This award is for a person who has had a significant impact on the Family Law Section for the past year (the immediate past chair of the Section is ineligible). If there are no nominations then no award will be given.
1994 – Stewart W. Gagnon
1995 – Jack W. Marr
1996 – Richard R. Orsinger
1998 – Howard G. Baldwin, Jr.
1999 – Harry L. Tindall
2000 – Hon. Ann Crawford McClure
2003 – Gary L. Nickelson
2006 – Norma L. Trusch
2007 – Warren Cole
2008 – G. Thomas Vick, Jr.
2009 – Brian L. Webb
2010 – James M. Loveless
2011 – David R. McClure
2013 – Chris Nickelson
2014 – Diana Friedman
2016 – Charlie Hodges
2017 – Heather King
2018 – Kathryn Murphy
2019 – Chris Wrampelmeier
2021 – Hon. Dean Rucker
2022 – Steve Naylor
2023 – Cindy Tisdale
2024 – Hon. Roy B. Ferguson