Anti-Defamation League honors three Orange County attorneys

Submitted by Dan Pittman

The 2009 Jurisprudence Awards Dinner held by the Anti-Defamation League of Orange County and Long Beach recently honored three accomplished Orange County attorneys.

The event’s Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Award recipients were Mark Minyard, managing partner, Minyard & Morris, LLP; Martha Gooding, partner, Howrey, LLP; and William S. O’Hare, administrative partner, Snell & Wilmer, LLP.

“We are delighted to honor these three outstanding attorneys and wish to thank all of our sponsors and everyone else who helped to make the event a success,” said Dr. Kevin O’Grady, regional director. Held at The island Hotel in Newport Beach, the event raised $216,000 and was attended by about 450 people.

The ADL is the nation’s premiere civil rights and human relations organization fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds.

Based in Costa Mesa, the Orange County/Long Beach Regional office covers the area south of Los Angeles and north of San Diego and is well known for its No Place for Hate education programming, its defense of the region’s Jewish population and its willingness to fight for justice for all people.