St. Louis Daily Record is pleased to announce the following honorees for the Tenth Annual Women's Justice Awards:

Woman of the Year

Hon. Jean C. Hamilton

Event Information

St. Louis Daily Record’s
Tenth Annual Women’s Justice Awards
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Four Season Hotel St. Louis
999 N. 2nd Street
St. Louis, MO 63102

Cocktail reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres at 6:00 pm
Seated dessert and awards ceremony at 7:30 pm

Tickets $95
Table of 10 $950
To purchase tickets, click here or visit events.thedailyrecord.com.

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Purpose

The St. Louis Daily Record Women's Justice Awards recognize women who have demonstrated leadership, integrity, service, sacrifice and accomplishment in improving the quality of justice and furthering the highest ideals of the legal profession. The awards reach out to women in various segments of our community, including the bar, the bench, public office, civil service, business, academia, non-profits and the community at large.

Award Categories

Lawyer's Lawyer Awards
Awarded to women private practitioners who fulfill the above ideals in improving the quality of justice or contributing to the betterment of the profession.

Public Official Awards
Awarded to women judges and other public officials whose public service fulfills the above ideals in improving the quality of justice.

Enterprise Awards
Awarded to women in a business setting, be they entrepreneurs, executives, corporate counsel or other business professionals, who fulfill the above ideals in contributing to the improvement of the justice system.

Citizenship Awards
Generally, though not necessarily, awarded to women non-lawyers who fulfill the above ideals in improving the quality of justice in the community at large.

Rising Star Awards
Awarded to women lawyers 40 or under or within the first 10 years of practice who have already made a difference in the justice system or the profession and who appear on a path toward even greater accomplishment.

Leaders of Tomorrow Awards
Awarded to women law students at area law schools who demonstrate leadership, professionalism and a passion for making a difference in the justice system or the legal profession.

Legal Scholar Awards
Awarded to women faculty members or administrators at area law schools who fulfill the above ideals through their own work with the justice system, through their research or scholarship, or through teaching and inspiring others.

Woman of the Year
The biggest award of the evening, recognizing that woman whose fulfillment of the above ideals truly stands out in making an extraordinary difference in improving the quality of justice or exemplifying the highest ideals of the legal profession. Awarded in lieu of any of the above awards to a woman selected from among the nominees for those other awards.

Previous Award Recipients

Citizenship Award
2007 Kayla Vaughan
2006 Gayle Williams
2005 Millie Cohn
2004 Betty Van Uum
2003 Ann Carter Stith
2002 Judge Brenda Stith Loftin
2001 Bekki Cook
2000 Vivian Eveloff
1999 Joan Newman

Justice Award
2007 Carrie L. Hermeling
2006 Rep. Margaret Donnelly
2005 Beverly Beimdiek
2004 Kathleen Schoene
2003 Karen Tokarz
2002 Nancy Mogab
2001 Diane Yu
2000 Ann Lever
1999 Gretchen Myers

Woman of the Year
2007 Senator Claire McCaskill
2006 Shulamith Simon
2005 Mary Anne Sedey
2004 Linda Martinez
2003 Susan Rowe
2002 Sandra Johnson
2001 Sally Barker
2000 Margaret Bush Wilson
1999 Frankie Freeman

Committee Members

Carrie L. Hermeling
Dana E. Underwood
Doreen Dodson
Genevieve Nichols
Janet Bolin
Karen McCarthy
Mike Gunn
Nannette A. Baker
Richard B. Teitelman
S. Richard Gard, Jr.
Susan Block
Tamra Wilson Setser