Los Angeles County Bar Association Announces Recipients of Prestigious 2025 Annual Awards
The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) is proud to announce the distinguished recipients of its highly coveted 2025 annual awards. LACBA will celebrate the following three exceptional individuals for their outstanding achievements and remarkable contributions to the legal community at its Installation and Awards Dinner on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. California State Senator Thomas J. Umberg (SD-34) will be presented with this year’s Shattuck-Price Outstanding Lawyer Award for his exceptional dedication to public service, the courts, and the legal community. Since 2021, Senator Umberg has chaired California Senate’s Judiciary Committee and has authored several bills impacting civil litigation and the courts. He has been a steadfast champion in the legislature for the legal profession, legal system, and access to justice. Over the course of his career, Senator Umberg has served his country, our state, and our legal community in various capacities. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former war crimes and federal criminal prosecutor, small business owner, private practitioner, and Deputy Drug Czar for President Clinton. Umberg began his military service at the Korean DMZ and was deployed overseas for five years where he was assigned as a paratrooper with the Army Special Operations Command and the XVIII Airborne Corps. As a federal and military prosecutor, Senator Umberg prosecuted numerous white collar, civil rights, murder, and sexual assault crimes. He successfully tried over 100 cases to verdict or judgment. Senator Umberg has served three terms in the State Assembly representing central Orange County. He founded and built a successful veteran-owned law firm in Orange County, recognized as one of California’s preeminent boutique law firms by Best Lawyers and The Daily Journal. Senator Umberg obtained his B.A. degree from UCLA in 1977, and his J.D. degree from UC Hastings School of Law (renamed UC College of the Law, San Francisco) in 1980.