WJA Medals of Honor

Brief history of our awards

Among others, the following notables have received the prestigious WJA Awards:

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | Madrid, Spain

Nancy Hollander

USA, Criminal Defense Attorney

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | Madrid, Spain

Manuel Aragón Reyes

Spain, Trustee of the World Law Foundation, Judge Emeritus of the Constitutional Court of Spain

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | Madrid, Spain

Pedro Pérez-Llorca

Spain, Senior Partner at Pérez-Llorca

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | Madrid, Spain

Luis de Carlos Bertrán

Spain, Former Senior and Managing Partner at Uría Méndez, Trustee of Profesor Uría Foundation

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Kerry Kennedy

USA, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Luis Almagro

Uruguay, Secretary General of the Organization of American States

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Ignacio Sánchez Galán

Spain, President of Iberdrola

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Brian Preston

Australia, President of the Land and Environment Court in New South Wales

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Luc Lavrysen

Belgium, President of the Constitutional Court

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Richard Wagner

USA, Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

WJA Medal of Honor2023 | New York, USA

Stephen Breyer

USA, Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa

Los Angeles City Major 2005-2013

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Hilarie Bass

President of the American Bar Association 2017-2018

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Patricia Lee Refo

Immediate President of the American Bar Association 2020-2021

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

The World Justice Project

Received by Elizabeth Anderson, Executive Director

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Framers of the Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Cheol-Kyu Hwang

President of the International Association of Prosecutors

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

José Igreja Matos

President of the International Association of Judges

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Reginald Turner

President of the American Bar Association

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Movimiento de Abogacía Renovada

Received by Juan Gonzalo Ospina

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Jorge Martí Moreno

President of the International Association of Lawyers

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Wilson Ruíz Orejuela

Minister of Justice of Colombia

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Jaime Pumarejo Heins

Barranquilla City Major

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Carlos Julio Ardila Gaviria

President of Organización Ardila Lülle

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

María Eugénia Gay Rosell

Dean of the Barcelona Bar Association

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Grupo Mutua Madrileña & Seguros del Estado

Received by Jaime Montalvo, Vice-President

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

UNIR

Received by Rafael Puyol, President

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

The Icon

Received by Francisco Rodríguez, President

WJA Medal of Honor2021 | Barranquilla, COLOMBIA

Jaime Alfonsín

Head of the Royal Household of Spain

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Rome, ITALY

Lucio Ghia

WJA President 1995-1997

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Rome, ITALY

His Holiness Pope Francis

Honorary President of El País

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

José María Alonso

Dean of the Madrid Bar Association

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Miguel Riaño

Managing Partner of Herbert Smith Freehills

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Luis de Carlos

President of Uría-Menéndez

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Pedro Pérez-Llorca

Managing Partner of Pérez-Llorca

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Carlos Rueda

President of the Board of Gómez-Acebo y Pombo

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Federico Linares

President of EY Spain

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

José Ángel Martínez Sanchiz

President of the Spanish Council of Notaries

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Fernando Vives Ruiz

Executive Chairman of Garrigues

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

Jorge Badía

Chief Executive Officer of Cuatrecasas

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Madrid, SPAIN

César Albiñana

Managing Partner of CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Franklin Hoet Linares

WJA President 1991-1993 & 2015-2019

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Francisco de la Torre

Málaga City Major

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Rafael Catalá

Former Minister of Justice of Spain

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

José Ramón Navarro

President of the Spanish National Court

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Francisco Javier Lara

Dean of the Malaga Bar Association

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Albert Rivera

President of Ciudadanos Party

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Manuel Aragón

Academic Director of the World Law Congress 2019

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Viviane Reding

Vice-Presidenta of the European Commission (2010-2014)

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Juan José Hinojosa

Dean of the Malaga Law Faculty

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Victoria Ortega

President of the Spanish General Council of Lawyers

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Francisco Salado Escaño

President of Malaga Diputation

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Antonio Pulido

President of Cajasol

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

José Luis Sánchez Domínguez

President of Sando

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Federico Beltrán

President of Famadesa

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Luis Martí

Honorary Dean of the Madrid Bar Association

WJA Medal of Honor2019 | Málaga, SPAIN

Juan Luis Cebrián

Honorary President of El País

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