About Us - Award for Courageous Advocacy

In 1964 the American College of Trial Lawyers Award for Courageous Advocacy was established. The Award may be made to any lawyer, whether or not a Fellow of the College.

The particular courageous advocacy for which the recipient is selected need not have been rendered during the year in which the selection is made.

The Award is in the form of a scroll making appropriate reference to the particular representation or cause involved.

Recipients of the Award have been:

• Bryan A. Stevenson 2004
• Oliver W. Hill, FACTL 2001
• Nickolas C. Murnion 2000
• W. Glen How, Q.C. 1997
• Julius L. Chambers, FACTL 1994
• Max D. Stern, FACTL 1992
• Hon. Robert J. Lewis, Jr. 1991
• Stanton Bloom 1990
• William R. Gray, FACTL 1985
• Robert W. Meserve, FACTL 1979
• Barnabas F. Sears, FACTL 1975
• Leon Jaworski, FACTL 1975
• George E. Allen, FACTL 1965

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