Each year, the Inter-American Law Review honors a practitioner or scholar who has demonstrated outstanding and exemplary service in the field of international law. The Inter-American Law Review is deeply grateful for their support of the Review and of the University of Miami School of Law.
Lawyer of the Americas Award Recipients
Steve Forester, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (2023)
Wilfredo A. Ferrer, Holland & Knight (2022)
Corali Lopez-Castro, JD ’90, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton (2021)
James M. Meyer, JD ’89, Harper Meyer (2019)
Ambassador Sue M. Cobb, JD ’78 (2018)
Carlos J. Martinez, JD ’90, Miami-Dade County Public Defender (2017)
John Pate, JD ’69, De Sola Pate & Brown (2016)*
Edward H. Davis, Jr., JD ’87, Astigarraga Davis (2015)
Cheryl Little, JD ’85, Americans for Immigrant Justice (2014)
Horacio Gutierrez, JD ’98, Spotify (2013)
Carolyn Lamm, JD ’73, White & Case (2012)
The Honorable Jose Martinez, JD ’65 (2011)
The Honorable Cecilia Altonaga (2010)
Miguel Zaldivar, Jr., JD ’95, Hogan Lovells (2009)
The Honorable Adalberto J. Jordan, JD ’87 (2008)
Owen S. Freed, Attorney at Law (2007)*
John H. Rooney, Jr., JD ’59, Attorney at Law (2006)
Jose I. Astigarraga, JD ’78, Astigarraga Davis (2005)
The Honorable Federico A. Moreno, JD ’78, (2004)
Thomas J. Skola, Attorney at Law (2003)
Hugo Caminos, Professor of Law (2002)
Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga, Bryan Cave (2001)
Francisco R. Angones, JD ’76, Angones McClure & Garcia PA (2000)
Alan C. Swan, Professor of Law (1999)*
Salvador J. Juncadella, Morgan Lewis (1998)
Irwin P. Stotzky, Professor of Law (1997)
Carlos E. Loumiet, Broad and Cassel (1996)
Congressman Dante B. Fascell (1995)*
Carlos Nino, Professor of Law (1994)*
Ambassador Ambler H. Moss (1993)
Ira Kurzban, Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt PA (1992)
Raul J. Valdes-Fauli, Fox Rothschild (1991)
Eugene A. Rostov, ’85, Frontera Capital Advisors (1990)
Keith S. Rosenn, Professor of Law (1989)
George R. Harper, JD ’70, Harper Meyer (1988)*
Daniel E. Murray, Professor of Law (1987)*
The Honorable Mario P. Goderich, JD ’66, (1986)
Francisco Garcia-Amador, Professor of Law (1985)*
Burton A. Landy, JD ‘ 52, Akerman Senterfitt (1984)
Rafael Benitez, Professor of Law (1983)*
*Deceased
