Jack Wasserman Memorial Award

6/16/25 AILA Doc. No. 99900676.

For excellence in litigation in the field of immigration law (established 1980).

  • Jesse Bless (2025)
  • Muñoz Litigation Team (2024)
  • AILA Amicus Committee (2023)
    Jonathan Weinberg
    David Zimmer
    Shane Ellison
    Lily Axelrod
    Nadia Anguiano
    David A. Isaacson
    Christina Murdoch
    Amalia Wille
    Becky Sharpless
    Jonah Eaton
    Mark R. Barr
    Elissa Steglich
    Dalia Fuleihan
    Rekha Sharma-Crawford
    Sabrina Damast
  • Immigration IMMpact Litigation (2022)
  • Paul Hughes and Mary Kenney (2021)
  • Wasden Banias LLC (2020)
  • Kathleen M. Gillespie, William Jay, Alexandra Lu, Todd C. Pomerleau, Jeffrey B. Rubin, David Zimmer of the Pereira Litigation Team (2019)
  • The MAVNI Litigation Team of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson, LLP (2018)
  • Bob Ferguson, Noah Purcell, and Colleen Melody of the Washington v. Trump Litigation Team (2017)
  • Thomas Edward Moseley, Newark, NJ (2016)
  • Trina Realmuto, Boston, MA (2015)
  • Franco-Gonzalez Litigation Team (2014)
  • Robert H. Cohen, Columbus, OH (2013)
  • Mark Fleming, Boston, MA (2012)
  • Padilla v. Kentucky Litigation Team (2011)
  • AILA Amicus Committee (2010)
    Stephen Manning, Chair
    Russell Abrutyn
    Maria Andrade
    Cynthia Aziz
    Vikram Badrinath
    Jackson Chaney
    Kerry Doyle
    Matthew Guadagno
    Joseph C. Hohenstein
    Jeremy McKinney
    Kathy Moccio
    Lee O’Connor
    Deborah S. Smith
    Olsi Vrapi
  • Stacy Eva Tolchin, Los Angeles, CA (2009)
  • Matt Adams (2008)
  • Manuel D. Vargas, New York State Defenders Association; Immigrant Defense Project, Brooklyn, NY (2007)
  • Mark T. Kenmore, Buffalo, N.Y. (2006)
  • Iris Gomez, Boston, MA (2005)
  • Lisa Brodyaga (2004)
  • Zachary Nightengale (2003)
  • Lucas Guttentag (2002)
  • Judy Rabinovitz (2002)
  • Lee Gleernt (2002)
  • Robert Gibbs (2001)
  • Linton Joaquin (2000)
  • Robert Pauw (1999)
  • Robert B. Jobe (1998)
  • Lee Gelernt (1997)
  • Lucas Guttentag (1997)
  • Judy Rabinowitz (1997)
  • Martin J. Lawler (1996)
  • Charles M. Miller (1995)
  • Terri Senesac Miller (1995)
  • David Carliner (1994)
  • Kenneth H. Stern (1993)
  • Barbara Hines (1992)
  • Lee J. Teran (1992)
  • Litigation Team for American Baptist Churches (1991)
  • Lucas Guttentag (1990)
  • Marc Van Der Hout (1989)
  • Dale M. Schwartz (1988)
  • Ira Gollobin (1987)
  • Peter A. Schey (1986)
  • Sam Williamson (1984)
  • Ira J. Kurzban (1983)
  • Benjamin Gim (1982)
  • Donald L. Ungar (1981)