The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to Section members who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the Section and whose contribution has had a positive and lasting impact on the Section’s mission and goals.
2025 Recipient
Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
Kenneth Reisenfeld made a lasting impact on the Section through his leadership, intellectual rigor, innovation, and representation of the Section. He chaired several large and active committees, and served in numerous officer positions, becoming Section Chair in 2004-2005. In those roles, and many others, Ken provided leadership focused on improving programming and engagement by the Section. Ken was responsible for innovations in budgeting, programming, global outreach and policy development that have advanced the Section’s mission and goals. Ken served as Section Liaison and later ABA Representative to the International Bar Association, Section Liaison to the London Court of International Arbitration, and Section representative to the U.S. Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law. In each of these capacities, Ken brought positive attention and increased respect to the Section. Ken’s service to the Section reflects the first-rate nature of his work and accomplishments in the practice of law. For many years, Ken was a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Baker Hostetler, with his practice focused on commercial and investor-state dispute resolution, including international litigation and arbitration as an advocate and as a neutral.