Awards + Recognition
The North Carolina Bar Association and North Carolina Bar Foundation present numerous awards at the NCBA Annual Meeting in June and at other times throughout the year.
Recognition
- 100% Club | The 100% Club is a special recognition program open to law firms, legal departments and legal organizations with two or more attorneys when all of their attorneys as members of the NCBA.
Annual Meeting Awards
- H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award
- Citizen Lawyer Award
- NCBA Pro Bono Awards
- Legal Legends of Color Award
Section and Division Awards
- Administrative Law Section Award for Excellence
- Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law: Distinguished Service Award
- Bankruptcy Law: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Bankruptcy Law: Pro Bono Award
- Business Law Section: Alfred L. Purrington III Memorial Public Service Award
- Business Law Section: Distinguished Service Award
- Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Law: John McNeill Smith, Jr. Award
- Construction Law: Evelyn M. Coman Award
- Corporate Counsel: The Corporate Counselor’s Award
- Criminal Justice Section: Wade M. Smith (defense attorney) and Peter S. Gilchrist III (prosecutor) Awards
- Dispute Resolution: Peace Award
- Education Law: Ann L. Majestic Distinguished Service Award
- Estate Planning Section Distinguished Service Award
- Family Law: Distinguished Service Award
- Government & Public Sector: Grainger Barrett Award for Excellence
- Health Law: Distinguished Service Award
- Intellectual Property Law: Outstanding Achievement Pro Bono Award
- International Law & Practice: John Dortch Service Award
- Juvenile Justice & Children’s Rights: The Children’s Champion Award
- Labor & Employment Law: The Distinguished Practitioner and Service Award
- Litigation: The Advocate’s Award
- Real Property: For Exemplary Service
- Senior Lawyers Division: Legal Practice Hall of Fame (formerly the General Practice Hall of Fame)
- Sports & Entertainment Law: The Racing Attorneys Conference TRAC Star Award
- Tax: Lifetime Achievement and Service Award
- Paralegal Division: Distinguished Paralegal Award
- Young Lawyers Division: Liberty Bell Award
- Young Lawyers Division: Charles F. Blanchard Young Lawyer of the Year
- Young Lawyers Division: Robinson O. Everett Professionalism Award
- Zoning, Planning & Land Use Section Award of Excellence
- Women in the Profession Committee: Woman Attorney of the Year Award
Additional Awards
- CLE Volunteer of the Year
- Centennial Awards