Annual Awards Luncheon
About Our Annual Awards Luncheon
Join us for our Annual Awards Luncheon, an amazing afternoon of celebrating case victories and client perseverance, honoring advocates, and thanking our dedicated donors!
Each year, Inner City Law Center presents two prestigious awards—the Humanitarian Award and the Katharine Krause Award—to champions who have worked to bring justice to people experiencing homelessness. Our Annual Awards Luncheon is our single biggest fundraiser of the year; the sponsorships pledged and funds raised make our vital year-round work possible.
Our Past Past Honorees
Katharine Krause, a charismatic and well-respected attorney, was an early leader of the public interest law community and an ICLC Board member. The Katharine Krause Award is presented to an individual or entity that has made notable contributions to our client communities.
2025 – Robins Kaplan LLP and Brown, Goldstein & Levy
2024 – JAMS and Richard Chernick
2023 – Troutman Pepper
2022 – Alston & Bird LLP
2021 – Michael Alder, Dan Woods, and James Judge
2020 – QueensCare
2019 – Skadden
2018 – Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
2017 – Marian Wright Edelman and Peter Edelman
2016 – DecisionQuest and Michael Cobo
2015 – Dan Grunfeld and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
2014 – Michael N. Feuer
2013 – The Honorable Hilda L. Solis
2012 – Dr. Judith Broader of The Soldiers Project
2011 – O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Paul Salvaty
2010 – Southern California Edison
2009 – Mayor Eric Garcetti
2008 – Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.
2007 – The Very Reverend Ernesto Medina
2006 – Steve Lopez
2005 – Skid Row Housing Trust and Michael Alvidrez
2004 – Bird, Marella, Boxer & Wolpert and Dorothy Wolpert 2003 Latham & Watkins LLP and James D.C. Barrall
2002 – Professor Gary Blasi
2001 – Howrey LLP and Thomas Nolan
2000 – White & Case LLP and Daniel James Woods
1999 – Reverend Donald P. Merrifield, S.J. and Donald Mullane 1998 Stephen English
1997 – Gerald Secundy
1996 – Robert Carlson
The Humanitarian Award is presented to an individual or entity who has demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the underprivileged residents of Los Angeles.
2025 – Dolores Huerta and Councilmember Nithya Raman
2024 – Crowell & Moring LLP
2023 – Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
2022 – Alya and Dr. Gary Michaelson
2021 – Jacqueline Waggoner, Kelli Bernard, and The Ad Hoc Committee on Black People Experiencing Homelessness
2020 – Latham & Watkins LLP
2019 – Vijay Gupta
2018 – The Weingart Foundation and Fred J. Ali
2017 – Judicate West Foundation and Var Fox
2016 – Girardi Keese
2015 – Edward P. Roski, Jr.
2014 – Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC and Andrew Esbenshade
2013 – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Margaret Levy
2012 – Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP
2011 – Justice Carlos R. Moreno (Ret.)
2010 – California Community Foundation and Antonia Hernandez
2009 – Judge Dorothy Nelson
2008 – Judge Harry Pregerson
2007 – Nancy Mintie
2006 – Chief Justice Ronald M. George
2005 – Bruce Iwasaki
2004 – Reverend Gregory J. Boyle, S.J.
2003 – Stephen R. English
2002 – Antonio Villaraigosa
2001 – Henry Cisneros
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