KY lawyer John Rosenberg receives national honor for his commitment to justice • Kentucky Lantern

KY lawyer John Rosenberg receives national honor for his commitment to justice • Kentucky Lantern

Eastern Kentucky lawyer John Rosenberg will accept a prestigious honor from the American Bar Association at its national meeting in August. Kentucky public interest lawyer John Rosenberg has been awarded the American Bar Association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal, for “exceptionally distinguished service to the cause of American jurisprudence.” A Holocaust survivor, Rosenberg founded the nonprofit Appalachian Research and Defense Fund or AppalRe…

Prestonsburg's John Rosenberg to receive ABA Medal - Mountain Top Media

John Rosenberg CHICAGO — The American Bar Association has announced that longtime Eastern Kentucky legal advocate John M. Rosenberg will receive the 2026 ABA Medal, the organization’s highest honor for exceptionally distinguished service to American law. Rosenberg is the executive director emeritus of Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, also known as AppalReD Legal Aid, where he spent decades working to expand access to legal services for low…