Presidential Awards

The Bar Association of Baltimore City’s Annual Presidential Awards are presented to two individuals (one of whom shall be a member of the Young Lawyers’ Division) who are members of the Bar Association of Baltimore City who have: 1) selflessly undertaken community, civic, and/or charitable service which brings honor to the profession, and/or 2) who have devoted time and energy to the Bar Association of Baltimore City through substantial work on BABC committees, or other exemplary service to the Association. The awards will be presented at the Presidential Holiday Honors celebration on December 3. CLICK HERE  to fill out the nomination form by October 16.

2025-2026 Recipients

Domonique Flowers, Esq.

Viola Woolums, Esq.

Past Award Recipients

Arthur S. Alperstein, Esq.
Robert D. Anbinder, Esq.
Craig F. Ballew, Esq.
Charles J. Balint, Esq.
Sarah P. Belardi, Esq.
Carol J. Beyers, Esq.
Charles M. Blomquist, Esq.
Michele Z. Blumenfeld, Esq.
Eleanor Dayhoff-Brannigan, Esq.
Sidney A. Butcher, Esq.
Hon. Audrey J.S. Carrion
Mary Cina Chalawsky, Esq.
Adam Sean Cohen, Esq.
J. Allan Cohen, Esq.
Kimberly A. Connaughton, Esq.
Aaron DeGraffenreidt, Esq.
Ryan Dietrich Esq.
Jeffrey M. Dier, Esq.
Alan J. Dunklow, Esq.
Hon. William M. Dunn
Edwin G. Fee, Jr., Esq.
Carrie McMahon Freeman, Esq.
C. Drew Fritch, Esq.
Tamara B. Goorevitz, Esq.
Michael I. Gordon, Esq.
Jason C. Hessler, Esq.
Katherine Kelly Howard, Esq.
Marian C. Hwang, Esq.
Aaron Kadish, Esq.
Darren L. Kadish, Esq.
Mary T. Keating, Esq.
Jacquelyn M. Kramer, Esq.
Paul Kramer, Esq.
Lauren E. Lake, Esq.
Stephen A. Markey, III, Esq.
Hon. Dana M. Middleton
Cathleen C. Opel, Esq.
Hon. Nicole Pastore Klein
Marshall B. Paul, Esq.
Vasilios Peros, Esq.
Joseph K. Pokempner, Esq.
Divya Potdar, Esq.
John H. Price Jr., Esq.
Samuel Pulver, Esq.
Valda Ricks, Esq.
Rebecca B. Ripley, Esq.
Rachel Samakow, Esq.
Hon. James F. Schneider
Hon. Mark F. Scurti
Alvin I. Sellman, Esq.
Philip Sherman, Esq.
Linda L. Shields, Esq.
Kerri L. Smith, Esq.
Erika Daneman Slater, Esq.
Elva E. Tillman, Esq.
Hon. Hope Tipton
Alicia L. Wilson, Esq.