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R. Patrick Vance Receives the Jack Martzell Professionalism Award

R. Patrick Vance Receives the Jack Martzell Professionalism Award

Pictured: Janis van Meerveld (far left) and Edward H. Bergin (far right), with ALI members R. Patrick Vance and Sarah S. Vance (center).


The Federal Bar Association-New Orleans Chapter has honored R. Patrick Vance of Jones Walker with the 2023 Jack Martzell Professionalism Award. This award “recognizes an attorney who best exemplifies outstanding professionalism in the practice of law.”

“I want to thank the selection committee of the Federal Bar Association for this singular honor,” said Vance as he accepted the award. “I am grateful for my wonderful partners, friends, and colleagues, and I want to thank my wife Sarah for always encouraging me to be better at whatever I was trying to do.”

Vance is a nationally recognized expert in commercial litigation, banking, and bankruptcy law. He served as his firm’s Commercial Litigation Section practice group leader and three times as the executive committee chairman.

Learn more about the Jack Martzell Professionalism Award here

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