THANK YOU

to everyone who attended and supported the 69th annual Scholarship & Awards Gala! We hope you had a great time celebrating our outstanding law students and honoring Houston leaders who have demonstrated steadfast dedication to our mission, championing diversity in the legal field, and serving our community's needs!

SPONSORS

FOUNDERS AWARDS WINNERS

MISSION ALLY AWARDS WINNERS

JUSTICE AWARDS WINNERS

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

2024 GALA RECAP!

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 GALA SPONSORS!

TITLE SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR

ATTORNEY NELSON M. JONES, III

TITLE SPONSOR

ROBERTS MARKLAND LLP

PLATINUM

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

University of Houston Law Center

Hon. Kyle Carter

Houston Trial Lawyers Association

South Texas College of Law Houston

Jackson Walker LLP

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP

Cozen O’Conner

D. Charles Law Firm, PLLC

Ashley Upkins [Bar Exam Sponsor]

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Jones Walker LLP

Haynes and Boone LLP

Blank Rome LLP

LyondellBasell [Bar Exam Sponsor]

Husch Blackwell

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

The Downtown Group

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP

Crime No Crime

Eversheds Sutherland

GOLD

African American Lawyers Section of SBOT

Hon. Kristen Hawkins

Spencer Fane LLP

Hon. Ravi K. Sandill

Past President DeMonica D. Gladney

The Hadi Law Firm

Hon. Christian Menefee

Chamberlain Hrdlicka

Holland & Knight LLP

The Love Law Group and Consulting Services PLLC

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Braden Real Estate Group

Full Circle Chiropractic and Wellness Center

Kimberly K. O’Neal

Locke Lord LLP

Hon. Rabeea Collier

Warner & Associates, PLLC

Gray Reed

Muskat Devine LLP

The Gonzalez Law Group, PLLC

DLA Piper

RapidCare Emergency Room

Munck WIlson Mandala

SILVER

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Hon. Harrison Gregg Jr.

Hon. James Kovach

Anthony & Antoinette Franklyn

Hon. Tameika Carter

Hon. Kimberly McTorry

Daniella D. Landers & Mindy Davidson

Hon. Fredericka Phillips

Hon. Te’iva Bell

Liskow & Lewis

MileSTONE Servers, LLC

Elaine Law Group

JAMS

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

Hon. Jerry Simoneaux

Councilman Ed Pollard

Past President Hon. Alfred H. Bennett

Hon. Lori Chambers Gray

Cokinos | Young

Spouses of Houston Barristers

Past President Gita P. Bolt

Past President Troy Wilson

Past President Rep. Ron Reynolds

Houston Young Lawyers Association

Amber Boyd-Cora

TABLES

TAG Enterprises

Hon. Angela Graves-Harrington and Hon. Erica Hughes

Past President Abby Kotun

LaMonica Love

Cisselon Nichols Hurd

Lorenzo Williams

Jenkins & Kamin LLP

Krystal Studavent-Ramsey

The Davis Law Firm

Corporate Homie

Elizabeth Lockett

Past President Marcus Esther

Stephens Reed & Armstrong, PLLC

Sweatt Equity Group

Founders

FOUNDERS AWARD WINNERS

HON. SHANNON BALDWIN

Weldon Berry Judicial Service Award
MEREDITH DUNCAN

Roberson L. King Excellence in Education Award
ELIZABETH LOCKETT

Robert W. Hainsworth Outstanding Service Award
COUNCILWOMAN TARSHA JACKSON

Matthew W. Plummer, Sr. Justice Award
HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Francis Williams Advocacy Award
S.H.A.P.E. COMMUNITY CENTER

Aloysius M. Wickliff, Sr. Community Service Award

SPONSORS

JUSTICE AWARD WINNERS

KRYSTAL STUDAVENT RAMSEY

Justice Shelvin L. M. Hall Exceptional Leadership Award
W. CLYDE LEMON

Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Distinguished Public Service Award
LAMONICA LOVE

Judge Alice Amelia Wilkerson Bonner Trailblazer Award