Individual Attorneys
Alabama
Alyssa R Williams
Alaska
Stephanie Rhoades
Arizona
Robert J Murillo, Pivotal Legal Ltd.
Paul D Nordini
Arkansas
Arthur P Bowen
Mary E Green, Mary E. Green, PA
Jerald C McKinney, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC
California
Sarah M Carter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Ryan E Cosgrove, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Enya (Shao-An) C Souza, Legal Access Alameda
Connecticut
Ronald D Japha
Megan E Kelly-Maynard, MM
Florida
Gypsy Bailey, The Florida Bar
Luis E Basagoitia, The Law Office of Luis Basagoitia, P.A.
Eric Buetens
Craig R Dearr, Dearr Perdigon, Attorneys at Law
Dennis F Fountain
Seril L Grossfeld, Seril L Grossfeld Attorney at Law, PA
Bruce A Minnick, Minnick Law Firm
Kelly B Puckett
Barbara B Stage, Stage Law Firm PA
Leah R Wiederspahn
Georgia
Kathryn B Hecker, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Lauren E Lisauskas, Troutman Pepper
Pfeiffer M Middleton, Troutman Sanders LLP
Nicole K Nielly, Troutman Sanders
Hawaii
Sean Hartlieb
Illinois
Reuben A Bernick, Feinberg Sharma PC
Anthony Frank, ALE Solutions, Inc.
Laura Gastel, Pro Bono Network
Sara T Ghadiri, Chapman and Cutler LLP
Judy K He, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Harold B Hilborn, Much Shelist
Jennifer L Kincaid, Pepping, Balk, Kincaid & Olson, Ltd.
Steven C Lindberg
Maria G Puppo Martinez, Bondify B.V.
Mike McElvain, Law Office of Mike McElvain
James P Naughton, Office of the Public Guardian
Barbara J O'Brien, Pro Bono Network
Peter L Rossiter, Schiff Hardin LLP
Indiana
Eric Buetens
Michael B Gastineau, Cook Medical
Daniel C Reuter, Reuter Law Office
Kevin Werner, Kevin Werner Atty at Law
Robert Scott Wylie, Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana
Louisiana
Amber C Sheppard, Sheppard Law PLLC
Peter S Thriffiley, Peter S. Thriffiley APLC
Cornelia Ullmann, Law Office of Cornelia S. Ullmann LLC
Maine
Michael Asen, MillerAsen
Fred W Bopp III, Bopp & Guecia
Edward S David, Farmington Family Law, PA
Maryellen Sullivan, Port City Legal, LLC
Maryland
Josephine M Bahn, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Massachusetts
Peter Benjamin
Anthony M Czar
Peter J Fellman, Law Office of Peter J. Fellman
Monica Halas, Greater Boston Legal Services
Abigail D Kline, Alekman DiTusa LLC
Keith G Langer, Keith G. Langer, Attorney at Law
Douglas W McCormac
Alan J Pransky, Law Office of Alan Pransky
Meg M Rehrauer, Liberty Mutual
Kristen M Whittle, Liberty Mutual Corporate Legal Department
Mississippi
Seth Shannon
Stephen H Last, Anderson, Williams, & Farrow
Missouri
Christopher P Cox, Law Office of Christopher P. Cox, L.L.C.
Ronald J Eisenberg, Schultz & Associates LLP
Barry Ginsburg
Hon. Paul T Luckenbill
Robert S Moss, Robert S. Moss, Attorney
Robert G Pennell, The Law Offices of Robert Grant Pennell, LLC
Sally Townsley, Husch Blackwell LLP
Bernardo Zito Porto, Husch Blackwell
Nebraska
Quinn R Eaton, Jackson Lewis PC
Catherine M Mahern, Creighton Law School
Rachael A Smith, Smith Law, PC, LLO
Ryan Sullivan, University of Nebraska College of Law
New Hampshire
L Phillips Runyon III, Runyon Law Office, PLLC
New Jersey
Michael P Sawka, Law Offices of Michael Sawka LLC
New Mexico
Lisa K Cummings
Paul G Fyfe
Damon J Hudson, The Jones Firm
New York
Daniel S Gobaud, Gobaud Law Firm
Phillip Hurwitz, Phillip R. Hurwitz, Attorney at Law
Arthur A Katz, Of Counsel, Otterbourg PC
Jon M Probstein, Law Offices of Jon Michael Probstein
John Suda, John Suda Law
North Carolina
Adam W Arthur, Kirkman Attorneys at Law
Anna M Davis, Hartzog Law Group
Afi S Johnson-Parris, Johnson-Parris Law
Linda R Oldham, Crockett Oldham Pope & Donadio
Brandon A Robinson, Brandon A. Robinson, Attorney at Law
Stuart H Russell
Oklahoma
Timothy C Dowd, Elias, Books, Brown & Nelson
Michael J Miller
Mary J Rounds, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis
Travis C Smith, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Margaret E Travis, Margaret Travis, Attorney At Law
Paula D Wood, Wood Law Office Associates
South Carolina
Sarah Cox, Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA
Ashley K Dixon, Robinson Gray
William T Geddings, Geddings Law Firm, PA
Tara E Nauful, Beal, LLC
Pamela D Robinson, USC School of Law
Rebecca Wray, SCDSS
Tennessee
Kevin D Balkwill, Ethics Law, PLLC
Richard B Gossett, Baker Donelson
Jill Z Grim, Jill Grim Law, PLLC
Bryan C. Hathorn
Kendra Mansur, Tennessee Valley Authority
Mary Jo Middlebrooks, Middlebrooks & Gray, P.A
Bruce A. Ralston, Law Office of Bruce A. Ralston
Yasmin K Stiggons, Husch Blackwell LLP
Texas
Elie D Al-Chaer, Law Offices of Elie Al-Chaer
Jason Antrican, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Fran Brochstein
Ronald N Dennis, Ronald Ned Dennis, Attorney at Law
Yu-cheng Fan, Fan Law Office
Kelsey Q French, Locke Lord LLP
Koby J Kirkland, The Law Office of Koby Kirkland,
Vesta M Kuntz, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Stuart A Lautin, Higier Allen & Lautin PC
Kelly D Metz, Dykema Gossett PLLC
Carron E Nicks, Carron Nicks Law Firm PLLC
Rebecca O'Connor, Texas Department of Insurance
Marvin Okafor, Texas Legal Services Center
Barbara A Urick
Utah
Nicholas J Babilis, Babilis Law PLLC
Vermont
Roger E Kohn, Kohn Rath
Virginia
Leigh S Gettier, Leigh S. Gettier, Attorney at Law
Andrew E Levitt, Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP
Rixon C Rafter, Law Office of Rixon C Rafter PLC
John D Williams
West Virginia
Anita R Casey, West Virginia State Bar
M. Jane Glauser, Schrader, Companion, Duff & Law, PLLC
Richard Goldstein
Wisconsin
Karen M Bauer, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee
Michelle A Behnke, Michelle Behnke & Associates
Max Chester, Foley & Lardner LLP
Stephen C Harkess, Midwest Legal Services
Jill L Johnson, J.Johnson Law Group L.L.C.
JJ Moore, Legal Action of Wisconsin
Michael Tobin
Wyoming
Michael C Ross
Legal Organizations
The following legal organizations were recognized for each collectively answering 75 or more questions in 2021:
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz P.C
Barclay Damon LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Baylor Law School
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Community Legal Aid
Cook Group Incorporated
Creighton Law School
Entergy Services LLC
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jackson Lewis PC
Liberty Mutual
Locke Lord LLP
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
MillerAsen
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nelson Mullins
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Pro Bono Network
Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, P.C.
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Stanford Legal Design Lab
Texas Department of Insurance
Troutman Pepper
University of Nebraska College of Law
University of South Carolina School of Law
Vinson & Elkins, LLP
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Previous Honorees
2019
2020