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Contact: Jon Sullivan
Manager of Media Services
jsullivan@nysba.org
518/487-5532
September 7, 2007
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR 2008
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE
The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Attorneys in
Public Service is seeking nominees for its Award for Excellence in
Public Service, which is presented annually to individuals who
demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to serving the public.
"The significant contributions made by attorneys who dedicate their
lives to public service too often go unnoticed," Albany Law School
Professor and Committee Chair Patricia E. Salkin said. "The Committee on
Attorneys in Public Service seeks to recognize and publicly thank those
who have demonstrated the highest standards in a public or government
service. I look forward to sharing in the recognition of the
2008 honorees."
All lawyers active in government service or related public service
are eligible for nomination. Recommendations should be based on
outstanding commitment to and performance of public service, and may
recognize individual attorneys or the collective work of attorneys in an
office over the past year or over the course of a career. The award will
be presented on January 29, 2008, at the New York Stat Bar
Association’s Annual Meeting in New York City.
Nominations should be sent to Patricia K. Wood, Staff Liaison, NYSBA
Committee on Attorneys in Public Service at One Elk Street, Albany, NY
12207. Recommendations can also be emailed to caps@nysba.org, or faxed to
518-487-5579. All nominations must be received no later than Friday,
September 28th.
Past winners of the Award for Excellence in Public Service
include:
2007
Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of New York State
Joan A. Kehoe, New York state Department of Agriculture &
Markets,
Murray M. Jaros, New York State Association of Towns.
2006
Hon. Jonathan Lippmann, then Chief Administrative Judge of the Unified
Court System and current Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division,
First Department.
David B. Klingaman, Posthumously, New York Court of Claims
2005
Robert J. Freeman, New York State Commission on Open Government
Walter E. Mugdan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2004
Jeffrey Friedlander, New York City Law Department
Leonard Koerner, New York City Law Department
2003
The Office of New York State Attorney General (Hon. Eliot Spitzer)
2002
Archibald R. Murrary, New York City Legal Aid Society
Professor Patricia Salkin, Albany Law School, Government Law Center
2001
Hon. Robert Morgenthau, New York City District Attorney
2000
Honorable Joseph W. Bellacosa, Former Associate Justice of the New York
State Court of Appeals
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