Sean D. Reyes
Salt Lake City, UT
Nominated by the Utah State Bar Association YLD

On February 9, 2008 during its Midyear Meeting Assembly in Los Angeles, California, the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division awarded the first ever ABA YLD National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award to Sean D. Reyes of Salt Lake City, Utah. “We are thrilled to honor Mr. Reyes.” Jay E. Ray, Immediate Past Chair of the ABA YLD, explained. “He is exactly the type of young lawyer the award was created to recognize—one who exhibits professional excellence, service to the profession and the bar, service to the community, and a reputation for legal ethics and professional responsibility. The world and profession need to learn from Sean and the other amazing individuals nominated for this Award.”

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2007 FINALISTS

The ABA YLD is also proud to recognize two Finalists for the Award, Claudine Germain Jackson of Texas and Daniel Schwartz of Connecticut, as well as all of the individuals nominated for the award. 

Claudine Germain Jackson Fort Worth, TX – Nominated by the Texas Young Lawyers Association	Daniel Schwartz Avon, CT – Nominated by the Connecticut Bar Association YLS

About the Award

About the Board

Nominating Tips

Award Criteria

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2007 Nominees:

Michael G. Bergmann
Nominated by the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section and the Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Tasha C. Blakney
Nominated by the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Stephanie R. Bolton
Nominated by the Clearwater Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Roxanna M. Chacon
Nominated by the State Bar of New Mexico Young Lawyers Division

Hal D. Coffey
Nominated by the Allegheny County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Charles Eppolito, III
Nominated by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

M. Nalani Fujimori
Nominated by the Hawaii Women Lawyers

Timothy Gardner, Jr.
Nominated by the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section

Christina D. Hardman
Nominated by the New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Tina Nicole Herbert
Nominated by the South Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Katja H. Hill
Nominated by the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Christy E. Kiely
Nominated by the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference

Latosha T. Lewis
Nominated by the Houston Young Lawyers Association

Maralee MacDonald
Nominated by the California Young Lawyers Association

Jennifer Evans Morris
Nominated by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Sara Reynolds
Nominated by the Nashville Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Alison Werner Smith
Nominated by the Iowa State Bar Association Young Lawyer Division

Diane Standaert
Nominated by the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law

Annamaria Steward
Nominated by the Young Lawyer Section of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia

Jeannine Smith Williams
Nominated by the St. Petersburg Bar Young Lawyers