MANDATE: The Thurgood Marshall Equality and Justice Award, named for the revered lawyer, civil rights advocate and first Black Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is to be given from time to time to an individual who has been a champion of justice and equality in all forms, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation or other form. The candidate must possess vision, courage, and fortitude, and must have stood steadfast in the passionate and effective pursuit of equal justice under the law.
Committee Members
Andrea La'Verne Edney
Chair
Butler Snow LLP
Ridgeland, MS
Lamont A. Jefferson
Vice Chair
Jefferson Cano
San Antonio, TX
Virgil L. Adams
Member
Adams Jordan & Herrington PC
Macon, GA
Maria S. Aguilera
Member
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Pleasant S. Brodnax III
Member
Law Office of Pleasant S. Brodnax, III
Washington, DC
Louis Charette
Member
Superior Court of Quebec Palais de Justice
Montreal, QC
Frederic P. Gilbert
Member
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Montreal, QC
Michael N. Herring
Member
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond, VA
Isabelle A. Kirshner
Member
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder
New York, NY
Laura L. Mills
Member
Mills, Mills, Fiely & Lucas LLC
Canton, OH
Kenneth A. Murphy
Member
Ashok Ramani
Member
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Menlo Park, CA
Suzelle M. Smith
Member
Howarth & Smith
Los Angeles, CA
Douglas R. Young
Member
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
San Francisco, CA
Gregory K. Wells
Regent
Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP
Rockville, MD