Award Recipients

On behalf of the recipients, nominees, and all of the members of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, we want to thank the members of the Awards Committee for their tireless efforts and sincere devotion to the important task of reviewing dozens of nominations and hundreds of pages of supporting documents.

2021-2022 Award Recipients

Jurist of the Year Award

The Honorable Angela Cox, Fourth Judicial Circuit

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award

Jamie Billotte Moses

Outstanding Chapter of the Year

Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers

Outstanding Student Chapter

WMU Cooley Law School

Outstanding Member Program Award

Palm Beach County FAWL – Boss Up Program

Outstanding Public Service Program Award

Polk County - PAWL Period Pack Project

Leaders in the Law

3rd Circuit – Sheena Rickerson
BCWLA - Kemie King
Brevard County - Tara Couture
Brevard County - Tiffany Jones
CFAWL - Nequosha Anderson
CFAWL - Fay Pappas
CFAWL - Sharlene Stanford
Collier County  - Tara Dane
Collier County  - Cynthia Pivacek
HAWL - Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy
HAWL - Ciara Willis
JWLA –Adina Pollan
JWLA -  Janeen Kirch
LCAWL - Dawn Maselli
Martin County - Elizabeth Hunter
MDFAWL - Marianne Curtis
MDFAWL - Freddi Mack
MDFAWL - Mary Ann Ruiz
OFAWL - Jennifer Gutai-Comella
Pasco County - Cristen Martinez
Polk PAWL - Lydia Zbrzeznj
PBC FAWL- Victoria Mesa-Estrada
PBC FAWL- Tequisha Myles
Pinellas PFAWL -  Dany Carrion
Pinellas PFAWL -  Shavarne Bisnaught
Sarasota FAWL- Lora Howell
Seminole County - Melanie Chase
South PBC FAWL - Lisa Lullove Selinger
Volusia/Flagler - Courtney Kilbourne

2020-2021 Award Recipients

Jurist of the Year Award
Hon. Lisa T. Munyon,  Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Hon. Cymonie Rowe, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

Outstanding Chapter of the Year
Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers

Outstanding Student Chapter
Barry University School of Law Women Lawyers Association

Outstanding Member Program Award
Palm Beach County FAWL
Practicing, Parenting and the Pandemic

Outstanding Public Service Program Award
Polk Association for Women Lawyers
Drive-by Holiday Parade

Leaders in the Law

Abbe S. Rifkin (Broward County)

Giuseppina Miranda (Broward County)

Traci Deen (Central Florida)

Nicolette Kramer (Central Florida)

Tina Ledger (Central Florida)

Mary Beth Crawford (Collier County)

Tara Mucha (Collier County)

Leslie Schulz-Kin (Hillsborough County)

Hon. Jessica G. Costello (Hillsborough County)

Giselle Carson (Jacksonville County)

Kayla Haines Herrin (Jacksonville County)

Hon. Kimberly Davis Bocelli (Lee County)

Kathryn McHale (Martin County)

Alison Smith (Miami-Dade County)

Allison Jade Leonard (Miami-Dade County)

Jessica Saiontz (Miami-Dade County)

Genevieve Bonan (Palm Beach County)

Lawonda Warren (Palm Beach County)

Evan Glenn Frayman (Pinellas County)

Jessica M. Farrelly (Sarasota)

Wilnar Julmiste (South Palm Beach)

Heather Samuels (South Palm Beach)

Leorah Greenman (South Palm Beach)

Jessica Yeary (Tallahassee)

Hannah Monroe (Tallahassee)

2019-2020 Award Recipients

Jurist of the Year Award
Hon. Josephine Gagliardi, 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Lee County Association for Women Lawyers

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Hon. Martha Warner, 4th District Court of Appeal, Martin County Women Lawyers Association

Chapter of the Year
Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Retention Award, Small Chapter
Polk Association for Women Lawyers

Membership Retention Award, Medium Chapter
Collier County

Membership Retention Award, Large Chapter
Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers

Outstanding Member Program Award
Lee County Association for Women Lawyers
A Take On How She Did It: An Unconventional Path to Leadership

Outstanding Public Service Program Award
Tallahassee Women Lawyers
PACE Center for Girls Mock Trial Program

Leaders in the Law

 

 

2018-2019 Award Recipients

Jurist of the Year Award
Hon. Stacy Ross, 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Hon. Claudia Rickert Isom, 13th Judicial Circuit General Civil Div. D, Hillsborough Chapter

Outstanding Chapter Award
Miami-Dade

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Recruitment Award, Small Chapter
Marion

Membership Recruitment Award, Medium Chapter
Pinellas

Membership Recruitment Award, Large Chapter
Jacksonville

Outstanding Member Program Award
St. Johns
First Generation Forum: Perspectives of First-Generation Attorneys and Judges

Outstanding Public Service Program Award
Broward
Implementation of Lactation Suite at the Broward County Courthouse

Leaders in the Law

 

 

2017-2018 FAWL Annual Award Recipients

Jurist of the Year
Hon. Kelly J. McKibben; State of Florida Eighteenth Judicial Circuit; Member, Brevard Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Robin Hassler Thompson; Robin H. Thompson & Associates; Tallahassee Chapter

Outstanding Chapter
Martin

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Award, Small Chapter
Lee

Outstanding Member Program
Central Florida, "CFAWL Advisory Program"

Outstanding Public Service Award
Broward, "BCWLA Partnership with Broward County School Board Debate Initiative"

Leaders in the Law

Brevard
Kim Torres

Broward
Julie Elizabeth Hough
Ninowtzka Mier

Central Florida
Heather M. Meglino
Celeste Alexandra Thacker
Jessica Thomas

Collier
Donna J. Marshall
Tamara Lynne Nicola

Hillsborough
Hon. Cynthia Sullivan Oster
Mamie Venita Jervis Wise

Jacksonville
Sarah Ann Mannion Foreman
Sarah Rebecca Sullivan

Lee
Kayla Richmond

Manatee
Lori Maryl Dorman

Martin
Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Wood

Miami-Dade
Amber Brooke Kornreich
Kristen Drecktrah Paz
Stephanie N. Moot

Palm Beach
Rina Kundalkar Clemens
Yelizaveta Batres Herman

Pasco
Amanda Lea Colón

Pinellas
Ama Appiah
Christina Z. Pacheco

Sarasota
Elizabeth J. Alpert

South Palm Beach
Lauren Cohen

St. Johns
Jane West

Tallahassee
Catherine B. Chapman
Christin Foster Gonzalez

Volusia Flagler
Ali L. Hansen

 

2016-2017 FAWL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jurist of the Year
Hon. Jacqueline Hogan Scola; State of Florida Eleventh Judicial Circuit; Member, Miami-Dade Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Senator Kathleen C. Passidomo; Florida 28th District; Collier Chapter

Outstanding Chapter
Lee

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Award, Small Chapter
Lee

Membership Award, Medium Chapter
Jacksonville

Membership Award, Large Chapter
Miami-Dade

Outstanding Member Program
Brevard, "Women's History Program"

Outstanding Public Service Award
Miami-Dade, "Foster Youth Day"

Leaders in the Law

Brevard

Diane C. Baccus Horsley

 

Broward

Jennifer C. Erdelyi

Stacy Michelle Schwartz

 

Central Florida

Lorraine Naomi Pitre

Lauren Lynn Millcarek

Annie Po Lam Kwong

 

Collier

Rachael Spring Loukonen

Starling Newcomb Hendriks

 

Hillsborough

Amy Lee Bandow                                    

Jenay Eunice Iurato

Vivian Cortes Hodz

 

Jacksonville

Cynthia Kay Trimmer

Imani A. Boykin

 

Lee

Kristie Ann Scott

 

Miami-Dade

Ana Maria Cristina Perez Soto

Julissa Rodriguez

Jennifer Viciedo Ruiz

 

Okaloosa

Ginger Barry Boyd

 

Pasco

Teresa S. Fitzpatrick

 

Palm Beach

Amanda Romfh Jesteadt

Heather Greenhill Stohlman

 

Pinellas

Elise Katherine Winters

Elizabeth Cheney Barnes

 

Sarasota

Michelle Regina Stephan

 

South Palm Beach

Tammy B. Saltzman

 

Volusia

Jeri Ostuw Delgado

 

 

 

2015-2016 FAWL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jurist of the Year
The Honorable Renee Goldenberg, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward Chapter

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award
Abbe S. Rifkin, Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney, Broward Chapter

Outstanding Chapter
Lee

Outstanding Student Chapter
Stetson

Membership Award, Small Chapter
Sarasota

Membership Award, Medium Chapter
Pinellas

Membership Award, Large Chapter
Miami-Dade

Outstanding Member Program
Pinellas

Outstanding Public Service Award
Tallahassee

Leaders in the Law

• Cynthia "CJ" Bosco, U.S. Legal Support, Central Florida
• Dresden Brunner, S. Dresden Brunner, P.A., Collier Chapter
• Lauren Brunswick, ShubinBass, P.A., Miami-Dade Chapter    
• Gentry Byrnes, Raymond James Trust, Pinellas Chapter
• Victoria Cruz-Garcia, Givens Givens Sparks, PLLC, Hillsborough Chapter
• Joanne Fakhre, Law Office of Joanne M. Fakhre, P.A., Jacksonville Chapter
• Irene Bassel Frick, Akerman LLP, Hillsborough Chapter
• The Honorable Claudia Isom, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough Chapter
• Jamie Karpman, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Jacksonville Chapter
• Erum Kistemaker, Kistemaker Business Law Group, Volusia/Flagler Chapter
• Katherine Kiziah, State of Florida Office of the Attorney General, Palm Beach Chapter
• Heather Kolinsky, HMKLaw, P.A., Central Florida Chapter
• Laura Jo Lieffers, Moyer Law Group, Pinellas Chapter
• Stacey D. Mullins, Schuttler, Greenberg & Mullins, South Palm Beach Chapter
• Kelly Pena, Ogletree Deakins, Miami-Dade Chapter
• Jenny Sieg, Sieg & Cole, P.A., Pasco & Pinellas Chapters
• Lisa Jo Spencer, Lisa Jo Spencer, PA, Okaloosa Chapter
• The Honorable Elizabeth Starr, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Central Florida Chapter
• Jennifer Sullivan, Guilday, Simpson, West, Hatch, Lowe & Roane, P.A., Tallahassee Chapter
• Heather Tyndall-Best, State of Florida Department of Management Services, Tallahassee Chapter
• Rebecca Vaccariello, Salvatori, Wood, Buckel, Carmichael & Lottes, Collier Chapter
• Alicia Welch, United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida, Miami-Dade Chapter

On behalf of the recipients, nominees, and all of the members of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, we want to thank the members of the committee for their tireless efforts and sincere devotion to the important task of reviewing dozens of nominations and hundreds of pages of supporting documents.

PAST RECIPIENTS

Leaders in the Law

FAWL's Leaders in the Law award recognizes women who have made significant impacts in their communities. The recognition is intended to promote women who are not necessarily at the pinnacle of their career, but rather women who have made meaningful contributions in their communities through their legal service or volunteer activities and who have provided a positive role model for FAWL members.

2015 Class of Leaders in the Law

2014 Class of Leaders in the Law

2013 Class of Leaders in the Law

2012 Class of Leaders in the Law

2011 Class of Leaders in the Law

2010 Class of Leaders in the Law

Outstanding Chapter Award

This Award is presented annually to the FAWL Chapter that has actively promoted gender equality according to FAWL’s mission through its initiatives, programs and activities.

2015 Winner:  Miami Dade FAWL
2014 Winner:  Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers
2013 Winner:  Tallahassee Women Lawyers
2012 Co-winners: The Pinellas County Association for Women Lawyers; The Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers

   Outstanding Student Chapter Award Est. 2014

FAWL's Outstanding Student Chapter Award is presented to a chapter that actively promotes gender equality according to the FAWL mission through its initiatives, programs, and activities.

2015 Winner: Stetson University College of Law Student Chapter
2014 Winner: U niversity of Florida Student Chapter of FAWL

 Outstanding Programming Award

This Award is presented annually to the FAWL Chapter that has presented an effective program: (1) reflective of FAWL’s mission that is (2) easily recreated by other Chapters and (3) has quality supporting materials. 

2015 Winner: Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers

 2014 Winner: Broward County Women Lawyers' Association

           2013 Winner:  Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers    
                 2012 Co-winners:  Tallahassee Women Lawyers; Palm Beach County Association for Women Lawyers

Outstanding Chapter Public Service Award Est. 2013

This award is presented to the chapter that has presented the most outstanding public service program during the past year. 

 

2015 Winner: Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers

2014 Winner: Broward County Association for Women Lawyers

2013 Winner: South Palm Beach County Association for Women Lawyers

Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award

This Award is presented in honor of Rosemary Barkett who became the first woman Florida Supreme Court Justice when she was appointed by Governor Bob Graham on October 14, 1985. Justice Barkett is the first woman Chief Justice in the history of the Florida Supreme Court. She was inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1994, President Bill Clinton named her to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals where she continues to serve today.

              
Past Recipients

Edith G. Osman, 1997
Judge Winifred Sharp, 1998
Ellen Freidin, 1999
Justice Barbara J. Pariente, 2000
Representative Arthenia L. Joyner, 2001
Martha W. Barnett, 2002
Kelley Overstreet Johnson, 2003
Mayor Lois J. Frankel, 2004
Judge Patricia Seitz, 2005
Justice Peggy Quince, 2006
Janet Reno, 2007
Judge Gil Freeman, 2008
Judge Nikki Ann Clarke, 2009
Judge Kathleen J. Kroll, 2010
Honorable June C. McKinney, 2011
Ava Doppelt, 2012
Mayanne Downs, 2013
Gwynne A. Young, 2014
Nancy A. Daniels, 2015
Abby S. Rifkin, 2016
Sen. Kathleen C. Passidomo, 2017