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PAUL M. SMITH TO RECEIVE 2010 THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARD
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2010/08/02 08:51
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| font face=ArialThe /fonta href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327057x-2672609font face=ArialAmerican Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities/font/afont face=Arial will honor civil liberties and human rights attorney Paul M. Smith with the span style=mso-spacerun: yes /span/fonta href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327056x-3188603font face=ArialThurgood Marshall Award,/font/afont face=Arial which will be presented Saturday at the st1:place w:st=onst1:city w:st=onABA/st1:city/st1:place /fonta href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327055x-3704597font color=#606420 face=ArialAnnual Meeting in San Francisco/font/afont face=Arial.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe event will be held at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis beginning at 8 p.m.o:p/o:p/fontp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptA partner in the st1:place w:st=onst1:city w:st=onWashington/st1:city, st1:state w:st=onD.C./st1:state/st1:place office of Jenner amp; Block, Smith is one of the country’s leading lawyers in the areas of First Amendment litigation and appellate advocacy.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanHe has presented oral argument in more than a dozen Supreme Court cases, including his groundbreaking advocacy in em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalLawrence v. Texas/em, the landmark gay rights case that is often compared in significance to the em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalBrown v. Board of Education/em case, which was argued and won by Thurgood Marshall.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spano:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptSmith has not only led the way in advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights, but has also been st1:personname w:st=ona l/st1:personnameeading advocate in addressing voting rights issues, including arguing three times before the U.S. Supreme Court in voting rights matters since 2004. span style=mso-spacerun: yes /spanHis most recent argument was in em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalCrawford v. Marion County Election Board/em, a 2008 case challenging an st1:state w:st=onst1:place w:st=onIndiana/st1:place/st1:state voter ID law.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe case has been called the most significant election law case to reach the court since em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalBush v. Gore/em in 2000. span style=mso-spacerun: yes /spanSmith has also been st1:personname w:st=ona l/st1:personnameeader in advancing freedom of speech issues, especially with regard to the application of the First Amendment to the Internet and video games.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spano:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptThe Thurgood Marshall Award recognizes substantial, long-term contributions to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights in the st1:country-region w:st=onst1:place w:st=onUnited Stst1:personname w:st=onat/st1:personnamees/st1:place/st1:country-region.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe section established the award in 1992, conferring the inaugural award upon U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanSince that time, a href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327054x-4220591recipients/a have included:o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1993span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Frank M. Johnsonspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/span1994span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanOliver W. Hillo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1995span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanRalph S. Abascalspan style=mso-tab-count: 3 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/span1996span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJack Greenbergo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1997span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Damon J. Keithspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/span1998span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanStephen B. Brighto:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1999span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanAssociate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /span2000span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Revius Q. Ortique, Jr. o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2001span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge William Wayne Justicespan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/span2002span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Don Edwardso:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2003span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanDale Minami span style=mso-tab-count: 3 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/span2004span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanFred D. Grayo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2005span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Abner J. Mikvaspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /span2006span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJulius Chamberso:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2007span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Matthew J. Perry, Jr.span style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /span2008span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Nancy Gertnero:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2009span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanFormer Attorney General Janet Renoo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptThe keynote speaker for this year’s event will be Pamela S. Karlan, the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at st1:place w:st=onst1:placename w:st=onStanford/st1:placename st1:placename w:st=onLaw/st1:placename st1:placetype w:st=onSchool/st1:placetype/st1:place, and the founding director of the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanOne of the nation’s leading experts on voting and the political process, Karlan has served as a commissioner on the California Fair Political Practices Commission and an assistant counsel and cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanShe is a former law clerk of Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the st1:country-region w:st=onst1:place w:st=onU.S./st1:place/st1:country-region Supreme Court and Judge Abraham D. Sofaer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. o:p/o:p/span/ppspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptWith nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.nbsp; As the national voice of the legal profession, the st1:place w:st=onst1:city w:st=onABA/st1:city/st1:place works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.o:p/o:p/span/p |
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