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THE 2012 BURTON AWARDS
13th Anniversary Program Specifics:
Burton Awards Thirteenth Annual Awards Program and Gala: The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement, held in Association with the Library of Congress, is an academic, nonprofit,
501 (c) (3) foundation formed in 1999.
Date: Monday, June 11, 2012.
Burton Awards event begins: Coolidge Auditorium, 4:45 p.m. prompt.
Cocktail Reception: Great Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Gala/Dinner: Great Hall, Atrium Level, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00.
Featuring: Justice John Paul Stevens (retired) as guest speaker and recipient of the 2012 "Book of the Year in Law" Award.
Entertainment: A performance by singer and tony award-winning actress Bernadette Peters.
Nature of Burton Awards: The awards program is designed to reward major achievements in the law ranging from literary awards to the greatest reform in law. The awards are selected, generally, by professors from Harvard Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School, the University of California at Irvine School of Law, among others. Judge Richard Posner (7th Circuit US Court of Appeals), Chief Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Circuit US Court of Appeals), U.S. Senator John Cornyn, U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., Chairman Spencer Bachus, Judith Kaye (Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals) (retired), and Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan of California are honorary members on the Board of Directors.
Event Venue: Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium and Great Hall.
City/State/Zip: 10 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C.
Venue Phone Number: 917-376-8900
Venue FAX #: 516-625-3011
Address of Burton Awards: 110 Wall Street, 11th Floor New York, New York 10005-3198
Chairman: William Burton, Esq.
Title: Founder and Chairman
E-mail address: academiccommittee@burtonawards.com
Contact Person: Michelle Rayzman
Title: Assistant Director
Telephone: 212-672-1862
FAX Number: (516) 625-3011
Approximate size/description of the audience: 500 guests.
List of invited government officials, dignitaries, VIPS:
The dignitaries include many of America's managing partners and partners of the largest law firms in America, law school deans and professors from across the nation.
Is the event open to the press? Yes, but the press are not invited through any general outreach efforts. Therefore, members of the press have rarely been present.
What is the theme of the Burton Awards event? "The Crowning Awards of Achievement"
What is the proper attire? Black Tie
Is this a fundraising event? No. Fundraising events in the Jefferson Building are not permitted.
Who are the hosts and the sponsor? The Library of Congress and the Burton Foundation.
About the Library Congress, Co-Host: The Library of Congress is the research Library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books. The Library of Congress was established by Congress in 1800, and was housed in the United States Capitol for most of the 19th century. The Library's primary mission is researching inquiries made by members of Congress through the Congressional Research Service; although it is open to the public, only legislators, Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking government officials may check out books.
The Burton Foundation, Co-Host
The Burton Foundation is a nonprofit cultural and academic organization devoted to further promoting the performance and stature of the legal profession.
About the Chairman
The Founder and Chair of The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement is William C. Burton, Esq. a partner in the law firm of Sagat|Burton, LLP. He is a former New York State Assistant Attorney General, a former New York State Assistant Special Prosecutor, and is the author of the first legal thesaurus ever written for the legal profession, BURTON'S LEGAL THESAURUS, (4th edition), published by McGraw-Hill. He was presented the highest honor given by the second largest association of law professors in America, The Legal Writing Institute, for "significantly advancing the cause of legal writing in the profession of law."
The 2012 Legal Writing Award Winners - Law Firm
This award is presented to partners and counsel in law firms who have written outstanding articles which are clear, concise, and comprehensive. An article published during the preceding year is submitted for consideration at no fee or cost. One author or co-author must be a partner at the firm at the date the article was written and the subject of the article can be devoted to any legal topic. The article may have appeared in any publication, whether written for lawyers or for consumers.
Law Firm |
Author(s) |
Article Title |
Bowman and Brooke LLP |
Richard H. Willis |
'Ten Commandments of Cross Examination' get a much-needed revision |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
Mary M. Squyres |
The New gTLDs |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
Steven E. Bizar
|
Wal-Mart v. Dukes: A Non-Event for Antitrust Defendants |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
Bradley J. Bondi |
SEC Launches FCPA Probe of Financial Services Industry's Interactions with Sovereign Wealth Funds |
Covington & Burling LLP |
Richard Shea |
Hybrid Plans at the Crossroads: Will Treasury and IRS Allow Them to Be Defined Benefit Plans |
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |
Linda Chatman Thomsen |
Enron: 10 Years Later |
DLA Piper LLP (US) |
Claudia T. Salomon J.P. Duffy |
Enforcement Begins When the Arbitration Clause is Drafted |
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP |
Joseph Price |
Product Liability Biologics and Biosimilars |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP |
Tim Coleman
|
Bribery and Corruption Compliance: the Playing Field Levels |
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP |
Richard O. Faulk
|
Public Nuisance at the Crossroads: Policing the Intersection Between Statutory Primacy and Common Law |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
Michael Farhang
|
Handling Internal Investigations in the Executive Compensation Area |
Haynes and Boone, LLP |
Greta Cowart |
Standing at the Crossroads of ERISA and the Railway Labor Act: Choosing the Right Track and Avoiding Collateral Damage |
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP |
Peter R. Jarvis |
Civility: The Ultimate Legal Weapon? |
Hunton & Williams LLP |
Peter G. Weinstock |
Acquisitions of Failed Banks Present Risk and Opportunity |
Jenner & Block |
Peter B. Pope |
Prosecutorial Investigation Standards: Guidance Through the Thorny Thicket That Precedes Charging |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
Steven P. Solow
|
The State of Environmental Crime Enforcement: A Survey of Developments in 2010 |
King & Spalding |
Suzanne L. Rab |
Keeping up with the competition |
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP |
John G. Browning |
Digging for the Digital Dirt: Discovery and Use of Evidence from Social Media Sites |
Linklaters LLP |
Jean-Philipe Brisson
|
California's Cap-and-Trade Regulations: Design Elements and Outstanding Issues |
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP |
James Duffy O'Connor |
What Every Court Should Know About Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction |
Miller Canfield |
Mark J. Bennett |
New ASTM Standard May Serve as Safe Harbor for Emerging Building Energy Labeling, Transactional Disclosure, and Benchmarking Regulations |
Morrison & Foerster LLP |
David Meyer
|
Merger Enforcement Two Years Later: What Clues Does the Obama Administration's Record Hold for the Years Ahead |
O'Melveny & Myers LLP |
Matthew Close |
Securities Litigation Against Chinese Companies: Next Stop Canada? |
Paul Hastings LLP |
Richard Farley |
A Loan By Any Other Name |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
Scott E. Landau |
Maintaining Employee Privacy Across Jurisdictions |
Proskauer Rose LLP |
Nancy Sher Cohen
|
The Global Impact of Japan's Disasters |
Ropes & Gray LLP |
Mark Popofsky
|
The Sherman Act's Criminal Extraterritorial Reach: Unresolved Questions Raised By United States v. AU Optronics Corp. |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. |
John M. Barkett |
Skinner, Matrixx, Souter & Posner: Twombly & Iqbal Revisited |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
Michael D. Kibler
|
Protecting the Jury Process from Ubiquitous Social Media |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
George A. Zimmerman
|
Chapter 11 Litigation After "Stern v. Marshall" |
Steptoe & Johnson LLP |
Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov |
Has Dukes Killed Medical Monitoring? |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
David P. Hariton |
The Frame Game: How Defining The "Transaction" Decides The Case |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
Glenn D. West
|
Protecting the Integrity of the Entity-Specific Contract: The "No Recourse Against Others" Clause -- Missing or Ineffective Boilerplate? |
White & Case LLP |
Matthew Miner |
It's Time to Fix Our Sentencing Laws |
Winston & Strawn LLP |
Larry Kiern |
Liability, Compensation, and Financial Responsibility Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990: A Review of the Second Decade |
The 2012 Legal Writing Award Winners - Law School
Law Firm |
Author |
Article Title |
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law |
Kaitlyn Redfield-Ortiz |
Government by the People for the People? Representative Democracy, Direct Democracy, and the Unfinished Struggle for Gay Civil Rights |
Brooklyn Law School |
Zachary D. Kuperman |
Cutting the Baby in Half: an Economic Critique of Indivisible Resource Partition |
Columbia Law School |
Michelle Nicole Diamond |
Legal Triage for Health Reform: The Conflict Between the ACA and EMTALA |
Duke University School of Law |
Bryan Leitch |
Where Law Meets Politics: Freedom of Contract, Federalism, and the Fight Over Health Care |
Emory University School of Law |
Shaira Nanwani |
The Burqa Ban: An Unreasonable Limitation on Religious Freedom or a Justifiable Restriction? |
Fordham University School of Law |
Anthony C. Piccirillo |
Sisyphus Meets Icarus: The Jurisdictional and Comity Limits of Post-Satisfaction Anti-Foreign-Suit Injuctions |
George Mason University School of Law |
Sean Clerget |
Timing is of the Essence: Reviving the Neutral Law of General Applicability Standard and Applying it to Restrictions Against Religious Face Coverings Worn While Testifying in Court |
Georgetown Law Center |
Aaron Cooper |
Sidestepping Chevron: Reframing Agency Deference for an Era of Private Governance |
Southwestern Law School |
Mark Velez |
AIDS/HIV + Inmates: A New Standard to House Infected Inmates Based on Objective, Proactive Criteria That Balances the Needs of the Infected |
Temple University Beasley School of Law |
Michael Dillon |
Water Scarcity and Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania: Examining the Potential for Pennsylvania Water Law to Adequately Manage Potential Water Shortage Issues Presented by Natural Gas Operations in the Marcellus Shale |
University of Iowa |
Walter S. Gindin |
(Potentially) Resolving the Ever-Present Debate over Whether Noncitizens in Removal Proceedings Have a Due-Process Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel |
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law |
Rachel Simmonsen |
Legislating After Janice M.: The Constitutionality of Recognizing De Facto Parenthood in Maryland |
University of Minnesota Law - Mondale Hall |
Phillip Walters |
"Would a Cop Do this?": Ending the Practice of Sexual Sampling in Prostitution Stings |
University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Helen Eisner |
Disabled, Defenseless, and Still Deportable: Why Deportation Without Representation Undermines Due Process Rights of Mentally Disabled Immigrants |
Vermont Law School |
Garrett Chrostek |
A Critique of Vermont's Right-To-Farm Law and Proposals for Better Protecting the State's Agricultural Future |
The 2012 ALA Award Winners
Best Law Firm Encyclopedic Handbook
Bailey Cavalieri LLC
Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors
Outstanding Authoritative Book by a Partner in a Law Firm
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Reflections on Dodd-Frank: A Look Back and a Look Forward
Best Law Firm Advertisement
Morrison & Foerster
Innovation Nation
Best Law Firm Compendium
Kaye Scholer LLP
Antitrust Deskbook
Best Law Firm Newsletter
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
MediaLaw Monitor
Best Law Firm Profile
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The Cadwalader Principle
Best Law Firm Publication
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Fulbright's 8th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report
The 2012 Legends in Law Winners
Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer
Novelis, Inc.
Nominated by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Amy Schulman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Pfizer Inc.
Nominated by Kaye Scholer LLP
Marschall I. Smith, Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel
3M Company
Nominated by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Maria Pasquale, : Senior Vice President, Legal and Deputy General Counsel
Celgene Corporation
Nominated by Morrison & Foerster LLP
James M. Strother, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Wells Fargo & Company
Nominated by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Susan L. Blount, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Nominated by Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Education Award
Tina L. Stark, Professor of the Practice of Law, Boston University School of Law
The 2012 Public Service Award Winners
Eric Fygi
Deputy General Counsel
United States Department of Energy
The 2012 Public Interest Award Winner
Janet Dhillon
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.
