The 2024 LC Awards will be presented at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL from July 31 - August 5, 2024. The nomination period is closed and will reopen in April 2025.
Burnham "Hod" Greeley Award
The Burnham “Hod” Greeley Award is given each year to a person or organization who has made a significant positive impact on public understanding of the role of the judiciary in a democratic society and its importance to the rule of law. This award honors the late Hawaii attorney Burnham “Hod” Greeley, a dedicated leader within the ABA who was committed to promoting public trust and confidence in our justice system.
Past winners include:
2023 Hon. John Tunheim, US District Court of Minnesota
2022 Hon. R. Fred Lewis (Ret.), Florida Supreme Court
2019 Hon. Angel Kelley, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court
2018 Peter G. McCabe, Administrative Office of the US Courts
2017 Julie Myres, Outreach Coordinator, San Diego Superior Court
2016 National Association of Women Judges
2015 Hon. Karen Arnold Burger, Kansas City Court of Appeals
2014 Todd Nuccio, Trial Court Administrator for the 26th District of North Carolina
2013 Mark Harrison, Attorney at Osborn Maedon
2012 Thomas C. Barnett, Jr. Executive Director of the State Bar of South Dakota
2011 Judge G. Joseph Pierron, Court of Appeals
2010 Lawrence Okinaga from the Carlsmith Bal firm in Honolulu and the Colorado Bar Association and Colorado Judicial Institute
2009 Doreen D. Dodson
2008 Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
2007 League of Women Voters