The Law Day event hosted by the CCBA at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center, featured keynote speaker and renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Hilliard introduced Mr. Crump, noting that while Ben Crump has been called the “Black Man’s Attorney General” he is really “Everyman’s Attorney General” as he fights for equality and to eradicate injustice. After congratulating Hilliard for receiving this award, Ben Crump reiterated his message of speaking truth to power, and that influence means nothing if you don’t speak up for the marginalized who don’t have a voice.
Bob Hilliard is the first recipient of the Corpus Christi Bar Association’s “Lawyer of the Year Award.”
Mr. Hilliard states: “A Corpus Christi court room was the first time, as a very young lawyer almost 40 years ago, I ever stood up and said: ‘Plaintiffs are ready your Honor.’ My first jury trial. Now, with over a hundred trials all over the country behind me, I consider how fortunate I am. This is my home city, a city I love. It is where I met the love of my life, my wife, Catherine. This legal community, its lawyers and judges, are my lifelong friends. I am humbled and honored to be selected as the Corpus Christi Bar Association’s first ever Lawyer of the Year by my peers. Even more so given my friend Ben Crump was here as well to inspire all of us.”
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