Award Winners

The Parks & Crump, Thurgood Marshall Award for Judicial Excellence

The Joy Aukema Taps Children’s Advocate of the Year Award

The Richard W. Ervin Equal Justice Award

The Blaise N. Gamba Outstanding Pro Bono Service Law Student Award

Past Award Winners

YEAR	Richard W. Ervin Award	Joy Aukema Taps Award	Thurgood Marshall Award	Blaise N. Gamba Award
2023	Jessica Yeary	Judge Anthony Miller	Judge Monique Richardson	Kortney Lightfoot
2022	Wendy S. Loquasto	Christian Minor	Judge Stephanie W. Ray	Trinidad A. Peraza
2021	Ben Crump	Deborah Moore	Judge Dawn Caloca-Johnson, Circuit Judge	Genevieve Lemley \| Nabeha Shaer \| Sidney Van Elsberg
2020	Justice Major B. Harding		Judge Francis J. Allman	Kathryn Mesa
2019	Judge Stephen Everett	Representative Loranne Ausley	Judge Mark Walker	Laurel Tallent
2018	Judge George Reynolds	Chuck Mitchell	Judge Nina Ashenafi-Richardson	Brenda Czekanski
2017	Judge Augustus D. Aikens, Jr.	Anna Serlick	Judge Ronald W. Flury	Ms. Ellie Goralnick
2016
2015	Judge Nikki Ann Clark	Karen Walker and Mia McKown	Chief Justice Jorge Labarga
2014	Twyla Sketchley	Stephanie Johnson	Judge Jonathan Sjostrom
2013	Kristine E. Knab	Dr. Mimi A. Graham	Judge James O. Shelfer
2012	Sandy D’Alemberte	Professor Paolo Annino	Judge Mark E. Walker
2011	Robert M. Ervin	Dr. Louis B. St. Petery, Jr.	Judith W. Hawkins
2010	Thomas M. Ervin, Jr.	Judge Jill Conlon Walker	Judge Wm. A. Van Nortwick
2009	Chief Judge Charles Francis	Judge Janet Ferris	Chief Justice Peggy Quince
2008	Judge June C. McKinney	Karen Woodall	Judge Elijah Smiley and
2007	Thomas Powell	Judge Nikki Ann Clark	Judge John C. Cooper
2006	M. Catherine Lannon		Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis
2005	Justice Peggy Quince
2004	Marc E. Taps
2003	Public Def. Nancy Daniels
2002	Atty. Gen. Bob Butterworth
2001	Martha Barnett