First presented in 1990, the award is named for Vern Countryman (1917-1990), a Harvard Law School professor and expert in commercial law and bankruptcy. A founding trustee of NCLC, he was renowned as a champion of civil liberties and a fierce supporter of the rights of debtors.
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Previous Vern Countryman Award Winners
| 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) O. Randolph Bragg (2010) Michael 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) Kathleen Keest (1999) Alan 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) |
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