Awards
These awards go to lawyers who have brought Christ to the world through the practice of law. Award recipients are exemplary Catholic lawyers who have put the gospel into practice by their service to the bar, bench and the public, especially service to the poor. The Lifetime Achievement Award is bestowded up lawyers who are no longer in active practice but are recognized for their lifelong commitment to the church and bar.
Special Service Award
Jean Ortega-Piron
2010 Recipient
Mary Meg McCarthy
2009 Recipient
Francis D. Morrissey Lifetime Achievement Award
Hon. William R. Quinlan
2010 Recipient
Frank M. Covey Jr.
2009 Recipient
Don Hubert
2008 Recipient
Francis D. Morrissey
2007 Recipient
Catholic Lawyer of the Year
Judge Ruben Castillo
2008 Recipient
Daniel Murray
2007 Recipient
David Hartigan
2006 Recipient
Justice Thomas Fitzgerald & Professor Richard A. Michael
2005 Recipients
Professor Richard A. Michael
2005 Recipient
Most Reverend Thomas J. Paprocki
2003 Recipient
Justice Mary Jane Theis
2002 Recipient
William Harte
2001 Recipient
Deacon George Brooks
2000 Recipient
Attorney General James Ryan
1999 Recipient
Edward & Anne Burke
1998 Recipients
Justice Daniel J. McNamara
1997 Recipient
John H.Stroger, Jr.
1996 Recipient
Raymond F. Simon
1995 Recipient
James J. O'Connor
1994 Recipient
Justice Mary Ann McMorrow
1993 Recipient
Philip J. Rock
1992 Recipient
Patrick E. Mahoney
1991 Recipient
Sr. Catherine M. Ryan
1990 Recipient
Justice William J. Bauer
1989 Recipient
Hon. Paul J. Biebel, Jr.
1988 Recipient
Justice George N. Leighton
1987 Recipient
Hon. Richard L. Curry
1986 Recipient
Hon. Frank J. McGarr
1985 Recipient
Hon. Harry J. Comerford
1984 Recipient
Hon. Arthur L. Dunne
1983 Recipient
Denis J. Horan
1982 Recipient
Richard M. Daley
1981 Recipient
Congressman Henry J. Hyde
1980 Recipient
William E. Cahill
1979 Recipient
Michael A. Bilandic
1978 Recipient
Congressman Morgan F. Murphy
1977 Recipient
Thomas M. Tully
1976 Recipient
Hon. Joseph A. Power
1975 Recipient
Hon. Daniel J. O'Brien
1974 Recipient
Leutenant Governor Neil Hartigan
1973 Recipient
Hon. Robert J. Dunne
1972 Recipient
Justice Daniel P. Ward
1971 Recipient
Hon. John S. Boyle
1970 Recipient
Mayor Richard J. Daley
1969 Recipient
Edward V. Hanrahan
1968 Recipient
Hon. William J. Campbell
1967 Recipient
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