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Welcome - BIll Robinson, ABA President
Keynote - Cat Kelly, Director of the Missouri State Public Defender System
2011 Professionalism & Excellence Award – Mark Solomon
For exemplifying professionalism and excellence in the service of public defender clients
2011 In re Gault Award – Nathan Shirley
For courageous representation of juvenile defendants
2011 Rosa Parks Award – Rosie Nunn
For courageous investigation on behalf of clients
2011 Furman Award – David Barron
For courageous representation of capital clients
2011 Anthony Lewis Media Award – Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal
For informing the public on the Gregory Wilson capital case
2011 Gideon Award - Brian Scott West
For courageously advancing the right to counsel for the accused
2011 Public Advocate Award - Senator Tom Jensen
For advancing justice through criminal justice reforms.
2011 Public Advocate Award - Representative John Tilley
For advancing justice through criminal justice reforms.
2011 Public Advocate Award - Bruce K. Davis
For advancing the integrity of the justice system through the Kentucky Bar Association
2011 Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award – David E. Murrell
For a lifetime of courageous service in the fight to increase the right to counsel for Kentucky indigent criminal defendants