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
