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Access to Justice Awards
Access to Justice Award A Lake County Bar Association member who has provided or supported legal services to low-income clients, and who has made a particularly significant or meaningful contribution to the provision of low-income legal services.
Recipients
2019 - Hon. Elizabeth Rochford 2018 - Michael Strauss 2016 - Kevin M. Kane 2015 - Deborah L. Goldberg 2014 - Lawrence W. Smith
Gideon's Award A public defender or former public defender who whose efforts embody the core values of the Public Defender Movement in the United States and the County of Lake. This award recognizes an attorney whose contributions to the cause of indigent criminal defense (either in service of a single client or through a more general course of conduct rising above and beyond the general requirements of the job) stand as an example of the selfless dedication to social justice personified by the words of Clarence Earl Gideon: “Each era finds an improvement in law for the benefit of mankind.”
Recipients 2024 - Sara Price 2023 - Hon. David Brodsky (ret.) 2022 - David Asma 2021 - John W. Radosevich 2019 - Molly Leimback 2018 - Rhonda (Randie) Bruno 2016 - Keith C. Grant 2015 - Kathryn O. Gordon, Lindsay G. Johnson 2014 - Specialty Court, Lake County Public Defender Team
Justice Robert H. Jackson Award A prosecutor who has distinguished himself or herself in public service and whose commitment to justice and serving the communities where he or she lives or works is particularly praiseworthy. The nomination should address the individual's outstanding characteristics, prosecution history, work with the public, and his or her contributions to the quality of prosecution and the image of prosecutors. Recipients
2024 - Robert Money 2023 - Hon. Veronica O'Malley 2022 - Harold Winer 2021 - Suzanne Willet 2019 - Hon. John J. Scully (ret.) 2018 - Jason R. Humke 2017 - Reginald C. Mathews 2016 - Claudia K. Kasten 2015 - Lawrence H. Spector 2014 - Michael J. Waller |
