Award Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 Allison M. Murdock
2021 James R. Bartimus
2019 James W. Tippin
2018 W.H. "Bert" Bates
2017 Mark S. Foster
2016 LEAP
2015 Hon. Howard F. Sachs
2014 Sandra Schermerhorn
2013 Jack Campbell
2012 C. Patrick McLarney
2011 Jerome Wolf
2010 Hon. Timothy O'Leary
2009 Hon. Harold L. Lowenstein
2008 Hon. Forest W. Hanna
2007 John C. Dods III
2006 Hon. Duane Benton
2005 Hon. G. Thomas VanBebber - Sean O'Brien
2004 James R. Wyrsch
2003 Hon. Ann K. Covington
2002 Hon. Jack E. Gant
2001 Lantz Welch
2000 Robert C. Welch - Lamar Hunt
1999 Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton - James W. Benjamin
1998 Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker
1997 Hon. William F. Mauer - R. Lawrence Ward
1996 J. Clarence Thomas
1994 J. Harry A. Blackmun
1993 Hon. Donald L. Mason
1992 George Brett
1991 Hon. Scott O. Wright
1989 Hon. Donald L. Murphy
1980 Hon. Floyd R. Gibson
1976 Robert A. Schroeder
1974 Ernest Hubbell
1972 Hon. Ben W. Swofford
1971 Hon. Elmo B. Hunter
1970 Harold L. Fridkin
1967 Dean Patrick Kelly
1966 Irving Achtenberg
1965 Hon. George C. Berry
1963 Hon. Tom J. Stubbs
1962 Walter A. Raymond
1961 Hon. Charles Evan Whittaker
1960 Dr. Frederick D. Lewis
Joseph E. Stevens Award
2022 Hon. Thomas H Newton
2021 Hon. Julie Robinson
2019 Hon. Kathryn H. Vratil
2018 Hon. Patricia Breckenridge
2017 Hon. Lisa White Hardwick
2016 Hon. Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr.
2015 Hon. Edith L. Messina
2014 Hon. Ann Mesle
2013 Hon. Cindy Martin
2012 Hon. Michael Manners
2011 Hon. Nanette K. Laughrey
2010 Hon. Ortrie D. Smith
2009 Hon. Laura Denvir Stith
2008 Hon. Gary A. Fenner
2007 Hon. John W. Lungstrum
2006 Hon. Michael A. Wolff
2005 Hon. Howard F. Sachs
2004 Hon. Ronald R. Holliger
2003 Hon. Lee E. Wells
2002 Hon. C. William Kramer
2001 Hon. Thomas C. Clark
2000 Hon. J.D. Williamson, Jr.
1999 Hon. Forest W. Hanna
KCMBA/KCMBF President's Award
2022 Michelle L. Marvel - Daniel L. McClain - Michael A. Williams
2021 - KCMBA/KCMBF Staff
2020 Rochelle B. Falk - Erin McClernon - Hon. Martina L. Peterson
2019 Joseph A. Cambiano - F. Coulter DeVries
2018 Hon. Lajuana Counts - Michelle Marvel - Karl Phares
2017 Athena M. Dickson - Terence G. Lord - Dana Tippin Cutler
2016 KCMBF's Military Matters Operating Committee - AABAKC - HBAGKC - AWL - JCBA - KC Legal
2015 Seema Chawla - Stephen R. Miller - KCMBA Governance Task Force
2014 Virginia Murray - Hon. W. Brent Powell - US Court for the Western District of Missouri
2013 Andrew DeMarea - Athena Dickson - Stephen Millin Jr.
2012 Tim Dollar - Jennifer Reagan - Mark Shaiken
2011 Charles German - Sylvester (Sly) James - Joe Reardon
2010 Robert M. Thompson - Jack L. Campbell - Gregory M. Bentz
2009 W. Perry Brandt - Gregg Lombardi - Leah M. Mason
2008 Nancy E. Kenner - Michael A. Williams - Patricia M. Scaglia
2007 Stephen J. Cosentino - Peter K. Hartweger - Peter B. Sloan
2006 Richard C. Miller - Sylvester (Sly James) - Valerie Burke - Stuart K. Shaw
2005 Tina Harris - Thomas S. Stewart - William B. Prugh
2004 Patricia A. Sexton - Rod L. Richardson - Jeffrey B. Berman - WDAF-TV4 - James Swineheart
2003 David W. White - James W. Tippin - Lisa N. Gentleman - Robert C. Welch
2002 N. Louise Ellingsworth - Wm. Dirk Vandever - Major D. Hammett - Joseph A. Cambiano
2001 Jill M. Katz - Suzanne A. Block - Diana Moore Jordison - Sandra Wirtel
2000 Comm. Kathleen A. Forsyth - Thomas A. Hamill - Michael P. Joyce - Dan C.D. Sturdevant
1999 Thomas V. Bender - James P. Frickleton - Naomi A. Kauffman - David R. Morris
1998 Charles W. German - Kevin M. McCormick - Kathleen Hauser - Wm. Dirk Vandever
1997 William C. Martucci - Ray Sandy Sutton - Claudia J. York
1996 Robert F. Connor - LEAP - Edward B. Rucker - Katheryn J. Shields - Bert Bates
1995 Robert C. Welch - P. John (Jack) Brady - Hon. Cynthia L. Martin - Claire C. McCaskill
1994 R. Lawrence Ward - George E. Kapke - Stephen B. Millin - Young Lawyers Section
1993 Elaine D. Koch - Madeleine McDonough - John S. Johnston
1992 Hon. Jack E. Gant - William C. Martucci - Michael J. Svetlic - Lloyd L. Messick
1991 Hon. Forest W. Hanna - Hon. Ann Mesle - Linda Janowitz - Paul D. Cowing
1990 James Bartimus - Hon. Gene R. Martin - Hon. James F. Karl - Michael E. Baker
1989 Robert B. Langworthy - Lantz Welch - Frank P. Brady - James M. Stoddard
1988 William B. Prugh - Michael Thompson - Prof. Patrick D. Kelly
1987 Hon. Timothy D. O'Leary - Justin Johl - Scott Smith
YLS President's Award
2022 Courtney Stout
2021 Austin Osborn
2019 Kelly C. Frickleton - Robert Kinsman
2018 Montana Koenig
2017 Emma R. Schuering
2016 Kersten Holzhueter
2015 Ronald Nguyen
2014 Tracy Spradlin
2013 Mindy White
2012 Karl Phares
2011 Sara Bruchman
2010 Lee Anderson
2009 Jenny Redix
2008 Anne-Linton Pond Hendrickson - Betsy Blake
2007 Brandee Bower
2006 Stephen J. Cosentino - Chris Lawler
2005 Julie Shull - John Benson
2004 Stephen J. Cosentino - Courtney Hueser
2003 Karrie Clinkinbeard - Karen Rieschel - Jo Leigh Wagoner Fischer
Outstanding CLE Contributor
2022 Malika Simmons
2021 Hon. Janette Rodecap
2020 Peter B. Sloan
2019 W. Perry Brandt
2018 Leon Versfeld
2017 Daniel L. McClain
2016 William Hopkins
2015 John E. Benson
2014 Andy Russell
2013 Hon. Charles Atwell
2012 Sandra Grant Hessenflow
2010 Diversity Section - Education Committee
2009 Patrick M. Gavin
2008 John L. Snyder
2007 Leon Versfeld
2006 Scottie Kleypas - Hon. Alok Ahuja
2005 Vickie Mauck
2004 Victor A. Bergman
2003 Stanley C. Johnston
2002 David V. Kenner
2001 Andrew G. Colombo
Finest Hour Award
2022 Vickie Mauck
2020 Athena M. Dickson