The Georgia Association of Women Lawyers held its Sneaker Ball 0n May 4 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, installing its 2024-25 board members and presenting its 2023-2024 Annual Awards, as follows: |

  • Kathleen Kessler Award: Georgia Supreme Court Justice Shawn LaGrua
  • Leading Lady Award: DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston
  • Visionary Award: Adriana de la Torriente of Torriente Law
  • President's Award: Tyronia Smith, senior counsel, Airport Legal Division at City of Atlanta Department of Law
  • GAWL Committee of the Year: Judicial Applicant Review Committee
  • Volunteer Award: Krevolin & Horst partner Kana Caplan and Sandra Jean, managing founder and CEO of the Jean Consulting Group
  • GAWL Chapter of the Year: Emory University School of Law and Georgia State University School of Law
  • Outstanding Law Student Awards: Tylore Bell of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School; Grace Chung of Georgia State University College of Law; Catherine Churchill of Mercer University School of Law and Maggie Galvin of University of Georgia College of Law.

The 2023-2024 GAWL Foundation Grant Recipient this year was Women on the Rise.