The Federal Bar Council presented the Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Tuesday at the bar council’s annual Law Day Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which drew about 850 attendees.

From left, dinner committee chairman Shawn Regan, a partner at Hunton & Williams; Thomas; and Federal Bar Council president Vilia Hayes, a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed.