2010 Awards Celebration Award Recipients and Pictures

31st Annual Awards Celebration

2010 Award Recipients:

Outstanding Sustained Contribution Award

John F. Walsh, Hill & Robbins, P.C.
Click here for a photo of John Walsh accepting the Outstanding Sustained Contribution Award.

Law Firm Of The year Award

Morrison & Foerster LLP
Click here for a photo of the 2009 Law Firm of the Year Award recipient, Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Task Force Of The year Award

Homeless ID Task Force Steering Committee
Click here for a photo of the 2009 Task Force of the Year Award recipient, the Homeless ID Task Force Steering Committee.

Community Contribution Award

Kathleen J. Gebhardt, Kathleen J. Gebhardt, L.L.C. and Alexander Halpern, Alexander Halpern LLC
Click here for a photo of Kathleen Gebhardt and Alexander Halpern accepting the Community Contribution Award.

Special Recognition Award

Craig E. Stewart, Holland & Hart LLP

The 2010 Annual Lunch Trailer

2010 Annual Awards Celebration Photos

Bob Hill and John Walsh (Hill & Robbins, P.C.)	Kathleen Nalty, left, and Meg Satrom from the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence with Dean Heizer and Cindy Coleman both from Heizer Paul LLP	Debora Wagner and Linda Olson from Colorado Legal Services with Jerremy Ramp (Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC)
Keynote Speaker Harry MacLean	Colorado Nonprofit Association CEO Renny Fagan with Richard Westfall (Hale-Westfall, LLP)	Tucker Trautman ( Dorsey & Whitney LLP) with Jim Kilroy ( Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.)
Jeannie Nims (Colorado Nonprofit Association), Suzanne Ferguson (Qwest Law Department), with Sharon Prueitt and Sharon Knight, both with Colorado Nonprofit Association	Scott Martinez (Holland & Hart LLP), Angela Reyes (Colorado Legal Services) and Scott McCombs, Office Manager at Arnold & Porter LLP	Connie Talmage, Colorado Lawyers Committee Executive Director with former Colorado Lawyers Committee Executive Director Mary Ricketson
Bud Swartz and Dominic Hithon from sponsor IKON Office Solutions, Inc. with Cindy Rold (Maverick Coaching & Speaking)	Greg Kanan (Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP) and Frank Lopez (CBA Spanish Language Lawyering Committee)	Kelly March, Michelle Berge and Katie Roush, all with Reilly Pozner LLP
Natalie Sullivan (Pendleton Friedberg Wilson & Hennessey P.C.), Alison Daniels (The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People) and Dan Taubman (Colorado Court of Appeals)	Bruce James (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP) and Monique Tuttle (Vail Resorts)	Chris Lamb (Friesen Lamb, LLP) and Larry Zavadil (Jacobs Chase Frick Kleinkopf & Kelley LLC)
Bill Walters and Jane Taylor, Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC	Marie Williams and Candace Whitaker, both with Faegre & Benson L.L.P. and Debora Wagner (Colorado Legal Services, Inc.)	Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. lawyers, Margy Wilson and Ty Lufman
2009 Task Force of the Year–Homeless ID Task Force	From Morrison & Foerster LLP: Yoni Hagos, Jennifer DiLalla and Ryan Scoville	Shel E. Friedman (JAMS), Bob Weiss (Alyn-Weiss & Associates, Inc.) and Mike Cheroutes (The Harris Law Firm P.C.)
Iris Eytan (Reilly Pozner LLP) and Mari Newman (Killmer Lane & Newman, L.L.P.)	Jennifer Levin, Angie Garberding and Mark Ivandick with The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People	Roxanne Jensen (Gibson Arnold & Associates, Inc.) and Ingrid Barrier (Hill & Robbins, P.C.)
Suzanne Ferguson and Andy Creighton, both with Qwest Law Department	Heather Mitchell and Christine Searls, both with Qwest Law Department	Dan Friesen (Friesen Lamb, LLP) and Gale Miller (Colorado Court of Appeals)
Paul Rodney and Jessica Shoemaker, both with Arnold & Porter LLP	Maureen Sullivan (Colorado Lawyers Committee), Gabe Dusenbury (Volunteer), Ben Schler (Volunteer), Linda Futrell (Colorado Lawyers Committee), Catharyn Baird (Volunteer), Connie Talmage (Colorado Lawyers Committee), Judy Pierson (Volunteer), Jessica Ross (Volunteer), and Carey Davis (Volunteer)	Andy Keiser, Sharon Prueitt, Gerry Rasel and Mark Turner of the Colorado Nonprofit Association
From Reilly Pozner LLP: Ken Nakamura, Clare Pennington, Jane Cohen, Michelle Berge, Molly Ferrer, Kelly March, Tony Giacomini, Katie Roush Lindsay Unruh, and Michelle O’Neill	Colorado Court of Appeals Judges Dan Taubman and Russ Carparelli	From JAMS: Collie Norman, Elaine Wohlner and Harlan Bockman
Colorado Lawyers Committee Board Chair Kenzo Kawanabe, from Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP	John Walsh of Hill & Robbins P.C., recipient of CLC Outstanding Sustained Contribution Award, with Maureen Farrell-Stevenson (National Association of Counsel for Children)	Craig Lopez (Wells Fargo), Alli Gerkman (CLE in Colorado, Inc.), and James Garts ( Pelegrin & Radeff, P.C.)
Michael Sink and Jess Dance of Perkins Coie LLP	Greg Berger and Lauren Schmidt of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey with Carolyn Daniels ( Holme Roberts & Owen LLP)
Steve Wright and Blain Myhre, both with Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C.	Dick Mandelson (Baker & Hostetler LLP) with keynote speaker Harry MacLean, attorney and author of The Past is Never Dead	The Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. table
Colorado Lawyers Committee Board Chair Kenzo Kawanabe with Colorado Supreme Court Justice Ben Coats	Mari Newman (Killmer Lane & Newman, L.L.P.) and Tracy Ashmore (Holme Roberts & Owen LLP)	Colorado Lawyers Committee Board Chair Kenzo Kawanabe acts as host and master of ceremonies
Bob Hill, of Hill & Robbins, P.C., talks about his friend and colleague John Walsh	SuSaNi Harris (University of Colorado Law School) and Dan Muse (Pendleton Friedberg Wilson & Hennessey P.C.)	Alex Halpern and Kathy Gebhardt, Recipients of the Community Contribution Award
Alex White (The Harris Law Firm P.C.), Bob Weiss (Alyn-Weiss & Associates, Inc.), and Carrie Chaille-Eckstein (The Harris Law Firm P.C.)	Ken Nakamura and Jane Cohen, Reilly Pozner LLP	Angela Reyes (Colorado Legal Services, Inc.) and Yoni Hagos (Morrison & Foerster LLP)
Craig Joyce (Fairfield & Woods, P.C.) and Bill Walters (Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC)	Dean David Getches (University of Colorado Law School), Bob Hill (Hill & Robbins, P.C.) and Laura Hill	Greg Kanan (Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP) and Cathy Lemon (2nd Judicial District Court)
Jane Cohen and Michelle O’Neill both from Reilly Pozner LLP	Jerremy Ramp (Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC), Rita Young (Colorado Center on Law and Policy) and Jim Dean (Colorado Legal Services, Inc.)	Jerry Borison (University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
Joyce Sterling (University of Denver Sturm College of Law)	Katherine Ross (Arnold & Porter LLP) and Lisa Reynolds (Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP)	Lindy Frolich (Alternate Defense Counsel) and Shawna Geiger (Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association)
Marie Moses and Jerremy Ramp, both with Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC	Mark Turner and Andy Keiser, both with Colorado Nonprofit Association	Marybell Trujillo, Joseph Salas, and Dave Calvert with Wells Fargo
Michael Keenan and Scott Salmon, both with Vail Resorts	Mike Gieger and Blair Rosenthal, both with Qwest Law Department	John Walsh of Hill & Robbins, P.C. receives the Colorado Lawyers Committee Outstanding Sustained Contribution Award
Terri Million and Beth Bentley, both with Qwest Law Department	Thomas Russell (University of Denver Sturm College of Law), Jon Asher and Manuel Ramos, both with Colorado Legal Services, Inc.	Tony Giacomini and Molly Ferrer, both with Reilly Pozner LLP
Sharon Prueitt and Gerry Rasel, both with Colorado Nonprofit Association	Gerry Rasel and Mark Turner, both with Colorado Nonprofit Association	Sharon Knight and Jeanne Nims, both with Colorado Nonprofit Association
Ben Levek, Denver Department of Human Services