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Staff Awards

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland was founded in 1905, with the mission to secure justice and resolve fundamental problems for those who are low income and vulnerable. Legal Aid staff members who go above and beyond in their roles can be nominated for one of three staff awards.

The Legal Aid staff awards program is funded by Legal Aid’s Leadership Fund for Organizational Development. The fund is supported by the Allen and Renee Madorsky Memorial Fund, Alan Gressel Memorial Fund, and numerous other individual gifts. If you would like to make a gift to support Legal Aid’s
Leadership Fund, please call 216-861-5217.

Read more about the 2024 award recipients: 2024 Staff Awards

Read more about the 2023 award recipients: 2023 Staff Awards

The C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award

The C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2009 to acknowledge careers dedicated to The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and its clients, and is named in honor of C. Lyonel Jones (1932 – 2006), who worked his entire legal career at Legal Aid. Nominees must have at least 10 years of service at Legal Aid and have dedicated their career to Legal Aid and its clients.

Recipients

Maria Smith

2024

Penny Gooden

2023

Alexandria Ruden

2022

Andrea Price

2021

Susan Stauffer

2020

Barbara Simmons

2019

Marley Eiger

2018

Ann Porath

2016

Anita Myerson

2015

Thomas Mlakar

2013

Peter Iskin

2012

Stephanie Jackson

2011

Harold Williams

2010

David Dawson

2009

The Leadership Award

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Leadership Award was established in 2009 to acknowledge outstanding staff leadership. Any staff member who demonstrates outstanding staff leadership may be nominated and each year potential recipients alternate between attorney and non-attorney staff.

Recipients

Katherine Hollingsworth

2024

David Johnson

2023

Jennifer Kinsley Smith

2022

Paige Nofel Kuri

2021

Deborah Dallman

2020

Rachel Riemenschneider

2019

Dennis Dobos

2018

Hazel Remesch

2016

Susan Morgenstern

2012

Kate Ingersoll

2011

Megan Sprecher

2010

Ivia Hobbs

2009

The Claude E. Clarke Award

The Claude E. Clarke Award was initially established in 1967 to recognize members of The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland staff for outstanding service through professional performance and commitment to Legal Aid and its clients and is named in honor of Claude E. Clarke (1890 – 1975), who pursued Legal Aid’s mission, representing individuals, resolving fundamental problems and working for systemic solutions. Nominees must have a minimum of two years of service at Legal Aid and up to four awards may be given in any year.

Recipients

Kimberly Barnett-Mills

Julia Lauritzen

Olivia Pollack

Anna Seballos

2024

Tammy Adams

David King

Emily Murphy

Krystle Rivera

Michael Russell

2023

Corrylee Drozda

Katherine Hollingsworth

Haley Martinelli

Deborah Petit-Frere

2022

Tracy Ayers

Erik Meinhardt

Lisa Splawinski

Matthew Vincel

2021

Tracy Ferron

Hilda Hernandez

Heather Lynch

Paige Nofel Kuri

Laura Post

2020

Jessica Baaklini

Rachel Riemenschneider

Eric Zell

2019

Phillip Althouse

Lynette Feliciano

Daniella Lachina

2018

Kathleen Laskey-Donovan

Kristen Nawrocki

2017

Michael Attali

Danielle Gadomski-Littleton

Jasmine McCornell

Kristen Simpson

2016

Deborah Dallman

Adrienne Fischer

Erica Thomas

2015

Julie Cortes

Mary Beth McConville

2014

Shelly Anarado Okere

2013

Lauren Gilbride

Katie Feldman

Joe Lopez

Hazel Remesch

2012

Lucy Dukes

Camille Gill

Tonya Whitsett

2011

Marilyn Fitzpatrick

Carol Kile

Anne Reese

Melanie Shakarian

2010

Kevin Brooks

Dennis Dobos

Karla Perry

Stephen Williams

2009

Davida Dodson

Kenneth Rexford

Maria Smith

Jennifer Stoller

Maialisa Vanyo

2003

Carol Eisenstat

Elizabeth Perl

2001

Myra Torain Embry

2000

Sandra Harding

Lauren Moore Siggers

1998

Marion Facianes

Nancy Heichel

Jill Lange

Thomas Mlakar

Margaret Walsh

1997

Jane Skaluba

1994

Victoria Bartles

Bettina Kaplan

1993

H. Edward Gregory

Stephanie Jackson

Alexandria Ruden

1992

Frank Johnson

Clare McGuinness

Jean Plassard

1991

Susan Morgenstern

Andrea Price

1990

Paul Herdeg

Barbara Reitzloff

Gail White

1989

Ann Porath

1987

Kevin Berman

Glenn Billington

Carol Lindsey Bishop

Christopher Bohlen

Bob Bonthius

Evelyn Brooks

Mary Ann Brown

Jean Brown

Carolyn Carter

Pat Cook

Catherine Cremer

Lillian Crockett

Dolores Daniel

David Dawson

Kathleen DeMetz

Anthony DiVenire

Carol Drummer

Melvyn Durchslag

Marley Eiger

Carol Emerling

Rashida Farrell

Bernice Foster

Gordon Friedman

Marie Gasser

Paula Gellman

Brian Glassman

Robert Godlberger

Penelopia Gooden

Margaret Grevatt

Richard Gurbst

Gwen Hall

Patrick Hanrahan

Sylvia Harrison

Frank Hickman

Ivia Hobbs

Roger Hurley

Peter Iskin

Vivian James

Georgiana Johnson

C. Lyonel Jones

Wilber Leatherberry

Robert Lewis

James London

Louise McKinney

Clarence McLeod

Brian McMahon

Christine McMonagle

Jane Mack

Cornelius Manly

Willie Marbury

Edward Marek

Joseph Meissner

Evelyn Morris

Anita Myerson

Evelyn Negron

Jeff Payton

Kenneth Petrey

Phillip Portnick

Otis Ray

Gusti Rini

Douglas Rogers

Ralph Rudd

Robert Sable

Ernest Sarason

Alice Schottenstein

Mary Schroeder

Nancy Schuster

Mattie Sellers

Wilma Sevcik

Barbara Simmons

Doris Simmons

Brenda Smith

Lloyd Snyder

Jan Soeten, Jr.

Theresa Scott

Susan Stauffer

Edward Stege

Shirley Strickland

Alida Struze

Gregory Taylor

Dennis Tenison

Margaret Terry

Sheila Tew

Alice Thompson

Robert Tobik

Barbara VanMeter

Jose Villaneuva

Thomas Weeks

Judy Weit

Harold Williams

James Williams

Mary Williams

Brenda Stinson Willis

William Wuliger

Samuel Young

Harry Youtt

1967-1985

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