Burton Awards for Legal Achievement
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The Burton Awards program, now in its ninth year, is a non-profit effort run in association with the Library of Congress. The program recognizes major accomplishments in law, and is principally devoted to legal writing and research. The event this year will be held on June 16, 2008 at the Library of Congress. Winners were notified on April 28, 2008. Guests also include judges, deans of law schools, professors, and partners in the nation's largest law firms. Each year since 1999, 30 writing awards have been presented to partners in America's 1,000 largest law firms, ten awards given to Association of Legal Administrators members in special categories, and 15 writing awards presented to law school students.
HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
William C. Burton, Esq., Partner, D'Amato & Lynch, Former NYS Assistant Attorney General, Former NYS Assistant Special Prosecutor, Author, BURTON'S LEGAL THESAURUS.
- Judge Richard A. Posner, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Judge Alex Kozinski, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Justice Carol Corrigan, California Supreme Court
- Justice James Ward, California Court of Appeal, (retired)
- Dr. Rubens Medina, Law Librarian of Congress
- Stephen Mysliwiec, Esq., Partner, DLA Piper
- Nancy Schultz, Appointed Representative of the Association of Legal Writing Directors
- Dennis Smith, Former State Senator from Missouri and member of the Judiciary Committee, presently Chairman of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance
- Geralyn M. Presti, SVP & General Counsel, Forest City Enterprises
- Patti Groff, CLM, President of The Association of Legal Administrators and Director of Administration for Butz Dunn & DeSantis
THE ACADEMIC BOARD
Virginia Wise, Esq., chair Virginia Wise, Chair of the Board, is presently a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Ms. Wise previously taught at the University of Michigan School of Library and Information Science, Boston University Law School, and as a visiting professor at the University of Washington.
Anne E. Kringel, Esq., vice chair Anne E. Kringel is the senior lecturer in law, and director, legal writing program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Ms. Kringel also chairs the "Contributions to Legal Writing Education Committee."
Grace Tonner, Esq., Grace Tonner is the clinical professor of law and director of legal practice, University of Michigan Law School. She is also the chair of the "Best Judicial Writing Committee."
Judge Edward Forstenzer, Honorable Edward Forstenzer, judge on the Superior Court of California
William Ryan, member of the Department of Homeland Security and former Chair, White House Plain Language Committee.
"REFORM IN LAW" WAS AWARDED FOR REWRITING FEDERAL RULES
The "Reform in Law" award was presented to two judicial committees, District Court Lee Rosenthal, and consultant Joe Kimble. The awards were given at the 2007 event which was held on June 4, 2006 at the Library of Congress. The awards were given for a massive effort in the Federal Court system to revise the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The focus of the project was clarity, consistency and a more understandable, plainer style. The rewriting of the Civil Procedures Law and Rules took almost four years and resulted in a major overhaul. The principal author of the revision and the chairs of the governing court committees will be participating in the awards ceremony. 2007 NATIONAL AWARD CATEGORIES AND RECIPIENTS:
2007 BURTON AWARD RECORD OF DISTINCTION LAW FIRM WINNERS:
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P. FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO GOODWIN PROCTER LLP JENNER & BLOCK LLP MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP PATTON BOGGS LLP PROSKAUER ROSE LLP STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
2007 BURTON AWARD RECORD OF DISTINCTION LAW SCHOOL WINNERS:
COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LAW MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF LAW
"LEGENDS IN LAW" presented to outstanding General Counsel from corporations in excess of $1 Billion dollars in annual income. The winners were:
Timothy Mayopoulos, EVP and General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation Nominated by Morrison & Foerster LLP
Richard H. Walker, General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG. Nominated by White & Case LLP
Geralyn M. Presti, SVP, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Nominated by Thompson Hine LLP
Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pitney Bowes, Inc. Nominated by Proskauer Rose LLP
James. T. Hale, General Counsel, Target Corporation Nominated by Faegre & Benson LLP
2007 BURTON AWARD LAW FIRM WINNERS
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP Roderick E. Walston “The Reserved Rights Doctrine: Case Study Involving Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park”
BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP Kenneth Ross & George W. Soule “Post-Sale Duties: A Minefield for Manufacturers”
BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE Christopher A. Harkins “Tattoos and Copyright Infringement: Celebrities, Marketers, and Businesses Beware of the Ink”
CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP Gregory A. Markel & Gregory G. Ballard “Defending Claims Against Underwriters of Asset-Backed Securities: The Due-Diligence Defense”
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Ethan A. Klingsberg “Managing the Variables in Minority Buyouts”
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Phillip R. Mills & Mutya F. Harsch “How to Avoid the Jump”
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP David H. Bernstein “A Stronger Solution”
DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP Seth C. Farber, Suzanne Jaffe Bloom & Jonathan C. Crafts “New Risk in Employee Interviews”
DEWITT ROSS & STEVENS S.C. Douglas H. Frazer “Absurdist Humor and the Form-Substance Dialectic in Tax Law”
DLA PIPER Michael S. Lebovitz “It’s Not Easy Being Global – International Tax Trends Across A Multinational Business Lifecycle”
FAEGRE & BENSON LLP Philip S. Garon, Michael A. Stanchfield, & John H. Matheson “Challenging Delaware’s Desirability as a Haven for Incorporation”
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P. Esther H. Lim & Mai-Trang D. Dang “IP Rights and DRM: The Copyright Holder’s Guide to Navigating DRM Technology Through Hostile Territory”
FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP Robert W. Ashmore & Brian M. Herman “Http://Managing The Risk of Employee Blogging”
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO Marc J. Pensabene & Christopher E. Loh “How to Assess Trade Secret Damages”
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP Richard A. Sauber “When Reporters Need Lawyers”
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP John LeClaire & Lizette Perez-Deisboeck “PE Holdings May Be Sitting on Preferred Stock Powder Kegs”
JENNER & BLOCK LLP Gianni P. Servodidio “Keyword Advertising: The Elusive Search for ‘Use in Commerce’ on the Internet”
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Anna T. Pinedo “Next Generation Hybrid Securities”
PATTON BOGGS LLP Robert D. Luskin & Andrew M. Friedman “When Congress Calls”
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Alexander B. Temel & Paul E. Sieminski “Late Stage Investment Rounds: Identifying and Navigating the Issues”
SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP Carl A. Solano & Bruce P. Merenstein “Interim Issues Requiring Appellate Review – Pennsylvania’s Collateral Order Doctrine: Lessons from The Barnes Foundation Case and The 30 Years of Jurisprudence Preceding It”
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Barry R. Ostrager & DUANE MORRIS LLP Thomas R. Newman “Handbook of Insurance Coverage, 13th Edition”
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP David M. Zornow & Steven R. Glaser “Are the Times Really A-Changin’? Recent Developments Regarding Privilege Waivers in Corporate Criminal Investigations”
STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP James G. Derouin, Fredric D. Bellamy & Mark E. Freeze “Global Warming Litigation: The Phantom Menace”
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP Robert G. DeLaMater “Recent Trends in SEC Regulation of Foreign Issuers: How the U.S. Regulatory Regime is Affecting the United States’ Historic Position as the World’s Principal Capital Market”
SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP Jacob Dweck, David Wochner & Michael Brooks “Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Litigation After the Energy Policy Act of 2005: State Powers in LNG Terminal Siting”
THOMPSON COBURN LLP Dean L. Franklin & Timothy D. Krieger “Liability of Computer Maintenance Providers Under Copyright Law: Storage Tech. Corp. v. Custom Hardware Eng’g & Consulting, Inc.”
THOMPSON HINE LLP Leslie W. Jacobs “Criminal Enforcement of Antitrust Laws – Problems with the U.S. Model”
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Peter N. Cubita & Michelle Hartmann “The ECOA Discrimination Proscription and Disparate Impact-Interpreting the Meaning of the Words that Actually Are There”
WHITE & CASE LLP Karen M. Asner “Where the Women Are”
LAW SCHOOL WINNERS
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW Elaine Wang “Equal Protection in the World of Art and Obscenity: The Art Photographer’s Latent Struggle with Obscenity Standards in Contemporary America”
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL Michael B. Weitman “Fair Use in Trademark in the Post-KP Permanent World”
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW Kevin Case “‘Lewd and Immoral’: Nude Dancing, Sexual Expression, and the First Amendment”
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL Grant R. Mainland “A Civil Jury in Criminal Sentencing: Blakely, Financial Penalties, and the Public Rights Exceptions to the Seventh Amendment”
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Sarah M. Riley “Title IX Prohibits Retaliation Against Plaintiff Who Complains of Sex Discrimination, Even if Plaintiff is Not Recipient of Original Claim of Discrimination: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education”
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW James McDonough, III “The Myth of the Patent Troll: An Alternative View of the Function of Patent Dealers in an Idea Economy”
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Andrew M. Grossman “No, Don’t IM Me – Instant Messaging, Authentication, and the Best Evidence Rule”
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER Jessica Powley Hayden “171 Mullahs On a Bus: The Establishment Clause and U.S. Foreign Aid”
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW John D. Skees “The Resurrection of Historic Usury Principles for Consumption Loans in a Federal Banking System”
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL Brian Hawkins “The Glucksberg Renaissance: Substantive Due Process Since Lawrence v. Texas”
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL E. Daniel Robinson “Embracing Equity: A New Remedy for Wrongful Health Insurance Denials”
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL Abby Wright “For All Intents and Purposes: What Collective Intention Tells Us About Congress and Statutory Interpretation”
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Joel Graham “The Legality of Hatch-Waxman Pharmaceutical Settlements: Is the Terazosin Test the Proper Prescription?”
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL Bryan Shay “So I Says to ‘The Guy,’ I Says …: The Constitutionality of Neutral Pronoun Redaction in Multidefendant Criminal Trials”
YALE LAW SCHOOL Jessica Bulman-Pozen “Grutter at Work: A Title VII Critique of Constitutional Affirmative Action”
BURTON/ALA AWARDS Presented for achievement in five categories
Best Law Firm Publication frst Place: Patton Boggs LLP Honorary Mention: Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Best Law Firm Compendium First Place: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (Tie) First Place: Duane Morris LLP (Tie) Honorary Mention: Stewart McKelvey
Best Law Firm Profile First Place: Becker & Poliakoff, PA Honorary Mention: Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP
Best Law Firm Newsletter First Place: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Honorary Mention: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Best Law Firm Advertisement First Place: Minor & Brown PC Honorary Mention: Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson PA
