Past Recipients Of Pro Bono Publico Awards

1985
Barnett M. McKee, St. Louis
Dale Reesman, Boonville
Gordon Gee, Kansas City

1986
Philip Heagney, St. Louis
A. Mary Sterling, Kansas City
Robert C. Smith, Jr., Columbia

1987
Doreen D. Dodson, St. Louis
John R. Philips, Kansas City
David Doran, Springfield

1988
George D. Blackwood, Kansas City
Charlene N. Kass, St. Louis
Richard Goldstein, Cape Girardeau

1989
Gerald R. Ortbals, St. Louis
Lawrence A. Rouse, Kansas City
David P. Vandagriff, Monett

1990
Ann Q. Niederlander, St. Louis
Lenzie L. (Jack) Leftridge, Flat River
John Wray Kurtz, Kansas City

1991
William G. Guerri, St. Louis
Frank Wendt, Kansas City
David P. Evans, West Plains

1992
Gregg Lombardi, Kansas City
Gerald Liljedahl, Springfield
Lee A. Gaede, St. Louis
Maury B. Poscover, St. Louis

1993
Ralph Breidenstein, Kahoka
Charles P. Lippert, St. Louis
Lydia M. Carson, Kansas City

1994
Nancy J. Woodworth, Kansas City
George M. von Stamwitz, St. Louis
Robert V. Groce, Springfield

1995
Mark T. Benedict, Kansas City
Jerry L. Redfern, Springfield
Debbie S. Champion, St. Louis

1996
William C. Prince, Springfield
Scott Seitter, Kansas City
Joseph R. Meives, St. Louis

1997
David A. Lander, St. Louis
Betty A. Pace, Springfield
Stephen P. Horn, Kansas City

1998
Matthew Padberg, St. Louis
D. Christian Wise, Springfield
Tina M. Longnecker, Joplin

1999
Dale Irwin, Kansas City
Howard Smith, St. Louis
Hon. Ralph J. Haslag, Rolla

2000
Maurice B. Graham, Esquire
Deanna K. Scott, Springfield
Thomas F. Whittaker, Kansas City

2001
James F. McLeod, Springfield
Donald J. Sher, St. Louis
Frederick W. Bryant, Kansas City

2002
Lindsay Wood, Kansas City
Candace Lee Welch, St. Louis
Fred L. Hall, Jr., Springfield

2003
John L. Davidson, Clayton
Donald W. Giffin, Kansas City
Rebecca L. Pruitt, Springfield
Lois M. Zerrer, Springfield

2004
Terry M. McVey, Kennett
Eric C. Hensic, St. Louis
John M. Simpson, Kansas City

2005
Phillip B. Sachs, St. Louis
Louis C. DeFeo, Jr., Jefferson City
William D. Farrar, Kansas City
Ralph K. Soebbing, St. Louis

2006
Timothy W. Monsees, Kansas City
Eric C. Hensic, St. Louis
Brian E. Hamburg, Springfield

2007
Bryan Cave, L.L.P., Kansas City
Jason L. Clough, Springfield
Husch & Eppenberger, L.L.C., St. Louis

2008
B. Janeen deVries, Kansas City
Janet K. Brown, Poplar Bluff
Joy Holley, St. Louis

2009
Charles A. Weiss, St. Louis
Don Harmening, Springfield
Robert L. Officer, St. Louis
Charles W. German, Kansas City

2010
Lisa Marie Sims, Springfield
Les A. Steinberg, St. Louis
Howard Lee Lotven, Kansas City
Willard C. Reine, Jefferson City

2011
Stuart R. Berkowitz, St. Louis
Louis C. DeFeo, Jr., Jefferson City
Jon Michael Gold, Springfield
Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP, Kansas City

2012
Ann E. Bauer, St. Louis
Steven J. Streen, Kansas City
Crista Hogan, Springfield
Gerard "Jay" Harms, Jr., Osage Beach

2013
Tina N. Babel, St. Louis
Stacey Meyer Bowman, Kansas City
Anthony L. DeWitt, Jefferson City
The Greenwade Law Firm, LLC, Willard

2014
Douglas A. Copeland, Clayton
Betty A. Pace, Springfield
Cynthia L. Phillips-Cordes, Kansas City
James Sharp, Springfield (posthumously)

2015
Kristine H. Bridges, St. Louis
Daphne Halderman, Kansas City
Carla G. Holste, Jefferson City
Jenifer Placzek, Springfield

2016
Mary J. Browning, Jefferson City
Jonathan N. Dilly, Kansas City
Marsha I. Stiles, Springfield
Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Clayton

2017
Husch Blackwell LLP, Clayton
Amanda Grellner, Linn
Deanna K. Scott, Springfield
Rekha & Michael Sharma-Crawford, Kansas City

2018
Michael A. Becker, St. Louis
Amanda K. Burdick-Brown, Springfield
Rod T. Chapel, Kansas City
Michael S. Foster, Kansas City
Phillip J. Zeeck, Kansas City
Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis

2019
Jordan T. Ault, Jefferson City
Theresa Mullineaux, St. Louis
John M. Spencer, St. Joseph
Misty Watson, St. Louis
Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm, LLC, Overland Park, Kansas

2020
Thomas H. Davis, Kansas City
Gerard "Jay" Harms, Jr., Osage Beach
Timothy G. O'Connell, St. Louis
Chris Weiss, Springfield
Danielle Atchison, Overland Park, Kansas

2021
Will Goldstein, Clayton
Tamar E. Hodges, Webster Groves
Roland B. Miller III, Kansas City
Erica Mynarich, Springfield
Patricia D. Perkins, California

2022
Sophia Bond, Kansas City
Jennifer Hargis, Springfield
Kate Nolen, Kansas City
Scott Pierson, Springfield
Howard Smotkin, St. Louis (posthumously)

2023
Chris Dunn, Columbia
Emily Elam, St. Louis
Ben Faber, Columbia
Kathleen Irish, Kansas City
Dale Roberts, Columbia