Legal Profession Program

• April 1, 2025: Law Firm Management Seminar Roundtable Discussion 
• February 19, 2025: “Black Ceiling: Conversations on the Practice of Law as an Attorney of Color in the Private Sector” Roundtable Discussion 
  • Panelists: Lisa Colon, Tiffani Lee, Chris Lomax, and John Thornton 
• February 13, 2025: “The Executive Perspective: Conversations on Leadership” Roundtable Discussion 
  • Panelists: Beatriz Azcuy, Geri Bonzon-Keenan, Carlos Martinez, and Mark Raymond 
• November 11, 2024: Legal Malpractice Law Seminar Roundtable Discussion 
  • Panelists: Guy David Robinson, Debbie Corbishley, Elizabeth Brooks Honkonen, “Rob” Michael Klein, Robert A. Stok, Brett Kalikow, Gabrielle “Gabby” Thomas, Benjamin Reiss  
• September 23, 2024: CEPS/HOPE “Democracy in Action: A National and Local Perspective on Voting Rights” 
• April 17, 2024: “What’s the Right Next Step? Navigating Personal Uncertainty in the Legal Field, Both Academically and Professionally” 
  • Panelists: Valerie Haber, Michelle Six, and Rodney Rawls 
• November 16, 2023: Law Practice Management Series III: Management of In-House Shop 
• October 19, 2023: The Law Practice Management Series II: Major Government Shop Management 
  • Panelists: Lisa Roberts, Daren Hooper, and Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
• September 27, 2023: The Law Practice Management Series I: Big Law, Mid-Size, and Boutique Firms 
  • Panelists: Ardith Bronson, Robert Zarco, Rawsi Williams, and Juan C. Enjamio 
• November 9, 2022: CEPS/CABA CLE Webinar “Law Firm Management Ethics Lessons of the Champlain Towers South Collapse Litigation and Related Cases” 
  • Panelists: Anthony Alfieri, Emily Balter, and Javier Lopez 

The prestigious award celebrates ethics, leadership and public service in the legal profession. See past recipients: 

• Patricia A. Redmond, 2024  
• Dr. Marvin Dunn, 2023 
• The Honorable Michael A. Hanzman, 2022  
• The Honorable Adalberto Jordan, 2021  
• Julie K. Brown, 2019  
• Patricia Borns & Jenny Staletovich, 2018  
• Friends of the Everglades, 2017  
• The Honorable Marcia G. Cooke, 2016  
• George Knox, 2015  
• The Honorable Barbara J. Pariente, 2014  
• The Honorable Jay Cristol, 2013  
• The Honorable Justice R. Fred Lewis, 2012  
• Katherine Fernandez Rundle, 2011  
• The Honorable Joseph W. Hatchett, 2010  
• The Honorable Donald L. Graham, 2009  
• The Honorable Mario P. Goderich, 2008  
• The Honorable Peter T. Fay, 2007  
• Janet Reno, 2006  
• The Honorable Rosemary Barkett, 2005  
• Walter H. Beckham, Jr., 2004  
• The Honorable Daniel S. Pearson, 2003  
• The Honorable William M. Hoeveler, 2002 

The Center for Ethics and Public Service honors leaders in the community with this award which recognizes leading members of the Florida bar and bench who are distinguished by their dedication to public citizenship and leadership. See past recipients: 

• ACLU of Florida & Community Justice Project, 2025  
• Civil Rights Collective, 2022 (see video highlights of award luncheon) 
• Tiffani G. Lee, 2021  
• The Honorable Jacqueline Becerra, 2019  
• Florida Justice Institute, 2018  
• Monica Vigues-Pitan, 2017  
• Charles E. Elsesser, Jr., 2016  
• The Honorable Darrin P. Gayles, 2015  
• Elizabeth Schwartz, 2014  
• Patricia Redmond, 2013  
• Carlos J. Martinez, 2012  
• Joseph Centorino, 2011  
• Marcia K. Cypen, 2010  
• Kathleen Williams, 2009  
• Cheryl Little, 2008  
• The Honorable Peter R. Palermo & Edna Shalala, 2007  
• M. Minnette Massey, 2006  
• Jeannette F. Hausler & The Honorable Patricia A. Seitz, 2005  
• H. T. Smith, 2003  
• Carlos M. de la Cruz, The Honorable Joan A. Lenard, & Richard C. Milstein, 2002 
• Ellen Catsman Freidin, Joseph P. Klock, & The Honorable Henry Latimer, 2001 
• President Emeritus Edward T. Foote II, 2000 

• Coconut Grove Ministerial Alliance, Grove Rights and Community Equity, Coconut Grove Village West Homeowners & Tenants Association, Dr. Akinshimaya Nnamdi, Reverend Nathaniel Robinson III, 2025
• D. Porpoise Evans, Edith Georgi, Jane Moscowitz, John O’Sullivan, & Dwayne Robinson, 2023 
• Natalie Barefoot & Daniela Tagtachian, 2019 
• Cynthia McKenzie & Jan Jacobowitz, 2016 
• Ralf Brookes, Philip Freidin, Lowell J. Kuvin, & Joel S. Perwin, 2014 
• Cristina Favretto, Laverne Pinkney, & Beatrice Colastin Skokan, 2013 
• Coconut Grove Ministerial Alliance & Donald A. Cramp, Jr., 2012 
• Karen Throckmorton, 2011 
• JoNel Newman, Bernard P. Perlmutter, & Kele Stewart Williams, 2010 
• John M. Barkett, 2009 
• Neal R. Sonnett, 2008 
• Dennis O. Lynch & Jessi Tamayo, 2007 
• Sandford L. Bohrer & Charles E. Elsesser, Jr., 2006 
• Arturo Brito, M.D., Lawrence Friedman, M.D., & JoNell Efantis-Potter, R.N., Ph.D., 
• Hy Shapiro, & Gwen Wurm, M.D., 2005 
• Louis J. Chiavacci, Dr. Susan Mullane, & Samina Quraeshi, 2004 
• Ed Asper, Juan C. Enjamio, Adrian J. Parry, & Laura C. Walker, 2003 
• Steven E. Chaykin & Holly R. Skolnick, 2002 
• Elinor Catsman, 2001