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:

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Elaine Martinez-Ortega, Oda Friedheim, Marie Washington & Gary Solomon
Jasmin Lewis, Steven Godeski, Pascal Nijhof & John Boston
Ernst Giordani, Cassandra Dorvil, Eileen McCann & Marshall Green
Melvin Kenny, Aida Ramos Herrera, Edward McCarthy & Robert Zuss
Marie A. Richardson, Nanette Schrandt, Marcia Egger & Vera Mitchell
Harold Mandelbaum, Mel Schubert, Alla Reznik & Jose Torres
Dan Kessler, Edward Braunstein, Candace Kurtz & Andre Rodriguez
Janet Sabel, Rita Horvath, Nancy Ginsberg & Patricia Thorne
Phyllis Cherebin, Cynthia Wolpert, Pedro Caban
Richie Flores, Jerry Washington, Kay McNally
Marguerite Piazza & Susan Sternberg
Willie Rivera & Deborah Kaplan
Irma Camacho & Barbara H. Dildine
Jonathan Latimer & Margaret O'Marra
Angelina Cooper & Roland Thau
Akil Al-Jundi & Steven Banks
Ligia Rivers & Michele Maxian
Herbert Grant & David I. Waldman
Nelson Rivera & Thomas V. Curtis
Daniel Barrett & Andrew C. Fine
Delzorra Preshae-Wilson & Paula Semmes Deutsch
Ruth Lichter & Lawrence Halfond
Michael Paciello & Eve S. Plotkin
Sonia Robles & Sigmund Israel
George C. Colon & Joan F. Mangones
Maria Lebron & Robert Kaplan
Emma C. Stucchio & Myra K. Wallach
Erma Saunders Brooks & Morton B. Dicker
Elise Stark & Margaret H. McDowell
Ruby Harrison Adorno & Mara T. Thorpe
Harold Townes & Milton Adler
Irene Parker Betner & Julius Biervliet