Boucher Trial Lawyer of the Year
Raymond Boucher has been named the 2007 Trial Lawyer of the Year by both Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). Mr. Boucher has also received the Fort Lewis College's 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award for the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the President’s Award from Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, selected as a 2008 Southern California Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine, received the Strengthening Our Lives Award (SOL engages in issue advocacy and civic education), and the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Bench and Bar Award.
Over the past several years, Mr. Boucher has been instrumental in coordinating landmark settlements with Catholic dioceses throughout California on behalf of hundreds of plaintiffs against the Catholic Church. These cases exposed the systematic covered up by the church of rape of children by its clergy. Through many of these cases, the civil justice systems brought accountability to these institutions and justice to victims.
Mr. Boucher is recognized as one of the Daily Journal’s “Top 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California.” He received the 2002 Ted Horn Memorial Award, which is given by CAALA for the selfless gift of one’s talent. Pepperdine University School of Law honored him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2002. California League of Conservation Voters awarded Mr. Boucher with the 2005 Environmental Leadership Award for his longstanding dedication to the environment and public health rights of individuals. And, he was presented the 2006 Justice Armand Arabian Award for outstanding efforts to secure justice for victims of clergy abuse by the Project Sister organization.
The Public Justice Foundation awarded Mr. Boucher the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 1994; he was a finalist for this award in 2000. He is also a recipient of several Presidential Awards, Awards of Merit and Commendation from several Trial Bars, as well as an honorary Doctor of Law degree by the Whittier College School of Law. Mr. Boucher received the Los Angeles County Democratic Party’s John F. Kennedy “Profiles in Courage” award and was honored as Consumer Attorneys of San Diego’s “Consumer Advocate of the Year” in 2007. He often speaks at CAOC, CAALA, AAJ, National College of Advocacy seminars, and various educational conventions throughout the country.
Mr. Boucher was President of CAOC in 2007 and President of CAALA in 2005. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Public Justice Foundation, the Pepperdine School of Law Board of Visitors, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Diversity in Law Foundation, the California State Delegate to the American Association of Justice (AAJ), and a Fellow of the National College of Advocacy. He is also a member of the Roscoe Pound Foundation, the Civil Justice Foundation, the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles Bar Association, and the Orange County Bar Association.