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2025 Annual Awards Dinner

May 8, 2025, at 5 p.m.

The Foundry
1738 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14207

Black tie affair
“Adapt, Learn, Connect: Triumph through Adversity via Education and Outreach”

Honorees

  • Keynote Speaker: Trini Ross, Former United States Attorney

  • Future Legal Scholars: To be announced live at the event

  • Emerging Legal Excellence Awards: ADA Mattie Davis; Katherine McCarley, Esq.

  • Outstanding Member Award: Kristen Elmore-Garcia, Esq.

  • Community Service Awards: Heart, Love & Soul – Niagara Falls, NY; Marnetta Malcolm – Buffalo, NY

  • Excellence in Promoting Diversity Award: Michael Keane, Erie County District Attorney

  • Judicial Excellence Awards: Hon. Susan Eagan (U-Can Diversion Program); Hon. Shannon Heneghan (U-Can Diversion Program)

  • Honorable Samuel L. Green Lifetime Achievement Award: Hon. Lisa Bloch Rodwin, Erie County Family Court Judge, Retired 

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