Roberta Cooper Ramo

The first female president of both the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute, Roberta Cooper Ramo (Hum) was given the inaugural Award for Professional Excellence by the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession this spring. Previously Roberta had been appointed by the U.S. Senate to serve as co-chair of a committee to review governance issues of the U.S. Olympic Committee. She is a partner at Modrall Sperling, the largest New Mexico-based law firm.