24th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service #CSA24
The 24th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service (#CSA24) Awards Ceremony was held on
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
at the
Nathan Deal Judicial Center
330 Capitol Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30334
DISTRICT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Judicial District 4
Ms. Vicky Ogawa Kimbrell
Project Director, Family Law Unit
Georgia Legal Services Program
Atlanta, GA
Judicial District 7
Mr. Samuel S. Olens
Partner
Dentons US LLP
Marietta, GA
Judicial District 8
Hon. Kathy Stephens Palmer
Senior Superior Court Judge
State of Georgia
Swainsboro, GA
Judicial District 10
Hon. Cheveda McCamy
Superior Court Judge
Alcovy Judicial Circuit
Covington, GA
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT
Mr. Jeffrey M. Smith
Principal Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Atlanta, GA
(Judicial District 5)
SPONSORS
SPONSORS
Thank you to the Sponsors for the 24th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service
DIAMOND
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
PLATINUM
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
GOLD
Malone Law
SILVER
Dentons
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
BRONZE
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP
Gentry Law Firm LLC
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Giddens, Mitchell & Associates, P.C.
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.
Johnson & Freeman, LLC
Major, Lindsey & Africa
Miller & Martin PLLC
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
C. L. Scarver & Associates, LLC
Sutton Law Group, LLC
BRONZE (NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENT)
City of Atlanta Law Department led by Hon. Nina Hickson, City Attorney
Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
PATRON
Akerman LLP
Alston & Bird LLP
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Barnes Law Group, LLC
Ann Baird Bishop
Hon. Brenda C. Cole
Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
Jena G. Emory
Anissa D. Floyd
Fried Goldberg LLC
Gate City Bar Association
Georgia Legal Services Program
Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin
Karlise Yvette Grier
Hasty Pope, LLP
Alvin Kendall
Mr. Scott Killingsworth and Mrs. Patricia M. Killingsworth
King & Spalding LLP
Knowles Gallant Timmons LLC
Brad Marsh and Betty Obenshain
Kevin Patrick Law
Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP
FRIENDS
Oliver Maner LLP
Benham Awards Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Mr. Christopher J. Chan
Founder, Christopher J Chan IP Law
Ms. LaToya S. Williams, Esq., LL.M.
Atlanta, GA
Thank you to the Planning Committee’s Fundraising Partner
The Georgia Legal History Foundation
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 23nd 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.
