Orison S. Marden Awards

The Orison S. Marden Awards were established in 1976 on the 100th anniversary of The Legal Aid Society to recognize the outstanding work and dedication of the staff of the Society and to honor the memory of Orison S. Marden, a senior partner at White & Case LLP, who was known as "Mr. Legal Aid" throughout the United States. Mr. Marden devoted four decades to the work of the Society. He served as a member of the Board for 27 years and as its Chairman from 1970 Until his death in 1975. He was a devoted volunteer at the Civil Practice's Harlem Community Law Office where he represented hundreds of clients over the years. During his outstanding career, he served as the President of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Past Recipients of the Orison S. Marden Award:

2007
Elaine Martinez-Ortega
Oda Friedheim
Marie Washington
Gary Solomon

2005
Ernst Giordani
Cassandra Dorvil
Eileen McCann
Marshall Green

2003
Marie A. Richardson
Nanette Schrandt
Marcia Egger
Vera Mitchell

2001
Dan Kessler
Edward Braunstein
Candace Kurtz
Andre Rodriguez

1999
Phyllis Cherebin
Cynthia Wolpert
Pedro Caban

1997
Marguerite Piazza
Susan Sternberg

1995
Irma Camacho
Barbara H. Dildine

1993
Angelina Cooper
Roland Thau

1991
Ligia Rivers
Michele Maxian

1989
Nelson Rivera
Thomas V. Curtis

1987
Delzorra Preshae-Wilson
Paula Semmes Deutsch

1985
Michael Paciello
Eve S. Plotkin

1983
George C. Colon
Joan F. Mangones

1981
Emma C. Stucchio
Myra K. Wallach

1979
Elise Stark
Margaret H. McDowell

1977
Harold Townes
Milton Adler

2006
Jasmin Lewis
Steven Godeski
Pascal Nijhof
John Boston

2004
Melvin Kenny
Aida Ramos Herrera
Edward McCarthy
Robert Zuss

2002
Harold Mandelbaum
Mel Schubert
Alla Reznik
Jose Torres

2000
Janet Sabel
Rita Horvath
Nancy Ginsberg
Patricia Thorne

1998
Richie Flores
Jerry Washington
Kay McNally

1996
Willie Rivera
Deborah Kaplan

1994
Jonathan Latimer
Margaret O'Marra

1992
Akil Al-Jundi
Steven Banks

1990
Herbert Grant
David I. Waldman

1988
Daniel Barrett
Andrew C. Fine

1986
Ruth Lichter
Lawrence Halfond

1984
Sonia Robles
Sigmund Israel

1982
Maria Lebron
Robert Kaplan

1980
Erma Saunders Brooks
Morton B. Dicker

1978
Ruby Harrison Adorno
Mara T. Thorpe

1976
Irene Parker Betner
Julius Biervliet