Advocate Award
Each spring the Civil Litigation Section presents the Advocate Award to an individual who has made a significant contribution to improving the system of civil justice in Minnesota.
Award Guidelines
Annamarie Daley, 2023 Recipient;
Pictured with 2023-24 Section Chair Dan O'Fallon
Among the factors considered by the Section's Governing Council are whether the nominee:
- brought about structural improvements in the civil litigation system
- advanced the cause of under-represented groups in the civil litigation system
- demonstrated a commitment to the civil litigation system over years of service
- furthered improvement in the civil litigation system without receiving appropriate recognition
Past Recipients include:2023 Annamarie A. Daley
2022 Charlie Bird
2021 Chauvin Trial Team: Jerry Blackwell, Steve Schleicher, Lola Velazquez-Aguilu
2021 Honorable Kevin Burke (pictured)
2020 Kim Allen Pennington
2019 Former MN Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page
2018 Honorable Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks
2017 Andrew M. Luger
2016 Chief Judge Peter Cahill
2015 Eric J. Magnuson
2014 Jessie Nicholson
2013 Richard L. Pemberton
2012 Honorable Edward Toussaint
2011 Honorable Harriet Lansing
2010 Marianne D. Short
2009 Justice Paul H. Anderson
2008 Honorable Allen Oleisky
2007 Daniel A. Gislason
2006 Honorable Doris Ohlsen Huspeni
2005 Honorable A.M. “Sandy” Keith
2004 Gail Bohr
2003 George Soule
2002 Honorable John E. Simonett
2001 Honorable Douglas K. Amdahl
2000 Rosemarie Park
1999 David Herr
1998 Larry Maloney
1997 Jeremy Lane
1996 Michael Steenson
1995 Honorable Patrick Fitzgerald
1994 Janice Symchych