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Judicial – Federal
 
Honorable Katharine Sweeney Hayden – 2008 
Honorable Freda L. Wolfson – 2008 
Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo  – 2009 
Honorable Rosemary Gambardella – 2010 
Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry – 2011 
Honorable Susan D. Wigenton, U.S.D.J – 2012 
Honorable Judith H. Wizmur – 2013 
Honorable Patty Shwartz – 2014 
Honorable Esther Salas – 2015 
Honorable Lois H. Goodman – 2016 
Honorable Mary L. Cooper – 2017 
Honorable Kathryn C. Ferguson – 2018 
Honorable Renée Marie Bumb – 2019 
Honorable Claire C. Cecchi – 2020/2021 
Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni – 2022 
Honorable Karen M. Williams – 2023 
Honorable Leda Dunn Wettre – 2024
 
Judicial – State

Former Justice Virginia Long – 2008 
Honorable Sybil R. Moses (Posthumously) – 2009 
Honorable Helen E. Hoens – 2010 
Honorable Marie L. Garibaldi – 2012 
Justic Jaynee LaVecchia – 2013 
Honorable Patricia Costello – 2014 
Honorable Barbara Byrd Wecker – 2015
Honorable Harriet E. Derman – 2016 
Honorable Sue Pai Yang – 2017
Honorable Harriet Farber Klein – 2018
Honorable Marie White Bell – 2019 
Honorable Mary Catherine Cuff – 2020/2021
Honorable Marianne Espinosa – 2022 
Honorable Karen M. Cassidy – 2023
Honorable Jamie D. Happas P.J.CV. (RET.) – 2024

Corporate
 
Ann Marie Burke – 2008 
Mariellen Dugan – 2008 
Alice J. Guttler – 2008 
Susan Ellen Wolf – 2008 
Barbara Ann Sellinger – 2009 
Katherine Hatton – 2010
Colleen D. Brennan, Esq. – 2011 
Lynn E. Feldman, Esq. – 2012 
Lucinda Long – 2013 
Pamela Craven – 2014 
Michele C. Meyer- Shipp – 2015 
Michellene Davis – 2016 
Ramona Romero – 2017 
Dean Kathleen M. Boozang – 2018 
Lisa Martinez Wolmart – 2019 
Ann B. Gavzy & Audrey Murphy – 2020/2021 
Ebonée Lewis – 2022 
Annmarie Simeone – 2023
Sandra Leung – 2024
 
Public

Anne Milgram – 2008 
Nina Mitchell Wells – 2008 
Honorable Paula T. Dow – 2009 
Susan Bass Levin – 2010 
Honorable Kim Guadagno – 2011 
Honorable Camelia M. Valdes – 2012 
Honorable Jennifer Velez – 2013
Jane Hanson – 2014 
Honorable Grace H. Park – 2015 
Honorable Carolyn A. Murray – 2016 
Diane K. Smith – 2017
Honorable Esther Suarez – 2018 
Michelle L. Miller – 2019 
Honorable Tahesha Way – 2020/2021 
Lora Fong – 2022
Honorable Yolanda Ciccone – 2023
Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill – 2024
 

Law Firm/PRIVATE

Christine Amalfe, Esq. – 2008 
Cathy Fleming, Esq. – 2008 
Nancy Erika Smith, Esq. – 2008 
Lynne Anne Anderson, Esq. – 2009 
Holly English, Esq. – 2010 
Paulette Brown, Esq. – 2011 
Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. – 2012 
Lynda Bennett – 2013 
Adams, Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC – 2014 
Susan A. Feeney – 2015 
Kirsten Scheurer Branigan – 2016 
Wendy Johnson Lario – 2017 
Galit Kierkut – 2018 
Randi Kochman – 2019
Jessica S. Allen – 2020/2021 
Loren Pierce – 2022 
Raymond & Wanda Akin Brown – 2023
Michelle A. Schaap – 2024


Trailblazer
 
John J. Degnan – 2009
Paula A. Franzese, Esq. – 2010
Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway – 2011 
Donald A. Robinson, Esq. – 2012 
Dean Frances V. Bouchoux – 2013
Honorable Dorothea Wefing – 2014 
Phoebe A. Haddon – 2015 
Lorraine S. Gerson – 2018 
Marilyn Askin – 2019 
Carmen M. Garcia – 2020/2021
Kim Mutcherson/Rose Cuison Villazor – 2023
Karol Corbin Walker – 2024

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