The 26th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service (#CSA25) Awards Ceremony was held on
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
at
11:00 A.M.
at the
Nathan Deal Judicial Center
330 Capitol Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30334
Links to Award Recipient videos, and the electronic Program Book are coming soon!
Benham Awards Planning Committee Honorary Chair
26th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service
Mr. Jeffrey M. Smith
Thank You to the Benham Awards Planning Committee, which is Co-Chaired by
Ms. LaToya S. Williams, Esq., LL.M.
Atlanta, GA
Mr. David (Dave) Paule
Atlanta, GA
Thank you to the Planning Committee’s Fundraising Partner
The Georgia Legal History Foundation
Thank you to the Planning Committee’s Fundraising Sub-Committee Chair
Mr. Gerond Lawrence, Esq.
Atlanta, Georgia
Thank You to the Benham Awards CSA26 Selection Committee, which is Chaired by
Mr. Michael D. Hobbs, Jr., Esq.
Atlanta, GA
DISTRICT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Judicial District 1
Mr. Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler
(Posthumously)
Savannah, GA
Judicial District 2
Hon. Willie E. Lockette
Senior Judge
Superior Courts of Georgia
Albany, GA
Judicial District 4
Ms. Alyssa Baskam
Cross Kincaid Baskam
Decatur, GA
Judicial District 5
Mr. Joseph Bruce Alonso
Alonso & Wirth
Atlanta, GA
Ms. Alina Lee
Founding Partner
Aspire Law
Atlanta, GA
Judicial District 9
Ms. Dorothy “Dodie” Sachs
Sachs Family Law, P.C.
Buford, GA
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT
Mr. Virgil L. Adams
Attorney
Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.
Macon, GA
(Judicial District 3)
SPONSORS
SPONSORS
Thank you to the Sponsors for the 26th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service
DIAMOND
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
GOLD
Malone Law
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
SILVER
Guilmette Henderson, LLC
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
BRONZE
Alston & Bird
Akerman LLP
The Barnes Law Group
Epps, Holloway, DeLoach & Hoipkemier, LLC
Johnson & Freeman, LLC
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Adria L. Perez
Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour
BRONZE (NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENT)
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
PATRON
Ann Baird Bishop
June Rowan Bishop
Jena G. Emory
Anissa D. Floyd
Karlise Yvette Grier
Nekia S. Hackworth
Hope Jamison
Brad Marsh and Betty Obenshain
Patrick T. O’Connor
Kevin Patrick Law
C. L. Scarver & Associates, LLC
Darrell L. Sutton
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 25th 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*
