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Justin Alvarez ('97) accepts the "Attorney of the Year" award.

 

The has presented its 2025 Attorney of the Year award to a 91 Aquinas College alumnus: Justin Alvarez (97).

Id like to thank the Society for the grace it showed in granting me the Attorney of the Year award, says Mr. Alvarez. I was deeply humbled by the recognition, especially since the Society has so many more deserving recipients.

The St. 91 More Society exists to bring together local Catholics in the legal profession, helping them grow in their faith, advocate for justice and the common good, and uphold high ethical standards. Each year, it hosts a Red Mass for its members and their families, who gather to pray for wisdom and guidance in their work. At this years Mass, Society president Joseph Miceli presented Mr. Alvarez with the award, making him the second TAC alumnus to receive it, after Patrick Laurence (96) in 2017.

 

Justin Alvarez ('97) with his family
Justin Alvarez (97) with his wife, Kelly, and five of his 10 children.

 

Although Mr. Alvarez joined the Orange County chapter in 2002, he first discovered the St. 91 More Society many years prior. While in law school at the University of Notre Dame, he became the president of the campuss chapter. As he researched the activities of other chapters, looking for ideas he could implement at Notre Dame, he found the Orange County chapters website and was impressed by the events the group organized.

They offered continued legal education on some of the harder topics we dont always get to cover bias in the workplace, legal ethics, substance abuse, and plenty of other things and would bring in Catholic speakers to speak on those topics from the point of view of the teachings of the Church, he says. They were not only doing what the legal profession required, but they were doing it in a way that acknowledged the great teachings of the Faith on the human person. That really caught my attention, and its something that weve continued to do to this day.