The Lawyers Association of St. Louis Award of Honor

The Award of Honor is given each spring to an outstanding trial attorney whose service to the profession and community merits recognition, not as a reward, but as an example that my inspire others to similar service. The Award of Honor has been given each year since its inception in 1946.
Previous Award of Honor recipients are:

1946 – Oliver Senti
1947 – Charles C. Williams
1948 – Jacob M. Lashly
1949 – Luther E. Smith
1950 – Walter E. Bennick
1951 – James M. Douglas
1952 – Chelsea O. Inman
1953 – William H. Killoren
1954 – Ethan A. H. Shepley
1955 – William R. Gentry
1956 – Hyman Gordon Stein
1957 – Orville Richardson
1958 – McCune Gill
1959 – Cullen Coil
1960 – Francis X. Cleary
1961 – Edward Michael Ruddy
1962 – Lon Hocker
1963 – Robert L. Aronson
1964 – Alphonse G. Eberle
1965 – Thomas B. Curtis
1965 – Thomas F. Eagleton
1966 – Morris A. Shenker
1967 – Amandus Brackman
1967 – Joseph J. Simeone
1968 – Russell H. Doerner
1969 – Donal Gunn, Sr.
1970 – Theodore McMillian
1970 – Noah Weinstein
1971 – Everett Hullverson
1972 – Robert G. Dowd
1973 – Marion G. Matthes
1974 – Charles A. Mogab
1975 – Mortimer A. Rosecan
1976 – Michael J. Scott
1977 – Charles E. Gray
1978 – John Goodwin
1978 – Sue Goodwin
1979 – John E. Bardgett
1980 – Carl R. Gaertner
1980 – James Ruddy
1981 – Paul S. Brown
1982 – James E. Hullverson
1983 – Godfrey Padberg
1984 – John Shepherd
1985 – Edward L. Dowd
1986 – Don B. Sommers
1987 – Eugene P. Walsh
1988 – James L. Sanders
1989 – Eugene K. Buckley
1990 – Joseph M. Kortenhof
1991 – Arthur S. Margulis
1992 – Donald L. Schlapprizzi
1993 – Clyde S. Cahill
1994 – Thomas C. Hullverson
1994 – Richard B. Teitelman
1995 – Ben Ely, Jr.
1996 – James P. Holloran
1997 – William Evans
1998 – Donald Gunn, Jr.
1999 – Theodore H. Hoffman
2000 – Vincent Immel
2001 – Donald James
2002 – Gerald R. Ortbals
2003 – Robert F. Ritter
2004 – Daniel A. Raniere
2005 – Richard L. Hughes
2006 – Frankie Freeman
2006 – Margaret Bush Wilson
2007 – Daniel T. Rabbitt
2008 – Denis Burns
2009 – Stephen F. Meyerkord
2010 – Maurice B. Graham
2011 – Thomas C. Casey
2012 – Michael P. Gunn
2013 – Kevin F. O’Malley
2014 – Leonard P. Cervantes
2015 – Nancy R. Mogab
2016 – Stephen H. Ringkamp
2017 – Matthew J. Padberg
2018 – Raymond Fournie
2019 – Gerard T. Noce
2020-21 – Gretchen Myers
2022 – Mary Coffey
2023 – Peter J. Dunne