American Inns of Court

Gravely PC Founder Marc Gravely and North Texas Legal Leaders Establish Dallas Insurance Law American Inn of Court

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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DALLAS, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gravely PC is pleased to announce that firm founder Marc Gravely is one of three North Texas legal leaders who have established the Dallas Insurance Law American Inn of Court, the first American Inn of Court to focus entirely on insurance law.

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  • DALLAS, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gravely PC is pleased to announce that firm founder Marc Gravely is one of three North Texas legal leaders who have established the Dallas Insurance Law American Inn of Court, the first American Inn of Court to focus entirely on insurance law.
  • "This is an exciting first for the legal community," said Mr. Gravely.
  • The American Inns of Court Foundation chartered the Inn in October 2023, making it one of 12 Inns in North Texas.
  • Gravely PC has developed a national reputation based on record outcomes in large and complex construction defect litigation and first-party and bad-faith insurance disputes.

Terrence M. Connors, Esquire, to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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Terrence M. Connors has been selected to receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit .

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  • Terrence M. Connors has been selected to receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit .
  • Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will present the award to Connors at a later date.
  • Thurgood S. Marshall Award as the Outstanding Practitioner in the state from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
  • The American Inns of Court, in Alexandria, Virginia, inspires the legal community to advance the rule of law by achieving the highest level of professionalism through example, education, and mentoring.

David A. Grenardo to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize

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Friday, September 15, 2023
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David A. Grenardo is the 2023 winner of the prestigious Warren E. Burger Prize , a writing competition sponsored by the American Inns of Court to promote scholarship in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.

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  • David A. Grenardo is the 2023 winner of the prestigious Warren E. Burger Prize , a writing competition sponsored by the American Inns of Court to promote scholarship in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.
  • If a lawyer substantially or repeatedly violates any of these rules, Grenardo suggests, the state bar could sanction that individual.
  • Before joining St. Thomas Law in 2022, Grenardo was a professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.
  • Grenardo earned his undergraduate degree from Rice University and his law degree from Duke University School of Law.

Judge Susan H. Black to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Susan H. Black has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics , which recognizes attorneys, judges, government officials, journalists, or others who have rendered exemplary service in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.

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  • Susan H. Black has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics , which recognizes attorneys, judges, government officials, journalists, or others who have rendered exemplary service in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.
  • Black, a circuit judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, will receive the award in October at the 2023 American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • She became Florida’s first woman county court judge in Duval County in 1973, then Florida’s first woman circuit court judge in 1975, when she joined the state’s Fourth Judicial Circuit.
  • In 2022, she received the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Eleventh Circuit.

Judge Sarah Sharer Curley (Ret.) to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Bankruptcy Distinguished Service Award

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Sarah Sharer Curley has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Bankruptcy Distinguished Service Award , which recognizes a judge or attorney specializing in bankruptcy law who has exhibited ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession, the rule of law, and personal ethics and integrity.

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  • Sarah Sharer Curley has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Bankruptcy Distinguished Service Award , which recognizes a judge or attorney specializing in bankruptcy law who has exhibited ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession, the rule of law, and personal ethics and integrity.
  • Curley will receive the award at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in Austin, Texas, in October.
  • While a judge, Curley led the creation of a bankruptcy court self-help center to assist pro se litigants in getting legal advice from volunteer attorneys.
  • When Curley retired from the bench, colleagues honored her by establishing the Honorable Sarah Sharer Curley Self Help Center Award, which honors a Phoenix bankruptcy attorney for extraordinary contributions and service to the center.

Dean William C. Koch Jr. to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court A. Sherman Christensen Award

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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William C. Koch Jr. has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court A. Sherman Christensen Award , which recognizes an Inn member who has provided distinguished, exceptional, and significant leadership to the American Inns of Court movement at the local, state, or national level.

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  • William C. Koch Jr. has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court A. Sherman Christensen Award , which recognizes an Inn member who has provided distinguished, exceptional, and significant leadership to the American Inns of Court movement at the local, state, or national level.
  • Koch, president and dean of the Nashville School of Law, will receive the award in October at the 2023 American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • At the local level, he is a founder of the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court and has served as the Inn’s president for over three decades.
  • Earlier in his career, Koch served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Tennessee from 2007 to 2014.

Derek A. Webb, Esquire, to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Derek A. Webb has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service , which honors an American Inn of Court member in practice 10 years or fewer for their excellence in public interest or pro bono activities.

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  • Derek A. Webb has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service , which honors an American Inn of Court member in practice 10 years or fewer for their excellence in public interest or pro bono activities.
  • Webb, a research scholar at Yale Law School, will receive the award in October at the 2023 American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • “Derek amply demonstrated a willingness to ‘go the extra mile’ for his clients.”
    Before heading to Yale, Webb was the dean’s visiting scholar at Georgetown University Law Center.
  • In 2012, he won the American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize for Writing for an essay on the original meaning of civility.

Deputy Chief Justice Lisabeth Tabor Hughes (Ret.) to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Lisabeth Tabor Hughes has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit .

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  • Lisabeth Tabor Hughes has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit .
  • Before retiring in early 2023, Hughes had served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky since 2007 and deputy chief justice since 2017.
  • She will receive the award during the 2023 Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference.
  • During her term, Hughes chaired Kentucky’s Civil Justice Reform Commission, a group of judges, legislators, lawyers, and clerks working to make the state’s civil justice system more efficient.

Senior Judge Robert L. Miller Jr. to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit

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Monday, August 21, 2023
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Robert L. Miller Jr. has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit .

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  • Robert L. Miller Jr. has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit .
  • Miller has been a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 1985; he took senior status in 2016.
  • Miller will receive the award during the 2023 Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference.
  • In 2020, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States appointed Miller to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.

Professor Frances Lee Watson to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit

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Monday, August 21, 2023
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Professor Frances Lee Watson has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit .

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  • Professor Frances Lee Watson has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit .
  • Until her retirement in late 2022, Watson was a clinical professor of law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
  • She will receive the award during the 2023 Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference.
  • In addition to being a professor, Watson directed the Wrongful Conviction Clinic, a “live client” clinical course that was a founding member of the Innocence Network.