Award Recipients

On behalf of the recipients, nominees, and all of the members of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, we want to thank the members of the Awards Committee for their tireless efforts and sincere devotion to the important task of reviewing dozens of nominations and hundreds of pages of supporting documents.

2019-2020 Award Recipients 

Jurist of the Year Award
Hon. Josephine Gagliardi, 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Lee County Association for Women Lawyers

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Hon. Martha Warner, 4th District Court of Appeal, Martin County Women Lawyers Association

Chapter of the Year
Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Retention Award, Small Chapter
Polk Association for Women Lawyers

Membership Retention Award, Medium Chapter
Collier County

Membership Retention Award, Large Chapter
Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers

Outstanding Member Program Award
Lee County Association for Women Lawyers
A Take On How She Did It: An Unconventional Path to Leadership

Outstanding Public Service Program Award
Tallahassee Women Lawyers
PACE Center for Girls Mock Trial Program

Leaders in the Law

2018-2019 Award Recipients 

Jurist of the Year Award
Hon. Stacy Ross, 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Hon. Claudia Rickert Isom, 13th Judicial Circuit General Civil Div. D, Hillsborough Chapter

Outstanding Chapter Award
Miami-Dade

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Recruitment Award, Small Chapter
Marion

Membership Recruitment Award, Medium Chapter
Pinellas

Membership Recruitment Award, Large Chapter
Jacksonville

Outstanding Member Program Award
St. Johns
First Generation Forum: Perspectives of First-Generation Attorneys and Judges

Outstanding Public Service Program Award
Broward
Implementation of Lactation Suite at the Broward County Courthouse

Leaders in the Law

2017-2018 FAWL Annual Award Recipients

Jurist of the Year
Hon. Kelly J. McKibben; State of Florida Eighteenth Judicial Circuit; Member, Brevard Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Robin Hassler Thompson; Robin H. Thompson & Associates; Tallahassee Chapter

Outstanding Chapter
Martin

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Award, Small Chapter
Lee

Outstanding Member Program
Central Florida, "CFAWL Advisory Program"

Outstanding Public Service Award
Broward, "BCWLA Partnership with Broward County School Board Debate Initiative"

Leaders in the Law

Brevard
Kim Torres

Broward
Julie Elizabeth Hough
Ninowtzka Mier

Central Florida
Heather M. Meglino
Celeste Alexandra Thacker
Jessica Thomas

Collier
Donna J. Marshall
Tamara Lynne Nicola

Hillsborough
Hon. Cynthia Sullivan Oster
Mamie Venita Jervis Wise

Jacksonville
Sarah Ann Mannion Foreman
Sarah Rebecca Sullivan

Lee
Kayla Richmond

Manatee
Lori Maryl Dorman

Martin
Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Wood

Miami-Dade
Amber Brooke Kornreich
Kristen Drecktrah Paz
Stephanie N. Moot

Palm Beach
Rina Kundalkar Clemens
Yelizaveta Batres Herman

Pasco
Amanda Lea Colón

Pinellas
Ama Appiah
Christina Z. Pacheco

Sarasota
Elizabeth J. Alpert

South Palm Beach
Lauren Cohen

St. Johns
Jane West

Tallahassee
Catherine B. Chapman
Christin Foster Gonzalez

Volusia Flagler
Ali L. Hansen

2016-2017 FAWL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jurist of the Year
Hon. Jacqueline Hogan Scola; State of Florida Eleventh Judicial Circuit; Member, Miami-Dade Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Senator Kathleen C. Passidomo; Florida 28th District; Collier Chapter

Outstanding Chapter
Lee

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Award, Small Chapter
Lee

Membership Award, Medium Chapter
Jacksonville

Membership Award, Large Chapter
Miami-Dade

Outstanding Member Program
Brevard, "Women's History Program"

Outstanding Public Service Award
Miami-Dade, "Foster Youth Day"

Leaders in the Law

2015-2016 FAWL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jurist of the Year
The Honorable Renee Goldenberg, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Abbe S. Rifkin, Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney, Broward Chapter

Outstanding Chapter
Lee

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Award, Small Chapter
Sarasota

Membership Award, Medium Chapter
Pinellas

Membership Award, Large Chapter
Miami-Dade

Outstanding Member Program
Pinellas

Outstanding Public Service Award
Tallahassee

Leaders in the Law

• Cynthia "CJ" Bosco, U.S. Legal Support, Central Florida
• Dresden Brunner, S. Dresden Brunner, P.A., Collier Chapter
• Lauren Brunswick, ShubinBass, P.A., Miami-Dade Chapter    
• Gentry Byrnes, Raymond James Trust, Pinellas Chapter
• Victoria Cruz-Garcia, Givens Givens Sparks, PLLC, Hillsborough Chapter
• Joanne Fakhre, Law Office of Joanne M. Fakhre, P.A., Jacksonville Chapter
• Irene Bassel Frick, Akerman LLP, Hillsborough Chapter
• The Honorable Claudia Isom, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough Chapter
• Jamie Karpman, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Jacksonville Chapter
• Erum Kistemaker, Kistemaker Business Law Group, Volusia/Flagler Chapter
• Katherine Kiziah, State of Florida Office of the Attorney General, Palm Beach Chapter
• Heather Kolinsky, HMKLaw, P.A., Central Florida Chapter
• Laura Jo Lieffers, Moyer Law Group, Pinellas Chapter
• Stacey D. Mullins, Schuttler, Greenberg & Mullins, South Palm Beach Chapter
• Kelly Pena, Ogletree Deakins, Miami-Dade Chapter
• Jenny Sieg, Sieg & Cole, P.A., Pasco & Pinellas Chapters
• Lisa Jo Spencer, Lisa Jo Spencer, PA, Okaloosa Chapter
• The Honorable Elizabeth Starr, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Central Florida Chapter
• Jennifer Sullivan, Guilday, Simpson, West, Hatch, Lowe & Roane, P.A., Tallahassee Chapter
• Heather Tyndall-Best, State of Florida Department of Management Services, Tallahassee Chapter
• Rebecca Vaccariello, Salvatori, Wood, Buckel, Carmichael & Lottes, Collier Chapter
• Alicia Welch, United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida, Miami-Dade Chapter

On behalf of the recipients, nominees, and all of the members of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, we want to thank the members of the committee for their tireless efforts and sincere devotion to the important task of reviewing dozens of nominations and hundreds of pages of supporting documents.