NACBA Awards
NACBA frequently recognizes the contributions of its members and key allies who go above and beyond the call of duty in helping NACBA realize its goals.
Recent recipients:
20th Annual Convention (San Antonio, TX 2012)
Keynote Speaker: Katherine Porter, Esq.
AWARDS:
Colleen Nunnelly Memorial Award:
• Rachel Lynn Foley, Esq.
The Champion of Consumer Rights Award:
• Hon. William Houston Brown
• Katherine Porter, Esq.
• Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Esq.
Distinguished Service Award:
• Kathy Cruz, Esq.
• Brian Flick, Esq.
• Jonathan Frutkin, Esq.
• Felix Zeno Gloro, Esq.
• Joel Hargis, Esq.
• Lorene Lynn Mies, Esq.
• Charles Moore, Esq.
• Daniel M. Press, Esq.
19th Annual Convention (Washington, DC 2011)
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Capehart
AWARDS:
Distinguished Service Awards:
• Carey Ebert, Esq.
• Matthew Mason
Distinguished Service Award:
• Johnie Patterson, Esq.
• Suzanne Bingham
• Thomas Cox, Esq.
• Brett Weiss, Esq.
• David Shaev, Esq.
• Adrian Lapas, Esq.
The Champion of Consumer Rights Award:
• David Lander, Esq.
• Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse
Past recipients:
18th Annual Convention (San Francisco, CA 2010)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Zoe Lofgren
AWARDS:
Distinguished Service Award:
• Professor Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, Boston College Law School
• Professor Kenneth N. Klee, UCLA School of Law
• Assistant Professor Alan White, Valparaiso University School of Law
• U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (TN-9)
• U.S. Representative Bill Delahunt (MA-10)
• U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
• U.S. Representative Brad Miller, North Carolina (NC-13).
17th Annual Convention (Chicago, IL 2009)
Keynote Speaker: Norma L. Hammes, Esq., NACBA co-founder & Past President, San Jose, CA
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights: Hon. Richard Durbin, Majority Whip, US Senate
Extraordinary Service Award: Norma L. Hammes, Esq.
Distinguished Service Award: John R. Bates, Esq., Lauren Adams
16th Annual Convention (Hollywood, CA 2008)
Keynote Speaker: Hon Linda Sanchez, Chairwoman, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights: Hon Linda Sanchez, Chairwoman, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
15th Annual Convention (Philadelphia, PA 2007)
Keynote Speaker: Hon.Thomas F. Waldron, US Bankruptcy Judge, Dayton, OH
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights:
· Hon. John Conyers, Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary
· Hon. Marilyn Morgan, US Bankruptcy Judge, San Jose, CA
· Hon.Thomas F. Waldron, US Bankruptcy Judge, Dayton, OH
· Craig Goldblatt, Esq.
14th Annual Convention (New Orleans, LA 2006)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. David W. Houston, III, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Aberdeen, MS
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights: Tara Twomey, Esq.
Distinguished Service Award: D. Jean Ryan, Esq.
13th Annual Convention (San Diego, CA 2005)
Keynote Speaker: Richard Levin, Esq.
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights:
· Hon. Russell Feingold, U.S. Senate
· Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America
· O. Max Gardner, III, Esq.
12th Annual Convention (Boston, MA 2004)
Keynote Speaker: Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America
AWARDS:
Extraordinary Service Award: James "Ike" Shulman, Esq.
11th Annual Convention (New Orleans, LA 2003)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Bruce H. Mann, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School
AWARDS:
Distinguished Service Award:
· Morgan King, Esq.
· Mark Segal, Esq.
10th Annual Convention (Las Vegas, NV 2002)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Zoe Lofgren, Member, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights: Hon. Zoe Lofgren, Member, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
9th Annual Convention (Philadelphia, PA 2001)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights: Prof. Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School
8th Annual Convention (San Antonio, TX 2000)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jay L. Westbrook, University of Texas School of Law
7th Annual Convention (San Francisco, CA 1999)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Kenneth N. Klee, Esq., UCLA School of Law
6th Annual Convention (Miami, FL 1998)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
5th Annual Convention (San Diego, CA 1997)
Keynote Speaker: Brady Williamson, Esq., Chair, National Bankruptcy Review Commission
4th Annual Convention (San Antonio, TX 1996)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Robert E. Ginsberg, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Chicago, IL
3rd Annual Convention (Boston, MA 1995)
Keynote Speaker: Jerry Patchen, Director, Executive Office for the United States Trustee
2nd Annual Convention (San Francisco, CA 1994)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. David W. Houston, III, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Aberdeen, MS
AWARDS:
Champion of Consumer Rights: Hon. Quentin Kopp, CA State Senate
1st Annual Convention (Ashville, NC 1993)
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Ralph H. Kelly, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Chattanooga, TN