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:
2024 John C. Whipple
2023 Hon. Barry T. Albin, J. (Ret.)
2022 CJ Griffin
2021 Joseph E. Krakora
2020 Lois A. DeJulio
2019 Hon. Stanley R. Chesler, U.S.D.J.
2018 Miles Feinstein
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.)