Nominations Sought for Outstanding Jurist Award

Nominations are being solicited for LACBA’s Outstanding Jurist Award. Each year, the board of trustees selects the recipient from a confidential list of nominees submitted by the Award Committee. The award is viewed as recognition of a distinguished career on the bench as well as contributions to the community and the practice of law. The following factors should be considered: judicial ability and experience; judicial temperament and demeanor; knowledge of the law, legal ability, and scholarship; dedication and diligence; contributions to the improvement or education of the legal community; contributions to the community at large; contributions to the practice of law; and judicial independence, integrity, and fairness.

The committee chair is appointed by the president, and the committee vice-chair by the president-elect. The committee has one representative from each of the following LACBA entities: DRS Associates; Committees—Appellate Courts, ICDA, Judicial Appointments, Judicial Election Evaluations, Judiciary; Sections—Business and Corporations Law, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, Criminal Justice, Family Law, Individual Rights, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Remedies, and Trusts and Estates, as well as one representative each from the five largest affiliated geographical bars and the five largest affiliated minority bars.

A candidate must be a state or federal judicial officer in Los Angeles County or anyone who has retired or been elevated from such a position during the two-year period prior to the committee’s first meeting. The committee will submit five nominees to the board. At the board meeting during which the recipient is selected, additional nominees from the floor will not be permitted. To submit a name for consideration, please use the form below.
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
CONFIDENTIAL: Annual Outstanding Jurist Award Candidate Form

Please print out and return this form by October 28, 2010 to: 
Hannah Robey, LACBA, PO Box 55020, Los Angeles, CA 90055.

SECTION ONE (optional): Attach business card to this form.

SECTION TWO — CANDIDATE:

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Name of respective judicial officer

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Name of court on which the judicial officer is now serving