Topeka Bar Association Awards
The Topeka Bar Association gives out awards each year. Awards are given out to TBA members at the annual meeting, and the TBA gives out an annual Liberty Bell award in honor of Law Day during its May Luncheon.
Warren W. Shaw Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes a lawyer or judge for exemplary service to the legal profession or the Topeka Bar Association. It may be awarded to recognize an especially meritorious deed for service which significantly advances the administration of justice, the goals of the legal profession or brings honor and recognition to the Topeka Bar Association or may be awarded to recognize the continuous long-standing service of a recipient to the legal profession or the Topeka Bar Association. Award recipients include:
| 1995 Honorable E. Newton Vickers |
2002 Wayne T. Stratton |
| 1996 Retired Chief Justice David Prager |
2003 Thomas E. Wright |
| 1997 Carl W. Quarnstrom |
2004 Edward L. Bailey |
| 1998 Gerald L. Goodell |
2005 Arthur E. Palmer |
| 1999 Elwaine F. Pomeroy |
2006 Hon. Terry L. Bullock |
| 2000 Judge Sam A. Crow |
2007 Judge Richard Rogers |
| 2001 Robert E. Tilton |
2008 Chief Justice Kay McFarland |
Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
This award recognizes the outstanding efforts of a Young Lawyer member of the Topeka Bar Association who has rendered meritorious service to the legal profession, the community, or the Topeka Bar Association. Award recipients include:
| 1995 Darin M. Conklin |
2002 Melissa Wangemann |
| 1996 Jeffrey A. Wietharn |
2003 Chelsey Langland |
| 1997 Douglas T. Shima |
2004 Jared S. Maag |
| 1998 Teresa L. (Sittenauer) Watson |
2005 Michelle L. Miller |
| 1999 Christina Collins |
2006 Amanda Kiefer |
| 2000 Anne M. Kindling |
2007 Jason "Jake" Fisher |
| 2001 Leslie M. Miller |
2008 Matthew Bergmann |
Honorable E. Newton Vickers Professionalism Award
This award recognizes a member of the Topeka Bar Association who, by his or her conduct, honesty, integrity and courtesy, best exemplify, represent and encourage other lawyers to follow the highest standards of the legal profession, including those contained in the Topeka Bar Association Creed of Professional Courtesy. Award recipients include:
| 2000 Stephen W. Cavanaugh |
2004 The Honorable Marla J. Luckert |
| 2001 Alan F. Alderson |
2005 Ruth E. Graham |
| 2002 Terry E. Beck |
2006 Carol Gilliam Green |
| 2003 The Honorable David Knudson |
2007 Louis F. Eisenbarth |
| 2008 J. Steven Pigg |
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Past President's Award
Each President of the Topeka Bar Association is recognized at the annual meeting of the TBA and awarded with a plaque for their service on the TBA Board of Directors after they have finished their term as past president. Past presidents include:
1905-06 R.B. Welch
1906-08 Capt. Joseph G. Waters
1909-10 J.B. Larimer
1910-14 Capt. Joseph G. Waters
1915-17 Hon. Z.T. Hazen
1918-19 Charles Blood Smith
1919-20 Leonard S. Ferry
1920-21 Hon. Otis F. Hungate
1922-23 Thomas F. Doran
1923-24 Col. A.M. Harvey
1924-25 Thomas M. Lillard
1925-26 Robert Stone
1926-27 Hon. James A. McClure
1927-28 W.E. Atchison
1928-29 David E. Palmer
1929-30 John J. Schenck
1930-31 Col. Clad Hamilton
1931-32 Hugh McFarland
1932-34 Bennett R. Wheeler
1934-35 Edwin A. Austin
1935-36 W.R. Hazen
1936-37 Thomas Amory Lee
1937-38 Hon. George A. Kline
1938-39 Robert L. Webb
1939-40 Walter T. Chaney
1940-41 Hon. Paul H. Heinz
1941-42 Tinkham Veale
1942-43 John E. DuMars
1943-44 O.B. Eidson
1944-45 Randal C. Harvey
1945-46 Hon. Dean McElhenny
1946-47 Byron M. Gray
1947-48 M.F. Cosgrove
1948-49 Ralph W. Oman
1949-50 James E. Smith
1950-51 Lester M. Goodell
1951-52 Frank E. Miller
1952-53 John S. Dean, Jr.
1953-54 Howard A. Jones
1954-55 Phil H. Lewis
1955-56 Robert E. Russell
1956-57 A. Harry Crane
1957-58 Barton E. Griffith
1958-59 Warren W. Shaw
1959-60 Clayton E. Kline
1960-61 Hon. Beryl R. Johnson |
1961-62 Marlin S. Casey
1962-63 Harry W. Colmery
1963-64 Clayton M. Davis
1964-65 Hall Smith
1965-66 Allen Meyers
1966-67 Ward Martin
1967-68 John W. Lewis
1968-69 Herbert Marshall
1969-70 Mark L. Bennett, Sr.
1970-71 Erle W. Francis
1971-72 James W. Porter
1972-73 William B. McElhenny
1973-74 Robert R. Irwin
1974-75 Donald Patterson
1975-76 Charles S. Fisher, Jr.
1976-77 Louis F. Eisenbarth
1977-78 Hon. Michael A. Barbara
1978-79 Floyd E. Gehrt
1979-80 David H. Fisher
1980-81 James Waugh
1981-82 Glenn D. Cogswell
1982-83 Myron L. Listrom
1983-84 E. Gene McKinney
1984-85 Wayne T. Stratton
1985-86 Carl W. Quarnstrom
1986-87 Linda D. Elrod
1987-88 Arthur E. Palmer
1988-89 Frank M. Rice
1989-90 James Grimes
1990-91 Hon. E. Newton Vickers
1991-92 Ralph E. Skoog
1992-93 Gerald J. Letourneau
1993-94 Robert E. Tilton
1994-95 Ruth E. Graham
1995-96 Alan F. Alderson
1996-97 Charles N. Henson
1997-98 Stephen W. Cavanaugh
1998-99 Hon. Marla J. Luckert
1999-00 Arthur A. Glassman
2000-01 Gerald L. Goodell
2001-02 Edward L. Bailey
2002-03 Daniel W. Crow
2003-04 James C. Wright
2004-05 Hon. Evelyn Z. Wilson
2005-06 Daniel J. Gronniger
2006-07 Patrick M. Salsbury |
Liberty Bell Award
The purpose of the Liberty Bell Award program is to recognize community service that has strengthened the American system of freedom under the law. Any individual who has rendered outstanding service to his/her community may be considered eligible. While all fields of endeavor are intended for inclusion, the award’s purpose is to accord public recognition to men and women, particularly non-lawyers, for outstanding service in one or more of these areas:
- Promoting a better understanding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights;
- Encouraging greater respect for law and the courts;
- Stimulating a deeper sense of individual responsibility so that citizens recognize their duties as well as their rights;
- Contributing to the effective functioning of our institutions of governments; and
- Fostering a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law.
Award recipients include:
| 1994 Gerald R. Beavers, Topeka Police Chief |
2001 CASA of Shawnee County |
| 1995 The Brown Foundation |
2002 Judge G. Joseph Pierron |
| 1996 Kids Voting Kansas |
2003 Battered Women's Task Force |
1997 Dawna Edmonds, Seaman High School teacher for mock trials in the Advanced Placement Govt. class
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2004 Shawnee County Youth Court |
| 1998 Ron Keefover |
2005 Washburn Law Clinic |
| 1999 Topeka Police Department Citizens Academy |
2006 "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution" a program of the Kansas State Department of Education |
| 2000 William E. Richards, Sr. |
2007 Judge Patrick McAnany |
