Roberta Cooper Ramo

In June, Albuquerque attorney Roberta Cooper Ramo (Hum) received the highest award of the American Bar Association, the ABA Medal. She was the first woman to head the association. She works in New Mexico for the law firm Modrall Sperling, concentrating on mediation, arbitration, business law, real estate, probate and estate planning. Roberta also was the first woman elected president of the American Law Institute, in 2008, a position she remains in today.