The award recognizes TIPS members who have the attributes embodied by Senator Muskie: his dedication to justice for all citizens, his public service, and his role as a lawyer and distinguished leader of TIPS. In addition to individuals, formal or informal groups such as corporate legal departments or persons working cooperatively on a pro bono and/or public service project may be nominated, so long as a significant number of members of the group belong to TIPS. (TIPS Officers, Immediate Past Section Chair and immediate past and present Public Service Committee members are ineligible.)
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Edmund S. Muskie Award Nomination Information
2022 Edmund S. Muskie Award
Thomas Leatherbury is an appellate lawyer with 40 years of experience in state and federal appeals and trials. He has worked on commercial, tort, intellectual property and health care cases, as well as class actions. He is deeply committed to training young lawyers and to pro bono work ranging from family to immigration to constitutional law. Among many other honors, he was recently named a fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, was presented with the Dallas Bar Foundation Justinian Award and was awarded a Presidential Citation from the State Bar of Texas for his commitment to helping its diversity and inclusion efforts. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his bachelor’s degree in history from Yale College.
Past Edmund S. Muskie
Pro Bono Service Awards Recipients
2022 - Thomas S. Leatherbury
2021 - Gail Vaughn Ashworth
2016 - W. Scott Welch III
2015 - Joshua D. Lee
2014 - Erin K. Higgins
2013 - Janis C. Puracal
2012 - Peter Antonucci
2010 - Patricia L. McKinnon
2009 - Linda Klein
2008 - Victor Garo
2007 - David Siegal
2006 - Larry P. Schiffer
2005 - A Bruce Jones
2004 - David Deehl
2003 - John P. Buckley
2002 - Robert Edward Hirshon
2001 - Linda E. Rosenzweig
2000 - Steven C. Choquette
1999 - No award given
1998 - Brittan L. Buchanan
1997 - Lisa L. Smith and Alan M. Wishnoff
Past Honor Roll Awardees
2014 – Lyndon Bittle, Joshua D. Lee
2013 – No Award Given
RULE 6.1 16 VOLUNTARY PRO BONO PUBLICO SERVICE
A lawyer should aspire to render at least (50) hours of pro bono publico legal services per year. In fulfilling this responsibility, the lawyer should:
Provide a substantial majority of the (50) hours of legal services without fee or expectation of fee to:
- persons of limited means, or
- charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address