Annual Meeting Award Winners

President's Awards
Susan Ford Robertson - Columbia
Scot W. Boulton - St. Louis
Larry V. Swall, II - Liberty
Mira Mdivani - Overland Park
Joseph S. Passanise - Springfield
Joseph “Chip” Sheppard, III - Springfield

Spurgeon Smithson Awards
C. Patrick McLarney - Kansas City
Honorable Richard B. Teitelman - St. Louis
Professor David E. Achtenberg - Kansas City

W. Oliver Rasch Award
Michael D. Murphy - Cape Girardeau
Ross Daniel McFerron - Cape Girardeau

David J. Dixon Awards
Roger Wayne Johnson - Columbia
James Edwin Meadows - Springfield
Rachel Dayis Schwarzlose - St. Louis

Lon O. Hocker Awards
Matthew Robert Waltz - St. Louis
Nikki Cannezzaro - Kansas City
Stuart Paul Huffman - Springfield

Pro Bono Awards
Charles A. Weiss - St. Louis
Charles W. German - Kansas City
Donald B. Harmening - Springfield
Robert L. Officer - St. Louis

Purcell Professionalism Award
Stephen H. Ringkamp - St. Louis

Liberty Bell Award
Lydia’s House - St. Louis

Tom Cochran Award
Jennifer Lynn Causey Schwendemann - St. Louis

Legislative Awards
Senator Matt Bartle
Senator Victor Callahan
Senator Rita Days
Senator Jack Goodman
Senator Jolie Justus

Representative Don Calloway
Representative Belinda Harris
Representative Allen Icet
Representative Ryan Silvey

Defender of Distinction Award
Annette Llewellyn - St. Louis

Excellence in Legal Journalism Awards
Kathy Sweeney, KFVS-TV, Cape Girardeau
The Columbia Missourian
Mark Morris, The Kansas City Star
Paul Pepper and James Mouser, Pepper and Friends, Columbia
Bob Watson, Jefferson City News Tribune

YLS Chairperson's Awards
Michael A. Williams - Kansas City
Michael J. Sudekum - St. Louis
Aaron W. Farber - Neosho

Roger P. Krumm Family Law Practitioner Award
Larry V. Swall, II - Liberty

Michael Roser Award
Rice Petree Burns, Jr. - Sikeston