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Annual Reception and Awards

Each year the Association hosts an Annual Reception and Awards banquet where recipients are honored and presented the following awards: Harold J. Sullivan Award, John Evans & Victor Caputy Award for Outstanding Advocacy, Robert A. Shuker Memorial Award, and Patricia J. Smoot Award.

Harold J. Sullivan Award

This award is presented to an AUSA who best exemplifies the selfless devotion, personal courage, professional fairness, and trial excellence of the late Harold J. Sullivan.

Previous Recipients of award:  

2022 - Jocelyn Ballantine

2021 - Denise Cheung

2019 - John Crabb, Jr.

2018 - Chrisellen Kolb

2017 - Glenn L. Kirschner 

2016 - Kelly Higashi 

2015 - John Gidez

2014 - Anthony Scarpelli 

2013 - David Gorman 

2012 - Gregg Maisel 

2011 - Roy W. McLeese 

2010 - Bill O'Malley 

2009 - Mark Nebeker 

2008 - Jeffrey Ragsdale 

2007 - Elizabeth Trosman 

2006 - James Dinan 

2005 - Steve Durham 

2004 - Mary Lou Leary 

2003 - Thomas J. Tourish, Jr. 

2002 - Robert J. Spagnoletti

2001 - Colleen Kennedy 

2000 - Mark E. Nagle 

1999 - Mary A. Incontro 

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1998 - Thomas E. Zeno

1997 - Katherine Winfree

1996 - Thomas J. Motley 

1995 - Debra Long-Doyle

1994 - Terrance J. Kenney 

1993 - Patricia A. Riley 

1992 - Clifford T. Keenan 

1991 - John R. Fisher 

1990 - J. Ramsey Johnson 

1989 - Harry R. Benner 

1988 - Wayne P. Williams 

1987 - Paul L. Knight 

1986 - Royce C. Lamberth 

1985 - Michael W. Farrell 

1984 - Edward D. Ross, Jr. 

1983 - Oscar Altshuler 

1982 - Victor W. Caputy 

1981 - Roger Adelman 

1980 - Carl S. Rauh 

1979 - E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr. 

1978 - Henry F. Greene 

1977 - John A. Terry 

1976 - Robert A. Shuker 

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John Evans & Victor Caputy Award for Outstanding Advocacy 

This award is presented in honor of former AUSAs John Evans and Victor Caputy, in recognition of an AUSA's exemplary service as an advocate in the public interest. 

Previous Recipients of award:

2022 - Jeff Nestler; Risa Berkower

2021 - Emery Cole; Michael Liebman

2019 - Stephen Rickard 

2018 - Andrea Hertzfeld 

2017 - Nicholas Coleman 

2016 - Amy Zubrensky 

2015 -  Sharon Donovan; T. Patrick Martin

2014 - S. Vinet Bryant 

2013 - Laura Bach

2012 - Sharon L. Marcus-Kurn

2011 - Michelle D. Jackson 

2010 - Amanda Haines 

2009 - Mary McCord 

2008 - Daniel Butler; Charles Cobb 

2007 - Nancy Jackson 

2006 - Michael Ryan; Daniel Zachem 

2005 - Deborah L. Sines 

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2004 - Valinda Jones 

2003 - Virginia Cheatham 

2002 - Albert Herring; Stephen J. Pfleger 

2001 - Jennifer M. Collins; Glenn L. Kirschner 

2000 - Kenneth C. Kohl 

1999 - Kevin B. Flynn

1998 - G. Bradley Weinsheimer; DeMaurice F. Smith

1997 - Michael D. Brittin 

1996 - Roy W. McLeese 

1995 - Eric A. Dubelier 

1994 - Brenda J. Johnson 

1993 - John P. Dominguez 

1992 - Patricia Stewart 

1991 - June M. Jeffries 

1990 - Barry M. Tapp 

1989 - David Schertler 

Hon. Robert A. Shuker Memorial Award

This award is presented to a former AUSA who demonstrates distinguished contributions to the administration of justice while emulating the outstanding qualities of Judge Robert A. Shuker: integrity, scholarship, hard work, wit, and exceptional demeanor.

Previous Recipients of award:

2022 - Hon. Kelly A. Higashi 

2021 - Hon. William M. Jackson 

2019 - J. Patricia Wilson Smoot 

2018 - Kate Connely 

2017 - Jun Jeffries 

2016 - Ronald W. Sharpe 

2015 - Paul A. Quander, Jr. 

2014 - Matthew G. Olsen 

2013 - Hon. Lee J. Satterfield 

2012 - Channing Phillips 

2011 - E. Lawrence Barcella 

2010 - Mary Lou Leary 

2009 - Robert Spagnoletti 

2008 - Hon. Melvin R. Wright 

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2007 - Henry Schuelke, III

2006 - John Gill, Jr. 

2005 - Marth P. Rogers 

2004 - Hon. Noel A. Kramer 

2003 - Hon. John M. Facciola 

2002 - James L. Lyons 

2001 - Hon. J. Ramsey Johnson 

2000 - Roger E. Zuckerman 

1999 - Daniel Rezneck 

1998 - Hon. Michael W. Farrell 

1997 - Hon. Reggie B. Walton 

1996 - Charles F.C. Ruff 

1995 - Hon. William B. Bryant 

1994 - Earl J. Silbert 

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J. Patricia Smoot Award

This award is named for the AUSA Trish Smoot, who served with distinction as an AUSA from 1994-2002 and among other roles, was the Office's Director of Professional Development. This award recognizes an AUSA who has served in the Office for less than 8 years and who has demonstrated great passion, leadership, and a commitment to inclusiveness. 

Previous Recipients of award:

2022 - Ryan Creighton; Sarah Santiago

2021 - Karen Seifert; Charles Willoughby, Jr.

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