MBF Awards
& Honors

Great Friend of Justice Award

The MBF’s Great Friend of Justice Award is presented each year at our Annual Meeting to an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary passion for justice, consistent with the MBF’s values and mission of increasing access to justice for all. 

Previous Recipients

2025 Chief Justice John D. Casey

2024 Hon. Edward M. Ginsburg - Posthumous

2023 Hon. Geraldine S. Hines

2022 Dr. Jim O’Connell - Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

2021 Hon. Patti B. Saris

  • 2020 Attorney General Maura Healey

    2019 Susan M. Finegan, Esq.

    2018 Lonnie A. Powers

    2017 Hon. Ralph D. Gants

    2016 Mary L. Bonauto, Esq.

    2015 Jerry Cohen, Esq.

    2014 Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq. & Michael E. Mone, Sr., Esq.

    2013 Leo V. Boyle, Esq.

    2012 Hon. William G. Young

    2011 Attorney General Martha Coakley

    2010 Governor Deval L. Patrick

    2009 Hon. John M. Greaney

    2008 Hon. Roderick L. Ireland

    2007 Anthony Lewis

    2006 Hon. Nancy Gertner

    2005 Steven L. Wollman, Esq.

    2004 Richard Johnston, Esq. & Jayne Tyrrell, Esq.

    2003 MarDee Xifaras, Esq. Citizens Bank

    2002 Perkins, Smith, & Cohen

    2001 Capital Crossing Bank & Eastern Bank

    2000 Hon. Margaret Marshall

President's Award

The MBF’s President’s Award is presented annually at our Grantee Reception(s) to an individual or firm. The award is given to those who have shown great dedication to the MBF’s mission through involvement in the MBF Society of Fellows, participation on our Grant Review Committees, or as members of the MBF Law Firm & Corporate Partners Program.

Previous President’s Award Recipients

2025 Harvey Weiner, Esq. & Hon. David Sacks

2023 John Aschatz, Esq. & Jeffrey Trapani, Esq.

2022 Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP & Michelle Bugbee, Esq.

2020 Paul J. Klehm, Esq.

2019 Elizabeth M. Lynch

2018 Lawrence J. Farber, Esq. & Albert P. Zabin, Esq.

  • 2017 H Theodore Cohen, Esq. & Robert C. Ware, Esq.

    2016 Robert S. Molloy, Esq. & James T. Van Buren, Esq.

    2015 Charles J. DiMare, Esq. & Elaine M. Epstein, Esq.

    2014 Roy A. Hammer, Esq.

    2013 Hon. Robert G. Fields & Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C.

    2012 Archer B. Battista, Esq. & Lu Ann Reeb

    2011 Robert A. Sable, Esq. & Wendy Sibbison, Esq.

    2010 Meade G. Burrows, Esq. & Lewis C. Eisenberg, Esq.

    2009 Janet F. Aserkoff, Esq. & Scott W. Foster, Esq.

    2008 John J. Carroll, Jr., Esq. & David E. Sullivan, Esq.