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OBA President's Award

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About the Award

The OBA President's Award recognizes the significant contribution of an individual Canadian or Canadian organization, which, in the view of the OBA President, has made a significant contribution to the advancement of Justice in Ontario or elsewhere.

2025 Award Winner

President, American Bar Association

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Past Winners

2025 - William R. Bay
2024 - Thomas Conway, Abdalla Barqawi, and Mohammed Elshafie
2022 - Kristin Taylor, Carla Potter, Ardy Mohajer and Noble Chummar
2021 - Nana Yanful, Molly Reynolds, Nicholas Wall and Joshua Morry
2020 - Mitch Kowalski, Crystal O’Donnell, and Maurizio Romanin
2019 - James Douglas and The Honourable Patricia C. Hennessy
2018 - Canadian Cross-Border Legal Coalition
2017 - Sarah Clarke, Sébastien Grammond, David Taylor and Anne Levesque
2016 - Susheel Gupta
2015 - Rocco Galati
2014 - The Hon. Annemarie E. Bonkalo and Association des juristes d' expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO)
2013 - The Hon. Warren K. Winkler
2012 - The Hon. Patrick J. LeSage, K.C.
2011 - LEAF - Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
2009/2010 - The Hon. R. Roy McMurtry, K.C.
2008 - Pro Bono Law Ontario
2007 - AIDWYC - Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted