23rd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service #CSA23

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23rd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service #CSA23

Front Row (L to R): Simon H. Bloom; Mary T. Benton,;Justice Robert Benham (retired); J. Michael Levengood; Wallace H. Wright. Back Row (L to R): Edward H. Lindsey; Jr.; Hon. Ronald J. Freeman, Sr.; Karlise Y. Grier, Executive Director, Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism; Elicia N. Hargrove; Jason Banks Moon; Hon. Michael P. Boggs, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia.

DISTRICT AWARD RECIPIENTS

 

Judicial District 2

Jason Banks Moon

Attorney at Law
Moon Law Firm
Valdosta, GA

 

Judicial District 4

Simon H. Bloom

Founding Partner
Bloom Parham, LLP
Atlanta, GA

 

Judicial District 5

Mary T. Benton

Pro Bono Partner
Alston & Bird
Atlanta, GA

 

Ronald J. Freeman, Sr.

 Managing Member
Johnson & Freeman, LLC
Historic Union City, GA

 

Edward H. Lindsey, Jr.

Partner
Dentons US LLP
Atlanta, GA

 

Judicial District 6

Elicia N. Hargrove

Assistant District Attorney
Henry County District Attorney’s Office
McDonough, GA

 

Judicial District 8

Wallace H. Wright

Retired Attorney
Wright & Edwards, P.C.
Metter, GA

 

 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

 

J. Michael Levengood

Member
Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
Lawrenceville, GA

Judicial District 9

Click here to see a copy of the printed Program Book for #CSA23

Click here to see the award recipient’s videos on the Commission’s YouTube channel

Click here to see the Don Morgan Photography Photo Gallery from the Awards Ceremony

SPONSORS

Thank you to the Sponsors for the 23rd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service

GOLD

BakerHostetler

 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

 

King & Spalding LLP

 

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

SILVER

Alston & Bird LLP

 

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

 

Dentons

 

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

 

Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

 

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

 

Nelson Mullins

 

Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC

 

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

 

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

BRONZE

Judge William P. “Bill” Adams

 

Ann Baird Bishop

 

William C. (“Bill”) Gentry

 

Georgia Defense Lawyers Association

 

Krevolin & Horst, LLC

 

Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour

 

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP

 

LaToya S. Williams

PATRON

Sarah B. (Sally) Akins

 

Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore

 

Jena G. Emory

 

Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys

 

Georgia Hispanic Bar Association

 

Karlise Yvette Grier

 

Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist

 

Nekia Hackworth Jones

 

Kelly and Wade Malone

 

Judge T. Russell McClelland III

 

Brad Marsh and Betty Obenshain

 

Jason S. McCarter​

 

Cathy L. Scarver

 

Rita A. Sheffey

 

Cathy Clark Tyler

For more information about Sponsorship Levels and Benefits for the 23rd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service, click here.

Benham Awards Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Mr. Christopher J. Chan

Founder, Christopher J Chan IP Law

 

Ms. LaToya S. Williams, Esq., LL.M.

Warner Robins, GA

Justice Robert Benham Discusses the Community Service Awards


The Benham Award is a glass sculpture that was designed circa 1998 by Attorney Patrise Perkins-Hooker, a member of the Benham Awards Selection Committee at that time. Subsequently, Ms. Perkins-Hooker become the President of the State Bar of Georgia in 2014-2015.

Information about the 2022 22nd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service is available here.

A complete list of the previous recipients of the Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service is available here.

To view Program Books from previous Awards Ceremonies, click here.

To view the videos created for previous Award Recipients, click here.