Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
About the Excellence Awards
The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards honor members and friends of the legal aid community who exemplify excellence in their commitment and accomplishments as advocates for low-income people.
Nominations are made in the following categories:
Legal Services Staff
This category is for all staff positions. We are seeking nominations for employees who exhibit excellence and commitment in the performance of the duties of their jobs;
Private Bar
This category is for members of the private bar who display an outstanding commitment to legal aid and the legal needs of low-income Pennsylvanians;
Lay Advocacy
This category is for client leaders, organizational partners, or others who have donated significant time and energy to the mission of legal aid and the needs of low-income people.
Community Services
This category is for volunteers and friends who demonstrate exceptional dedication to legal aid. It may include legislators or government officials, clients, community leaders, or others who help promote the mission of legal aid.
Nominations are open to everyone. You do not have to be a member of the legal aid community to submit a nomination. You also do not have to be a member of a particular category to submit a nomination in that category. There is no limit to the number of nominations you may submit.
Nominations usually open in the last quarter of each calendar year for the awards to be made in the spring of the following year.
Specific information on nominations and a submission form will be posted here when nomination open for next year's awards.
Past Excellence Award* Recipients:
| First Union Corporation Irv Ackelsberg, Esq. Jay W. Alberstadt, Jr., Esq. Kevin Alstonh Michael Andersonh Arnold, Beyer & Homsher Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll Sandra A. Ballard, Esq. Sylvia E. Basich Helen Beck Judge Phyllis W. Beck Shirley Beerd Edith Benson, Esq. Philip A. Bertocci, Esq Geoffrey Biringer, Esq. Claudia Bistyga John P. Bogdanovicz, Esq. Elizabeth Botti James C. Buckley, Esq. Valeria C. Bullock Thomas Burke Michael C. Campbell, Esq. Lois Carnell Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Valerie G. Case Leo Clements Theresa M. Cocciolone Cheryl Coe Senator Jay Costa Michele T. Cole, Esq. Clara Coleman Bridget Coyne, Esq.w Barbara Custer Susan K. Danforth Karen Detamore, Esq. Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC Sharon Dietrich, Esq. John Dodds Kim Dolan, Esq.h Michael Donahue, Esq. Donald Driscoll, Esq. Duane, Morris & Heckscher Senator Jane Earll Jessie W. Edison Hon. Dwight Evans Susan K. Evans Senator Jim Ferlo Hon. Jon D. Fox David Francis David Gates, Esq.2 h Harry Geller, Esq. Congressman Jim Gerlach Carol A. Gershon, Esq.w Joseph K. Goldberg, Esq. Michael Goldberg, Esq. |
William Gordon George Gould, Esq. Thelma M. Grady Susan Graves Betsy Grbenick Phyllis E. Guillaume Mary Richardson Graham Ronell Guy Gertrude Hastings Louise E. Hayes, Esq. Celia Lopez Heffelfinger Jane Hepting, Esq. Catherine Herman Nadia Hewka, Esq. Gloria Hicks Amy E. Hirsch, Esq. HomeWorks Project Nanci A. Hoover, Esq. Brian Hudson, Sr. John Hyson, Esq. Cary Isard Leandre Jackson Marjorie Jackson Crowder Andrea Jacobsen, Esq. Marjorie A. Janoski, Esq. Hon. C. Darnell Jones Joseph Jones, Esq. Leodus Jones Margaret Jones Hon. Roxanne Jonesd Lea S. Judson John Kane, Esq. James Kearney, Esq. William Keechh Barbara Kern, Esq. William Klaus, Esq. Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq. Kenneth L. Klothen, Esq. Matthew M. Kresock, Esq. Stephen Krone, Esq. Hon. Allen Kukovich Jess Leventhal, Esq. Mark E. Levin, Esq. Yvette R. Long Peter B. Macky, Esq. Representative Kathy M. Manderino Donald Marritz, Esq. Catherine T. Martin, Esq. John F. McKenna, Esq. William McLaughlin Howard Miskey, Esq. Lori A. Molloy, Esq. James A. Montero John J. Moody Linda Morris Laurence E. Norton, II, Esq. Representative Frank Oliver |
Carl (Tobey) Oxholm, III, Esq. Evelyn Pankey Kathy J. Parks Rebecca Peace, Esq. Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership Debra Jo Place William O. Prettyman, Jr. Elizabeth C. Price Philip Price, Jr., Esq. Robert V. Racunas, Esq. Arthur Read, Esq. Geraldine Redmond Thelma Reese Dorothy A. Richardsond Danna Rich-Collins Hon. Estelle B. Richman Hon. Annette Rizzo James Royal Catherine Rusk Sheila St. Amand Viola A. Sandersd Caulene Sanford Mark Schwartz, Esq.w Carolyn E. Sexton Susan E. Sherman Hon. John Shumakerd Morris M. Shuster, Esq. Donald F. Smith, Jr., Esq. Henry Sommer, Esq. Robert B. Sommer, Esq. Paul Sternberg Phyllis Stevens Edward Van Stevenson, Jr.,Esq. Harold Swisherd Joseph A. Tate, Esq. Rhodia Thomas, Esq. Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP David B. Tilove, Esq. Ann S. Torregrossa, Esq. Joseph A. Torregrossa, Esq. Mary Ann Troper-Malley Paul J. Troskosky, Esq. Thomas A. Tupitza, Esq. Karen Tyler Ernestine Watlingtond Joseph J. Wattsd Richard Weishaupt, Esq. Evalyn B. Welling, Esq. Alan M. White, Esq. Senator Mary Jo White Hon. Harris Wofford Timothy Wolfson, Esq. Wood Street Commons Legal Team Eileen Yacknin, Esq. Brenda Zimmerman, Esq. Peter Zurflieh, Esq. |
* Previously Known as the Striving Toward Excellence Awards
2Two-Time Recipient
hRecipient for the Homeworks Project (2009)
wRecipient for Wood Street Commons Legal Team
Past Outstanding Leadership in Support
of Legal Services Award Recipients:
| Alfred J. Azen Louise Brookinsd Hon. Joy Flowers Conti Jeffrey A. Ernico Hon. Stewart Greenleaf |
Clifford E. Haines, Esq. Hon. Maureen P. Kelly Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., Esq. Abraham C. Reich, Esq. |
Louis Rulli, Esq. Mark Schwartz, Esq. Andrew F. Susko, Esq. Paul A. Tufano, Esq. David Unkovic, Esq. |
dDeceased
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