ABOTA Awards Criteria and Past Recipients:
Michael F. Colley Award: Established 2004 – Michael F. Colley: The recipient is chosen for their service to the trial bar, leadership to his/her colleagues, an extraordinary standard of professional conduct, and total dedication to the ideals of mutual respect for all and the preservation of the Right to Trial by Jury
2024 – Nicholas Subashi
2023 – John M. Alton
2022 – James Gallagher
2021 – William Hawal
2020 – Joe Gerling
2019 – David Shroyer
2018 – Jay Harris
2017 – David C. Greer
2016 – Rick Topper
2015 – Michael E Lyon
2014 – Frank Ray
2013 – Tom Boyle
2012 – Bernie Bauer
2011 – Rick E. Marsh
2010 – John D. Liber
2009 – Thomas Jenks (Ted Jenks)
2008 – Rick Topper
2007 – Craig Barclay
2006 – Jason Blue
2005 – Neil Freund
The Professionalism Award – The recipient is chosen for his/her exemplary integrity, civility and professionalism throughout his/her career as lawyer, teacher and counselor, so as to inspire trust among counsel, promote civility and respect with and for the profession and the Civil Justice System.
2024 – Joseph Gerling
2023 – Mark Kitrick
2022 – David Shroyer
2021 – Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Rick Frye
2020 – Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor
2019 – Susan Blasik-Miller
2018 – Judge Guy Reece, II
2017 – Judge Michael W. Krumholtz
2016 – A. Russell “Rusty” Smith
2015 – Rick E. Marsh
2014 – Judge Frederick McDonald
2013 – Judge Evelyn L. Stratton
2012 – Frank Ray
2011 – Judge Michael H. Watson
2010 – James G. Carr
2009 – Judge Walter H. Rice
2008 – Bob Hanson
2007 – Judge Norah McCann King
2006 – Judge Thomas F. Bryant
2005 – Robert H. Gorman
2004 – Chief Justice Thomas Moyer
2003 – Judge James L. Graham
2002 – Judge David Dowd
2001 – Judge John D. Holschuh
