HBA-DC EQUAL JUSTICE AWARDS A SUCCESS
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Posted by: Michael Gonzalez
On Thursday, November 10, 2011, HBA-DC held the 34th Annual Equal Justice Awards Ceremony & Reception at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. With over 300 people in attendance, it was the largest Equal Justice event to date. Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez delivered keynote remarks.
HBA-DC presented the Judge Ricardo M. Urbina Lifetime Achievement Award to the Honorable Hiram Puig-Lugo of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; the Hugh A. Johnson, Jr., Memorial Awards to Rosanne Aviles, Senior Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society, and to Liberty’s Promise, a non-profit organization that assists young, D.C. area immigrants in need, while encouraging them to be active and conscientious citizens; and the Rising Star Award was presented to M. Lucero Ortiz, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Labor. The event was covered in Bisnow and the Blog of the Legal Times. To read the event coverage, please go to www.biznow.com and legaltimes.com. Many thanks to the committee, student volunteers, and everyone else who helped make the event a success.
HBA President - William
Rivera, HBA President-Elect
- Lyzka De La Cruz, The Honorable Hiram Puig-Lugo,
Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia Recipient of the
Judge Ricardo M. Urbina Lifetime Achievement Award,DC District Court Judge Ricardo
Urbina (Ret.)
HBA President - William
Rivera, HBA President-Elect
- Lyzka De La Cruz, M. Lucero Ortiz, Special
Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of
Labor- Recipient of the Rising Star Award
HBA President - William
Rivera, HBA President-Elect
- Lyzka De La Cruz,
Rosanne Avilés, Supervising
Attorney, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia Recipient of the Hugh
A. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Award (individual)
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