Greensboro Bar Association Awards

About Our 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 four awards presented annually to deserving honorees are the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award; the Centennial Award (for community service); the Pro Bono Award; and the Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor bestowed on a GBA member.

GBA members may submit nominations HERE.

Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

The Greensboro Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award is bestowed upon an attorney with fewer than 10 years of practice experience who is a member in good standing of the North Carolina State Bar and an active member of both the GSO Bar Association and the Young Lawyers Section. This individual exhibits professional excellence; service to the profession and the bar; service to the community; and a reputation for advancing legal ethics, personal professionalism and professional responsibility.

Previous Recipients:

2024 – Jonathan M. Parisi
2025 – Elizabeth R. Robertson

Centennial Award

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.
2022 – Michael S. Fox
2023 – D. Erik Albright
2024 – Kimberly B. Gatling

Pro Bono Award

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
2023 – Mallory G. Horne
2024 – Theodora A. Vaporis

Distinguished Service

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 & Robert N. Hunter, Jr.
2023 – Donald R. Vaughan & Ralph A. Walker
2024 – Margaret A. Dudley

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Physical Address:
Greensboro Bar Association
24th Judicial District Bar
122 North Elm Street, Suite 805
Greensboro, NC 27402
(336) 378-0300

Mailing Address:
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24th Judicial District Bar
PO Box 1825
Greensboro, NC 27402