November 2001

2001 WSBA Award Recipients

Award of Merit – John McKay; award presented by M. Wayne Blair

Award of Merit – Rick Nagel; award presented by Annasara Purcell and Michael Look

Angelo Petruss Award for Lawyers in Public Service – Narda D. Pierce ; award presented by Attorney General Christine O. Gregoire

Outstanding Judge Award – Honorable Daniel J. Berschauer; award presented by Stephen J. Henderson (left) and Chief Justice Gerry L. Alexander 

Pro Bono Award – Team Child; Charlotte Cassady and Kenneth Odza accepting the award presented by Lucy Isaki

Courageous Award – Steven J. Tucker; Nancy Isserlis accepting the award on his behalf; presented by Richard C. Eymann

Professionalism Award – Francois X. Forgette; award presented by Stephen T. Osborne

Affirmative Action Award – Rafael A. Gonzales; award presented by James E. Deno 

Affirmative Action Award – Washington Young Lawyers Division; Sherri L. Jefferson and Thomas P. Quinlan (right); award presented by Daryl L. Graves

Excellence in Legal Journalism Award – Robert C. Pittman (left); award presented by Lindsay T. Thompson

President's Award – Randolph I. Gordon (right); award presented by Jan Eric Peterson

Lifetime Service Award – Joseph H. Gordon Sr.; award presented by Dale L. Carlisle and Victoria L. Vreeland

Equal Justice Coalition's Champion of Justice Award – Senator Dow Constantine (right); presented by M. Wayne Blair

Special Recognition Awards were presented to Dean Roland L. Hjorth, who recently retired from the University of Washington School of Law, and John S. Fattorini, the WSBA's director of legislative affairs, who will retire at the end of the year.

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