Awards

1987
DAVID HITTNER
Judge, Southern District of Texas

1988
REGAN CARTWRIGHT
Judge, 55th District Court

1989
ALICE OLIVER-PARROTT
Judge, 151st District Court

1990
LEE DUGGAN, JR.
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
ANNE TYRRELL COCHRAN
Judge, 270th District Court

1991
PAUL C. MURPHY
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
SHAROLYN P. WOOD
Judge, 127th District Court

1992
THOMAS R. PHILLIPS
Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court
MARK DAVIDSON
Judge, 11th District Court

1993 
MURRY B. COHEN
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
MICHAEL E. SCHNEIDER
Judge, 157th District Court

1994 
EDITH JONES
Justice, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
GREG ABBOTT
Judge, 129th District Court

1995 
MARGARET MIRABAL
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
NORMAN W. BLACK
Chief Judge, Southern District of Texas

1996
ERIC ANDELL
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
SCOTT LINK
Judge, 80th District Court

1997 
ADELE HEDGES
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
SIM LAKE
Judge, Southern District of Texas

1998 
JERRY E. SMITH
Judge, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
KATIE KENNEDY
Judge, 164th District Court

1999
ERIC ANDELL
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
LEE H. ROSENTHAL
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2000 
MICHAEL H. SCHNEIDER
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
TRACY CHRISTOPHER
Judge, 295th District Court

2001
HARRIET O’NEILL
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
NANCY F. ATLAS
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2002
WANDA MCKEE FOWLER
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
JANE BLAND
Judge, 280th District Court

2003
TIM TAFT
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
LEVI BENTON
Judge, 215th District Court

2004
CAROLYN D. KING
Chief Judge, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
ELIZABETH RAY
Judge, 165th District Court

2005
HARRIET O’NEILL
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
LEE H. ROSENTHAL
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2006
JANE BLAND
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
SIM LAKE
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2007
ADELE HEDGES
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
KEITH P. ELLISON
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2008
TERRY JENNINGS
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
RANDY WILSON
Judge, 157th District Court

2009
KEM THOMPSON FROST
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
SHARON MCCALLY
Judge, 334th District Court

2010
JEFF BROWN
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
RANDY WILSON
Judge, 157th District Court

2011
HARVEY G. BROWN
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
LEE H. ROSENTHAL
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2012
TRACY CHRISTOPHER 
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
JOSEPH "TAD" HALBACH 
Judge, 333rd District Court

2013
WILLIAM BOYCE
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
ROBERT SCHAFFER 
Judge, 152nd District Court

2014
JANE BLAND
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
PATRICIA J. KERRIGAN
Judge, 190th District Court

2015
EVA GUZMAN
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
MIKE ENGELHART
Judge, 151st District Court

2016
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD
Judge, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
KEITH P. ELLISON
Judge, Southern District of Texas

2017
TERRY JENNINGS
Senior Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
CAROLINE E. BAKER
Judge, 295th District Court

2018
BRETT BUSBY
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
DARYL L. MOORE
Judge, 333rd District Court

2019
TRACY CHRISTOPHER
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
ROBERT SCHAFFER
Judge, 152nd District Court

2021
JANE BLAND
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
TANYA GARRISON
Judge, 15th District Court

2022
JULIE COUNTISS
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals
JEFF BROWN
Judge, Southern Distrct of Texas