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Annual Awards

Diversity Initiative Achievement Award

NAMWOLF’s Annual Diversity Initiative Achievement Award recognizes the corporation/public entity that has exhibited outstanding achievement in increasing minority and women owned law firm participation.

Past winners include:

AbbVie (2024)

State Farm (2023)

Walgreens (2022)

State Farm (2021)
Bank of America (2020)

Honda (2019)

State Farm (2018)

FDIC (2017)

Allstate Insurance Company (2016)

Walmart (2015)
GlaxoSmithKline (2014)
Shell (2013)
KeyCorp (2012)
Nationwide (2011)
Prudential (2010)
American Airlines (2009)
KeyCorp (2008)
Accenture (2007)
DuPont (2006)

Outstanding Service By An Advisory Council Member

Every year, NAMWOLF’s Advisory Council selects a member of the council who has gone above and beyond to help NAMWOLF further its mission and vision.

Past winners include:

Lisa Jakob (2024)

Barry Parsons (2023)

Theos McKinney (2022)

Vanessa Watson (2021)
David Peim (2020)

Justi Rae Miller (2019)

Melford “Mel” Walker, Jr. (2018)

Rick Hammond (2017)

Shanin T. Fuller (2016)

Matthew Morningstar (2015)
Anthony E. Gay (2014)
Barbara Stevens (2013)
Rick Richardson (2012)
Gilda Spencer (2011)

Law Firm MVP

This Award recognizes a law firm member for its outstanding achievement in advancing NAMWOLF’s mission of promoting diversity and inclusion by fostering the relationship between preeminent minority and women owned law firms and corporations and public entities.

Past winners include:

Nukk-Freeman Cerra, P.C. (2024)

Culhane Meadows (now CM Law) (2023)

Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel, P.C. (2022)

Culhane Meadows PLLC (2021)
DTO Law (2020)

Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer P.A. (2019)

Sapientia Law Group (2018)

Sanchez & Amador, LLP (2017)

Bush, Seyferth & Paige PLLC (2016)

Lim Ruger & Kim (2015)

Berens & Miller (2014)

Griesing Law (2013)

Wilson Turner Kosmo (2012)

Emery K. Harlan Trailblazer Award

Past winners include:

Erica Little (2024)

Suzie Scanlon Rabinowitz (2023)

Emery Harlan (2022)

Yolanda Coly Advocacy Award

This special Award is given to an individual who has tirelessly worked toward achieving NAMWOLF’s mission through stellar advocacy. Unlike the other Awards this is not awarded annually.

Past winners include:

Sheryl Axelrod (2017)
Martin P. Greene (2016)
Yolanda Coly (2015)

Joel Stern Pipeline Scholarship

About the Scholarship

The Scholarship provides financial support to second- and third-year law students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.  Each year, NAMWOLF selects law schools and invites them to share the opportunity with qualified students. A Scholarship Committee, comprised of NAMWOLF member law firms and In-House Counsel, evaluates applications, interviews a short list of potential recipients, and chooses the Scholarship winners. Recipients attend the Annual Meeting where they are honored during the Awards Ceremony.

2025 Winners

Nia Anderson
Howard University School of Law

Micayla Bozeman
The University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Gissell Del Carmen
Southwestern Law School

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