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2024 Gerda & Kurt Klein Guardian of Freedom Award ~ Administrative Professional Nomination
This award was established in 2018 as a tribute to Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and her husband Kurt Klein. Gerda and Kurt dedicated their lives to the lessons from the Holocaust and recognized prosecution professionals as guardians of freedom. They understood that prosecution professionals are the living embodiment of the United States Constitution, and that we are often times the last line of defense for the rights of both victims and the accused.
This award recognizes an Arizona Administrative Professional in a municipal, county attorney and/or Attorney General prosecution office who has demonstrated exceptional professionalism in ethical decision-making in the pursuit of justice. This award is not meant to award tough trial victories, but victories of conscience. It will be awarded to the Administrative Professional who lives up to Gerda and Kurt’s ideals, who makes the right decision, regardless of the effect to the outcome of a case. As such, this is not necessarily an annual award; rather, it is awarded as exceptional actions warrant.
Award nominations must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2024. The APAAC Council will review all nominations and select the winner at its June 18, 2024, Council Meeting.
If this award is presented in 2024, it will be done at the 2024 Annual Administrative Professional Conference on July 19, 2024.