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2020 & 2021 Annual Rhode Island Bar Association Award Winners


Once again we would like to congratulate all of the 2020 and 2021 award winners. The following honorees have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the legal profession, and we hope you will consider joining us at our June 25th, in-person Annual Meeting Luncheon to help us give them the recognition they deserve!

 

2020 Award Winners

 

 

 

Thomas M. Dickinson, Esq.
Ralph P. Semonoff Award for Professionalism
 
 

Susan Leach DeBlasio, Esq.
Florence K. Murray Award
 

Christine J. Engustian, Esq.
Victoria M. Almeida Servant Leader Award
 
 

Gene M. Carlino, Esq
Rhode Island Bar Journal
Lauren E. Jones Writing Award
 

Marc J. Soss, Esq.
Rhode Island Bar Journal
Outstanding Contributor Award
 
 

Doris A. Lavallee, Esq.
Pro Bono Publico Award 
for contributions on behalf of the
Volunteer Lawyer Program
 

Gregory P. Sorbello, Esq.
Pro Bono Publico Award 
for contributions on behalf of the
Pro Bono Program for The Elderly
 

Phillip C. Koutsogiane, Esq.
Continuing Service Award
for contributions on behalf of the
Volunteer Lawyer Program

 

2021 Award Winners

 

 

 

RI Supreme Court Associate Justice (ret.)
Gilbert V. Indeglia
Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger Judicial Excellence Award
 
 

Lise M. Iwon, Esq. 
Joseph T. Houlihan Lifetime Mentor Award
 
 

Nancy M. Davis, Esq.
Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award 
 
 

Allyson M. Quay, Esq.
Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award 
 

John F. Corrigan, Esq. 
Rhode Island Bar Journal
Lauren E. Jones Writing Award
 
 

Janne Reisch, Esq.
Pro Bono Publico Award 
for contributions on behalf of the
Volunteer Lawyer Program
 

James J. Bagley, Esq.
Pro Bono Publico Award 
for contributions on behalf of the
US Armed Forces Legal Services Project
 
   

 

Priced at only $30.00 per ticket, the in-person Annual Meeting Luncheon will be held on Friday, June 25th at 12:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick in their tented Pavilion. We will hear a brief update on Bar Foundation activities, honor our awards winners from 2020 and 2021, recognize our fifty-year members from 2020 and 2021, hear RI Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell’s traditional perspective on the state of the Judiciary, and swear-in our incoming president, Lynda L. Laing.
 
While you do not need to register for the virtual Annual Meeting to purchase a ticket for the Luncheon, I urge you not to miss out on our excellent programming. You will not find value like this anywhere, and credits can carry over to the next reporting year. To access the detailed 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting brochure please click here. This year we are offering the option to easily register for the program on our website! Click the following links to register: