John H. Pickering Award

View the 2020 Pickering Award Presentation

The 2020 John H. Pickering Virtual Award Presentation was presented during the ABA Annual Meeting on July 29, 2020. Watch it on-demand now!

ABA Press Release

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2020 — Steven A. Reiss, recently retired partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and general counsel to the Brennan Center for Justice, is the 2020 recipient of the John H. Pickering Award of Achievement, presented by the American Bar Association Senior Lawyers Division. Reiss will be recognized at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, during the ABA Annual Meeting, which will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

2020 Award Recipient

The 2020 Pickering Award recipient, Steven A. Reiss, has a long and distinguished career litigating significant cases for numerous civil, criminal, human rights, and public interest groups, and receiving honors by numerous organizations for the breadth of his pro bono work. He is General Counsel of The Brennan Center, Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, and a recently retired partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

John H. Pickering

Learn more about John H. Pickering and his brilliant legal work, advocacy of pro bono service, dedication to the cause of equal justice for all, and promotion of the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.

Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Orlando Lucero
Co-Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Albert C. Harvey
Co-Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Harry Truman Moore
Commission on Law and Aging

Martin A. Hewitt
Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

John K. Uilkema
Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants

Robert N. Weiner
Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service

L. Jonathan Ross

John H. Pickering Achievement Award

Nominations Open!

Due February 5, 2021

View the 2020 Pickering Award Presentation

ABA Press Release

2020 Award Recipient

John H. Pickering

About the Award

2021 Pickering Award Selection Committee

Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Co-Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Co-Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Commission on Law and Aging

Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants

Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service

Award Recipients

American Bar Association TM American Bar Association

View the 2020 Pickering Award Presentation

ABA Press Release

2020 Award Recipient

John H. Pickering

2021 Pickering Award Selection Committee

Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Co-Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Co-Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division Pickering Award Selection Committee

Commission on Law and Aging

Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants

Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service

Award Recipients