25th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service #CSA25
The 25th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service (#CSA25) Awards Ceremony will be held on
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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 1
Mr. Wade W. Herring II
Partner
Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn. P.C.
Savannah, GA
Judicial District 5
Mr. Steven J. Labovitz
Partner
Dentons
Atlanta, GA
Hon. Bryan Ramos
Chief Judge
Municipal Court of Brookhaven
Brookhaven, GA
Judicial District 7
Hon. Sonja N. Brown
Judge
Cobb Circuit Superior Court
Marietta, GA
Hon. William H. McClain
Chief Judge (Retired)
Douglas County Superior Court
Douglasville, GA
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Mrs. Cathy Cox
President
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA
(Judicial District 8)
Mr. Kenneth Dious
Attorney
Kenneth Dious and Associates
Athens, GA
(Judicial District 10)
SPONSORS
Thank you to the Sponsors for the 25th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service
DIAMOND
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
PLATINUM
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
BRONZE
Alston & Bird
The Finley Firm PC
Gentry Law Firm LLC
PATRON
Ann Baird Bishop
Jena G. Emory
Anissa D. Floyd
Karlise Yvette Grier
Brad Marsh and Betty Obenshain
Kevin Patrick Law
Patrick T. O’Connor
Darrell L. Sutton
Benham Awards Planning Committee Chair
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 24th 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 through CSA24 is available here.
To view Program Books from previous Awards Ceremonies, click here.
To view the videos created for previous Award Recipients, click here.
To view videos of some of the previous Awards Ceremonies, click here. *COMING SOON*
