The 2021 Vern Countryman Awardee is David Sugerman!
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Submit a nomination for the 2022 Vern Countryman Award!
Each year NCLC presents the Vern Countryman Consumer Law Award to a legal services or other public interest attorney whose special contributions to the practice of consumer law have strengthened and affirmed the rights of low-income Americans.
Since the first award was presented in 1990, the Vern Countryman Award has quickly become the top honor for consumer attorneys with 15 or more years of experience. We are most proud to know these outstanding advocates and applaud their efforts on behalf of low-income consumers. Each year NCLC presents the Vern Countryman Award to an attorney whose career work has significantly contributed to the rights and well-being of low-income consumers.
Winners include some of the most highly regarded consumer advocates in the country:
Jane Greengold Stevens (2020), Elizabeth Cabraser (2019), Karen Brown (2018), David Humphreys and Luke Wallace (2017), Mark Chavez (2016), Lorray Brown (2015), Dale Irwin (2014), Richard N. Feferman (2013), David Leen (2012), Carlene McNulty (2011)
- Will Ogburn and Dale Irwin (2014 Award Winner)
- Mark Chavez (2016 Award Winner) and Rich Dubois
- Elizabeth Cabrasser (2019 Award Winner) and Mark Chavez
- Lorray Brown (2018 Award Winner)
- Sarah Mancini and Karen Brown (2018 Award Winner)
- David Humphreys and Luke Wallace (2017 Award Winners) with Dick Rubin (c)
- 2015 speakers after a session
- 2016 Conference Attendees
- 2017 Conference Attendees
Award Winners 2000-2010
O. Randolph Bragg, 2010 |
Award Winners 1990-1999
Kathleen Keest, 1999 |