Arthur H. Bryant Receives Justice
Michael A. Musmanno Award in Philadelphia
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Arthur H. Bryant |
Twenty-six years ago, the
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (PTLA) established the
Justice Michael A. Musmanno Award and began a tradition of
awarding it annually to an outstanding individual who represents
the spirit and ideals of the late Justice Musmanno. As a lawyer,
speaker, statesman and legislator, Justice Musmanno never stood
aside complacently when he believed that cruelty and injustice
were being inflicted.
The PTLA has announced that the
26th Musmanno Award recipient is Arthur H. Bryant, Executive
Director of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, who is being
honored because he is "an attorney who has always demonstrated
the courage and intellect demonstrated by Justice Musmanno
throughout his legal career." Mr. Bryant received the award
at a dinner on Tuesday, October 11, 2005, at the Westin
Philadelphia at Liberty Place.
Past honorees are: the late Honorable J. Sidney Hoffman, Senior
Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania; the late Honorable
I. Raymond Kremer, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
Philadelphia; Elwood S. Levy, Esquire, of Philadelphia; the
Honorable William F. Cercone, Superior Court of Pennsylvania;
the late James E. Beasley, Sr., Esquire, of Philadelphia; Marvin
Comisky, Esquire, of Philadelphia; Justice Rolf Larsen, former
member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; James F. Mundy,
Esquire, of Philadelphia; the late James J. Manderino, Speaker
of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; S. Gerald Litvin,
Esquire, of Philadelphia; Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate of
Washington, D.C.; Arthur G. Raynes, Esquire, of Philadelphia;
the Honorable Robert C. Jubelirer, President Pro Tempore of the
Pennsylvania Senate; Herbert F. Kolsby, Esquire, of
Philadelphia; Morris S. Dees, Esquire, Founder, Southern Poverty
Law Center; Donald E. Matusow, Esquire, of Philadelphia; United
States Congressman Richard A. Gephardt, St. Louis, Missouri;
Martin Greitzer, Esquire, of Philadelphia; James R. Ronca,
Esquire, of Harrisburg; Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen in
Washington, D.C.; Carol Nelson Shepherd, Esquire, of
Philadelphia; United States Senator Arlen Specter, of
Philadelphia; Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., Esquire, of Philadelphia;
United States Senator John Edwards, North Carolina, and Nancy H.
Fullam, Esquire, of Philadelphia.
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