Whipple Awardees

The Honorable Lawrence A. Whipple Memorial Award is presented annually by the ACDL-NJ to a member of the bar who exemplifies professionalism, dedication to, and passion for the law. This prestigious award honors the memory of Judge Whipple, who was a highly regarded jurist in the Superior Court, Hudson County, from 1963 until 1967, at which time he was appointed to the United States District Court of New Jersey by President Lyndon Johnson.

RECIPIENTS:

2017 Justin T. Loughry

2016 Hon. John P. McDonald, J.S.C.

2015 Kevin H. Marino

2014 Hon. Edwin H. Stern, J.A.D. (Ret.)

2013 Lawrence S. Lustberg

2012 Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, U.S.D.J.

2011 Hon. Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J.

2010 Hon. John W. Bissell, U.S.D.J. (Ret.)

2009 Hon. Harvey Weissbard, J.A.D. (Ret.)

2008 Hon. Esther Salas, U.S.M.J.

2007 Hon. Robert E. Francis (Ret.)

2006 Hon. John J. Gibbons, U.S.C.J. (Ret.)

2005 David A. Ruhnke

2004 Justin Walder

2003 Hon. Tonianne J. Bongiovanni, U.S.M.J.

2002 Francis J. Hartman & Carl D. Poplar

2001 Michael Critchley

2000 Joseph A. Hayden, Jr.

1999 Theodore V. Wells, Jr.

1998 Raymond A. Brown & Thomas R. Ashley

1997 No recipient

1996 John F. McMahon

1995 Hon. John J. Hughes, U.S.M.J. (Ret.)