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Committee or Section Leader of the Year Award

Given in appreciation of outstanding leadership while serving on a committee or section.

Please direct any inquiries or nominations to Darlene Trudell at dtrudell@detroitlawyer.org.

Past recipients:

  • Harshitha Ram  (ADR Section) – 2024
  • Jon Marko (Civil Rights Section) – 2023
  • Joanne Geha Swanson (Editorial Board) – 2022
  • Kaitlyn Elias, Caroline Bermudez Jomaa, Carina Kraatz, Morgan Schut and Cara Swindlehurst (Virtual Detroit Legal Services Clinic Subcommittee) – 2021
  • Zenell Brown and James Rosenfeld (Diversity & Inclusion Committee) – 2020
  • Louis Theros (Fellows Committee) – 2019
  • Brendan Best (Debtor & Creditor Rights Section) – 2018
  • Paul Millenbach (Third Circuit Court Luncheon Committee) – 2017
  • Joanne Geha Swanson (Communications Committee) – 2016