Awards
Oklahoma Bar Association Awards
Nomination Rules & Tips
- The deadline was 5 p.m. Friday, March 1. All nominations and supporting materials must be received by the deadline. Submissions or supporting material received after the deadline will not be considered.
- Nominations can be as short as a one-page letter to the Awards Committee; however, the entire nomination cannot exceed five single-sided, 8 ½ x 11-inch pages (including exhibits and support letters).
- A nomination form is not required, but it is available.
- Be sure to include the name of the person being nominated and the person (or organization) making the nomination.
- If you think someone qualifies for awards in several categories, pick one award and only do one nomination. The OBA Awards Committee may consider the nominee for an award in a category other than the one in which you nominate that person.
- You can email, mail or fax your nomination or fill out the online nomination form (pick one):
- Email: awards@okbar.org (you will receive a confirmation reply)
- Mail: OBA Awards Committee, P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152
- Fax: 405-416-7089
Helpful Forms
& Information
Award Names & Descriptions
Below is the list of the awards for which the Awards Committee is accepting nominations. To learn more about each award, see the list of individuals for whom awards are named.
2023 Oklahoma County Bar Association
2022 Woods County Bar Association
2021 Bryan County Bar Association
2021 Tulsa County Bar Association
2020 Canadian County Bar Association
2019 Kay County Bar Association
2019 Oklahoma County Bar Association
2018 Kay County Bar Association
2018 Tulsa County Bar Association
2017 Oklahoma County Bar Association
2017 Noble County Bar Association
2016 Creek County Bar Association
2016 Tulsa County Bar Association
2015 Tulsa County Bar Association
2014 Noble County Bar Association
2013 Comanche County Bar Association
2012 Pittsburg County Bar Association
2012 Tulsa County Bar Association
2011 Canadian County Bar Association
2011 Washington County Bar Association
2010 Muskogee County Bar Association
2009 Garfield County Bar Association
2009 Bryan County Bar Association
2008 Pontotoc County Bar Association
2008 Cleveland County Bar Association
2007 Oklahoma County Bar Association
2007 Carter County Bar Association
2006 Seminole County Bar Association
2006 Oklahoma County Bar Association
2006 Garfield County Bar Association
2005 Pottawatomie County Bar Association
2005 Tulsa County Bar Association
2004 Garfield County Bar
2004 Cleveland County Bar
2003 Tulsa County Bar
2003 Canadian County Bar
2002 Oklahoma County Bar
2002 Comanche County Bar
2002 Cleveland County Bar
2001 Mayes County Bar, Nash Lamb, president
2001 Custer County Bar, Donna Dirickson, president
2001 Washington County Bar, Linda S. Thomas, president
2001 Tulsa County Bar, Ken Brune, president
2000 Oklahoma County Bar, John A. Kenney, president
2000 Payne County Bar, Bernice Shedrick, president
1999 Pushmataha County Bar, Gerald Dennis, president
1999 Choctaw County Bar, Vester Songer, president
1999 Atoka County bar, David Youngblood, president
1999 Adair County Bar, Joe Dean Adair, president
1998 Oklahoma County Bar, Timothy Kline, president
1998 Oklahoma County Bar, R. Clark Musser, president
1998 Cleveland County Bar, Jim Calloway, president
1997 Tulsa County Bar, Dan Morgan, president
1997 Custer County Bar
1997 Canadian County Bar, W. Mark Hixson, president
1996 Pittsburg County Bar, Maxcey/Wilson, president
1996 Oklahoma County Bar, Crosthwait/Goodman, president
1995 Cleveland County Bar, Odom/Stockwell, president
1994 Woodward County Bar, Don Brown, president
1994 Seminole County Bar Association, Jerry L. Colclazier, president
1993 Tulsa County Bar, John Gaberino, president
1992 LeFlore County, Douglas Sanders Jr., president
1992 Cleveland County, Trent Baggett, president
1991 Garvin County, Charles Douglas, president
1991 Tulsa County, William Grimm, president
1991 Oklahoma County, Stephen Friot, president
1990 Tillman County, John Kent, president2013 Osage County Bar Association
2023 Katheryn Bell, Oklahoma City
2022 Daniel Crawford, Tulsa
2021 No award given
2020 No award given, events canceled or postponed
2019 Ray Vaughn, Mounds
2018 Comanche County Bar Association
2018 Creek County Bar Association
2017 Seminole County Bar Association
2016 Oklahoma County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
2015 Creek County Bar Association
2015 Payne County Bar Association
2014 Pittsburg County Bar Association
2013 Custer County Bar Association
2013 LeFlore County Bar Association
2012 Ottawa County Bar Association
2011 Cherokee County Bar Association
2010 Comanche County Bar Association
2009 Cleveland County Bar Association
2009 Oklahoma County Bar Association
2008 Bryan County Bar Association
2008 Tulsa County Bar Association
2007 Payne County Bar Association
2007 Pontotoc County Bar Association
2006 Cleveland County Bar Association
2006 Payne County Bar Association
2005 Comanche County Bar Association
2004 Noble County Bar Association
2004 Texas County Bar Association
2003 Custer County Bar
2003 Oklahoma County Bar
2002 McCurtain County Bar
2002 Tulsa County Bar
2001 Oklahoma County Bar Association Law Day Committee
2000 Mark Dixon (Tulsa Co. Bar)
2000 Stephens County Bar Association; Jeff Archer, president
1999 Payne County Bar Association
1999 Tulsa County Bar Association
1998 Donna L. Dirickson, Weatherford
1998 Kay County Bar Association
1997 Cleveland County Bar Association
1997 Oklahoma County Bar Association
1996 Beckham County Bar, Warren, 96 president; Hodgins, Law Day chair
1995 Bryan County Bar
1995 TCBA Law Week Committee
1994 Blaine County Bar, Kyle Goerke 1994 president; George Burnett and Carol Furr, co-chairs
1994 Tulsa County Bar, Gary Clark, 1994 president; Barbara Eden, Law Day chair
1993 Bryan County Bar, Mary Faulkner Durant, president
1992 Tulsa County Bar Association, William Grimm, president; J. Daniel Morgan, Law Day chair
1992 Tulsa County Bar Association, William Grimm, president; J. Daniel Morgan, Law Day Chair
1991 Evelyn Ann Reiss
1990 Noble County Bar, Royce Allen Hobbs, president Donna Occhipinti Yost, Law
Day chair
1990 OBA YLD Community Law Week Committee, Kermit Milburn, Law Day chair
2023 OBA Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee
2022 OBA Law Day Committee
2021 OBA Women in Law Committee
2020 OBA Estate Planning Probate and Trust Section
2019 OBA Legislative Monitoring Committee
2018 OBA Access to Justice Committee
2017 OBA Indian Law Section
2016 OBA Young Lawyers Division Kick It Forward Committee
2015 No award given
2014 OBA Family Law Section, M. Shane Henry, chair
2013 OBA Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee
2012 OBA Young Lawyers Division
2011 Civil Procedure and Evidence Code Committee
2010 OBA Family Law Section, Kimberly Hays, chair
2009 OBA Law Day Committee, Tina Izadi, chair
2008 OBA Work/Life Balance Committee, Melanie Jester, chair
2007 OBA Member Services Committee, Debra Charles, chair
2006 OBA Mock Trial Task Force
2005 OBA Law Day Committee
2004 OBA Centennial Celebration Task Force
2003 OBA Communications Committee
2003 Leadership Development Conference Task Force
2002 OBA Gift of Life Project, Keith Givens
2001 Legal Ethics Committee, Allen K. Harris, chair
2001 Women in Law Committee, Melissa DeLacerda, chair
2000 OBA Tech Task Force, Gary Clark, chair
2000 YLD Mock Trial Committee, Leslie Lynch, chair
1999 OBA Disaster Response & Relief Committee, M. Courtney Briggs, chair
1999 OBA Long Range Planning Committee, William J. Baker and Melissa
DeLacerda, co-chairs
1999 Solo & Small Firm Conference, Stephen Beam, chair
1998 Clients’ Security Fund Committee, William LaSorsa, chair
1998 Clients’ Security Fund Committee, Michael Salem
1998 Legal Ethics Committee, Harry Woods, Jr., chair
1997 YLD Seniors Project, Jeffrey Hassell, chair
1996 OBA Law Day Committee, Vicki Hamel, chair
1995 OBA Disaster Response & Relief Committee
1995 OBA/YLD Disaster Legal Assistance Committee
1995 Oklahoma County Bar Association (honored for Murrah Building Bombing
assistance)
1994 Civil Procedure Committee, Charles Adams, chair
1993 Law Day Committee, Michelin DeLier, chair
1993 Bench and Bar Committee, Kenneth McKinney, chair
1993 OBA/YLD Aids Victim Support Committee, Michael M. Sykes, chair
1992 Bar Leadership Development Committee, M. Caroline Emerson, chair
1992 OBA Law Day Committee, James Weger, chair
1992 OBA Public Information Committee, Martin Frey, chair
1991 Law Related Education Committee, James E. Golden Jr., chair
1990 OBA Statewide Law Day Committee, Judge Orvan J. Hanson Jr., chair; James Weger, vice-chair
1990 Title Examination Standards Committee of the Real Property Section, Kraettli Epperson and David Rowland, co-chairs
1990 Probate Code Committee, James Eagleton, chair
2023 Phil Fraim, Edmond
2022 Allison Hall, Tulsa
2021 Carol A. Manning, Oklahoma City
2020 Poetic Justice, Tulsa
2019 Karen Keith, Tulsa
2018 The Parent Child Center of Tulsa, Tulsa
2018 Nathan Hedge, Oklahoma City
2017 San Nguyen, Oklahoma City
2016 Sgt. Alicia Maurer, Tulsa
2015 No award given
2014 No award given
2013 Women’s Service and Family Resource Center (El Reno and Chickasha)
2012 Ginnie Graham, The Tulsa World
2011 Oklahoma County Law Library
2010 Sherri Carrier, Tulsa
2009 Theresa Hansen, Tulsa
2008 Central Oklahoma Association of Legal Assistants, Oklahoma City
2006 The Journal Record Publishing Company, Oklahoma City
2005 KJRH Channel 2, Tulsa
2004 Judy Fitzer, Edmond
2003 Ralph Schaefer, Tulsa Daily Commerce & Legal News Managing Editor
2002 Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Oklahoma
City
2002 Glenda Graham, Atoka
2001 Allied Arts & Humanities Council, Bartlesville, Becky Wilder, Director
2000 Cheryl Lynn Franklin, Enid
1999 Bob Darcy, Stillwater
1998 Emily Wood, Tulsa
1997 Tom Jackson (Lawton Constitution Reporter)
1996 Marty Mundell, Tulsa
1994 Ottawa and Delaware Counties Child Abuse Task Force
1994 Grove Sun
1993 Laura Zarzour, Former KTEN Reporter
1993 KTEN-TV Channel 10, Ada
1992 Rita Geiger, Oklahoma City
1991 Sue Hale, Assistant Managing Editor, Daily Oklahoman
1990 KOCO-TV Channel 5, Tom Kirby, General Manager
1980 Liberty Bell Award, KOTV, Tulsa
2007 Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, Oklahoma City
2023 Dylan D. Erwin, Oklahoma City
2022 April Jenee Moaning, Oklahoma City
2021 Jordan Haygood Coltrane, Oklahoma City
2020 Brandi Nowakowski, Shawnee
2019 Nathan Richter, Mustang
2018 Lane Neal, Oklahoma City
2017 Tiece Dempsey, Oklahoma City
2017 Bryon J. Will, Yukon
2016 LeAnne McGill, Edmond
2015 Kaleb Hennigh, Enid
2014 Joe Vorndran, Shawnee
2013 Jennifer Heald Castillo, Oklahoma City
2012 Roy D. Tucker, Muskogee
2011 Molly Aspan, Tulsa
2010 Doris Gruntmeir, Muskogee
2010 Richard Rose, Oklahoma City
2009 Kimberly Warren, Tecumseh
2008 Christopher L. Camp, Tulsa
2007 Keri Williams, Stillwater
2006 Luke Gaither, Henryetta
2005 Mark Osby, Yukon
2004 Leslie L. Lynch, Edmond
2003 Jon K. Parsley, Guymon
2002 Lou Ann Moudy, Henryetta
2001 D. Renee Hildebrant, Oklahoma City
2000 Pat Cipolla, Tulsa
1999 Robert B. Sartin, Tulsa
1999 Katherine J. Hodgins, Oklahoma City
1998 W. Mark Hixson, Yukon
1998 M. Courtney Briggs, Oklahoma City
1997 Richard C. Ogden, Oklahoma City
1997 Annette Wisk Jacobi, Oklahoma City
1996 Brad D. Fuller, Tulsa
1995 James R. Hicks, Tulsa
1994 John Morris Williams, Oklahoma City
1993 Jack L. Brown, Tulsa
1992 Eric S. Eissenstat, Oklahoma City
1991 Stephen R. Clouser, Tulsa
1990 Mark K. Stonecipher, Oklahoma City
2023 Mark S. Darrah, Tulsa
2022 Robert G. Spector, Norman
2021 Chad Kelliher, Oklahoma City
2020 OBA Family Law Section
2019 Kathryn McClure, Lawton
2018 Paul Brunton, Tulsa
2017 Aaron Bundy, Tulsa
2017 M. Shane Henry, Tulsa
2016 Philip R. Feist, Tulsa
2016 Miles L. Mitzner, Edmond
2015 William S. Leach, Tulsa
2015 Gail Stricklin, Oklahoma City
2014 Michael Ashworth, Tulsa
2014 David McKenzie, Oklahoma City
2013 Donna J. Jackson, Oklahoma City
2013 D. Kenyon (Ken) Williams, Tulsa
2012 Donita Bourns Douglas, Oklahoma City
2011 Noel Tucker, Edmond
2011 Phil Tucker, Edmond
2010 Justice John F. Reif, Oklahoma City
2009 Judge William C. Kellough, Tulsa
2009 Deborah Reheard, Eufaula
2008 Julie Simmons Rivers, Oklahoma City
2007 Ben Brown, Oklahoma City
2006 Randy Grau, Oklahoma City
2006 Henry G. Will, Tulsa
2005 Susan Shields, Oklahoma City
2004 Angelyn Dale, Tulsa
2004 Jody Nathan, Tulsa
2003 Guy Jackson, Oklahoma City
2003 Leo Whinery, Norman
2002 D. Faith Orlowski; Tulsa
2001 Ed Abel, Oklahoma City
2000 B. Christopher Henthorn, Oklahoma City
1999 Paul D. Brunton, Tulsa
1999 Kevin D. Gordon, Oklahoma City
1999 Douglas Loudenback, Oklahoma City
1998 Steven K. Balman, Tulsa
1998 Mark A. Craige, Tulsa
1998 Brian T. Hermanson, Ponca City
1997 Gary W. Derrick, Oklahoma City
1995 R. Clark Musser, Oklahoma City
1994 Herbert M. Graves, Oklahoma City
1993 Washington County Bar Association
1992 Alan R. Carlson, Bartlesville
1990 Washington County Bar Association, Louise Fink Smith, president
1990 Kraettli Q. Epperson, Oklahoma City
2023 Judge Daman Cantrell, Owasso
2022 Judge Jennifer Brock, Newkirk
2021 Judge Allen Welch, Oklahoma City
2020 Judge Bob Bacharach, Oklahoma City
2019 Judge Patricia G. Parrish, Oklahoma City
2018 Judge Ronald L. Kincannon, Boise City
2017 Judge Jill C. Weedon, Arapaho
2016 Judge Carlos J. Chappelle (posthumous), Tulsa
2015 Judge David L. Russell, Oklahoma City
2014 Judge Thomas Landrith, Ada
2013 Judge Clancy Smith, Tulsa/Oklahoma City
2012 Judge Stephen Friot, Oklahoma City
2011 Judge Millie Otey, Tulsa
2010 Judge Bryan Dixon, Oklahoma City
2010 Judge James H. Payne, Muskogee
2009 Judge Farrell Melton Hatch, Durant
2008 Judge Vicki Robertson, Oklahoma City
2008 Judge Doyle Argo, Oklahoma City
2007 Judge Sam A. Joyner, Tulsa
2007 Judge Ray Dean Linder, Alva
2006 Judge Dana Rasure, Tulsa
2005 Judge Donald Worthington, Stillwater
2005 Judge Robin Cauthron, Oklahoma City
2004 Judge Charles L. Goodwin, Clinton
2003 Judge Steven Taylor, McAlester
2002 Judge Nancy Coats, Oklahoma City
2001 Judge Robert E. Goldfield, Oklahoma City
2000 Judge Lee West
1999 Justice Yvonne Kauger, Colony
1998 Judge Donald Powers, Oklahoma City
1997 Justice Marian P. Opala, Oklahoma City
1996 Judge Jane P. Wiseman, Tulsa
1995 Judge Gordon R. Melson, Seminole
1994 Judge Robert A. Layden, McAlester
2023 No award given
2022 No award given
2021 No award given
2020 No award given
2019 No award given
2018 Josh Lee, Vinita
2017 No award given
2016 No award given
2015 No award given
2014 Don G. Holladay, Oklahoma City
2014 James E. Warner III, Oklahoma City
2013 Albert J. Hoch Jr, Oklahoma City
2013 David Prater, Oklahoma City
2013 Micheal Salem, Norman
2011 No award given
2010 No award given
2009 No award given
2008 Robert McCarthy, Oklahoma City
2007 No award given
2006 Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, Oklahoma City
2006 Jessie V. Pilgrim, Tulsa
2005 Judge Eugene Mathews, Oklahoma City
2004 Fern Holland, Tulsa (posthumous)
2003 Traci Rhone, Oklahoma City
2002 Robert Nigh Jr. Tulsa
2001 No award given
1998 John Boyd, Tulsa
1998 Carol Russo, Tulsa
1998 Sidney k. Swinson, Tulsa
1997 No award given
1996 No award given
1993 Oklahoma Courageous Advocacy Award, Paul Ivy, Norman
1992 Sam F. Houston, Marlow
1991 Louis W. and Patricia W. Bullock, Tulsa
1990 Mandy Jo Welch and Don Ed Payne, Hugo
1984 Micheal Salem, Norman
1984 Steven A. Novick, Oklahoma City
2023 J. Michael Miller, McAlester
2022 Lauren Barghols Hanna, Oklahoma City
2021 Oklahoma City Association of Black Lawyers
2020 Christine Pappas, Ada
2019 Oklahoma County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
2018 Allen Pease and Miss Chance, Broken Arrow
2018 William C. Kellough, Tulsa
2017 Jason Lowe, Oklahoma City
2017 Oklahoma Lawyers for Children Inc.
2016 Juan Garcia, Clinton
2015 David Bernstein, Norman
2015 Noble McIntyre, Oklahoma City
2015 Hugh Robert, Tulsa
2015 Michael C. Turpen, Oklahoma City
2014 The Goldman Law Office, Oklahoma City
2013 Molly Aspan, Tulsa
2013 Linda Scoggins, Oklahoma City
2012 Cleveland County Bar Association
2011 Philip F. Horning, Oklahoma City
2010 Richard McKnight, Enid
2009 Jim Sharrock, Oklahoma City
2008 S. Douglas Dodd, Tulsa
2007 Don Shaw, Idabel
2007 Frank D. Hill, Oklahoma City
2006 William H. Hoch III, Oklahoma City
2006 Daniel L. Crawford, Tulsa
2005 Shirley Cox, Oklahoma City
2004 Kay L. Hargrave, Wewoka
2004 John R. Hargrave, Wewoka
2003 Judge Jane P. Wiseman, Tulsa
2003 Judge Carol Ann Hubbard, Oklahoma City
2002 Peter K. Schaffer, Oklahoma City
2001 Pauline Fahle, Taloga
2001 James Thornley, Atoka
2000 Linda Redemann, Tulsa
1999 Peggy Stockwell, Norman
1999 Dave Stockwell, Norman
1998 Robert M. Johnson
1998 Donald L. Benson, Alva
1997 Norman Eagleton, Tulsa
1996 Hannibal B. Johnson, Tulsa
1995 Gloria C. Bates, Oklahoma City
1994 N. Kay Bridger-Riley, Tulsa
1993 Robert L. “Buddy” Pendarvis, Norman
1992 OBA/YLD, Jack L. Brown, chair, Tulsa
1991 WalMart Stores Inc.
1991 OBA/YLD Rape Victims Assistance Committee, Tami Mickleson, chair,
Muskogee
1991 Kirsten Ingrid and William G. Bernhardt, Tulsa
1990 Judge David E. Winslow, Tulsa
2023 Grant E. Kincannon, Altus
2022 Rachel Morris, Edmond
2021 Stephen K. Newcombe, Lawton
2020 Derek Burch, Oklahoma City
2019 Corry S. Kendall, Mangum
2018 Sara Murphy Bondurant, Oklahoma City
2017 Kendra Coleman, Oklahoma City
2016 OBA Military Assistance Committee
2015 Bruce Peabody, Bartlesville
2014 James Bender, Tulsa
2014 Malcolm Savage, Oklahoma City
2013 William J. Doyle, Tulsa
2013 Gaylene McCallum, Bartlesville
2012 Clark O. Brewster, Tulsa
2012 Paul B. Naylor, Tulsa
2012 Cindy Sooter Goble, Oklahoma City
2012 Laurie Jones, Oklahoma City
2012 G. Gail Stricklin, Oklahoma City
2011 Stanley Evans, Oklahoma City
2010 Ana Basora-Walker, Lawton
2010 Jim Proszek and Steve Soule, Tulsa
2009 John E. Miley, Oklahoma City
2008 Jim Webb, Oklahoma City
2007 Lewis N. Carter, Tulsa
2007 John Hermes, Oklahoma City
2006 Janice D. Loyd, Oklahoma City
2005 Carol Swenson, Tulsa
2004 Patrick W. Cipolla, Tulsa
2003 Stan Foster, OKC
2003 Gary Dart, Tulsa
2003 Robbie Emery Burke, Tulsa
2002 TU Boesche Legal Clinic, Tulsa
2002 Doris Thompson, Oklahoma City
2002 John W. “Bill” McCue II, Fairview
2001 Gloria Gail Stricklin, Oklahoma City
2000 David Riggs, Tulsa
1999 Don R. Nicholson II, Oklahoma City
1999 D. Kent Meyers, Oklahoma City
1999 Randolph L. Jones Jr., Tulsa
1998 J. Phillip Olson, Altus
1998 Dallas Ferguson, Tulsa
1997 Gary L. Betow, Tulsa, Stephens County Bar Association
1996 Mark E. Buchner, Tulsa
1995 Irven R. Box, Oklahoma City
1995 Tal Oden, Altus
1994 K. Lumpkins, Hugo
1994 G.W. “Bill” Armor, Laverne
1992 Arvo Q. Mikkanen, Oklahoma City
1992 Crowe & Dunlevy Law Firm, Oklahoma City
1992 Thomas P. Bellamy, Woodward
1992 Susan G. Adair, Norman
1991 Ronald L. Kincannon, Boise City
1990 Sharon L. Corbitt, Tulsa
1990 Phillips Petroleum Company Indigent Defense Bar
2023 Waldo Talmage Oden Jr., Altus
2022 Jimmy K. Goodman, Oklahoma City
2021 David K. Petty, Guymon
2020 Judge Richard Woolery, Sapulpa
2019 William H. Hoch, Oklahoma City
2018 M. Joe Crosthwait, Midwest City
2017 Jon K. Parsley, Guymon
2016 Micheal Salem, Norman
2015 Stephen D. Beam, Weatherford
2014 Gary C. Clark, Stillwater
2013 Steven Barghols, Oklahoma City
2012 Melissa G. DeLacerda, Stillwater
2011 Bill Grimm, Tulsa
2010 R. Forney Sandlin, Muskogee
2009 Nancy Parrott, Oklahoma City
2008 Bob E. Bennett, Ada
2007 Winfrey Houston, Stillwater
2006 Judge James O. Ellison, Tulsa
2005 Jim F. Gassaway, Tulsa (Posthumous)
2004 Jayne Nash Montgomery Looney, Purcell (Posthumous)
2004 Robert L. “Buddy” Pendarvis, Norman
2003 William G. Paul, Oklahoma City
2002 John R. Eagleton, Tulsa
2001 Harry Bickford, Ardmore
2000 Professor Charles Adams, Tulsa
1999 John S. Athens, Tulsa
1998 G. Ellis Gable, Tulsa
1997 James L. Hall Jr., Oklahoma City
1996 William R. Burkett, Oklahoma City
1995 Judge David E. Winslow
1994 Alan B. McPheron, Durant
1993 Joe A. Stamper, Antlers
1992 R. Dean Rinehart, El Reno
1992 Wayne B. Snow, Oklahoma City
1991 James D. Fellers, Oklahoma City
1990 John M. Luttrell, Norman
1990 John R. Couch, Oklahoma City
2023 Guy Palmer Clark, Ponca City (posthumous)
2022 James T. Stuart, Shawnee
2021 Justice Noma D. Gurich, Oklahoma City
2020 Bob Burke, Oklahoma City
2019 Judge Dana L. Rasure, Tulsa
2018 R. Victor Kennemer, Wewoka (posthumous)
2017 Bryan Dixon, Oklahoma City
2016 John R. Woodard III, Tulsa
2015 Renée DeMoss, Tulsa
2014 Perry Hudson, Oklahoma City
2013 Reid E. Robison, Oklahoma City
2012 Robert S. Farris, Tulsa
2011 Judge William J. Holloway Jr. Oklahoma City
2010 R. Clark Musser, Oklahoma City
2009 Jack L. Brown, Tulsa
2008 Judy Hamilton Morse, Oklahoma City
2007 Judge Bana Roberts – Oklahoma City
2006 Judge Valerie Couch – Oklahoma City
2005 L.E. (Dean) Stringer, Oklahoma City
2004 Allen M. Smallwood, Tulsa
2003 Charles “Buddy” Neal, Jr. – McAlester
2002 Jerry Tubb – Oklahoma City
2001 Katherine Vance – Tulsa
2000 Judge Niles Jackson – Oklahoma City
1999 Mart Tisdal – Clinton
1998 Harry A. Woods, Jr. – Oklahoma City
1997 Steven L. Barghols – Oklahoma City
1996 Jim F. Gassaway – Tulsa
1995 William J. Baker – Stillwater
1994 John B. Axton – Ada
1993 Jayne N. Montgomery – Purcell
1992 John A. Gaberino, Jr. – Tulsa
1991 Michael Burrage – Antlers
1990 Anthony M. “Tony” Massad – Frederick
2023 Jon R. Ford, Enid
2022 Charles E. Geister III, Oklahoma City
2021 James R. Webb, Yukon
2020 Judge Rebecca Brett Nightingale, Tulsa
2019 Ed Abel, Oklahoma City
2018 Gerald L. Hilsher, Tulsa
2017 Millie Otey, Tulsa
2016 Gary Derrick, Oklahoma City
2015 William J. Baker, Stillwater
2014 Dietmar Caudle, Lawton
2013 Frederick K. Slicker, Tulsa
2012 Rex Travis, Oklahoma City
2011 Brooke Smith Murphy, Oklahoma City
2010 Retired Judge Milton Craig, Chandler
2009 Sidney Swinson, Tulsa
2008 Ronald Main, Tulsa
2007 Sidney G. Dunagan, Oklahoma City
2006 Jimmy Goodman, Oklahoma City
2005 Judge Edward Cunningham, Yukon
2004 J. William Conger, Oklahoma City
2003 Steven Dobbs, Oklahoma City
2002 Roger Scott, Tulsa
2001 Judge Thomas R. Brett, Tulsa
2000 Austin R. Deaton Jr., Ada
1999 Gary C. Clark, Tulsa
1999 Hon. Joseph W. Morris, Tulsa
1998 William G. Von Glahn, Tulsa
1998 Lawrence K. Hellman, Oklahoma City
1998 Almon E. Henson, Shawnee
1997 Gary A. Rife, Norman
1997 Allen M. Smallwood, Tulsa
1996 Michael D. Evans, Frederick
1995 John L. Arrington Jr., Tulsa
2023 Bartlett A. Bouse, Woodward
2022 Sarah Brune Edwards, Oklahoma City
2021 Mark B. McDaniel, Oklahoma City
2020 Judge Lisa Tipping Davis, Oklahoma City (posthumous)
2019 Eugenia “Genie” Baumann, Edmond
2018 Sharon Wigdor Byers, Edmond
2017 Carolyn Thompson, Edmond
2016 Brad Davenport, Oklahoma City
2015 Christine Batson Deason, Edmond
2014 Don Smitherman, Oklahoma City
2013 Ben Loring, Miami
2012 Frederic Dorwart, Tulsa
2011 Robert N. Sheets, Oklahoma City
2010 Judge C. William Stratton, Lawton
2009 Judge Donald Deason, Oklahoma City
2008 Renee DeMoss, Tulsa
2008 Judge Richard A. Woolery, Sapulpa
2007 Denny Johnson, Tulsa
2006 Judge Doris Fransein, Tulsa
2006 Michael Loeffler, Bristow
2005 Judge Daman Cantrell, Tulsa
2004 Judge Candace Blalock, Pauls Valley
2004 Judge Deborah Shallcross, Tulsa
2003 Judge Alan J. Couch, Norman (award posthumously)
2002 Judge Gary E. Miller, Yukon
2001 Anne B. Sublett, Tulsa
2000 Norma Eagleton, Tulsa
2023 No award given
2022 Michael J. Knopp, Oklahoma City
2021 Lee Slater, Oklahoma City
2020 No award given
2019 No award given
2018 No award given
2017 No award given
2016 Stanley L. Evans, Norman
2015 No award given
2014 Melvin Combs Jr., Oklahoma City
2012 Retired Judge Charles L. Owens, Oklahoma City
2011 Donald W. Davis Sr.
2010 Reggie Whitten, Oklahoma City
2009 Annette Jacobi, Oklahoma City
2008 Judge Thomas S. Landrith, Ada
2007 John Green, Oklahoma City