Each year at our Annual Justice Celebration, Modern Courts recognizes two attorneys for their outstanding contributions toward improving justice in New York State. You can read more about the awards here.
Justice Celebration Award Recipients
2024
- Susan Kohlmann – Robert M. Kaufman Memorial Award Honoree
- Janet Sabel – Fern Schair Public Service Award Honoree
(In 2024 the Annual Justice Award was renamed in honor of Robert M. Kaufman)
Previous Justice Award Recipients
2023
- Jeffrey L. Kessler – McCloy Honoree
- Barbara S. Jones – Fern Schair Public Service Award Honoree
2022
- Sheila S. Boston – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. John Gleeson – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2021
- Brad Karp, Esq. – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Juanita Bing Newton – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2020
- Richard A. Edlin, Esq. – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Judy Harris Kluger – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2019
- Hon. Robert Morgenthau – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2018
- Jeh Charles Johnson – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Randall T. Eng – Career Public Service Award Honoree
- Hon. Karen K. Peters – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2017
- Alan Levine – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2016
- Harlan A. Levy – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Jonathan Lippman – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2015
- Gary P. Naftalis – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo – Career Public Service Award Honoree
2014
- Hon. E. Leo Milonas – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Michael A. Cardozo – Career Public Service Honoree
2013
- Mel M. Immergut – McCloy Honoree
- Helaine M. Barnett – Career Public Service Honoree
2012
- Mary Jo White – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Ann T. Pfau – Career Public Service Honoree
2011
- Stephen P. Younger – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Richard Brown – Career Public Service Honoree
2010
- Bernard Nussbaum – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. John R. Dunne – Career Public Service Honoree
2009
- Daniel R. Alonso – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Judith S. Kaye – Career Public Service Award
2008
- Carey R. Dunne – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. Zachary W. Carter – Career Public Service Award
2007
- Samuel W. Seymour – McCloy Honoree
- Hon. George Bundy Smith – Career Public Service Award
2006 – 1993
- 2006 – Bettina B. Plevan
- 2005 – Robert D. Joffe
- 2004 – Roy L. Reardon
- 2003 – Sheila Birnbaum
- 2002 – Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa
- 2001 – Victor A. Kovner
- 2000 – Dean John D. Feerick
- 1999 – Fern Schair
- 1998 – Hon. Hugh R. Jones
- 1997 – Robert M. Kaufman
- 1996 – Hon. Edward I. Koch
- 1995 – Hon. Hugh L. Carey
- 1994 – Cyrus R. Vance
- 1993 – Robert MacCrate