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This Supremely Historic Justice Won 2022's Lawyer Of The Year Contest By A Landslide

No dissents here. She's truly amazing!

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All rise! The competition for 2022 Lawyer of the Year honors was not a close one, not even one little bit. Our top candidate took home more than 50% of the vote, while our second-place finisher (another worthy contender) had just 16% of the total tally. In fact, the new titleholder secured almost 300 more votes than this year’s silver medalist.

Before we announce which luminary lawyer prevailed, let’s review Above the Law’s past Lawyers of the Year:

In a year where the legitimacy of the Supreme Court was repeatedly questioned, it makes sense that the lawyer who came out on top may be the one to breathe new life into the highest court in the land. America needed a break from Supreme ethics scandals and voted for an attorney who instead made Supreme history.

In the end, it was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the high court’s newest associate justice, who took home the title in our 2022 Lawyer of the Year competition. After more than two centuries, Jackson is the sixth woman — and more momentously, the first Black woman — to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court. Jackson is not your typical SCOTUS justice — and not just because she’s not a white male. She is also the first former federal public defender to ever serve on the Court.

Congratulations to our Lawyer of the Year finalists, and very special congratulations to our 2022 Lawyer of the Year, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. With her elevation to the Supreme Court, Jackson offers a new hope for women and for democracy in America. Each and every day, she inspires a new generation of women of color to consider going into the legal profession, and that’s something that’s truly Supreme. Thank you, Justice Jackson.

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Earlier: Above The Law’s 2022 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Finalists!

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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