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Past Pro Bono Award Recipients

The William L. Thorp Pro Bono Award

2013 Charles Holton
2012 Tommy Holderness
2011 Robert Hahn
2010 Cynthia Alleman
2009 Thomas S. Berkau
2008 Christopher T. Graebe
2007 Reid Calwell Adams, Jr.
2006 Thedore C. Edwards II
2005 Christine Mumma
2004 James P. Cooney III
2003 Glenn Barfield
2002 Pender R. McElroy
2001 Nancy E. Foltz
2000 Stephen D. Coggins
1999 John J. Butler
1999 Peter J.M. Romary
1998 Honorable William B. Reingold
1997 James Battle Morgan
1996 H. Randolph "Dolph" Sumner
1995 Craig B. Brown
1994 Hollis B. May Jr
1993 A. Frank Johns
1993 Office of Graham & James
1992 Linda Mace McGee
1991 Robert M. "Hoppy" Elliot
1990 Manlin M. Chee
1989 Law Firm of Poyner & Spruill
1988 Marjorie A.. Putnam
1987 Geoffrey H. Simmons
1986 Philip A. Diehl
1986 Millicent G. Diehl
1985 Joe L. Webster
1984 Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson PA

The Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award for Smaller Law Firms

2013 Chitwood & Fairbairn, PA
2012 St. John-Ritzen & Russo Klein, PLLC
2011 Broker and Hamrick PA
2010 Hatcher Law Group
2006 Stone & Christy PA
2005 Block Crouch & Keeter LLP
2004 Adams Hendon Carson Crow and Saenger PA
2003 Sullivan & Grace
2002 Cunningham Dedmond Petersen & Smith
2001 Cunningham Dedmond Petersen & Smith
2000 Lesesne & Connette
1999 Dameron Burgin & Parker

Outstanding Legal Services Attorney Award

2013 Larry Nestler
2012 Dale Deese
2011 Lewis Pitts
2010 Linda S. Johnson
2009 Christine Trottier
2008 Evan G. Lewis
2007 Susan W. Gottsegen
2006 Attracta Kelly
2005 Hazel Mack-Hilliard
2004 Gina Reyman and Reynauld Williams
2003 Andrew Cogdell and Linda Weisel
2002 Theodore "Ted" Fillette III
2001 Celia Pistolis
2000 John R. Keller
1999 Samuel F. Furgiuele Jr
1998 Vilma Suarez
1997 Stanley B. Sprague
1996 Jack S. Hansel
1995 Barbara J. Degen
1994 Carlene M. McNulty
1993 Charlotte G. Blake
1992 Leonard G. Green
1991 Ellen W. Gerber

The Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award for Large Law Firms

2013 Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton
2012 Moore & Van Allen
2011 Hunton & Williams
2010 Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
2009 Hunton & Williams
2008 Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
2007 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
2006 Alston & Bird LLP
2005 Kennedy Covington
2004 Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
2003 Kilpatrick Stockton
2002 Hunton & Williams
2001 Moore & Van Allen PLLC
2000 Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore LLP
1999 Hunton & Williams
1998 Parker, Poe, Adams, & Bernstein LLP
1997 Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore LLP

The Chief Justice Award

2012 Greensboro Bar Association
2011 Johnston County Bar Association
2010 28th District Judicial Bar Association
2008 NCBA Young Lawyers Division
2007 Mountain Area VolunteerLawyers Program
2006 NCBA Elder Law&Healthcare sections
2004 NCBA Bankruptcy Section
2003 Wake County Bar Association Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Polk & Rutherford
county bar associations
1998 The Forsyth County Bar Association
1997 The Gaston County Bar Association
1996 The McDowell County Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program
1995 The Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Bar
1994 The Seventh Judicial District Bar
1993 The Mecklenburg County Bar Volunteer
1992 The Wake County Volunteer Lawyers Program
1991 The Gaston County Volunteer Lawyers Program
1989 The Thirtieth Judicial District

Law Students Pro Bono Project

2013 Guardian ad Litem Project, Wake Forest University School of Law
2012 Elder Law Clinic, North Carolina Central School of Law
2011 Driver's License Restoration Project, North Carolina Central University School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
2010 Wills Project, University of North Carolina School of Law
2009 SelfServe Center Group Project, Charlotte School of Law
2008 Immigration Law Association, University of North Carolina School of Law
2007 Public Interest and Pro Bono Board, Duke University School of Law
2006 Pro Bono Program, University of North Carolina School of Law
2005 Guardian ad Litem Project, Duke University School of Law
2004 Domestic Violence Advocacy Center Student Organization, Wake Forest University School of Law
2003 Civil Litigation and Family Law Clinics, North Carolina Central University School of Law
2002 The Innocence Project, University of North Carolina School of Law

Section and Division Pro Bono Award

Intellectual Property Section

2013 Clara Cottrell & Wood Jackson LLP
2008 Deborah R. Gerhardt
2007 Laura C. Miller, Esq
2007 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
2005 J. Michael Boggs
2005 Intellectual Law Section of Kilpatrick Stockton
2004 Dr. Cindy Rothschild
2004 Kevin O'Brien
1999 Karen Magri

Legal Assistants Division

2005 Jeff Smith

Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Award

2013 Jennifer Lyday
2012 Sherry Honeycutt Everett
2011 R. Michael Wells Jr.
2010 Clark Walton
2009 Laura Slaughter
2008 Georgi Yonuschot
2007 Sean Perrin
2005 Lisa Gordon
2004 Heather W. Goldstein
2003 Beth Yount Grimes
2002 Lisa A. Flowers
2001 Julian Wright