkin                                           1971 A. James Casner
                                   1988 Walter Gellhorn

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O U TSTA N D IN G STAT E C H AIR                                   D I ST I NGUIS HED CAREER IN RES EARCH,
                                                                   I N M E M O RIAM
2021 Elwood F. Cahill, Jr.         2012 Michael H. Byowitz
     Frank X. Neuner, Jr.               Sharon Stern Gerstman      2015 Theodore Eisenberg
     Louisiana                          New York

2020 Kenneth G. Standard           2011 Benes Z. Aldana
     Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong            Peter S. Ehrlichman        LI F E F E LLOW ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
     New York                           Kathleen J. Hopkins
                                        Washington
2019 Robyn S. Shapiro                                              2016 Selma Moldel Smith
     John S. Skilton               2010 Linda A. Klein
     Wisconsin                          Georgia

2018 Mitchell L. Bach              2009 Hon. Frederic B. Rodgers   D I ST I NGUIS HED L IFE FEL LOW AWARD
     Amelia Boss                        Colorado
     Pennsylvania                                                  2021 James J. Sandman
                                   2008 O.B. Johnston III
2017 Hon. Eileen A. Kato                Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr.   2017 Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
     Salvador A. Mungia                 Michael C. Mayhall
     Washington                         L. David Pomeroy
                                        William H. Sullivan
2016 Barbara J. Gislason
                                        Jon H. Trudgeon
     Hon. John R. Tunheim
                                        Oklahoma
     Minnesota
                                   2007 Hon. Cara Lee T. Neville
2015 Ava E. Lias-Booker
                                        Minnesota
     Kevin L. Shepherd
     Maryland                      2006 Gary T. Johnson
                                        Illinois
2014 Henry M. Coxe III
     A. Joshua Markus              2005 Doreen D. Dodson
     Florida                            Missouri

2013 Ellen M. Jakovic              2004 Victor F. Battaglia, Sr.
     Jack C. Keeney, Jr.                Delaware
     Melvin White
     Washington, D.C.

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James J. Sandman
                                          Congratulations on receiving the
                                          Distinguished Life Fellow award
                                  from The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation!

                                   Your friends & colleagues at Albany Law School

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                                    is proud to sponsor
                                   and congratulates the

                                  RECIPIENTS OF THE
                                   65TH ANNUAL ABF
                                  FELLOWS AWARDS

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 Ho no ra b l e Ei l e e n A . Kat o (Re t .)
 Cha i r
                          Honorable Eileen A. Kato (Ret.) serves as Chair of the          She has also served as a board member for the American
                          Fellows. She is a current Patron Fellow and a past Chair of     Bar Association, National Center for State Courts, Justice at
                          the Washington Fellows of the Foundation. Judge Kato was        Stake, and Co-Founder and President of the National Asian
                          appointed to the King County District Court (Seattle) in June   Pacific American Bar Association Judicial Council, member of
                          of 1994 and retired from the bench in March of 2016. She is     the ABA Justice Kennedy Commission on Sentencing, ABA
                          a graduate of University of Santa Clara School of Law, where    Judge’s Journal Editorial Board, and Chair of the ABA Judicial
                          she was Business Editor of the Santa Clara Law Review.          Division Conference of Specialized Court Judges. Judge
                          Judge Kato currently serves as Treasurer on the Executive       Kato is a frequent speaker and presenter at local, national,
                          Committee for the International Organization for Judicial       and international conferences and forums.
                          Training, as a consultant to the National Center for State
                          Courts, as a faculty member of the National Judicial College,
                          and as a volunteer for the King County Bar Association
                          Neighborhood Legal Clinic.

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 Cynt hia E . Na n c e (Cy nd i)
 Cha i r -Ele ct
                         Cynthia E. Nance (Cyndi) is a Sustaining Life Fellow and serves as Chair-Elect   examples of her commitment to service include her past roles as a member of
                         of the Fellows. She is Dean Emeritus and Nathan G. Gordon Professor at the       the Law School Admissions Council Board of Trustees, the Interfaith Worker
                         University of Arkansas School of Law. Ms. Nance earned her B.S. degree,          Justice Board, the Advisory Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility
                         magna cum laude, from Chicago State University. She holds a J.D., with           of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and as an Anti-Racism Trainer for the
                         distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law and an M.A. from the     Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She served as a member of the
                         University of Iowa College of Business. She joined the Arkansas Law faculty      Greensboro Massacre Truth and Reconciliation Commission Advisory Group,
                         as an assistant professor in 1994 and served as dean of the law school from      and the Boards of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, Sources
                         2006–2011. She teaches Labor and Employment Law, Workplace Legislation,          for Independent Living, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, and the
                         Lawyers as Leaders and Poverty Law.                                              Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Center.
                         Professor Nance is the former Eighth Circuit Member of the Association           Professor Nance’s articles appear in journals including the Iowa Law Review,
                         (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary and represents the ABA         Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Iowa Law Review, Rutgers Law
                         Labor and Employment Law Section in in House of Delegates. Nance is a            Review and Brandeis Law Review. She has given presentations on various legal
                         Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and an elected            and educational issues nationally as well as in Mexico, Brunei, Singapore,
                         member of its Board of Governors. She is also an elected member of the           and Ukraine. She served as keynote speaker for the Commonwealth of the
                         American Law Institute and The Labor Law Group and serves on the Arkansas        Northern Marianas’ inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration.
                         Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission. She is
                                                                                                          She has received various awards for her outstanding service, including the
                         also a former Council Member of the ABA Section of Legal Education and
                                                                                                          ABA Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement, Arthur A. Fletcher
                         Admission to the Bar.
                                                                                                          Award of the American Association for Affirmative Action, the ABA Spirit of
                         Nance is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association Commission on Diversity        Excellence Award, Arkansas Bar Association Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen
                         and the Arkansas Bar Foundation Trust Committee. An Association of American      Award, and the University of Arkansas, Faculty Distinguished Achievement
                         Law Schools Founding Fellow, she is a former chair of the AALS Labor and         Award in Public Service. She is a recipient of the Northwest Arkansas Martin
                         Employment Law and Employment Discrimination sections. Nance also                Luther King Commission Individual Achievement Award and was recognized
                         previously served on the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, the         as one of Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine’s “25 Women Making a
                         National Association of Law Placement Foundation Board and the Arkansas          Difference,” as a “Woman of Influence” by Arkansas Business, and as one of the
                         Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program Committee. Nance is a member of            most influential lawyers on Twitter by On Being a Black Lawyer. She has been
                         the Harold Flowers Law Society, an affiliate of the National Bar Association,    featured as one of Arkansas 12 Most Powerful Women by AY Magazine and
                         the International Women’s Forum, Arkansas Forum, and a Board Member of           Talk Business Quarterly. Professor Nance is also the inaugural recipient of the
                         the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame. She formerly served on the boards of          Harold Flowers Association’s Judge Andree Layton Roaf Award of Excellence
                         Welcome Health and Bikes, Blues and Barbecue of Northwest Arkansas. (Her         and received the Women Law Students’ Gayle Pettus Pontz award. In 2016,
                         bike is a Harley named Beatus meaning “blessed”.)                                Nance received the Community Leader Award from the Northwest Arkansas
                                                                                                          Worker Justice Center. Professor Nance views as her most special honor the
                         A member of the Phi Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
                                                                                                          fact that in 2009, the University of Arkansas’ Black Law Students Association
                         Incorporated, Professor Nance currently serves on the Graduate Advisor’s
                                                                                                          Chapter renamed its chapter the Cynthia E. Nance Chapter of BLSA.
                         Council and on the sorority’s International Standards Committee. Additional

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Frank’s dedication to running
                                  a successful practice extends to
                                  his commitment of service to
                                  his community, state, and the
                                  legal profession.

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 Dar rel l G. Mo t t l ey
 Se c re t a r y
                         Darrell G. Mottley serves as Secretary of the Fellows. Mr.       a former Chair, The DC Fellows, American Bar Foundation.
                         Mottley is a Sustaining Life Fellow and practices in the         He currently services as the Chair of the ABA Standing
                         Washington D.C. office of the Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. law firm.   Committee for Trade in Legal Services. His past leadership
                         Mr. Mottley is noted as a strategic advisor and counselor        and community service positions include: Executive Council,
                         who analyzes global intellectual property issues from legal      National Conference of Bar Presidents; Council of American
                         and business perspectives. He has worked extensively             Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law; Chair,
                         with starts-ups, privately and publicly held companies as        Editorial Board, American Bar Association, Landslide IP Law
                         virtual in-house counsel and as lead counsel on a wide array     Magazine; and Industrial Advisory Council, Virginia Tech,
                         of intellectual property issues. He advises on disruptive        College of Engineering.
                         innovation and high-technology intellectual property
                                                                                          Mr. Mottley is an Adjunct Faculty member of The George
                         matters in a wide variety of fields, such as cybersecurity,
                                                                                          Washington University Law School and Howard University
                         artificial intelligence, telecommunications, internet-related
                                                                                          School of Law. Mr. Mottley is also contributing author to
                         technology, medical devices, and electro-mechanical
                                                                                          the Thomson Reuters published book, Navigating Fashion
                         technologies. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Mottley was
                                                                                          Law: Leading Lawyers on Exploring the Trends, Cases, and
                         an engineer in private practice, in the federal government
                                                                                          Strategies of Fashion Law, in which he authored the section
                         and a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.
                                                                                          “The Tools for Protecting Fashion Law Clients.” Mr. Mottley
                         Mr. Mottley is a Past President of the District of Columbia      has been rated a SuperLawyer by Thomson Reuters in 2020.
                         Bar in Washington D.C. During his term as President, he          Mr. Mottley has been named an IP Star in the United States
                         emphasized lawyers should do more for access to justice          and in the District of Columbia by Managing Intellectual
                         and pro bono service for those in need. Mr. Mottley chaired      Property in 2013–2020. Mr. Mottley is listed in the World’s
                         the DC Bar Global Legal Practice Task Force studying the         Leading Patent Professionals for 2017–2020. He holds a
                         impact of globalization on the legal profession.                 law degree, with honors, from The George Washington
                                                                                          University; a Masters of Business Administration, and a
                         Mr. Mottley is currently a board member of the Council
                                                                                          Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science and Mechanics
                         for Court Excellence; and a board member of Rising For
                                                                                          from Virginia Tech.
                         Justice (formerly DC Law Students in Court). Mr. Mottley is

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 El l en M . Ja k ov i c
 Imme d i a t e Pa s t Ch a i r
                          Ellen M. Jakovic serves as Immediate Past Chair of the          the Bar Association of DC’s Annice M. Wagner Pioneer
                          Fellows. Ms. Jakovic is a past Chair of the Washington,         Award in 2014 and their Lawyer of the Year Award in 2019.
                          DC Fellows of the Foundation. She is a Benefactor Fellow
                                                                                          In addition to her bar association activities, Ms. Jakovic
                          is a recipient of the 2013 Fellows Outstanding State
                                                                                          serves as Chair of the Governing Board of the National
                          Chair Award.
                                                                                          Cathedral School, a girls college preparatory school in
                          Ms. Jakovic is a partner in the antitrust group at Kirkland &   Washington, DC, and is a past co-chair of the school’s
                          Ellis LLP, where she advises clients on the antitrust aspects   Annual Fund and Capital Campaign. She also currently
                          of complex mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures and        serves on the Governing Board of the Protestant Episcopal
                          coordinates U.S. and international merger control filing and    Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the Washington
                          clearance efforts. She is an active member of the Antitrust     National Cathedral and its sister institutions. Ms. Jakovic
                          Section of the American Bar Association and served as           served on the Board of Trustees of The Doane Stuart School,
                          co-editor for the fifth edition (2015) of the ABA Antitrust     a co-educational, interfaith college preparatory school in
                          Section’s Premerger Notification Practice Manual. She has       Albany, New York, from 2001 to 2019. In 2006, Ms. Jakovic
                          been named to the Washington DC Super Lawyers list since        received the school’s Right Reverend David Standish Ball
                          2014. Ms. Jakovic is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe        Distinguished Trustee Award for extraordinary service
                          Colleges, magna cum laude, and Harvard Law School,              and dedication to the school’s mission and, in 2013, she
                          where she served on the Board of Student Advisers.              received the schools’ Distinguished Alumni Award. Ms.
                                                                                          Jakovic is a Past Chair of the Board of CCBC Children’s
                          A leader in the DC legal community, Ms. Jakovic currently
                                                                                          Center, a preschool in Northwest Washington, DC, and has
                          serves on the Board of the Council for Court Excellence. Ms.
                                                                                          served on the governing boards of St. Albans School, a boys
                          Jakovic is a Past President of The Barristers, the Women’s
                                                                                          college preparatory school in Washington, DC, the Harvard
                          Bar Association of DC, and the Women’s Bar Association
                                                                                          Club of Washington, DC, and the Friends of Harvard
                          Foundation. She also has served on the governing boards of
                                                                                          Women’s Softball. She currently is active on the Harvard
                          the DC Bar, the DC Bar Foundation, the Bar Association of
                                                                                          Club’s Schools and Scholarships Committee.
                          DC and the Washington Foreign Law Society. She received

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The D.C. Bar Proudly Congratulates

               James J. Sandman                                                 Stephen A. Saltzburg
        Distinguished Life Fellow Award                                       Outstanding Service Award

      In recognition of a lifetime of sustained and significant         For adhering to the highest principles and traditions of
      professional achievement and public service, including            the legal profession and service to the public, including
      serving as president of the Legal Services Corporation            molding the minds of aspiring lawyers for nearly five
      (2011–2020), general counsel for D.C. Public Schools, and         decades. A D.C. Bar member since 1972, Mr. Saltzburg is
      D.C. Bar president (2006–2007), in addition to private            a staunch advocate of justice reform with a distinguished
                  practice spanning three decades.                             career in legal academia and government.

                   Best wishes from your friends and colleagues at the D.C. Bar!

                                         Serving our members so they can serve the community
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ABOUT

         TH E AM E R IC AN B AR FO UNDAT I O N                               T HE F EL LOWS OF
                                                                             T HE A MERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
         The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is the nation’s
         leading research institute for the empirical study of               The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation is
         law, legal institutions and legal processes. For over               an honorary organization limited to one percent
         sixty years the ABF has advanced the understanding                  of licensed lawyers in a jurisdiction. Fellows are
         and improvement of law through research projects                    practicing attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal
         of unmatched scale and quality on the most pressing                 scholars who have been elected by their peers
         issues facing the legal system in the United States and             because of their outstanding achievements in the legal
         the world. The ABF has a research faculty of over 25                profession. Established in 1955, the Fellows support
         prize-winning scholars who hold full-time appointments              the research work of the ABF through their annual
         at the ABF or joint appointments with Chicago-area                  contributions and sponsor seminars and events of
         universities. Recent awards include the Nobel Prize in              direct relevance to leaders of the legal profession.
         Economics, the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the John
         Bates Clark Medal in Economics, and fellowships at the
         Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
         and the Russell Sage Foundation. Current research
         efforts are addressing such topics as jury behavior, the
         dynamics of employment discrimination litigation, end-
         of-life surrogate decision-making, the changing career
         trajectories of young lawyers, and the relationship
         between criminal conviction and political engagement.

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A M E R I C A N B A R F O U N D AT I O N

                         OF F IC E R S A ND D I R E CTO R S               E X O F F I CIO
                         E. Thomas Sullivan – President, Burlington, VT   Patricia Lee Refo – President, American Bar Association
                         Jimmy K. Goodman – Vice President and            Reginald M. Turner, Jr. – President-Elect, American Bar
                         Secretary, Oklahoma City, OK                     Association
                         Walter L. Sutton, Jr. – Treasurer, Dallas, TX    Barbara J. Howard – Chair, House of Delegates, American
                         Paula E. Boggs – Sammamish, WA                   Bar Association

                         Michael H. Byowitz – New York, NY                Kevin L. Shepherd – Treasurer, American Bar Association

                         Jennifer Chacón – Los Angeles, CA                Carolynn Lamm – President, American Bar Endowment

                         Sandra J. Chan – Santa Barbara, CA               Roberta D. Liebenberg – Chair, Council of the Fund for
                                                                          Justice and Education, American Bar Association
                         Doreen D. Dodson – St. Louis, MO
                                                                          James Speta – Interim Dean – Northwestern University
                         George S. Frazza – New York, NY
                                                                          School of Law
                         Robert J. Grey, Jr. – Richmond, VA
                         Hon. Sophia H. Hall – Chicago, IL                A D M I NI STRATION
                         David S. Houghton – Omaha, NE
                                                                          Ajay K. Mehrotra – ABF Director and Research Professor
                         Harold D. Pope – Detroit, MI
                                                                          Kathy Pace – Director of Development
                         Lauren Robel – Bloomington, IN
                                                                          Natalie Shoop – Director of the Fellows
                         J. Logan Murphy – Tampa, FL
                                                                          Nina Darner – Communications and Development Associate
                                                                          Megan Greenfield – Development Associate
                                                                          Matthew Hannon – Database and Gift Processing Specialist
                                                                          Crissonna Tennison – Fellows Administrative Assistant
                                                                          Katy Traxler – Fellows Events Manager

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SPECIAL THANKS

                           t o Fe l low s at our High e st Giving Levels

                         P H IL AN T HR O P I ST F E LLOWS                           V I SI ONARY FEL LOWS
                         Philanthropist Fellows have contributed an aggregate        Visionary Fellows have contributed an aggregate of
                         of $50,000 or more to the American Bar Foundation.          $25,000–$49,999 to the American Bar Foundation.
                         + Indicates Sustaining Philanthropist Fellow (contributed   + Indicates Sustaining Visionary Fellow (contributed a
                         a minimum of $5,000 in fiscal year 2020–21)                 minimum of $2,500 in fiscal year 2020–21)

                         Michael H. Byowitz +                                        Jacqueline Allee
                         David A. Collins                                            Jimmy K. Goodman +
                         Ellen J. Flannery                                           James T. Halverson
                         David S. Houghton +                                         Daniel J. Hoffheimer
                         William H. Neukom +                                         Michael J. Horvitz +
                                                                                     Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr.
                                                                                     William G. Paul
                                                                                     Lauren Robel +
                                                                                     Miriam Shearing
                                                                                     David K. Y. Tang +
                                                                                     Rebecca Jean Westerfield
                                                                                     As of 2/05/21

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SPECIAL THANKS

LEA D ER S HIP F E LLOWS                                B E NE FACTO R F E LLOWS
Leadership Fellows have contributed an aggregate        Benefactor Fellows have contributed an aggregate
of $17,500–$24,999 to the American Bar Foundation.      of $10,000–$17,499 to the American Bar Foundation.
+ Indicates Sustaining Leadership Fellow (contributed   + Indicates Sustaining Benefactor Fellow (contributed
a minimum of $1,750 in fiscal year 2020–21)             a minimum of $1,000 in fiscal year 2020–21)

The Saltsburg Fund,                                     Timothy Joseph Abeska                George S. Frazza           Stephen Sandor Korniczky +        Kathleen M. Shay

 Karen Lake Buttrey (deceased),                         Brigitte Schmidt Bell                Robert L. Geltzer          William Norman Krucks +           Jonathan Henry Sherman

 Donald W. Buttrey                                      Gregory M. Bergman                   Jean and Leonard Gilbert   Jerry Lastelick                   John Sand Siffert
                                                        David Powers Berten                  Sheldon G. Gilman          Maryanne R. Lavan                 Myron T. Steele
Sandra J. Chan
                                                        Brooksley Elizabeth Born             Patricia L. Glaser +       James B. Lee                      Robert A. Stein
John P. Heinz +                                         Timothy W. Bouch                     Norman Goldberger +        Lori A. Martin +                  Guy M. Struve
William C. Hubbard +                                    Bobbe Jean Bridge                    Rew R. Goodenow            Judy Perry Martinez               E. Thomas Sullivan
                                                        David O. Brownwood                   Jamie S. Gorelick          Adebayo Oriola                    Walter L. Sutton, Jr. +
Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock
                                                        William A. Burck                     Kathryn O. Greenberg       Donald R. Osborn                  Michael Traynor +
Jonathan D. Schiller
                                                        Elizabeth J. Cabraser                Robert V. Gunderson, Jr.   Scott F. Partridge                David E. Van Zandt
Ezekiel Solomon AM                                      Dan O. Callaghan                     John F. Harkness, Jr.      Richard W. Pogue +                Virginia Guild Watkin
Larry W. Sonsini                                        James H. Carter                      Edwin A. Harnden +         Yvonne S. Quinn                   Alvin Weiss
                                                        Robert A. Clifford                   Gerald J Hayes             Hector Reichard De Cardona, Jr.   Bruce Lord Wilder
Reginald Turner
                                                        Irwin Mark Cohen                     Keith A. Hebeisen          Robert F. Riley +                 Donna C. Willard-Jones
Peter A. Winograd                                       Avern Cohn                           Steven Lyon Holley +       Russell M. Robinson II            William J. Williams, Jr.
                                                        Howard Coleman Coker                 Kathleen Joan Hopkins +    Ronald S. Rolfe +                 William E. Willis
                                                        William Thomas Coplin, Jr.           Richard R. Howe            Michael J. Rooney                 Donald Alan Workman
                                                        Joseph W. Cotchett                   Ellen M. Jakovic           W. Brian Rose                     Charles Alan Wright
                                                        K. A. Day +                          I.S. Leevy Johnson         Ellen F. Rosenblum                Douglas R. Young +
                                                        James P. DeAngelo                    Wilbur E. Johnson +        James B. Rosenblum
                                                        Charlton Dietz                       Robert M. Kaufman          Eric M. Roth +
                                                        Doreen D. Dodson +                   Linda A. Klein             James B. Sales
                                                        Laura M. Douglas                     Joseph P. Klock, Jr.       Dennis Arnold Schoville
                                                        Sarah Gemma Flanagan +               Frances A. Koncilja        Charles W. Schwartz

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PATRO N F E L LOWS
Patron Fellows have contributed an aggregate of $5,000–$9,999 to the American Bar Foundation.
+ Indicates Sustaining Patron Fellow (contributed a minimum of $500 in fiscal year 2020–21)

Arthur N. Abbe                     Leo Bearman, Jr.                   Peter Bubenzer              Mark D. Colley +              Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. +    David Charles Frederick +
Barry Abrams +                     David J. Beck                      Harold C. Buckingham, Jr.   Roxanne Barton Conlin         Karl John Ege               Paul E. Freehling
Patti L. Abramson                  Philip S. Beck                     Peter Buscemi +             John R. Connelly, Jr.         Dorothy Eisenberg           Kelly Frels
Edward A.K. Adler                  Lydia Irene Beebe +                John T. Cabaniss            Terrence M Connors            Mitchell S. Eitel           Lisa Michelle Frenkel
Deborah A. Agosti                  Martin D. Beirne                   David K. Callahan +         David M. Cook                 James J. Elacqua            Donald Fried
Gerald Aksen +                     Laurel G. Bellows                  Levin H. Campbell           Edward H. Cooper              Adam O. Emmerich            Kathleen O’Ferrall Friedman
Mark H. Alcott                     Lee Rimes Benton                   Robert M. Carlson +         John G. Corlew                Jo Ann Engelhardt +         W. Royal Furgeson, Jr.
H. William Allen                   Ronald L. Berenstain               Frank J. Carroll            Richard H. Critchlow          Allen D. Evans              John A. Gaberino, Jr.
Susan Frelich Appleton             Richard O. Berndt                  Francis D. Carter           Denis F. Cronin               Glenn Phillip Falk          James Gadsden
Joseph W. Armbrust, Jr.            Lalit Bhasin                       James R. Carter             Mariano-Florentino Cuellar    Laura Viviana Farber        Michelle Greer Galloway
James Robert Arnett II +           Michael W. Bien                    Christine M. Castellano     Robert J. Cunningham          Hubert A. Farbes, Jr.       David H. Gambrell
Lisa Gayle Arrowood                Donald W. Bivens                   Lauren James Caster         Mark W. Curnutte +            Susan Beth Farmer           Herbert S. Garten
Scott J. Atlas                     Jerry W. Blackwell                 Bennett W. Cervin           Harvey P. Dale                Sue Seibert Farnsworth      John Ralph Gilbert
Daniel F. Attridge                 Stanley Louis Blend                John Allen Chalk, Sr.       Paul R. D’Amato               Juli Farris                 John A. Girardi
Del William Atwood                 Daniel A. Boehnen +                Alec Y. Chang               Michael K. Demetrio           Joseph A. Fawal +           Thomas V. Girardi
Russell James Austin +             Paula E. Boggs +                   Daniel P. Chesire           James Vinson Derrick, Jr.     Robert R. Feagin III        Rosemary E. Giuliano
Sara A. Austin                     David Boies                        Robert L. Childers          David M. deRubertis           John D. Feerick and         Richard C. Godfrey
E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr.             Mary McInnis Boies                 J. Michelle Childs          Ellen Conedera Dial             Emalie Platt Feerick      Ronald Kinnan Golemon
Sylvia Bacon                       Wilber H. Boies +                  Sylvia Fung Chin +          Bernard J. DiMuro             Blair C. Fensterstock       Thomas A. Gottschalk
T. Maxfield Bahner                 Amelia H. Boss                     Donald J. Christl           Bernice B. Donald             Lucas A. Ferrara            William Andrew Gowder, Jr.
Mary Margaret Bailey               Joseph W. Boucher                  Joseph E. Cirigliano        Arthur Thomas Donato, Jr. +   Henry L. Feuerzeig          Maurice B. Graham
C. Ronald Baird                    Stephen S. Bowen +                 Thomas A. Clancy            David S. Doty                 Edward Ridley Finch, Jr.    Melanie Gray
Gail Dyer Baker                    D. C. Bradford III                 Bradley Clary +             Edward L. Dowd, Jr.           Jeffrey D. Fisher           Sibylle Grebe
Curtis H. Barnette                 Steve A. Brand                     William H. Clendenen, Jr.   George H.T. Dudley            Thomas M. Fitzpatrick       Bruce A. Green
Janice Gambino Barone              Lyle Richard Bratton               Glenn R. Coates             M. Douglas Dunn +             Don P. Foster               Sandra Greenblatt
Jane H. Barrett                    Steven H. Brose                    John F. Cogan, Jr.          Gregory Chris Dyekman         Dori B. Foster-Morales +    George William Gregory
James Bartimus                     Charles N. Brower                  Richard P. Cole             Paul F. Eckstein +            William E. Fox              Robert J. Grey, Jr.
Janet Ellen Barton                 William H. Brown III               Thomas A. Cole              Gerald M. Edenfield           Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. +   Anthony J. Griffith

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SPECIAL THANKS

PATRO N F E L LOWS c on tin u e d
Benjamin E. Griffith +        Donald B. Hilliker      Philip J. Kessler         Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr.    William J. Mueller           Irving H. Picard
Stuart Z. Grossman            Jeffrey L. Hirsch +     Henry S. Keuling-Stout    Barbara M.G. Lynn           Mary Mullarkey               Spiwe L. Jefferson
Michael Donwell Gunter        Kay H. Hodge            Loren Kieve +             Barbara N. Lyons            Robert H Mundheim            Vincent F. Pitta +
James T. Haight +             Jennifer Bruch Hogan    Charles C. Kingsley       Eric N. Macey               Earl H. Munson, Jr.          Maury B. Poscover
John H. Hall                  Sheila S. Hollis        Robert D. Klausner        Marc J. Manderscheid        Linda Strite Murnane, USAF   John B. Power
Sophia H. Hall                L. Tyrone Holt          John T. Knox              Lawrence A. Manson +        Gary Philip Naftalis         Joseph A. Power, Jr.
Leon P. Haller                Zona F. Hostetler       Thomas E. Kopil           Amy Cashore Mariani +       Joseph G. Nassif             John Dale Powers
Philip M. Halpern             Barbara J. Howard       Edward F. Koren           Heman A. Marshall III       George M. “Jack” Neal, Jr.   Anne Pramaggiore
James Hamilton                Jo Ann Jay Howard       Robert J. Krapf           Raymond Lee Massey          Claud Dent Neilson           Roger A. Putnam
Sam and June Hamra            W. Stell Huie           Jane Kreusler-Walsh       Michael E. Massie           Frank X. Neuner, Jr.         Charles J. Queenan, Jr.
Arthur J. Harrington          Wallace B. Jefferson    Scott C. Krist +          Barbara Mendel Mayden       John W. Norman +             Elise Rabekoff
Albert C. Harvey              Jorge R. Jimenez        William F. Kroener III    Adrianne C. Mazura +        Bernard W. Nussbaum          Alan S. Rachlin
Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.        Earl Johnson, Jr.       Jeffrey R. Kuester        Catherine Stevens McClure   John J. Okray                Bruce M. Ramer
Harry L. Hathaway             Justin M. Johnson       William F Kuntz II +      Daniel M. McClure           Jack H. Olender              Roberta Cooper Ramo
Barry C. Hawkins +            Kile W. Johnson         Thomas R. Lalla, Jr.      Lorraine S. McGowen         John F. Olson                Linda L. Randell +
John Haworth                  Bernard Jolles          Ronald Larson             Marcia M. McMurray +        John J. O’Malley             Richard J. Rappaport
Harry J. Haynsworth IV        Amanda Jones            James K. Lehman           Kurt W. Melchior            Angela Onwuachi-Willig       Robert M. Raymer
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr.        Candace M. Jones        Arthur W. Leibold, Jr.    Michael J Mestayer +        John E. Osborn               Harry M. Reasoner
Henry L. Hecht                E. Stewart Jones, Jr.   Thomas C. Leighton        Jack B. Middleton           Jennifer L. Parent +         Patricia Lee Lee Refo
Ben W. Heineman, Jr.          James F. Jorden         Ava E. Lias-Booker        George J. Mihlsten          Robert L. Parks              Abraham Charles Reich
William D. Heinz Charitable   William F. Joy          Susan B. Lindenauer       Richard W. Millar, Jr. +    Cecil B. Patterson, Jr.      Daniel Reidy
 Fund                         Robert E. Juceam        Diana C. Liu              Judith A. Miller +          J.A. (Tony) Patterson, Jr.   Robert M. Rhodes
John J. Held                  Paul A. Kastler         Leslie E. Lo Baugh, Jr.   Robert W. Minto, Jr.        Richard Pena                 Joseph F. Rice
Stephen J. Herman             Eileen A. Kato +        Evan L. Loeffler          Thomas J. Moloney           Jimmie Cecil Peters          Paul F. Richard
Andrew L. Herz                Stanley Keller          Raymond S. Londa          David C. Moody              Roderick Norman Petrey       Henry duPont Ridgely
James W. Hewitt               Erin E. Kelly           Deborah J. Long           James C. Mordy              Christopher John Pettit      James F. Rill
Robert B. Hiden, Jr.          David E. Keltner        Robert A. Longhi          John H. Morrison            Philip John Pfeiffer         James C. Rinaman
Benjamin H. Hill III          James A. Kenney III     Robert Henry Louis        Patrick C. Morrow           Carter G. Phillips           Nelson Roach
Robert F. Hill +              Ted M. Kerr             Christopher H. Lunding    Robert Thompson Mowrey +    Joy Lambert Phillips         Kathryn E. B. Robb

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