The Department of Justice honored five attorneys for their work on the Indian trust fund lawsuit.
Michael F. Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; J. Christopher Kohn, Director; Robert Kirschman, Deputy Branch Director; John T. Stemplewicz, Special Litigation Counsel; and Michael J. Quinn, Trial Attorney, were honored during the 58th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony yesterday.
They were singled out for their "extraordinary work in achieving a resolution of the Cobell v. Salazar litigation that is fair to the plaintiffs, and encourages a better relationship between the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the hundreds of thousands of Native Americans with whom it has a trust relationship," Main Justice reported.
At least three of the attorneys -- Kirschman, Stemplewicz and Quinn -- have been working on the case since the Bush administration.
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List of Honorees at Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony
(Main Justice 10/27)
Transcript: Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the 58th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony (DOJ 10/26)
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