Call for Nominations: 2012 Franklin G. West Award
The Franklin G. West Award is the OCBA's highest honor, presented to outstanding attorneys and judges whose lifetime achievements have advanced justice and the law.
This annual recognition was established in memory of Judge Franklin G. West, who epitomized the best of the legal profession as both an attorney and a judge. The award is presented at the OCBA’s Judges' Night & Annual Meeting.
Franklin G. West Award Honorees:
- 2012 Judge Francisco F. Firmat
- 2011 John B. Hurlbut, Jr.
- 2010 Judge Francisco P. Briseño
- 2009 Attorney Donald S. Gray (posthumously)
- 2008 Judge Nancy Wieben Stock
- 2007 Attorney Wylie A. Aitken
- 2006 Attorney Marjorie G. Fuller
- 2005 Justice Kathleen E. O’Leary
- 2004 Judge Ronald P. Kreber
- 2003 Attorney Andrew J. Guilford
- 2002 Judge David O. Carter
- 2001 Attorney Thomas R. Malcolm
- 2000 Judge John “Jack” Ryan
- 1999 Attorney Michael Pursell
- 1998 Judge Gary L. Taylor
- 1997 Attorney Maurice “Maury” Evans
- 1996 Judge Stuart T. Waldrip
- 1995 Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine
- 1994 Justice Edward J. Wallin
- 1993 Attorney Robert “Sam” Barnes
- 1992 Judge Judith Ryan, Ret.
- 1991 Attorney James Obrien
- 1990 Judge Samuel B. Taylor (posthumously)
- 1989 Justice Harmon G. Scoville
- 1988 Judge George Francis
- 1987 Attorney Don W. Martens
- 1986 Attorney Eugen Andres
- 1985 Justice John K. Trotter
- 1984 Judge Alicemarie Stotler
- 1983 Judge Kenneth E. Lae
- 1982 Attorney Arthur W. Gray, Jr.
- 1981 Attorney William F. Wenke
- 1980 Judge Warren Ferguson
- 1979 Judge Byron K. McMillan
- 1978 Justice Robert Gardner & Attorney Garvin F. Shallenberger
- 1977 Chief Justice Donald R. Wright
- 1976 Attorney John P. McDonald
- 1975 Attorney George A. Parker
- 1974 Judge Raymond Thompson
- 1973 Justice Stephen K. Tamura
- 1972 Judge Bruce W. Sumner
- 1971 Justice Roger J. Traynor