A partner in the Smith has not only led the way in advancing LGBT civil rights, but he has also been a leading advocate in addressing voting rights issues, including arguing three times before the U.S. Supreme Court in voting rights matters since 2004. His most recent argument was in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, a 2008 case challenging an The Thurgood Marshall Award recognizes substantial, long-term contributions to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights in the 1993 Judge Frank M. Johnson 1994 Oliver W. Hill 1995 Ralph S. Abascal 1996 Jack Greenberg 1997 Judge Damon J. Keith 1998 Stephen B. Bright 1999 Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2000 Judge Revius Q. Ortique, Jr. 2001 Judge William Wayne Justice 2002 Judge Don Edwards 2003 Dale Minami 2004 Fred D. Gray 2005 Judge Abner J. Mikva 2006 Julius Chambers 2007 Judge Matthew J. Perry, Jr. 2008 Judge Nancy Gertner 2009 Former Attorney General Janet Reno The keynote speaker for the August event will be announced in March. With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the - 30 -
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