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LAW Annual Awards

On December 3, 2014, the Executive Board of the Lawyers’ Association for Women – Marion Griffin Chapter established the Martha Craig Daughtrey Award and the Rising Star Award.

The Martha Craig Daughtrey Award recognizes active LAW members who model personal and professional achievement in the practice of law. Like Judge Daughtrey, recipients of this Award have promoted the visibility of women in the legal field and have personally encouraged female lawyers to excel. Recipients of this Award have a minimum of fifteen years of legal work experience, are held in the highest professional esteem, and demonstrate a career-long commitment to personal, professional, and community responsibilities.

The LAW Rising Star Award recognizes active LAW members who truly are “ones to watch” because of their contributions to the profession, the association, and the community. Recipients of this Award have less than fifteen (15) years of legal work experience, are held in the highest professional esteem, and show promise of leadership in the future.

Applications for the 2025 awards are available Here.

Judge Martha Craig (Cissy) Daughtrey

Recipients of the Martha Craig Daughtrey Award

2015 Judge Aleta Trauger
2016 Margaret L. Behm
2017 Justice Cornelia A. (Connie) Clark
2018 Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal
2019 Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman
2020 Chancellor Anne C. Martin
2022 Barbara J. Moss
2023 Judge Marietta M. Shipley
2024 Judge Robin Kimbrough Hayes
2025 Jacqueline Dixon

Recipients of the Rising Star Award

2015 Laura Baker
2016 Elizabeth Sitgreaves
2017 Ashonti T. Davis
2018 Jennifer Bonilla Moreno
2019 LaTonnsya Burney
2020 Shellie Handelsman
2022 Christen Blackburn
2023 Shundra Crumpton Manning
2024 Rachel Berg
2025 Princess Rogers