Service Award Winner History
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Community Service |
La Raza Lawyers Association Public Benefit Fund |
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Service to the Legal Community |
Prof. David Brennan & Prof. Robert Fellmeth |
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Service by Public Attorney |
Jodi Cleesattle |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
San Diego Superior Court’s Veterans Treatment Court |
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Service to Diversity |
Heily Hernandez |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Mark Simpliciano |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. John A. Houston |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Patricia Hollenbeck |
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Community Service |
Deborah Dixon |
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Service to the Legal Community |
David Majchrzak |
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Service by Public Attorney |
Tracy Prior |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
Tariq Khamisa Foundation |
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Service to Diversity |
Vaani Chawla |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Audrey Surridge |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Judge Margaret M. Mann (Ret.) |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Charles M. Sevilla |
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Community Service |
Mytili Bala |
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Service to the Legal Community |
Commissioner Ernest M. Gross |
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Service by Public Attorney |
Linh Lam |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
Allliance San Diego |
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Service to Diversity |
Yahairah Aristy |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Tarina Mand |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Judge Kenneth So (Ret.) |
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Outstanding Attorney |
James Koerber |
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Community Service |
Ian M. Seruelo |
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Service to the Legal Community |
Blanca Quintero |
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Service by Public Attorney |
David P. Finn |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
University of San Diego School of Law Legal Clinics |
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Service to Diversity |
Ken So |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Claudia L. Ignacio |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Larry A. Burns |
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Outstanding Attorney |
James D. Crosby |
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Community Service |
Commissioner Nadia Keilani, |
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Service to the Legal Community |
David Grapilon, Matthew Wechter |
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Service by Public Attorney |
Alex Calero |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
John Adkins, Elaine Lawrence, Mary Silva |
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Service to Diversity |
Carolina Bravo-Karimi |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Maresa Martin Talbert |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Randa Trapp (Ret.) |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Andrea St. Julian |
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Community Service |
Rob Shields, |
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Service to the Legal Community |
Valerie Garcia Hong |
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Service by Public Attorney |
Rosalina Spencer Leon |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
Jewish Family Services |
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Service to Diversity |
Bhashini Weerasinghe |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Catherine Asuncion |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Gale Kaneshiro |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Sharon Blanchet |
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Community Service |
Kimberly Swierenga |
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Service to the Legal Community |
Mark Cumba |
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Service by Public Attorney |
Charles Bell, Jr. |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
Consumer Advocates for RCFE (CARR) |
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Service to Diversity |
Alara Chilton |
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Service by a New Lawyer |
Spencer Scott |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Dana Sabraw |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Peter Quon |
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Community Service |
James A. Tabb |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Alvin Gomez |
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Service to The Legal Community |
Wendy Behan |
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Service by A Public Attorney |
Michelle Ialeggio |
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Service to Diversity |
Jonah Toleno |
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Service by A New Lawyer |
Jamie Quient |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. David Bartick (posthumously) |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Candace Carroll and Virginia Nelson |
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Community Service |
Cynthia Morgan-Reed |
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Service to the Legal Community |
Stacie Patterson |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Anne Perry |
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Distinguished Citizen or Organization |
Survivors of Torture |
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Service to Diversity |
Peter Lynch |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Rafael Hurtado |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz |
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Outstanding Attorney |
Edward McIntyre |
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Community Service |
Frederick Schenk |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
George Brewster |
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Service to Diversity |
Olga Alvarez |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
SDUSD/Crawford High Academy of Law |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Brigid Campo |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Tamila Ipema |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Charles Dick |
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Community Service |
Audie de Castro |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Betty Evans Boone |
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Service to Legal Education |
Andrew Haden |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Gregg McClain |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Carmen Kcomt |
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Distinguished Organization |
Juvenile Book Club |
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Service to Diversity |
Kimberly Ahrens |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
California Innocence Project |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Ben Aguilar |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Robert Trentacosta |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Dick Shaw |
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Community Service |
Johanna Schiavoni |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Lori Mendez |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Lilys McCoy |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Rebecca Kanter |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Lori Boyle |
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Distinguished Organization |
San Diego Truancy Court Collaboration Team |
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Service to Diversity |
Nadia Bermudez |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Professional Alliance for Children (PAFC) - James "Jim" Dell |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Melissa Deleon |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Judith McConnell |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Tom Turner |
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Community Service |
Frank Barone, Office of the Primary Public Defender |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Dean Rudy Hasl, Thomas Jefferson School of Law |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
George Cary Loyd, IV, San Diego District Attorney’s Office |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Cynthia Marten, Central Elementary School |
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Distinguished Organization |
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program |
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Service to Diversity |
Nory Pascua, Law Office of Nory R. Pascua |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Renee Galente, Galente Ganci, APC |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. George "Woody" Clarke (posthumously) |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Gregory Knoll, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. |
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Community Service |
John Gomez |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Heather Rosing |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Dean Steven R. Smith |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Danielle Hickman |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Father Joe Carroll |
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Distinguished Organization |
Voices for Children |
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Service to Diversity |
Kim-Thoa Hoang |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Morrison & Foerster |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Jessica Klarer Pride |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. David Gill |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
James Dawe |
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Community Service |
David Berry |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Jeff Dusek |
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Service to Legal Education |
Susan Hack |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Marissa Bejarano |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Joan Friedenberg |
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Distinguished Organization |
Walden Family Services, Inc. |
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Service to Diversity |
Jerrilyn Malana |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Dependency Legal Group of San Diego |
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Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer |
Eric Ganci |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Carolyn Caietti |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
C. Michael Cowett (posthumously) |
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Community Service |
Juan Zuñiga |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Jill Burkhardt |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Stephen Kelly |
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Service to Legal Education |
Anna Romanskaya |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Lei-Chala Wilson |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Julie Myres |
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Distinguished Organization |
Community HousingWorks |
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Service to Diversity |
Lizzette Herrera and Marty Lorenzo |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Latham & Watkins LLP Affordable Housing Advocates |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Napoleon Jones, Jr. (posthumously) |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Steven M. Boudreau |
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Community Service |
Jay W. Jeffcoat |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Charles H. Dick, Jr. |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Peter Quon, Jr. |
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Service to Legal Education |
August Larsen |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Victor M. Nuñez |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Midge Costanza |
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Distinguished Organization |
Housing Opportunities Collaborative |
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Service to Diversity |
Doc Anthony Anderson, III |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Frederic L. Link |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Karen Hewitt |
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Community Service |
Melissa C. Diaz |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Raymond G. Aragon |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Elaine A. Alexander |
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Service to Legal Education |
Laura M. Padilla |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Terrie M. Roberts |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Councilmember Anthony Young |
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Distinguished Organization |
La Cuna, Inc. |
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Service to Diversity |
Erika Hiramatsu |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Casa Cornelia Law Center |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Vincent J. Bartolotta, Jr. |
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Community Service |
Rachel Cano |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Elizabeth S. Balfour |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Dawnella Gilzean |
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Service to Legal Education |
Dean Steven R. Smith |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Dwayne K. Moring |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Ernie Palacio (posthumously) |
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Distinguished Organization |
KIDS’ TURN |
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Diversity |
Rupa G. Singh |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Rosner & Mansfield, LLP |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Lillian Lim |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Carol Chien-Hua Lam |
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Community Service |
Philip J. Giacinti, Jr. |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Dawn E. Davies |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Janice F. Mulligan |
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Service to Legal Education |
Gary C. Seiser |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Paul R. Greenwood |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Sister RayMonda DuVall |
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Distinguished Organization |
Family Violence Program of the Chadwick Center for Families and Children of Children’s Hospital and Health Center |
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Diversity |
Lilia E. Garcia |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Rosenstein, Wilson & Dean, P.L.C. |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Patricia Yim Cowett and Hon. William C. Pate |
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Community Service |
Michele M. Macosky Michael Wischkaemper |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Wendy L. Patrick |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Cindy D. Davis |
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Service to Legal Education |
Marjorie Cohn |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Sherry M. Thompson |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Rosemary Johnston |
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Distinguished Organization |
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego |
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Diversity |
Regina A. Petty |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Vallera Joyner Johnson |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Carl R. Poirot |
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Community Service |
Steve R. Binder |
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Service to the SDCBA |
David Baxter Norris |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Gregory A. Vega |
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Service to Legal Education |
Prof. Susan Tiefenbrun |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Bonnie M. Dumanis |
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Distinguished Citizen |
James W. Pauley |
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Distinguished Organization |
San Diego County Public Law Library |
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Diversity |
Lea L. Fields |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Morrison & Foerster LLP |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Joan P. Weber |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
James E. McElroy |
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Community Service |
Robert S. Dreher |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Peter J. Hughes |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Stephen L. Marsh |
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Service to Legal Education |
Robert J. Gaglione |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Carmela F. Simoncini |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Verna Griffin-Tabor |
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Distinguished Organization |
Identity Theft Resource Center |
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Diversity |
Janice P. Brown |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Naval Legal Services Office |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. Leo S. Papas |
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Outstanding Attorney of the Year |
Charles A. Bird |
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Community Service |
Lilia S. Velasquez |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Myrna Bryn Pascual |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Award not given |
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Service to Legal Education |
Hon. J. Richard Haden |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Brian E. Michaels |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Brig. General Edward Meyer |
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Distinguished Organization |
California Innocence Project |
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Diversity |
DeAnn M. Salcido |
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Public Service by a Law Firm or Agency |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
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Outstanding Jurist |
Hon. William B. Enright |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
David S. Casey, Jr. |
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Diversity |
Lei-Chala Wilson |
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Community Service |
M.E. Stephens |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Gina Dronet |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Judith M. Copeland |
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Service to Legal Education |
Hector M. Jimenez |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
David M. Rubin |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Wilma Wooten |
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Distinguished Organization |
San Diego Crime Victims Fund |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Hon. Wayne L. Peterson |
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Community Service |
Nick Sauer |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Ken Brooks |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Judge Ernest Borunda |
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Service to Legal Education |
Richard Shaw |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Woody Clarke |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Nancy Rosenberger |
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Distinguished Organization |
Center for Community Solutions |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Judge Susan Finaly |
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Community Service |
Margaret “Peggy” Dolan |
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Service to the SDCBA |
George W. Brewster, Jr. |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Vickie E. Turner |
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Service to Legal Education |
C. Hugh Freidman |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Anna R. España |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Karen Marshall |
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Distinguished Organization |
North County Lifeline, Inc. |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Hon. James R. Miliken Marc D. Adelman |
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Community Service |
Gray, Cary, Ware & Friedenrich Betty Santohigashi |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Anton Gerschler Steven Cologne |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
James E. McElroy |
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Service to Legal Education |
Judy Keim |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Claudia E. Smith |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Morris Casuto Emerald F. Randolph |
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Distinguished Organization |
Escondido Youth Encounter (EE) |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Judge Judith Keep Sharon Kalemkiarian |
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Community Service |
Vincent J. Bartolotta |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Dave Noonan |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Steve Wall |
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Service to Legal Education |
Steve Kellman |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Amalia Meza |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Martin Bayless |
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Distinguished Organization |
Tariq Khamisa Foundation |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Alec Cory |
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Community Service |
Laura S. Taylor |
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Service to the SDCBA |
James F. Stiven |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Hon. James Miliken |
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Service to Legal Education |
Professor Steven Hartwell |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Captain Howard C. Cohen |
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Distinguished Citizen |
County Supervisor Ron Roberts |
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Distinguished Organization |
SDCBA Auxiliary Courthouse Tours |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Judge William A. Yale |
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Community Service |
Timothy Cohelan |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Karen Thomas |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Edward “Ned” Huntington |
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Service to Legal Education |
James King (DDA) Charles Nickel |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
(DDA) James Waters |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Dales Walls |
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Distinguished Organization |
Voices for Children |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Hon. Louis M. Welsh |
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Community Service |
Christopher Celentino |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Ross G. Simmons |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Albert K. Walkoe |
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Service to Legal Education |
Claudette G. Wilson Marjorie J. Floyd |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Randy K. Jones |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Sandra L. McBrayer |
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Distinguished Organization |
North County Chaplaincy |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Hon. Earl B. Gilliam |
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Community Service |
Philip J. Giacinti, Jr. |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Steven J. Cologne |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Linda R. Brown |
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Service to Legal Education |
Sally M. Furay |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Luis M. Aragon |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Mother Antonia Brenner |
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Distinguished Organization |
Coalition for Equality |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Carl R. Poirot |
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Community Service |
Timothy R. Pestotnik |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Daniel W. Grindle |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Martin Kruming |
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Service to Legal Education |
Appellate Court Committee |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Pat Zaharopoulos |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Bonnie Nelson Reading |
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Community Service |
Tom Homann |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Ronald W. Hutcherson |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Charles Sevilla |
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Service to Legal Education |
Donald J. Soloman |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Webster B. Kinnaird |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Louis Metzger |
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Distinguished Organization |
Volunteers in Parole |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Virginia C. Nelson |
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Community Service |
Marshall Hocket Clare Maudsley |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Richard Stern |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
John M. Seitman |
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Service to Legal Education |
William Gary Bailey |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Elaine Alexander |
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Distinguished Citizen |
Ashley Walker-Hooper |
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Distinguished Organization |
San Diego Community Mediation Program |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Marilyn L. Huff |
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Community Service |
William A. Bramley |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Joseph P. Mitts |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Marilyn L. Huff |
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Service to Legal Education |
Harvey Levine |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Howard Wayne |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Craig D. Higgs |
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Community Service |
Paul E. Engstrand, Jr. James F. Mulvaney |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Patrick J. Sullivan |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Helen R. Rowe |
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Service to Legal Education |
Carol R. Hallstrom |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Maria T. Arroyo-Tabin |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Hon. Gilbert Harelson |
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Community Service |
Todd E. Leigh |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Richard H. Benes |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Hon. Michael I. Greer |
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Service to Legal Education |
Hon. Manuel L. Kugler |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Col. Rufus C. Young Judy Clarke |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Hon. Robert Staniforth |
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Community Service |
Maria Arroyo-Tabin |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Charles A. Bird |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
A. Lee Estep |
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Service to Legal Education |
Ernest C. Friesen |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Melinda J. Lasater John W. Witt |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Marc D. Adelman |
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Community Service |
Ann Parode |
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Service to the SDCBA |
Webster B. Kinnaird |
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Service to the Legal Profession |
Alex Landon |
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Service to Legal Education |
Sheldon Krantz |
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Service by a Public Attorney |
Richard D. Huffman |
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Legal Professional of the Year |
Michael Wagner |
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