The Justice for All award is given to recognize a particular extraordinary contribution of a group of individuals. This contribution can be in the form of legal representation or other extraordinary service. Although most of our recipients have been attorneys, that is not a requirement. Nor does one have to be a member of CDAM, but membership is a factor that may be considered in selecting an awardee.

Nominate for Justice For All Award

• Cooley's Innocence Project
• University of Michigan's Innocence Clinic
• Criminal defense team in the first post-9/11 terrorism prosecution
• Attorneys battling the monolithic Sex Offender Registry (2012)
• Creation of program to assist and/or represent juveniles in response to Miller v. Alabama (2013)
• SADO Crime Lab Unit (2014)
• Miriam L. Siefer (2023)

This award is given to an individual for a significant body of work, and is often triggered by an extraordinary case that is typical of that attorney's career. This is typically a reflection of a lifetime of service to defendants and the criminal justice community. Past award recipients are attorneys who not only made a career of providing the highest quality legal representation, but who are also members who generously support CDAM's mission to provide high quality continuing legal education.

• Norris Thomas
• Robyn B. Frankel
• Mitchell Ribitwer
• Jerome Sabbota
• Steven Fishman
• James L. Feinberg (2015)
• M. Jon Posner (2015)
• Michael A. Komorn (2016)
• William W. Swor (2017)
• Margaret Sind Raben (2018)
• Gerald Evelyn (2019)
• Lisa Kirsch Satawa (2020): presented in 2022
• James R. Samuels (2020): presented in 2022
• David Moran (2024)

This award, given in rare circumstances, recognizes a CDAM member for the extraordinary service on behalf of CDAM.

• F. Randall Karfonta
• Jill Leslie Price (2018)