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Equal Justice Awards Honorees
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina Lifetime Achievement Awards*

2001 Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina
2002 Hon. Vanessa Ruiz
2003 Dean Claudio Grossman
2004 Hon. Jose Lopez
2005 Amb. Mari Carmen Aponte
2006 Hon. Roel C. Campos
2007 Hon. Juan Vasquez
2008 Raul Tapia*
2009 Hon. Laura Cordero
2010 Hon. Rufus G. King III
2011 Hon. Hiram Puig-Lugo
2012 Hon. John Trasvina
2013 Robert Raben
2014 Judge Jimmie V. Reyna
2015 Alfred Baltazar Baca
2016 María E. Holleran Rivera
2017 Julio A. Castillo
2018 Policarpio A. Marmolejos
2019 Ramona E. Romero
2020 Hon. Rudolph Contreras
2021 Fernando J. Rivero (posthumous)
2022 Ignacia S. Moreno
2023 Mayda Colón Tsaknis

*Raul Tapia received the HBA-DC Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Hispanic Attorney of the Year Awards

2019 Juan M. Sempertegui

2020 Catherine Meza

2021 Jan Singelmann

2022 Nelly Montenegro

2023 Carmen Iguina González
 

Hugh A. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Awards

  Individual Organization
 1998 Norma Cantu Mary's Center
 2000 Marisa Demeo Spanish Education Development (SED) Center
 2001 Ida Castro Carlos Rosario International Career Center
 2002 Lillian Fernandez Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy
 2003  R. Alexander Acosta AU Hispanic Law Students Association
 2004 Mayda Colon Tsaknis Latin American Youth Center
 2005 Dr. Juan Romagoza The George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic
 2006 Marian Urquilla The D.C. Employment Justice Center
 2007 Maria Tukeva The Equal Rights Center
 2008 Christina Sarchio CentroNia
 2009 Prof. Anthony Varona The Latino Student Fund
 2010 Yvonne Martinez-Vega The Esperanza Education Fund
 2011 Rosanne Aviles Liberty's Promise
 2012 James Ferg-Cadima New Futures
 2013 Sonia Gutierrez CAIR Coalition
 2014 Gabby Pacheco Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs
 2015 Monica Palacio Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington
 2016 James J. Sandman Tahirih Justice Center
 2017 Abel Enrique Núñez Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services Program
 2018 Sulma D. Arias The Abramson Scholarship Foundation
 2019 Maria S. Gomez Legal Counsel for the Elderly
 2020 M. Lucero Ortiz Neighborhood Legal Services Program
 2021 Sandra Chavez Bellew United for Social Justice (USJ)
 2022 Tovah R. Calderón The Latino Student Fund
2023Carmen Milagros BanerjeeLatino Economic Development Center
 

Prior Hugh A. Johnson, Jr. Awardees

Mari Carmen Aponte

Baltazar Baca

Maria Holleran Rivera

Mario Morena

Luis Rumbaut

William Van Wyke

American University Washington College of Law

Arnold & Porter LLP

Ayuda, Inc.

CARECEN

GANAS

Washington Lawyer's Committee For Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 

 

Rising Star Awards

2006 William Agosto (D.C. Superior Court), Hannah M. Breshin-Otero (Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP), Troup B. Coronado (BellSouth Corporation), Elvin Crespo (U.S. Postal Inspection Service), Marisa Demeo (U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia), Eric M. Gutierrez (MALDEF), Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan (Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives), Suzzette Rodriguez Hurley (Jones Day), Juan Carlos Iturregui (Foundation for Inter-American Development), Yamil Jaskille (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission); Louis Lopez (Federal Bureau of Investigation), Juan P. Morillo (Sidley Austin LLP), Richard D. Chavez-Mosier (Covington & Burling LLP), Mariela Olivares (Ayuda Inc.), David M. Orta (Arnold & Porter LLP), Marlon Quintanilla Paz (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission), Joseline Pena-Melnyk (College Park City Council), Antonio Perez (Catholic University Columbus School of Law), William Alvarado Rivera (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services), Major Luisa Santiago (National Security Agency), Omar Vargas (PepsiCo), Anthony E. Varona (American University Washington College of Law), Adriana Ysern (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) 

2009 Jordi de Llano

2010 Alejandra Castillo

2011 M. Lucero Ortiz

2012 Benjamin Hernandez-Stern

2013 Eissa Villasenor

2014 Mara Giorgio

2015 Marina A. Torres

2016 Roman Martinez

2017 Adrian Alvarez

2018 Catherine Cone & Wandaly Esther Fernandez

2019 Lillian A. Cardona & Paulina N. Vera

2020 Andrea E. Senteno & Raúl E. Garcia

2021 Alejandra Ávila

2022 César López-Morales

2023 Beatriz Aguirre & Gidget Benitez