
2024 Young Lawyer of the Year
Shannon Rogers
Shuman McCuskey Slicer, PLLC
2024 IDEA Award
Sulieman O. Oka-Ogua
Bailey & Wyant PLLC

2024 WV Defender Article of the year
Christopher S. Etheredge
Babst Calland
2023 Defense Lawyer of the Year
Mychal Schulz
Babst Calland
2023 Young Lawyer of the Year
Jason T. Hamrick
Cipriani & Werner, PC
2023 President's Special Recognition Award
Jeffrey Van Volkenburg
Varner & Volkenburg, PLLC
2023 WV Defender Article of the Year
Caleb David
Shuman McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC
2023 Diplomat
Jane Harkins
The Harkins Law Firm

2022 Defense Lawyer of the Year
Jill Cranston Rice
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

2022 Young Lawyer of the Year
Eric Salyers
Nelson Mullins

2022 President's Special Recognition Award
Teresa J. Dumire
Kay Casto & Chaney, PLLC

2022 Diplomat
Laurie C. Barbe
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

2022 Diplomat
Timothy M. Miller
Babst Calland
2022 Diplomat
John C. Teare, Jr.
Spilman Thomas Battle, PLLC

2021 Defense Lawyer of the Year
Marc Williams
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
2021 President's Recognition Award
Mark Hayes
Robinson & McElwee, PLLC
2021 WV Defender Article of the Year
Natalie Schaefer
Shuman McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC
2021 WV Defender Young Lawyer Article of the Year
Chelsea Thompson
Spilman Thomas Battle, PLLC
2021 Diplomat
Honorable John McCuskey
Shuman McCuskey Slicer PLLC

2021 Diplomat
Laurie K. MIller
Jackson Kelly PLLC

2021 Diplomat
Jill Cranston Rice
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
2020 Defense Lawyer of the Year
A. L. Emch
Jackson Kelly PLLC
2020 Young Lawyer of the Year
Sara Brown
Shuman McCuskey Slicer, PLLC

2020 President's Special Recognition Award
Jill Cranston Rice
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
2020 Diplomat
Charles F. Printz, Jr.
Bowles Rice, LLP
2020 WV Defender Article of the Year
Fazal A. Shere
Bowles Rice LLP
2020 WV Defender Young Lawyer Article of the Year
Jennifer Hicks
Babst Calland