Past Recipients

2020 Awards 

• Lori Colbert (Individual)
• Lane Powell (Firm)

2019 Awards

• Bonnie Coghlan (Private Practitioner)
• Aisha Bray (Public Sector)

2018 Awards

• Marc June (Solo Practitioner)
• Hughes White et al (Firm)

2017 Awards

• Sue Ellen Tatter (Solo Practitioner)
• Michael Lessmeier (Firm)

2016 Awards

• Rob & Jeannie Sato (Solo Practitioners)
• Dorsey & Whitney (Firm)
• Matt Claman (Public Sector)
• Lee Holen (Lifetime Achievement)

2015 Awards

• Gail Ballou (Solo Practitioner)
• Law Firm of John Franich (Firm)
• UA General Counsel’s Office (Government)

2014 Awards

• Gwen Neal (Solo Practitioner)
• Patton Boggs, LLP (Firm)
• Becky Kruse (Government)

2013 Awards

• Teka Lamade (Solo Practitioner)
• Feldman Orlansky & Sanders and Mark Kroloff (Firm)
• Dario Borghesan (Government)
• Perkins Coie (Lifetime Achievement)

2012 Awards

• Retired Judge Rene Gonzalez (Individual)
• Atkinson Conway & Gagnon (Firm)
• Andy Harrington (Government)
• Anchorage Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Section

2011 Awards

• Margaret O’Toole Rogers (Individual)
• Borgeson and Kramer (Firm)
• Robin Fowler (Government)
• Cook Schuhmann & Groseclose (Lifetime Achievement)

2010 Awards

• Chris Brecht (Private Practitioner)
• Erik LeRoy (Solo Practitioner)
• Walker & Eakes LLC (Firm)
• Dan Rodgers (Lifetime Achievement)

2009 Awards

• Tom Schul (Individual)
• Lane Powell (Firm)

2008 Awards

• Phillip Eide (Private Practitioner)
• Davis Wright and Tremaine (Firm)
• Ashburn and Mason (Lifetime Achievment)

2007 Awards

• Attorney Michael MacDonald and paralegal Julie Simmons (Individual – first year given to an attorney/paralegal team)
• Walker & Eakes (Firm)

2006 Awards

• Currey Cook (Public Sector)
• Paul Paslay (Individual) 
• Dorsey & Whitney (Firm)