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The Outreach Committee is working with the LSBA Editorial Board for the Louisiana Bar
Journal to promote member benefits by interviewing different LSBA members that utilize the
benefits. The first article on hotel benefits was published in the August/September 2017 LA Bar
Journal. This remains a goal of the committee.

Citizen Lawyer Award

The goal is for a minimum of three recipients to be selected from each Board of Governor
Districts (eight board districts).

The Citizen Lawyer Award recognizes individual attorneys and judges who have performed
public services out of a sense of duty, responsibility and professionalism. The LSBA wishes to
acknowledge these unsung heroes and heroines in the communities where they live and work.

Nomination period: April – June

The Outreach Committee’s Awards Subcommittee met on September 14, 2018. The Outreach
Committee approved the award recommendations on October 5, 2018. The Board of Governors
approved the recommendation on November 10, 2018.

The recipients were awarded at the LSBA Midyear Meeting on January 19, 2019.

Louisiana State Bar Association Citizen Lawyer Award recipients:
Jasmine N. Brown Blue Williams, LLP
Steven J. Farber Metropolitan Human Services District
Hon. Peter J. Garcia 22nd Judicial District Court, Div. D
Britney A. Green Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office
G. Trippe Hawthorne Kean Miller, LLP
Elizabeth S. Sconzert Blue Williams, LLP
Scott L. Sternberg Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC
Hon. Lisa M. Woodruff-White East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court

Leah Hipple McKay Award

The recipient of the LSBA Leah Hipple McKay Award for Outstanding Volunteerism is selected
annually from among the LSBA Citizen Lawyer Award recipients. It will be awarded by the
Association at the LSBA Annual meeting.

The Louisiana State Bar Association's (LSBA) Leah Hipple McKay Memorial Award for
Outstanding Volunteerism is the premier award of the LSBA's Citizen Lawyer Awards program.
The award is named in honor of the late Leah Hipple McKay, a member of the LSBA and a
deeply committed volunteer. The award is presented to a Louisiana lawyer or judge who has
made significant long-term volunteer contributions. The Board of Governors created this award

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