President's Choice Award

Awarded by outgoing OWBA president for contribution of Support, Energy, Talent, Time and Vision.

Award Recipients:

1993 -- Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Hemann (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio)
1993 -- Kirsti Talikka Garlock (Attorney at Law (Alexandria, Virginia)
1994 -- Debra J. Horn (Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis)
1995 -- Pamela Nagle Hultin (McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA)
1996 -- Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Hemann (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio)
1997 -- Maria A. Kortan-Sampson (Goodrich Corporation)
1998 -- Catherine B. Martineau (Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello Co., LPA)
1999 -- Debra J. Horn (Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis)
2000 -- Carol A. Childs (Attorney at Law)
2001 -- Law Firm of Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofolill Co., LPA
2002 -- Lisa Babish Forbes (Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP)
2003 -- Dawn M. Tarka (Office of the Ohio Attorney General)
2003 -- Patricia A. Delaney (Assistant Columbus City Attorney)
2004 -- Paulette M. Ivan (Reminger & Reminger Co., LPA)
2005 -- Michele Shuster (Kegler, Brown, Hill and Ritter)
2006 -- Angela Courtwright (Reminger & Reminger, LPA)
2007 -- Lisa R. House (Reminger Co., LPA)
2008 -- Irene Rennillo (Rennillo Deposition & Discovery)
2009 -- The Honorable Patricia A. Delaney (Fifth District Court of Appeals)
2009 -- Valoria C. Hoover (Kohrman Jackson & Krantz)
2010 -- Jennifer Rhoads (Ohio Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association)
2010 -- Denise Platfoot Lacey (University of Dayton School of Law)
2011 -- Laura A. Sanom (Faruki Ireland & Cox, PLL)
2012 -- Grace Royalty (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio)
2013 -- Claudia S. Herrington (Sarnova)
2014 -- Lisa Kathumbi (Littler Mendelson)
2015 -- Carrie Starts (Reminger Co., LPA)
2016 -- Yukiko Yee (Ohio Attorney General's Office)
2018 -- Lisa Whittaker (Express)
2019 -- Lindsey D'Andrea (BakerHostetler)
2020 -- Jennifer Battle (Carpenter Lipps & Leland)
2021 -- Jayme Smoot (Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company)
2022 -- Shennan Harris (Squire Patton Boggs)