Award Ceremonies

J. Chrys Dougherty Award

The J. Chrys Dougherty Award is presented annually to an individual volunteer for exemplary dedication and commitment to the principle of access to justice for all people regardless of income. The award is named for J. Chrys Dougherty, a private attorney and bar leader, whose efforts helped to build a strong working partnership between the Bar and legal services providers.

Past recipients:

2008 - Robert O'Boyle

2007 - James Arth, Lynn Sanders, Victoria Touchet
2006 - Manual H. Newburger
2005 – Malcom C. Smith
2004 – Ben F. Vaughan, III
2003 – David M. McKinney
2002 – Geoffrey N. Courtney
2001 – Leslie D. Hume
2000 – Susan P. Burton
1999 – Scott A. Ozmun
1998 – Virginia Agnew
1997 – Lloyd R. Lochridge, Jr.
1996 – Lora Ann Gerson
1995 – Jan Soifer
1994 – Robert E. Black
1993 – Mark L. Perlmutter
1992 – Joseph H. Hart
1991 – William O. Whitehurst

Joseph H. Hart Award

The Joseph H. Hart Award is presented annually to a law firm that has demonstrated the integrity and dedication to legal services to the poor exemplified by Mr. Hart throughout his legal and judicial career.

Past Recipients:

2008 - Perlmutter & Schuelke, LLP

2007 - Locke, Liddell & Sapp, LLP
2006 - Davis & Wilkerson, PC
2005 – Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, & Moody, PC
2004 – Barron & Newburger, LLP
2003 – Hilgers & Watkins, LLP
2002 – Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, LLP
2001 – McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
2000 – George & Donaldson, LLP
1999 – Clark, Thomas & Winters, PC

Judge Suzanne Covington Pro Bono Service Award

The Judge Suzanne Covington Pro Bono Service Award honors firms and attorneys volunteers who commit an extraordinary amount of time assisting the low-income clients of Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas. The Covington Award hangs outside the District Judges’ Office on the third floor of the Travis County Courthouse throughout the year.

2007 Recipients

Firms

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Ausley Algert Robertson & Flores

Baker Botts

Brown McCarroll

Cantilo & Bennett

Clark Thomas & Winters

Davis & Wilkerson

De Leon Boggins & Icenogle

DLA Piper

Friday Friday & Kazen

Fulbright & Jaworski

George & Brothers

Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody

Hancock & McGill

Hull Henricks & MacRae

Jackson Walker

Ikard Wynne & Ratliff

Kiester Lockwood & Babb

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell

Long Burner Parks & DeLargy

McCullar Vaught

McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore

Perlmutter & Schuelke

Scott Douglass & McConnico

Strasburger & Price

Thompson & Knight

Vinson & Elkins

Whitehurst Harkness Ozmun & Brees

Individual and Legal Clinic Volunteers

Michelle Alcala   

Richard W. Alexander

James Arth     

Michael Baumer                                                                     

Andrea Beleno                                                                         

Robert Black                                                                            

Patrick Cantilo                                                           

Melissa Cook                                                              

David Courreges                                                      

Claudia Crocker                                                                     

Benjamin DeLeon                                                                   

H. Clyde Farrell                                                         

Megan Hudgeons                                                     

Deena Kalai

Winston Krause

Mark Lee

Tiffany Lowe

Stephen Mack

Donald McClure  

Stephen McMillen

Mary Evelyn McNamara

Seth Meisel

Mark Morris

Robert O’Boyle

Kim Olson

Thomas O’Meara

Marianne Reat

Lynn Sanders

Stephen Sather

Lindsay Sharpe

David Sheppard

Mark Sims

Malcom Smith

Robert Spurck

Courtney Stewart

Victoria Touchet

Heith Treadwell