2022 Award Winners
Every year, the D.C. Bar honors those organizations and individuals who have gone above and beyond to advance the legal profession and enhance access to justice. Our annual awards recognize the best-of-the-best, shining a well-deserved spotlight on the exemplary work of our members and the D.C. legal community.
Elizabeth Lewis Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education
Amy Mix
Chief, Elder Justice Section, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Frederick B. Abramson Award
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Training Program
Darryl Maxwell
Director of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s Nonprofit & Small Business Legal Assistance Programs
Community of the Year Award
Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Community
ETPL Community leaders Priya P. Royal and Oren Goldberg
Voluntary Bar Association of the Year Award
Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Candace Beck and Bridget Bailey Lipscomb, WBA president for 2022–2023 and 2021–2022, respectively.
Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Skadden attorneys Jessica Hough, Donald Salzman, and Geoffrey Wyatt
Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award
Cassandra Rasmussen
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Thurgood Marshall Award
Judith Sandalow
Executive Director, Children’s Law Center
Beatrice Rosenberg Award for Excellence in Government Service
Susan K. Pascocello
Senior Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, United States Agency for International Development
