The Julian Abele Cook, Jr. – Bernard A. Friedman
FBA Civility Award
The Julian Abele Cook, Jr. – Bernard A. Friedman FBA Civility Award shall be awarded yearly at the Chapter’s Annual Dinner on Tuesday, June 11th.
In selecting an attorney to receive the award, the following criteria shall be utilized:
- The attorney has been significantly engaged in the practice of civil law;
- The attorney demonstrates the highest levels of legal competency and Professionalism;
- The attorney’s conduct is in accordance with the highest standards of professional integrity and personal courtesy as set forth in the Civility Principles of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; [COPY APPEARS BELOW ON THIS PAGE]
- The attorney has demonstrated, while fulfilling the fundamental duty to represent clients vigorously, a mindfulness of the equally important obligation to the administration of justice, which is a truth-seeking process designed to resolve human and societal problems in a rational, peaceful and efficient manner; and
- The attorney is guided by a fundamental sense of dignity, decency, candor and fair play.
EMAIL NOMINATIONS BY FRIDAY, MAY 17th to fbamich@fbamich.org
PRIOR CIVILITY AWARD RECIPIENTS
2008 Edward M. Kronk
2009 Lawrence G. Campbell
2010 Carl H. von Ende
2011 William A. Woodard
2012 William Sankbeil
2013 Kathryn J. Humphrey
2014 Eugene Driker
2015 Saul A. Green
2016 John Runyan
2017 E. Powell Miller
2018 Thomas W. Cranmer
2019 Sharon M. Woods
2020 Reginald M. Turner
2021 Kathleen L. Bogas
2022 Edward H. Pappas
2023 Dennis M. Barnes