Justice John Paul Stevens Award
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The Justice John Paul Stevens Award was conceived by Justice Stevens’ former law clerks, and was first presented in September of 2000. This award, given by The Chicago Bar Foundation and The Chicago Bar Association, honors Justice Stevens, a Chicago native, for his lifetime effort to improve the system of justice and his active participation and dedication to the CBA. The award is presented annually to attorneys who best exemplify the Justice’s commitment to integrity and public service in the practice of law.
Our Past Stevens Award Recipients
2022
Hon. Arnette R. Hubbard
Hon. Thomas R. Mulroy
Steven F. Pflaum
Lowell Sachnoff
Sandra S. Yamate
2021
Karina Ayala-Bermejo
Anne L. Fredd
Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer
Larry Suffredin
Hon. James E. Snyder
2020
Marisel A. Hernandez
Terrence M. Murphy
Jennifer Nijman
Zaldwaynaka (“Z”) Scott
Hon. E. Kenneth Wright Jr.
2019
Hon. Sharon Johnson Coleman
Hon. Lori E. Lightfoot
Hon. William D. Maddux
Hon. Sheila M. Murphy
Joseph A. Power, Jr.
Mark L. Rotert
2018
Laurel G. Bellows
Carol A. Brook
Kevin P. Durkin
John N. Gallo
Terri L. Mascherin
Hon. P. Scott Neville, Jr.
Hon. Jesse G. Reyes
Hon. Mary K. Rochford
Tina Tchen
2017
Hon. Ruben Castillo
Robert A. Clifford
Hon. Nathaniel R. Howse, Jr.
Hon. Joan Humphrey Lefkow
Richard J. Prendergast
Larry R. Rogers, Sr.
Ronald S. Safer
Hon. Mary Jane Theis
Dan K. Webb
2016
George B. Collins
Brian L. Crowe
Thomas A. Demetrio
Thomas Anthony Durkin
J. Timothy Eaton
Josie M. Gough
Joan M. Hall
Eileen M. Letts
Joseph L. Stone
2015
Peter J. Birnbaum
James R. Figliulo
Edward I. Grossman
Hon. Shelvin Louise Marie Hall
Paula H. Holderman
Mary Meg McCarthy
Daniel E. Reidy
William A. Von Hoene, Jr.
2014
Kimball R. Anderson
Hon. Joy V. Cunningham
Kevin M. Forde
Hon. Michael B. Hyman
Hon. Thomas L. Kilbride
Jean P. Kamp
Gordon B. Nash, Jr.
Kerry R. Peck
2013
William F. Conlon
Hon. William H. Hooks
Hon. Warren D. Wolfson
Hon. Diane P. Wood
2012
Anita Alvarez
Jeffrey D. Colman
Hon. Joan B. Gottschall
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr.
Hon. James F. Holderman
Willie J. Miller, Jr.
2011
Ellen E. Douglass
Patrick J. Fitzgerald
David C. Hilliard
2010
Hon. Wayne R. Andersen
Hon. Sophia H. Hall
2009
Hon. Marvin E. Aspen
Lawrence E. Kennon
Terence F. MacCarthy
Howard J. Trienens
2008
Hon. Thomas R. Fitzgerald
John B. Simon
Hon. Ann C. Williams
2007
Leon M. Despres
James D. Montgomery
Sheldon H. Roodman
Sr. Catherine M. Ryan
2006
Hon. Anne M. Burke
Donald Hubert
Hon. Charles P. Kocoras
Thomas H. Morsch
2005
George M. Burditt
Hon. Timothy C. Evans
Hon. Abner J. Mikva
Hon. Ilana Diamond Rovner
2004
Martha Mills
George Overton
Hon. Seymour Simon
2003
Hon. Joel M. Flaum
Hon. Earl E. Strayhorn
Hon. James R. Thompson
2002
George Cotsorilos
Hon. Mary Ann McMorrow
Newton Minow
2001
Hon. Richard J. Fitzgerald
Dolores K. Hanna
Robert A. Helman
Hon. Prentice H. Marshall
Earl L. Neal
Alexander Polikoff
2000
Jean Allard
Hon. William J. Bauer
Phillip H. Corboy
Milton H. Gray
Hon. George N. Leighton
Dawn Clark Netsch
Jerold S. Solovy
Thomas P. Sullivan