Citation Award recipient Werner Felix Wolfen '53 was born in Berlin and at age 8 came to America with his family as refugees from Nazi Germany. He earned a degree in business administration from UC Berkeley in 1950, and after graduating from Boalt Hall three years later, went to work for the 5-man law firm of Irell & Manella in Los Angeles to practice tax law. Over the next 46½ years, Werner helped build Irell into one of the premier law firms in California, rising to senior partner and concentrating on tax and entertainment law with a client roster that included A&M Records, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, and the Carpenters.

Since retiring from Irell & Manella in 1998, Werner has owned and managed Capri Investment Co., a venture capital investment firm. Werner and his wife, Mimi, also serve on the cabinet for the Campaign for Boalt Hall. The Wolfens have contributed generously to faculty endowments and law school programs. Their contributions to Boalt’s International Human Rights Law Clinic reflect a lifelong commitment to social justice. A gift in 2005 established the Werner and Mimi Wolfen Research Professorship, currently held by Professor Frank Zimring.

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Kadish, a leading criminal law scholar, was awarded the Berkeley Citation in 1991, and selected as a Faculty Research Lecturer in 1993, two of the University of California's highest honors. In 2000, Kadish and his wife, June, established the Kadish Center for Morality, Law & Public Affairs through a generous endowment to promote research on moral and philosophical issues in law and public life. Kadish is also a founder of the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at Boalt. He served as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice and is the author of Discretion to Disobey; Criminal Law and Its Processes and Blame and Punishment: Essays in Criminal Law. Kadish's Criminal Law continues to influence teaching and thought in the field.

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Young Alumnus Award recipient Kathi Pugh '90 has dedicated her legal career to serving the community. As a law student in 1988, Pugh was a cofounder of the East Bay Community Law Center, now one of the nation's preeminent poverty law clinics. After earning a joint MBA/JD degree from the Haas School of Business and Boalt Hall in 1990, Pugh joined Morrison & Foerster as an associate in the Labor & Employment Department. Today, Pugh is the firmwide pro bono counsel in the firm's San Francisco office, where she is responsible for administering all aspects of Morrison & Foerster's pro bono program.

Pugh has served on the Council of the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities of the American Bar Association (ABA) for more than a decade and has been recognized for her distinguished work and contributions in the area of tenants' rights and disability rights. She received the Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service Award from the Volunteer Legal Services Program and the 2006 Advocate Award from the Eviction Defense Collaborative for her work on behalf of tenants. She has served on and chaired disability rights committees for the ABA, the California State Bar, and the Bar Association of San Francisco.

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