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Fellows News
February 2020
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A letter from 2010-2020 Fellows Chair:
Ellen M. Jakovic
Dear Colleagues,
As the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting approaches, I am excited to share with you the schedule of Fellows events that will be taking place shortly in Austin, Texas.
Our program will begin on Friday afternoon, February 14, with a free CLE research seminar entitled "Speaking for the Dying: Life, Death and Law." The panel will include ABF Researcher Susan P. Shapiro, who will share her findings following over two years of observations of life-and-death decision-making in intensive care units in Chicago.
Later that evening, join us for a night of music, food and friends at the Fellows Opening Reception, taking place at the Bullock Texas State History Museum. Guests will have full access to the museum, including special exhibits.
The next morning, Fellows and their guests may join us for a two-hour guided bus tour of Austin's musical heritage, featuring key neighborhoods and iconic venues.
The 64th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet will take place Saturday evening, and will feature keynote remarks by Jamie Gorelick, Patron Fellow and past Deputy Attorney General of the United States. We will also honor our three outstanding 2020 Fellows Award winners, featured below.
Finally, please join us on Sunday evening for our Fellows Sing-Along. Fellows may participate in singing, or enjoy a nightcap with friends as a relaxing way to close out the conference.
Please find a detailed schedule of all Fellows events at Midyear below.
On behalf of the Fellows Officers, we look forward to seeing you in Austin!
Sincerely,
Ellen M. Jakovic
Chair of the Fellows
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Ellen M. Jakovic
Chair
Washington, D.C.
Hon. Eileen A. Kato (Ret.)
Chair-Elect
Seattle, WA
Dean Emeritus
Cynthia E. Nance
Secretary
Fayetteville, AR
Reginald M. Turner
Immediate Past Chair
Detroit, MI
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Make Your Annual Contribution
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Fellows in the News
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Congratulations to the following Fellows for their outstanding achievements!
Supreme Court associate justice and DC Patron Fellow, was awarded the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture in October 2019
New York Life Fellow, received the Leonard L. Silverstein Lifetime Achievement Award from Bloomberg Tax and Accounting.
Ohio Visionary Fellow, was inducted into the Cincinnati Country Day School Chieftain Society
South Carolina Fellow, received the prestigious Jean Galloway Bissell Award from the South Carolina Women lawyers Association (SCWLA)
Michigan Fellow, was appointed to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Delaware Life Fellow, was appointed to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Working Group on Legal Opinions Foundation
Arizona Life Fellow, was inducted into the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame
District of Columbia Fellow and senior judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, has been named Judicial Honoree of the Year by the Bar Association of the Distruct of Columbia
New York Fellow, received the 2019 Paul Steven Miller Memorial Award at the 14th Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law
Minnesota Life Fellow, became the Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Construction Law
California Life Fellow, was honored with the California Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award
North Carolina Life Fellow, received the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina State Bar
Minnesota Fellow, became the first woman promoted to Two-Star General in the Minnesota National Guard
Georgia Benefactor Fellow, was recently appointed to the Carter Center Board of Councilors
Have you won an award or received an honor lately? Published a book? Have you done a Ted Talk?
We give you bragging rights! Please email submissions to
[email protected]
. Submissions are posted to our webpage,
"Fellows in the News"
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Recent Fellows Events
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October 16, 2019
Featured
Elizabeth Andersen, ABF Fellow and Executive Director of the World Justice Project. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
October 30, 2019
This event was hosted by New Jersey State Co-Chairs Lisa J. Rodriguez and Lynn Newsome.
November 7, 2019
Featured University of Chicago Sociology Professor
Robert Vargas, who gave a presentation entitled"Racial Inequality in Chicago Ward Redistricting: 1923 - 2015." Hosted by State Chair Michael J. Hernandez. Special thanks to Franczek P.C. for sponsoring.
November 7, 2019
Featured Utah Supreme Court Justice
Constandinos "Deno" Himonas
, Utah State Bar Past President
John Lund
, and Utah State Bar Ethics Committee Past Chair
Steve Johnson
, who discussed
"The New Age of Regulatory Reform for Lawyers."
Hosted by State Chair Julianne P. Blanch.
November 7, 2019
Featured ABF Fellows Cocktail reception and exclusive tour of the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Juanita B. Luis and Marc J. Manderscheid. Special thanks to Thomson Reuters and Briggs and Morgan for sponsoring.
November 14, 2019
Featuring Professor
Shari S. Diamond, ABF Research Professor & Northwestern University Law Professor. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Jaime Hawk and Sarah A. Dunne. Special thanks to Perkins Coie for sponsoring.
November 19, 2019
Honoring ABA President Elect
Patricia L. Refo. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
December 3, 2019
Featuring Professor
Elizabeth Mertz, ABF Researcher & University of Wisconsin Law Professor. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Judge Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
December 7, 2019
Featuring Chief Justice
Lawton Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Anne E. Burke, M. Kathryn Webb and Laura Lynn Ice.
December 16, 2019
Featured
Judy Perry Martinez
, 2019-20 President of the American Bar Found
ation. Hosted by State Chair Robert E. Hauberg, Jr. Special thanks to Baker Donelson for sponsoring.
Held in conjunction with the 2020 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
January 18, 2020
Featured
Judy Perry Martinez, 2019-20 President of the American Bar Foundation. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Elwood F. Cahill, Jr and Frank X. Neuner Jr. Special thanks to Neuner Pate and Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert for sponsoring.
January 28, 2020
Featured
Angela P. Harris, American Bar Foundation 2019-20 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law and Professor Emerita at UC Davis School of Law. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Judge Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
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Fellows Emblem
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We are delighted to share with you our Fellows emblem, ready to display on your firm or personal website!
Please email the
Fellows Staff with the subject line "ABF Emblem" to receive a copy of the image and display instructions.
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Life Fellow Giving Societies
We would like to thank the Philanthropist Fellows, Visionary Fellows, and Leadership Fellows for their generosity and dedication to support the work of the American Bar Foundation.
Philanthropist Fellows
Contributed a
n aggregate of at least $50,000
+ Indicates Sustaining Philanthropist Fellow (contributed a minimum of $5,000 for fiscal year 2019-20)
Michael H. Byowitz, New York, NY +
David A. Collins, Beverly Hills, MI
Ellen J. Flannery, Washington, DC
David S. Houghton, Omaha, NE +
William H. Neukom, Seattle, WA +
Visionary Fellows
Contributed an aggregat
e of at least $25,000
+ Indicates Sustaining Visionary Fellow (contributed a minimum of $2,500 for fiscal year 2019-20)
Jacqueline Allee, Coral Gables, FL
John J. Creedon, Larchmont, NY
Jimmy K. Goodman, Oklahoma City, OK +
James T. Halverson
, University Park, FL
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati, OH
Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr., Hinsdale, IL
William G. Paul, Oklahoma City, OK
Miriam Shearing, Las Vegas, NV
David K.Y. Tang, Seattle, WA +
Rebecca Jean Westerfield, San Francisco, CA
Leadership Fellows
Contributed an aggregate of at least $17,500
+ Indicates Sustaining Leadership Fellow (contributed a minimum of $1,750 for fiscal year 2019-20)
Donald W. Buttrey, Indianapolis, IN
Sandra J. Chan, Santa Barbara, CA
John P. Heinz, Chicago, IL
Michael J. Horvitz, Cleveland, OH
William C. Hubbard, Columbia, SC +
Toni Rembe, San Francisco, CA
Lauren Robel, Bloomington, IN
Jonathan D. Schiller, New York, NY
Ezekiel Solomon, AM, Sydney, NSW
Larry W. Sonsini, Palo Alto, CA
Reginald Turner, Detroit, MI
Peter A. Winograd, Albuquerque, NM
We would also like to thank our recent
Sustaining Life Fellows for their support and continued generosity! Sustaining Life Fellows are Life Fellows who contribute a minimum of $300 annually. To view a list of new Sustaining Life Fellows since September 1, 2019, please
click here.
For a complete list of all
Life Fellow Giving Society Members, please
click here. Lists are updated at the end of the month.
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February 12-17 2020
Austin, Texas
JW Marriot
110 E. 2nd Street
We hope you will join us at the upcoming Midyear Meeting in beautiful Austin, Texas! Remember to stop by our registration desk at the JW Marriot and pick up your Fellows ribbon. Please click
here
to read more about this year's meeting and to register.
Fellows Registration
JW Marriot
110 E. 2nd Street
Wednesday, February 12, 3:00 pm-6:00 pm
Thursday, February 13, 7:30 am- 5:00 pm
Friday, February 14, 7:30 am- 5:00 pm
Saturday, February 15, 7:30 am-5:00 pm
Friday, February 14, 2020
2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Fellows CLE Research Seminar (CLE Requested):
"Speaking for the Dying: Life, Death and Law"
Seven in ten Americans over the age of 60 who require medical decisions in the final days of life lack capacity to make them. For many of us, the biggest life-and-death decisions
--literally--of our lives or of those we love will be made by someone else.
The recent publication of
Speaking for the Dying: Life-and-Death Decisions in Intensive Care
by ABF research professor, Susan Shapiro, coincided with the passage of a new ABA resolution that reconsiders the role of lawyers in advance care planning. This research seminar marries these empirical and policy perspectives. Shapiro draws upon more than two years of observations in intensive care units to describe how life-and-death decisions are made. In addition to describing the new ABA guidance for lawyers, the panel will also provide the perspective of an ethics consultant facing these wrenching decisions on the ground, day after day.
This program is sponsored by the ABA Commission on Law and Aging, ABA Health Law Section, ABA Judicial Division, ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, ABA Section of Family Law, ABA Senior Lawyers Division, ABA Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, and ABA Young Lawyers Division.
Moderated By: Jo Ann Engelhardt,
Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor, Bessemer Trust
Panelists:
6:30pm-8:30pm
Fellows Opening Reception
$100 per person
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Join us for an evening filled with music, food and friends! Fellows will have access to the full Museum exhibits offering a view of continually unfolding story of Texas from the revolutionary years of the Republic to its rise to statehood and economic expansion into oil drilling and space exploration. Special exhibits highlight the Texas suffrage movement and home-grown musicians.
The Fellows gratefully recognize Gold Sponsor:
Saturday, February 15, 2020
10:00 am- 12:00 pm
Fellows Tour (Ticketed Event)
$55 per person
Guided Tour of Austin's Musical History
Join us for a guided bus tour of Austin's musical heritage and what makes it the "Live Music Capital of the World." We'll visit key heritage neighborhoods and musical sites, starting at 6
th
Street, the epicenter of today's nightlife scene. Hear about Austin legends such as Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Round trip tour bus provided from the JW Marriott hotel.
6:00 pm-10:00 pm
64th Annual Fellows Awards Banquet (Ticketed Event)
$155 per person
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, The University of Texas at Austin
(2110 San Jacinto Boulevard)
Keynote remarks:
Partner at WilmerHale and former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
The Fellows gratefully recognize Gold Sponsors:
Sunday, February 16, 2020
11:00 am-1:00 pm
Fellows State Chair Workshop and Luncheon
This working lunch is a great opportunity for State Chairs (new and experienced) to interact with the Fellows staff and officers and learn more about the role of a State Chair.
9:00 pm-???
Fellows Sing-Along
What better way to top off a long day of meetings than with a relaxed evening of sing-along favorites? Bring a friend and enjoy this lively Fellows tradition. Not much of a singer? No problem! Join us for a nightcap and enjoy the entertainment.
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nnouncing the 2020 ABF Fellows Award Honorees
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The Fellows are pleased to announce the 2020 Fellows Awards honorees. The 64th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet will take place on February 15, 2020 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.
Outstanding Service Award:
Partner, WilmerHale;
Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Outstanding Scholar Award:
Agnes Roddy Robb Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley
Outstanding State Chair Award:
New York State Fellows Co-Chairs
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York
Of Counsel and General Counsel Emeritus at Epstein Becker Green
Tickets to the 64th Annual American Bar Foundation Fellows Awards Banquet are available
online here!
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For information about being a table sponsor or recognizing award honorees in the Banquet Program Book by
purchasing a tribute ad
,
please contact
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Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Late last year, it was announced that ABF Patron Fellow and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been honored with the $1 million
2019
Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture
. Ginsburg donated the award money to five dozen organizations that reflect her personal causes, including the
American Bar Foundation (ABF)
. She previously served as an ABF board member, is a long-time ABF
Patron Fellow
, and received the ABF Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award in 1995.
"The ABF is honored to be among the organizations that received an award donation from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg," said ABF Executive Director Ajay K. Mehrotra. "As a former board member and Patron Fellow, Justice Ginsburg has played a key role in making the ABF the institution that it is today."
In addition to the ABF, Ginsburg donated award proceeds to other organizations that reflect her personal causes including the Malala Fund, the American Cancer Society, the Metropolitan Opera, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Smile Train.
Ginsburg previously received numerous awards, including the American Bar Association's highest honor, the ABA Medal; the Thurgood Marshall Award; and the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. Additional honors include the Genesis Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Jewish Culture in Sweden's Gilel Storch Award, in recognition of her contributions to gender equality and civil rights.
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We Want Your News Items!
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Please remember to contact the Fellows team at
[email protected] with submissions to our news webpage,
Fellows in the News. Whether you have won an award, published an article, or been recognized for your service to the profession, we want to highlight the achievements of our Fellows!
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Welcome New Fellows!
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Please join us in welcoming the newest members of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation! For a complete list of new Fellows inducted since September 1, 2019, please click
here!
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quality, affordable insurance, underwritten by New York Life Insurance Company, a trusted insurer, while giving back to the good works of the legal profession.
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