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Sanctuary for Families company history timeline

1997

1997 The Honorable Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York

1998

1998 The Honorable Kathryn A. McDonald, Administrative Judge of New York City Family Court, and Patricia Eng, founder and Executive Director of the New York Asian Women’s Center

1999

1999 The Honorable Helene Weinstein, New York State Assemblywoman

2000

2000 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, United States Senator

2001

2001 The Honorable Sheldon Silver, New York State Assembly Speaker

Created in 2001, the Abely Pro Bono Leadership Award recognizes the contributions of the extraordinarily dedicated attorneys who have consistently demonstrated professional commitments to improving the lives of Sanctuary’s clients.

2001 Nancy L. Lazar, former Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

2002

2002 The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

2002 Nora von Stange, former Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

2003

2003 The late Honorable Paul Wellstone, United States Senator, and the late Sheila Wellstone, domestic violence victims advocate (posthumously presented)

2003 Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives, Columbia Law School

2004

2004 The Honorable Judy Harris Kluger, Chief of Policy and Planning for the New York State Office of Court Administration

2005

2005 The Honorable Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department

In 2005, a special Abely Leadership Award was given to Mary Ann Mailman in honor of her extraordinary contributions to Sanctuary for Families.

2006

2006 The Honorable Denny Chin, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

2006 Claudia L. Hammerman and Robyn F. Tarnofsky, Partners, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

2007

2007 The Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, Senior Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

2007 Cynthia B. Rubin, Partner, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP

2008

2008 Teresa Columba Ulloa Ziáurriz, Regional Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Maestra María Guadalupe Morfín Otero, Special District Attorney for Violent Crimes Against Women for the Office of the Attorney General of Mexico

2008 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, accepted by Sharon Katz, Special Counsel for Pro Bono

2009

2009 Casey Gwinn, President, National Family Justice Center Alliance

2009 Hannah M. Pennington, former Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

2010

She is a founder and active member of Sanctuary’s Legal Advisory Council and served as Co-chair until September 1, 2010.

2010 The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney, United States Representative, New York’s 14th District

2010 Jill M. Zuccardy, Partner, Lansner Kubitschek Schaffer & Zuccardy

2011

2011 The Honorable Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson, Administrative Judge for the Family Court of the City of New York

2011 Josephine Lea Iselin, Attorney Emeritus, and Jill Crawley Griset, Partner, and Matt Pearson, Associate, McGuireWoods LLP

2012

2012 Harlene Katzman, Pro Bono Counsel and Director, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2013

2013 The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York

2013 Samidh Guha, Partner, Akin Gump LLP

2014

2014 The Honorable Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York County

2014 Brenna K. DeVaney, Pro Bono Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2015

2015 The Honorable Loretta Lynch, United States Attorney General, and the Honorable Pamela K. Chen, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

2015 Jennifer L. Kroman, Director of Pro Bono Practice, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

2016

2016 The Honorable Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

2016 Sharon Katz, Special Counsel for Pro Bono, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

2017

2017 Richard Rothman, Senior Counsel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

2018

2018 The Honorable Amiena Khan, Executive Vice President, National Association of Immigration Judges

2018 Joel Kurtzberg, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

In 2018, a special Abely Award for Extraordinary Service was presented to Kathleen Kundar for her years of devotion to Sanctuary for Families.

2019

2019 The Honorable Toko Serita, Presiding Judge, Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court

2019 William C. Silverman, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

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