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 to Henry J. Sommer for his leadership in promoting the field of consumer law, 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. Winners include some of the most highly regarded consumer advocates in the country:
Mark Chavez, 2016
Lorray Brown, 2015
Dale Irwin, 2014
Richard N. Feferman, 2013
David Leen, 2012
Carlene McNulty, 2011
2000-2010 O. Randolph Bragg, 2010Michael D. Donovan, 2009 Bernard E. Brown, 2008 Mallam J. Maynard, 2007 F. Paul Bland, Jr., 2006 Irv Ackelsberg, 2005 Gail Hillebrand, 2004 Dan Hedges, 2003 Joanne Faulkner, 2002 Lynn Drysdale, 2001 Richard Rubin, 2000 |
1990-1999 Kathleen Keest, 1999Alan Alop, 1998 David Ramp, 1997 Elizabeth Imholz, 1996 James Sturdevant, 1995 Patricia Sturdevant, 1995 Michael Ferry, 1994 William Brennan, 1993 Carolyn Carter, 1992 Margot Freeman Saunders, 1991 Henry Sommer, 1990 |