2020 Republican Lawyer of the Year
honoring
Joanne Young
with special guest
Ronna McDaniel
Chair of the Republican National Committee
Join the RNLA to celebrate and honor Joanne Young
for her career of impressive accomplishments and years of work for the Republican Party.
Thursday, September 17
6:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill Club
Washington, DC
The Republican Lawyer of the Year Award has been presented annually since 2004, and winners in the past several years were Lee Goodman (2019), Harmeet K. Dhillon (2018), Larry Levy (2017), John Ryder (2016), Bobby R. Burchfield (2015), and E. Mark Braden (2014).
Tickets
Tickets are sold out.
Washington, DC has mandated a limit on the number of people allowed in one space.
Individual Ticket: $150
Individual Ticket + One Year of RNLA Membership: $200
Non-Members are encouraged to purchase a special ticket that includes one year of regular membership at a discounted price.
Current Advisory Council members who would like to RSVP should email Michael Thielen at [email protected].
Make checks payable to RNLA and note "Lawyer of the Year".
Mail to: Republican National Lawyers Association
Post Office Box 18965. Washington, D.C. 20036
Sponsorship Opportunities
Platinum - $25,000
- Gold level sponsorship for the 2020 Republican Lawyer of the Year reception and your choice of two other RNLA events during 2020: the National Policy Conference, The Lawyers Reception at the 2020 Republican National Convention, or the National Election Law Seminar.
Gold - $10,000
- Primary recognition with business or firm name or logo on all materials published for the reception.
- Complimentary admission for up to 20 individuals to the reception.
- Advisory Council membership upgrade ($4,000 value) for 4 individuals.
Silver - $5,000
- Prominent recognition with business or firm name or logo on all materials published for the reception.
- Complimentary admission for up to 15 individuals to the reception.
- Advisory Council membership upgrade ($2,000 value) for 2 individuals.
Bronze - $2,500
- Recognition with business or firm name or logo on all materials published for the reception.
- Complimentary admission for up to 10 individuals to the reception.
- Advisory Council membership upgrade ($1,000 value) for 1 individual.
Host - $1,000
- Recognition with business or firm name or logo on all materials published for the reception.
- Complimentary admission for up to 3 individuals to the reception.
- Sustaining level membership upgrade ($600 value) for 2 individuals.
For more information or to sponsor at a level above Host, please contact Michael Thielen at 202-802-0437 or [email protected].
If you would like to donate online at a level above Host, please click here enter your donation amount in the "Other" box.
Joanne Young Biography
Joanne W. Young, Managing Partner of the Washington DC based law firm, Kirstein & Young PLLC, is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and Wesleyan University. She represents clients on commercial, regulatory, antitrust, election law, and litigation matters, and has special expertise in the aviation industry. She spent several decades as a partner in large international law firms, including with the New York firm Lord Day Lord, Barrett Smith, before founding her present firm in 2006. She has taken leadership positions on such issues as privacy, antitrust/competition, and election integrity matters.
Ms. Young serves as Vice-Chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA), on the U.S. Export- Import Bank Advisory Committee and on the Board of the Lawyer’s Democracy Fund (LDF). She was previously elected President of the International Aviation Women’s Association, the Washington Foreign Law Society (WFLS), the Women’s Bar Association (WBA) and the International Aviation Club (IAWA). She founded Executive Women in Aviation and served on the Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University, on the Board of the Women’s Bar Foundation, the ABA Air & Space Law Forum and the D.C. Bar Law Practice Steering Committee.
Ms. Young was recently named the 2020 Republican Lawyer of the Year by the Republican National Lawyers Association. Earlier she was named the 2013 Attorney of the Year by the Boy
Scouts of America National Capital Area Council and serves on the Board of the City Club of Washington, as a DC Co-Chair for Vital Voices and on the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Industry Advisory Board for the College of Business. She served on the DOT Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking, Subcommittee on Training and Awareness and was named a Star of the Bar in 2015 by the Women’s Bar Association.
Ms. Young is a Member of the New York State and District of Columbia Bars.
Political Activities
• D. C. Delegations - 2020 Republican Convention - Trump Delegate
• 2016 Trump-Pence Campaign: RNLA Deployment Team Leader (New Hampshire)
• D.C. Delegation – 2016 Republican Convention- Alternate Delegate
• Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA): Elected 2020 Republican Lawyer of the Year; Vice- Chair, Co-Chair 2017-2019; VP-Finance 2014-2016; VP-Washington Operations 2012-2014
• D.C. Republican Party Executive Committee: 2015-present
• D.C. Urban Platform 2016 – Committee Member
• Co-Chair - 2012 DC Republican Party Platform Committee
• League of Republican Women of DC: Board Member 2012-present
• Lawyers Democracy Fund: Board Member 2015-present
• 2012 Romney Presidential Campaign: Virginia War Room – Responsible for SE Virginia Roving Legal Teams/Incident Reports
• Romney Transition Team – 2012
• D.C. Delegation – 2012 Republican Convention-Alternate Delegate
• Rudy Giuliani Delegate (DC)– 2008
• 2004 Bush–Cheney Campaign: Steering Committee - W Stands for Women
• 2004 Bush–Cheney Campaign: 72-hour Legal Task Force - Columbus, Ohio
• 2000 Bush–Cheney Campaign: Worked in Battle Ground States including as poll watcher on Election Day
Joanne Young Election Related Publications
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS.
Gold Sponsor:
Manny Iglesias
Silver Sponsors:
Diana Davis Spencer
Kirstein & Young PLLC
Bronze Sponsors:
Mike Wakefield
Host Sponsors:
JC Boggs
Diane Dillon
Mark Foster
Chris Marston
Audrey Perry Martin
Jayne Plank
Harvey Tettlebaum
Tickets are sold out.
Chair McDaniel is not soliciting funds in connection with this event.