ABA Nonprofit Organizations Committee Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Awards for 2024

The ABA Nonprofit Organizations Committee has announced the 2024 awardees.    

Vanguard Award – for distinguished lifetime achievement in the nonprofit sector:
Karin Kunstler Goldman
Deputy Chief, Charities Bureau, Office of the New York Attorney General

Outstanding Attorney Award – for distinguished service as outside counsel to nonprofit organizations:
Morgen Cheshire, Managing Attorney, Cheshire Law Group

Outstanding In-House Counsel Award – for distinguished service by a nonprofit in-house counsel:
Nishka Chandrasoma,  Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary, Ford Foundation

Outstanding Academic Award – for distinguished academic achievement in the nonprofit sector:
Roger Colinvaux, Professor Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law  (Nonprofit Law Prof Blog’s own…!)

Outstanding Young Lawyer Award – for distinguished service by an attorney in the nonprofit sector who is under the age of 35 or
has been in practice less than 10 years:
Elizabeth Leiserson, Project Director, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands

Congratulations and well earned to all the recipients – to read more about their accomplishments, please see the Committee web page at https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/business_law/awards/2024-nonprofit-lawyer-award-winners.pdf

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