At The American Lawyer Awards they hand out no fewer than eight lifetime achievement gongs. But it doesn’t feel like overkill when you learn what the recipients have got up to during their long – and I mean long – careers.
To focus on just three of this year’s achievers: former Secretary of State James Baker, of Baker Botts, needs no introduction; Morrison & Foerster’s Shirley Hufstedler was, among other things, the first US Secretary of Education; while Thomas Sullivan of Jenner & Block has a string of pro bono credits to his name, including the arguing of a death penalty case before the Supreme Court that led to the reversal of more than 350 death penalty sentences.
