Awards

Take a peek at the photos taken at the 2018 Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Awards Reception at the California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting in San Diego. Read more

Take a peek at the photos taken at the 2017 Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Awards Reception at the Sections Convention in San Diego. Read more

The Business Law Section is pleased to announce that Gordon “Gordy” K. Davidson will receive the Business Law Section’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given annually to a California lawyer “who over an extended period has made significant contributions to the Section or to business law generally in the State of California and who has achieved high status in the legal community.” Read more

The CLA International Law Section is proud to announce Barry Sanders as this year's Warren Christopher International Lawyer of the Year. Sanders will be honored on October 11 at this year's CLA Annual Meeting in Monterey. Read more

Rose Carmen Goldberg is our 2019 recipient of the Jack Berman Award. The award will be conferred to her at the Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 10th. We welcome all of you to register and join us for the event. The California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA) annually confers the Jack Berman Award of Achievement. This award recognizes a new or young California lawyer within their first eight years of practice for distinguished service to the public, the judiciary, or the legal… Read more

Penelope A. Preovolos, the 2019 “Antitrust Lawyer of the Year” and a partner at Morrison & Foerster, will discuss why she became a competition lawyer – and stayed one. Read more

The Public Law Section is hosting a reception at the Annual Meeting to honor the Public Lawyer of the Year. The reception will be held on Friday, October 11, 2019, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Bonzai room at the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey, California. More Info Read more

The Real Property Law Section was proud to bestow the Honorary Service Award to Christina Sansone in a brief ceremony at the Annual Spring Conference in recognition of Christina’s significant contributions to the Real Property Law Journal over her many years of volunteer service.    Over her three-year tenure on the Executive Committee for the Real Property Law Section Christina dedicated countless hours of her time and knowledge to support and improve the Real Property Law Journal.   Christina took the… Read more

Jennifer L. Keller of Keller/Anderle LLP in Irvine has tried over 150 cases to jury verdict across a wide spectrum of subject matter, from homicide to intellectual property to commercial litigation of all kinds, and for both plaintiffs and defendants. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Jennifer has been named ten times by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals as one of California’s Top 100 Attorneys, by Benchmark Litigation ... Read more

The Litigation Section seeks nominations for its 2019 Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame Award. This award is bestowed upon attorneys who have excelled as trial lawyers and whose careers exemplify the highest of values and professional attainment. Read more