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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 3, 2017

Judge Bernice Bouie Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Memphis will receive the American Bar Association’s 2017 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. Donald will receive the award during the ABA Annual Meeting in New York, alongside four others. “We are honored to recognize this spectacular group of women. We applaud their achievements, knowing that their efforts will inspire a new generation of women lawyers,” said Michele Coleman Mayes, the chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession. The award, whose previous recipients include U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, honors outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence in their area of specialty and have actively paved the way to success for others.