American Bar Association President Mary Smith will award a Presidential Citation to J. Michael Luttig, co-chair of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy and former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, at the association’s Annual Meeting, July 31-August 6, in Chicago.
Luttig will be honored for “his extraordinary and lifetime commitment to upholding the rule of law; his courageous and consequential testimony at the January 6 hearing; his long and storied public service in the judiciary; and his tireless dedication and leadership to strengthening democracy as co-chair of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy.”
As co-chair of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy since 2023, Luttig has provided high-profile, bipartisan leadership that has been invaluable in fulfilling the task force’s mission to inspire and mobilize America’s legal profession and citizenry to actively support and defend American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law.
Luttig was an appeals court judge from 1991 to 2006. He is currently counselor and special adviser to the Coca-Cola Company and its board of directors. Prior to that, Luttig was counselor and senior adviser to the Boeing Company CEO and board of directors and was executive vice president and general counsel of Boeing from 2006 to 2020.
Luttig is a former assistant U.S. attorney general and former counselor to the U.S. attorney general. He was assistant counsel to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982 and a law clerk to then-Judge Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Luttig will be honored for “his extraordinary and lifetime commitment to upholding the rule of law; his courageous and consequential testimony at the January 6 hearing; his long and storied public service in the judiciary; and his tireless dedication and leadership to strengthening democracy as co-chair of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy.”
As co-chair of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy since 2023, Luttig has provided high-profile, bipartisan leadership that has been invaluable in fulfilling the task force’s mission to inspire and mobilize America’s legal profession and citizenry to actively support and defend American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law.
Luttig was an appeals court judge from 1991 to 2006. He is currently counselor and special adviser to the Coca-Cola Company and its board of directors. Prior to that, Luttig was counselor and senior adviser to the Boeing Company CEO and board of directors and was executive vice president and general counsel of Boeing from 2006 to 2020.
Luttig is a former assistant U.S. attorney general and former counselor to the U.S. attorney general. He was assistant counsel to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982 and a law clerk to then-Judge Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
