Recipients of Awards Presented by the Commercial & Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association

Stanley H. Fuld Award
2023 – Hon. P. Kevin Castel
2022 – Hon. Leonard B. Austin
2021 – Not Presented
2020 – Hon. John G. Koeltl
2019 – Hon. Richard Sullivan
2018 – Hon. Charles E. Ramos
2017 – United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
2016 – Hon. Sheila Abdus-Salaam
2015 – Hon. A. Gail Prudenti
2014 – Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin
2013 – Hon. Jed S. Rakoff
2012 – Hon. Ann T. Pfau
2011 – Hon. Robert A. Katzmann
2010 – Hon. Jonathan Lippman
2009 – Hon. Loretta A. Preska
2008 – Hon. Albert Martin Rosenblatt
2007 – Hon. Lewis A. Kaplan
2006 – New York State Commercial Division Justices
2005 – Eliot L. Spitzer NYS Attorney General
2004 – Hon. Joseph M. McLaughlin
2003 – Hon. Sidney H. Stein
2002 – Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa
2001 – Prof. David D. Siegel
2000 – Hon. Jack B. Weinstein, Sr U.S.D.J.
1999 – Hon. Antonin Scalia
1998 – Hon. Constance Baker Motley
1997 – Hon. Judith S. Kaye
1996 – Milton S. Gould, Esq.
1995 – Hon. Stanley H. Fuld

Robert L. Haig Award for Distinguished Public Service
2023 – Hon. Edwina Richardson-Mendelson
2022 – Hon. Rolando T. Acosta
2021 – Loretta E. Lynch, Esq.
2020 – Not Presented
2019 – Hon. Colleen McMahon
2018 – Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby, Esq.
2017 – Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq.
2016 – Hon. Karen K. Peters
2015 – Hon. William M. Skretny
2014 – Hon. Robert S. Smith
2013 – Hon. Carol B. Amon
2012 – Hon. Theodore T. Jones, Jr.
2011 – Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo
2010 – Hon. Reena Raggi
2009 – Hon. Judith S. Kaye
2008 – Hon. P. Kevin Castel
2007 – Mark H. Alcott, Esq.
2006 – Hon. John M. Walker, Jr.
2005 – Hon. Robert Kerrey
2004 – Hon. Ralph K. Winter
2003 – Hon. Richard C. Wesley
2002 – Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin
2001 – Hon. Howard A. Levine
2000 – Hon. John T. Curtin
1999 – Hon. Stephen G. Crane
1998 – Hon. Jonathan Lippman
1997 – Hon. Nina Gershon
1996 – Hon. E. Leo Milonas
1995 – Robert L. Haig, Esq.

Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom
2021-22 – Not Presented
2020 – Bernice K. Leber, Esq.
2020 – Lauren J. Wachtler, Esq.
2019 – Sharon M. Porcellio, Esq.
2019 – Sharon L. Nelles, Esq.
2018 – Rita M. Glavin
2018 – Diane M. Perri Roberts, Esq.
2017 – Pat Miller
2017 – Linda Clark
2016 – Carrie H. Cohen

George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award

2023 – Hon. Silvia Hinds-Radix
2021 – Hon. Peter Tom
2020 – Not Presented
2019 – Preet Bharara, Joon Kim
2018 – Eric Holder
2017 – Hon. Jeh C. Johnson
2016 – Hon. Zachary W. Carter
2015 – Hon. Denny Chin
2014 – Kay Crawford Murray, Esq.
2013 – Kenneth G. Standard, Esq.
2012 – Hon. Samuel L. Green
2011 – Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick
2010 – Glenn Lau-Kee, Esq.
2010 – Norman Lau-Kee, Esq.
2009 – Elaine R. Jones
2008 – Cesar A. Perales
2007 – Hon. George Bundy Smith
2022 – Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett