CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS
HONORS
The California Association of Black Lawyers has a time-honored tradition of annually paying tribute to those individuals and corporations who have distinguished themselves in the legal profession and in service to the community.
HON. BENJAMIN TRAVIS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Justice Martin J. Jenkins (2026)
Randy K. Jones (2025)
Monica Montgomery Steppe (2024)
Carl E. Douglas (2023)
Diana Becton (2022)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (2019)
Tony West (2018)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (2016)
Hon. Willie Brown (2012)
Leo Branton (2011)
Judy Johnson (2010)
Walter Gordon, Jr. (2009)
Hon. Allen Webster (2008)
Robert Harris (2007)
Hon. Horace Wheatley (2006)
Johnnie Cochran, Jr. (2005)
Wilma J. Pinder (2004)
BERNARD S. JEFFERSON
JUDGE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Hon. Haywood Gilliam (2026)
Justice Carol D. Codrington (2025)
Hon. Bunmi Awoniyi (2024)
Hon. Gail O’Rane (2023)
Hon. Leondra Reid Kruger (2022)
Hon. Bobbi Tillmon (2019)
Hon. Charles A. Smiley III (2018)
Hon. Kevin Brazile (2017)
Hon. Michael Carter, LA Superior Ct (2015)
Hon. Joan Cartwright (Retired), Alameda County Superior Court (2013)
Hon. John Dearman (2012)
Hon. Otis D. Wright II (2011)
Hon. Gloria Rhynes (2010)
Honorable Irma J. Brown (2009)
Hon. Randa Trapp (2008)
Hon. Brenda Harbin-Forte (2007)
Hon. Gordon Baranco (2006)
Hon. Trina Thompson- Stanley (2004)
Hon. John Meigs (2001)
Hon. Horace Wheatley (2001)
Hon. Sandra Thompson (1999)
Hon. Thelton Henderson (1998)
Hon. Terry J. Hatter (1997)
Hon. Brenda Harbin-Forte (1994)
Hon. Gordon Baranco (1988)
DAVID L. CUNNINGHAM
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD (NON-PROFIT)
100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc. (2026)
NAACP – North County San Diego Chapter (2025)
Sisters of Nia, Inc. (2024)
Kim Carter, Time for a Change Foundation (2023)
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) (2022)
The Asomugha Foundation (2019)
East Bay Community Law Center (2018)
Crystal Stairs, Inc. / received by GC Pamela Washington, Esq. (2015)
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) (2013)
California Minority Counsel Program (2012)
Special Needs Network, Inc. (2011)
PolicyLink (2010)
Lei-Chala I. Wilson (2009)
BASF (2008)
Mesereau, Ephriam and Villaraigosa Free Legal Clinc (2007)
Equal Justice Society (2006)
Boys & Girls Club of Oakland (2004)
Michael Bunker, Jackie Robinson YMCA (2001)
Watts Health Foundation, Inc. (1997)
DAVID L. CUNNINGHAM
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD (CORPORATE)
Airbnb (2026)
Cisco Systems (2025)
Duane Morris, LLP (2024)
Vernā Myers, Vice President, Include Strategy, Netflix (2023)
Google (2019)
Merrill Lynch (2018)
Hyundai Motor America (2017)
BET / received by GC Darrell Walker, Esq. (2015)
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (2013)
Golden State Foods (2012)
EsoWon Books (2011)
The Farrise Law Firm (2010)
California Association of African American Superintendents & Administrators (2009)
Hanson Bridgett (2008)
Taylor and Goins (2006)
SBC Communications (2004)
Thomas Sayles, Sempra Energy (2001)
LOREN D. MILLER
LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Carmen-Nicole Cox (2026)
Terrance J. Evans (2025)
Heather Anderson (2024)
Reginald Roberts, Jr. (2023)
Josi Kennon Swonetz (2022)
Ryan Harrison, Sr. (2021)
David W. Fermino (2019)
Vernon Goins (2018)
Paul Henderson (2016)
Brendon D. Woods (2013)
Jackie Lacey (2013)
Kamala Harris (2012)
Andre’ Birotte Jr. (2011)
Tony West (2010)
Vera Brown- Curtis (2009)
Fredericka McGee (2008)
Marguerite Downing (2007)
Kamala Harris (2006)
Demetrius Shelton (2004)
Milton C. Grimes (2001)
Michelle Alexander (2001)
Constance Rice (1998)
Eva Patterson (1998)
Rodney G. Moore (1997)
Janice P. Brown (1995)
Justice Clinton White
Profile In Courage Award
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (2002)
JUDICIAL LUNCHEON
HONOREES
Hon. Alesia Jones (2026)
Hon. Patti Jo McKay (2026)
Hon. Terri Roberts (2026)
Hon. Horace Wheatley (Ret.) (2026)
Hon. Charles E. Bell, Jr. (2025)
Hon. Marguerite D. Downing (2025)
Hon. Jennifer Madden Ragland (2025)
Hon. Monica Wiley (2025)
Hon. Christopher C. Hite (2024)
Hon. Tilisha T. Martin (2024)
Hon. Troy L. Nunley (2024)
Hon. Yvette D. Roland (2024)
Hon. Karen Stevenson (2024)
Hon. Monique Langhorne Wilson (2024)
Hon. Khymberli Apaloo (2023)
Hon. Kelli Evans (2023)
Hon. Terry Hatter, Jr. (2023)
Hon. Samantha Jessner (2023)
Hon. Roderick Shelton (2023)
Hon. Charles Smiley (2023)
Hon. Phyllis Hamilton (2022)
Hon. Charles E. Wilson (2022)
Hon. Rupert Byrdsong (2022)
Hon. LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (2022)
Hon. Randa Trapp (2022)
Hon. Martin Jenkins (2019)
Hon. Sharon Majors-Lewis (2019)
Hon. Kevin Brazile (2019)
Hon. Juliet Macaulay (2019)
Hon. Pamela Pulley (2019)
Hon. Michelle Williams Court (2018)
Hon. Morrison England (2018)
Hon. John Houston (2018)
Hon. Risë Jones Pichon (2018)
Hon. Jon Streeter (2018)
Hon. Judy Johnson (2018)
Hon. Randa Trap (2018)
Hon. Teri Jackson (2017)
Hon. Huey P. Cotton (2017)
Hon. Eric Taylor (2017)
Hon. Allen Webster (2017)
Hon. Marla Anderson (2016)
Hon. Gordon Barranco (2016)
Hon. Judy Ford (2016)
Hon. John Meigs (2016)
Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong (2015)
Hon. James Reese (2015)
Hon. Robert L. Roberson (2015)
Hon. Arleigh Maddox Woods (2015)
Hon. Gail Bereola (2014)
Hon. Irma Brown (2014)
Hon. Rhonda Burgess (2014)
Hon. Brenda Harbin-Forte (2014)
Hon. Charles Smiley (2014)
Hon. Kevin Brazile (2013)
Hon. Kelvin Filer (2013)
Hon. Elizabeth Riggs (2013)
Hon. Winnifred Younge Smith (2013)
Hon. Katrina West (2013)
Hon. Gloria White Brown (2013)
Hon. Glenda Allen-Hill (2012)
Hon. Stacy Boulware Eurie (2012)
Hon. Joan Cartwright (2012)
Hon. Karen Clopton (2012)
Hon. Patricia Titus (2012)
Hon. Diana Becton (2011)
Hon. Richard T. Fields (2011)
Hon. Ramona Garrett (2011)
Hon. William Murray Jr. (2011)
Hon. George Carroll (2010)
Hon. Michael Carter (2010)
Hon. Audrey Collins (2010)
Hon. Carl Morris (2010)
Hon. Troy Nunley (2010)
Hon. Bobbi Tillmon (2010)
Hon. Renard Shepard (2008)
Hon. LaDoris Cordell (2008)
Hon. Gail Beroela (2008)
Hon. Terry Hatter (2008)
Hon. Candace Cooper (2006)
Hon. Vance Raye (2006)
Hon. Napoleon Jones, Jr. (2006)
Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong (2006)
Honorable Veronica S. McBeth (2005)
Honorable Phrasel Shelton (2005)
Honorable Marcus O. Tucker (2005)
Honorable Rosemary Shumsky (2005)
Commissioner H. Kirkland Jones (2005)
Honorable Dean Farrar (2005)
AFFILIATE
OF THE YEAR
Black Women Lawyers Association of Northern California (2024)
Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. (2023)
Charles Houston Bar Association (2022)
John M. Langston Bar Association (2019)
Wiley Manuel Bar Association (2018)
Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. (2017)
Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association (2015)
Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. (2009)
CABL
HALL OF FAME
John Burris (2026)
Dianne Jackson McLean (2026)
George Holland (2026)
Hon. Daniel Weber – posthumously (2025)
Lei-Chala I. Wilson (2025)
Hon. Marguerite Downing (2024)
Dianne Jackson McLean (2026)
George Holland (2026)
Hon. Daniel Weber – posthumously (2025)
Lei-Chala I. Wilson (2025)
Hon. Marguerite Downing (2024)
Phyllis Marshall (2024)
Hon. Richard T. Fields (2023)
Hon. Allen Webster (2023)
Linnea N. Willis Smith (2022)
Hon. Brenda Harbin-Forte (Ret.) (2022)
Willie Brown, Jr. (2018)
Robert L. Harris (2016)
Carl E. Douglas (2014)
Honorable Horace Wheatley (Ret.) (2013)
Shirley Henderson (2012)
SOLO PRACTITIONER
OF THE YEAR
Justin L. Ward, The Ward Firm (2022)
Ayanna Jenkins Toney (2018)
CABL
PUBLIC INTEREST
AEG Job Shadow Program (2017)
Santa Clara University School of Law Center for Social Justice and Public Service (2016)
Alice Huffman, California NAACP President (2013)
UC Hastings College of Law, LEOP (2012)
