The Chapter currently issues two annual awards to standouts in Family Law. The Fellow of the Year Award recognizes those Fellows who have made extraordinary contributions to the community, outside of their AAML participation, to charitable events, charitable organizations or to the enhancement of the legal profession. The C. Rick Chamberlin Award recognizes a non-AAML Fellow who has made extraordinary contributions to the family law community. |
Fellow of the Year2022: Michael C. Tobriner 2020: Geniveve Ruskus 2018: Gretchen Wallacker and Clay Greene 2017: Tony Dick 2016: Garrett Dailey 2015: Ann Fallon 2014: Pamela Pierson 2013: Jennifer Jackson 2012: Lorie Nachlis 2011: Ron Granberg 2010: Bob Blevans and Richard Barry 2009: Sherry Cassedy, Shannon Minter, and Teresa Stewart 2008: Margaret Anderson, Christopher Emley, Ann Fallon, and Diana Richmond 2007: Suzie Thorn 2006: John McCall | C. Rick Chamberlin2022: Susun Kim, Contra Costa Family Justice Center 2020: Susan Myres, AAML Texas Chapter 2018: Hon. Marjorie Slabach 2017: Larry Moskowitz 2016: Judge Beverly Wood 2014: Beth Hassett, WEAVE 2013: Claire Barnes, Kids' Turn 2012: Dawn Gray 2011: Judith Soley (posthumously) 2010: Robert McCreadie |
DeGoff and Sherman Award:The DeGoff and Sherman Award for Meaningful Contributions to the Improvement of Family Law was given from 2008 to 2016. Recipients were lawyers, judicial officers, mental health professionals, journalists, academics, community activists, local or state legislators, government officials. All family lawyers and judicial officers throughout the state nominated potential recipients. A $2,500 contribution was made in the recipient's honor to the charity of the recipient's choice. Recipients: 2016: Nancy Lemon, Family Violence Appellate Project 2015: Emberly Cross, Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic 2014: Betty Nordwind, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law 2013: Stephen Adams, Friends of the Joseph Branch 2012: Hon. Donald B. King 2011: Jeanne B. Ames (posthumously), mediator 2010: Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco |
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