Greensboro Bar Association Awards

Each year, several GBA members are recognized for exemplary service to the community, for outstanding pro bono service, and for demonstrating a deep devotion and constant commitment to the practice of law, to the administration of justice and to the highest ethical standards of professionalism through.

The three awards presented annually to deserving honorees are the Centennial Award (for community service); the Pro Bono Award; and the Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor bestowed on a GBA member.

The Greensboro Bar Association’s Centennial Award is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Association to recognize outstanding and exemplary community service.

Past Recipients:

• 1999 – Carole W. Bruce and Robert O. Klepfer, Jr.
• 2000 –  Judge Patrice A. Hinnant & A. Frank Johns
• 2001 –  Wanda Bracks Daughtry & Richard L. Wharton
• 2002 –  Charles P. Younce
• 2003 –  William Owen Cooke Jr.
• 2004 –  Reid L. Phillips
• 2007 –  Edward C. Winslow III
• 2008 –  Charles T. Hagan III
• 2009 –  Alan W. Duncan & Henry H. Isaacson
• 2010 –  Harriet T. Smalls
• 2011 –  Robert C. Cone
• 2012 –  Vance Barron
• 2013 –  Eloise McCain Hassell
• 2014 –  Marc L. Isaacson
• 2015 –  Ronald P. Johnson
• 2016 – John M. Cross, Jr.
• 2017 – Martha T. Peddrick
• 2018 – W. Erwin Fuller, Jr.
• 2019 – Margaret R. Kantelehner
• 2020 – Christon S. Halkiotis
• 2021 – Gerald L. Walden, Jr.

The Greensboro Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award recognizes outstanding service and was established in 1996.

Past Recipients:

• 1996 – H. Davis North, III
• 1999 – Herbert S. Falk, Jr
• 2000 – Smith Helms Mullis & Moore, L.L.P. – Greensboro Office
• 2001 – Larry I. Moore, III
• 2002 – Norman B. Smith, Stephen P. Millikin
• 2003 – Eugene W. Purdom
• 2004 – Ronald P. Johnson
• 2005 – Allison M. Grimm & Polly D. Sizemore
• 2007 – J. Donald Cowan, Jr. – Greensboro Office of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard
• 2008 – GBA 4ALL Volunteers
• 2009 – All Elon Law School Student Volunteers for the Greensboro Legal Aid Office’s 2009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program
• 2010 – Stephen E. Black
• 2012 – Gregory T. Higgins
• 2013 – Enyonam Williams
• 2014 – Nicole A. Crawford, Alexander Elkan, Kimbery A. Marston, S. Kyle Woosley (Mary’s House Legal Team)
• 2015 – The Clifford Division of Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale, LLP
• 2016 – Amanda C. Feder
• 2017 – Jeremy B. Foltz
• 2018 – Rosetta Davidson Davis & Thomas D. Carruthers
• 2019 – Lincoln Financial Group
• 2020 – Manisha P. Patel
• 2021 – Taniya D. Reaves
• 2022 – Abigail C. Seymour

The Greensboro Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award was established in 1993. It is the highest honor bestowed on a member. It recognizes deep devotion and constant commitment to the law, the administration of justice, the highest ethical principles, and public service.

Previous recipients:

• 1993 – Elreta M. Alexander Ralston & Beverly C. Moore
• 1995 – Charles T. Hagan, Jr.
• 1996 – Richard D. Douglas, Jr.
• 1997 – L. Richardson Preyer
• 1998 – Rufus Reynolds
• 1999 – W. Owen Cooke
• 2000 – L. P. McLendon & McNeill Smith
• 2001 – Horace R. Kornegay & James B. Wolfe, Jr.
• 2002 – Herbert S. Falk, Jr.
• 2003 – Margaret A. Harris
• 2004 – William L. Osteen Sr.
• 2005 – A. L. (Gus) Meyland & Braxton Schell
• 2006 – Stephen P. Millikin
• 2008 – James G. Exum, Jr. & Henry E. Frye
• 2009 – G. Stevenson Crihfield
• 2010 – Richmond G. Bernhardt, Jr. & Doris R. Bray
• 2011 – W. Douglas Albright
• 2012 – Janet Ward Black
• 2013 – Carol W. Bruce
• 2014 – James T. Williams, Jr.
• 2015 – Locke T. Clifford
• 2016 – Frederick G. Lind
• 2017 – Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. & Patrice A. Hinnant
• 2018 – Lindsay R. Davis, Jr. & Reid L. Phillips
• 2019 – Joseph A. Williams
• 2020 – Kearns Davis
• 2021 – Alan W. Duncan
• 2022 – Barbara R. Christy
• 2022 – Robert N. Hunter, Jr.