Arthur von Keller Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney-of-the-Year Award
In 2003, the PWCBA established the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award to recognize attorneys for their dedication to the development and delivery of pro bono legal services to those in need. The attorney honored with this award may have helped to organize a program through which pro bono legal services were delivered to the public, or may have provided direct pro bono legal representation on behalf of the poor. In 2013, this award was renamed the Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney-of-the-Year Award to provide for the recognition of those attorneys who are dedicated to community service. The PWCBA Pro Bono Committee conducts the nomination and selection process for this award. It is given at the annual Bench Bar Dinner Dance.
In 2021, this award was renamed the Arthur von Keller Pro Bono/Volunteer-Attorney of-the-Year Award to honor Mr. von Keller for his many years of dedicated service to the development and delivery of Pro Bono legal services to those in need. Mr. von Keller approached the Executive Board of the PWCBA in 1995 to request the creation of a new standing committee called the Pro Bono Committee. Upon the board’s approval this committee was created, and Arthur “Rusty” von Keller was the first to chair this committee and served as such for many years.
Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney-of-the-Year Award Recipients
- 2022 Chidi James, Esq.
- 2021 Arthur von Keller, IV
- 2020 Azadeh A. Malek and Mark Hunter Branca
- 2019 Andrea Morisi
- 2018 Timothy Aiken
- 2017 Jonathan N. Francis and Anna Bristle
- 2016 Douglas Bradley Marshall
- 2015 Phillip J. Menke
- 2014 Patrick V. Foltz
- 2013 Jennifer B. Zary
Pro Bono Attorney-of-the-Year Award Recipients
- 2012 Tracey A. Lenox and John D. Primeau
- 2011 Turkessa B. Rollins
- 2010 Mark Voss
- 2009 Amy Mirabile
- 2008 No award given
- 2007 Tracy C. Hudson
- 2006 Kathleen Latham Farrell
- 2005 Barbara Murphy Stough
- 2004 Robert M. Cooper, Jr.
- 2003 Arthur Von Keller, IV
- 2002 E. Allen Newcomb
