Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award Recipients
The following attorneys, firms, and bar organizations are the past recipients of Outstanding Service Awards which are presented annually to recognize exemplary pro bono service by the legal profession serving low-income individuals through the MAVL Program.
1988 North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: J. Christopher Callahan, Eleanor MacCorkle and T. Karlton Knight
1989 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: C. David Gantt, Ingrid K. Friesen, Vincent D. Childress and Allan P. Root
1990 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Dewitt W. Daniel, David R. Hillier, Phillip G. Kelly, Barry L. Master, Clarke K. Wittstruck and Phillip R. Feagan
1991 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: John Dusenbury, Mary E. Arrowood, Durryl D. Taylor, Robert L. Mebane, Tommy Davis and Samuel H. Fritschner
1992 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Ervin L. Ball, Kerry A. Friedman, Susan Taylor Rash, J. Stewart Bankhead, Stephen D. Kaylor and Robin Luffman
1994 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Leah Broker, Major Brunner (Hotline) and Eugene M. Carr
1995 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Lloyd M. Sigman, John E. Tate and Susan F. Reid
NCBA Chief Justice Award (Award Recipient) The 28th Judicial District Bar (Bun. Cty.) wins the Chief Justice Award for outstanding public service
1996 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Sharon Tracey Barrett, Martha T. Parson, W. Bradford Searson, Christopher A. Bomba and Bradley K. Greenway
1997 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Richard S. Daniels, Heather Newton, T. Douglas Wilson, Robert M. Pitts and Annette E. Tarnawsky
1998 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Edward L. Bleynat, Jr. and Cynthia Harbin
1999 NCBA Chief Justice Award (Award Recipient): Attorneys practicing in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania Counties for their support of Pisgah Legal Services and their participation in the Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyer Program.
2000 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Mark C. Martin, James M. Ellis (hotline) and Bryant D. Webster (hotline)
2001 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominee: Dale A. Curriden
2002 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: William Clarke, Roger T. Smith, George W. Saenger, J. Christopher Callahan and Robert K. Martelle
2003 NCBA Pro Bono Attorney Service Award nominees: Ervin L. Ball and Albert L. Sneed
NCBA Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award nominee: W. Carlton Metcalf
2004 NCBA William L Thorp Pro Bono Award nominees: Heather Whitaker Goldstein, Kyle W. King and Sharon Alexander
NCBA Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award recipient: Heather Whitaker Goldstein
NCBA Outstanding Law Firm Pro Bono Service Award recipient: Adams, Hendon, Carson, Crow & Saenger, P.A. ( George W. Hendon, Philip G. Carson, S. Jerome Crow, George W. Saenger, Martin K. Reidinger, Susan Taylor Rash, Gregory S. Hilderbran, E. Thomison Holman, Joy G. McIver and Daniel E. Hitchcock)
2005 NCBA William L Thorpe Pro Bono Service Award nominees: Ingrid K. Friesen, Terry P. Young, Cynthia A. Strom and Laura Powell
NCBA Outstanding Law Firm Pro Bono Service Award nominee: Stone & Christy, P.A., (William H. Christy, James M. Ellis, R. Walton Davis, III, Bryant D. Webster)
2006 NCBA William L Thorpe Pro Bono Service Award nominees: Susan C. Chitwood-Barton, Jacob C. Ehrmann, Cindy M. Rice, Allan P. Root
NCBA Outstanding Small Law Firm Pro Bono Service Award nominee/recipient: Stone & Christy, P.A. (William H. Christy, James M. Ellis, R. Walton Davis, III, Bryant D. Webster)
American Bar Association (ABA) Harrison Tweed Award and NCBA Chief Justice Award nominee: 28th Judicial District Bar
2007 NCBA William L. Thorpe Pro Bono Service Award nominees: Holly J. Fairbairn, William C. Frue, Jr., Esther Manheimer, David G. Gray, Jr.
ABA Harrison Tweed Award and NCBA Chief Justice Award nominee/receiptient: 28th Judicial District Bar.
2008 NCBA William L. Thorp Pro Bono Service Award nominees: Cynthia Strom, Susan Dotson-Smith, Brad Stark and Sharon Alexander
