Past Lifetime Award Winners

2007

Justice

Kay Cobb

2008

Magistrate Judge

S. Allan Alexander

2009

Magistrate Judge

Linda R. Anderson

2010

Judge

Mary Libby Payne

2011

Shirley

Norwood-Jones

2012

Prof. Carol West (posthumously)

2013

Constance Slaughter-Harvey

2014

Vicki Slater

2015

Cindy Mitchell

2016

Margaret Ellis

2017

Pshon Barrett

2018

Dean

Patricia Bennett

2019

La’Verne Edney

2020

COVID

2021

Joy Lambert Philips

2022

Jacqueline Mask

2023

Judge Denise Owens

2024

Crystal Welch (posthumously)

2025

TBD

2026

TBD

Past OWLA Winners

1995

Dr. Carolyn Ellis Stanton

1996

Pat Flynn

1997

Dr. Mary Ann Connell

1998

Justice

Lenore Prather

1999

Judge

Mary Libby Payne

2000

Amy Whitten

2001

Constance Slaughter-Harvey

2002

Prof. Patricia Bennett

2003

Margaret Williams

2004

Collette Oldmixon

2005

Prof. Deborah Bell

2006

Joy Lambert-Phillips

2007

Sharon D. Bridges

2008

Christy D. Jones

2009

Patti Gandy

2010

Judy Guice

2011

La’Verne Edney

2012

Lynn Fitch

2013

Tiffany Graves

2014

Justice Ann Lamar

2015

Amanda Alexander

2016

Rebecca Wiggs

2017

Judge

Latrice Westbrooks

2018

Judge Tiffany Grove

2019

Jennie Eichelberger

2020

COVID

2021

Brandi Gatewood

2022

Deborah Challener

2023

Magistrate

Lakeisha Greer-Isaac

2024

Tangi Carter

2025

TBD

2026

TBD