State Bar announces 2011 award recipients

The State Bar of Michigan announced the 2011 award recipients this month.

The awards will be presented at a banquet on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at this year’s Annual Meeting in Dearborn.

The 2011 State Bar of Michigan Award recipients include:

• Roberts P. Hudson Award: James K. Robinson (posthumously)

• Frank J. Kelley Award: Hon. John A. Hallacy, John H. Logie, Hon. Milton L. Mack, Jr.

• Champion of Justice Award: Jacqueline Doig; Barry L. Howard and Edward H. Pappas (shared); Kary L. Moss; Professor Monica Nuckolls and Hon. M.T. Thompson, Jr., (shared); Rebecca Shiemke

• Kimberly M. Cahill Bar Leadership Award: A for Attorney Program — Lisa Kirsch Satawa and James Samuels

• John W. Cummiskey Pro Bono Award: Elizabeth Joy Fossel

• Liberty Bell Award: Kate White and Judy Ellis

The State Bar will be presenting a new award this year, the John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award, to Professor Harold Norris.

This award will be presented periodically to a professor from a Michigan law school whose influence on Michigan lawyers has elevated the quality of legal practice in Michigan.

The following individuals are recipients of State Bar Representative Assembly Awards, which will be presented at the Assembly’s Sept. 15 meeting in Dearborn.

• Michael Franck Award: Clark C. Johnson

• Unsung Hero Award: Karen Gullberg Cook and Mayra Lorenzana-Miles
 

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