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The Daily Report is pleased to announce these winners of the 2021 Georgia Legal Awards. We'll publish a special supplement, further highlighting these skilled practitioners and their important accomplishments, later this summer. At that time, we'll announce the Attorney of the Year winner from among this group of three finalists.
Please join us in congratulating this year's honorees.
Attorney of the Year Finalists
Ryan Germany, general counsel to Georgia's secretary of state, for his role in defending the state's election system against claims lodged on both sides of the political spectrum.
Tricia CK Hoffler, The CK Hoffler Firm, for her impact in litigation against the state over voting rights and for her work as president of the National Bar Association.
Michael Terry, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, for his work defending litigation concerning mask mandates and the 2020 election, among other accomplishments.
Lifetime Achievement
Charysse Alexander – senior litigation counsel at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia
Michael Baskin – The Baskin Law Group
Stan Blackburn - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Jim Durham – Hall Booth Smith
Don Keenan – Keenan Law Firm
Marion Pope - Hasty Pope Davies
Bob Rothman - Arnall Golden Gregory
Dwight Thomas – Dwight L. Thomas
Catherine Vandenberg - Atlanta Legal Aid Society (since retired)
Paul Weathington – Weathington
Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore – Moore Law
On the Rise
Derick Cooper – Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
Gillian Crowl – Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers
Kimberlynn Davis – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Tiffany Dillingham – U.S. Attorney's Office
Sawyer Duncan – King & Spalding
Elissa Haynes – Drew Eckl Farnham
Daniel Hunyh – Morris, Manning & Martin
Madison Kitchens – King & Spalding
Mellori Lumpkin-Dawson – U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia
Jason Marcus – Bracker & Marcus
Michael Mayo – Mayo Hill
Jenae Moxie – Wilkie Farr & Gallagher
Jordan Myers – Alston & Bird
Cara Peterman – Alston & Bird
Andrew Pinson – Georgia Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General
Candis Jones Smith – Lewis Brisbois
Julia Stone – Caplan Cobb
Elizabeth Story – Parker Poe
Sachin Varghese – Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Joseph Wilson – Joseph Wilson Injury Lawyers
We'd also like to say a special thank you to our outside judge panelists, who provide an invaluable service:
On the Rise Panel
• Tony Cochran of Smith, Gambrell & Russell (2020 Best Mentor)
• Sachi Cole of Penn Law Group (2020 On the Rise)
• Tomekia Daniel of Georgia Legal Service (2020 Best Mentor)
• Senior Judge Gail Tusan of JAMS (a senior judge and former chief judge of the Fulton County Superior Court)
• Bryan Tyson of Taylor English Duma (2016 Attorney of the Year finalist)
Attorney of the Year Panel
• Jenn Coalson of Parks Chesin & Walbert, a 2019 On the Rise class member
• Sarah Geraghty of the Southern Center for Human Rights, our attorney of the year for 2019
• Crystal McElrath of Swift Currie, a member of the 2020 On the Rise class
• BJay Pak of Alston & Bird, former U.S. attorney and 2011 On the Rise honoree
• Brandon Peak of Butler Wooten Peak, a 2020 attorney of the year finalist
• W. Ray Persons of King & Spalding (2016 Lifetime Achievement award recipient
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