The Loyola Law School Civil Justice Program is proud to announce its 2018 Champions of Justice honorees: Jack Girardi; Girardi | Keese; and Debra E. Pole, Sidley Austin LLP. 

Each year, Loyola's Civil Justice Program honors two individuals whose distinguished legal careers are marked by professional excellence, technical proficiency and uncompromising integrity. With lifetimes of service, striving to hold those accountable who are responsible, they inspire us to imagine a more perfect system of justice. They are defenders of the Constitution, guardians of our liberty, advocates of just causes (no matter how unpopular), protectors of the powerless and wise counselors in our society. They are public servants, unafraid of controversial cases. These are attorneys of undisputed stature. They are, in the broadest sense of the words, Champions of Justice. 

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Michael Koskoff, Academy Fellow, wrote the screenplay for "Marshall" along with his son, Jacob. 

The critically acclaimed "Marshall," an Academy Award Nominee, received this year’s Silver Gavel Award, the American Bar Association's highest honor in recognition of media and the arts. The ABA also lists it as one of the best legal movies of all time.

Michael V. Ciresi and Jan M. Conlin of Ciresi Conlin LLP are pleased to announce that IATL Fellow Robert J. King, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner where he will continue his plaintiff complex personal injury practice and assist the firm in its other complex litigation work.

Augusta S. Dowd Elected to Jefferson County Judicial Commission

August 28, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that Augusta S. Dowd, shareholder, vice president, and managing lawyer, has been elected by the members of the Birmingham Bar Association to serve on the Jefferson County Judicial Commission.  Dowd will serve a six-year term on the Commission.  In the event of a judicial vacancy in Alabama’s 10th Judicial Circuit, the Commission nominates individuals for consideration by the Governor to fill the vacancy.

Dowd has a long history of service to the both the state and local bar associations, most recently serving as president of the Alabama State Bar.  She chaired the Birmingham Bar Association’s Grievance Committee in 2009-2010 and was a member of the Executive Committee from 2004-2007.  Dowd has been named a “Woman of Impact” by YellowHammer News and a “Woman of Influence” by Alabama Today, and she is a fixture on a number of “best of” lists.  She has over thirty years of experience as a trial lawyer, primarily in civil and complex litigation and white collar criminal defense, and has consistently maintained an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Patrick “Pat” Juneau, a Louisiana Attorney, who has served as Special Master in the national cases of the Deepwater Horizon (BP) Settlement, the Toyota Unintended Acceleration Litigation, the Vioxx Products Litigation and the Takata Airbag Product Litigation, has been invited by the Judicial Policy Research Institute for the Republic of Korea to speak at the International Judicial Conference in Seoul on December 4, 2018. Juneau has been a Fellow in the Academy since 1996.

We are pleased to announce Tom Curry of Lenczner Slaght is the recipient of the 2018 Catzman Award for Professionalism & Civility.

This annual award recognizes individuals who demonstrate the qualities exemplified by Justice Catzman throughout his distinguished career.

The award will be presented by the Chief Justice of Ontario at the Opening of the Courts Ceremony on September 13, 2018.