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Joseph F. Rice School of Law

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Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award Recipients

Platinum recipients are individuals who have made significant contributions to the legal profession and exemplify the highest standard of professional competence, ethics and integrity. Platinum recipients have been in practice 31 years or more.

Rebecca Laffitte '83
Ronald C. Scott '76
William K. Witherspoon '91

H. Woodrow Gooding '80
John D. Kassel '85
Erna Patrick Womble '86

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, no platinum recipients were chosen.

John P. Cardillo '68
Catherine H. Kennedy '81
John B. White, Jr. '76

The 2020 ceremony was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. These recipients were honored in a virtual ceremony in April 2021.

M. Malissa Burnette '77
Karl A. Folkens '81
C. Ben Garren '87

H. Mills Gallivan ‘76
+ Sarah Leverette ‘43
Edward G. Menzie ‘67

Joy S. Goodwin ‘77
Ken H. Lester ‘66
David Horton Wilkins ’71

Stanford E. Lacy ‘74
John O. McDougall ‘71
Neil C. Robinson, Jr. ‘73

Lawrence “Larry” E. Flynn, Jr. ‘70
Alice F. Paylor ‘77
Stuart M. Andrews, Jr. ‘78

Beverly A. “Bev” Carroll ‘81
+ A. Camden “Cam” Lewis ‘72
Jack B. Swerling ‘73

William W. “Bill” Doar, Jr. ‘57
Steven W. “Steve” Hamm ‘77
Kathleen C. “Kathy” McKinney ‘78

Thomas L. Bruce ‘77
+Kermit S. King ‘58
William W. “Billy” Wilkins ‘67

+ Harry R. Easterling, Sr. ‘58
Joseph F. Rice ‘76
Thomas W. Traxler ‘79

John M. Bleecker, Jr. ‘60
William C. Hubbard ‘74
Robert A. McKenzie ‘63

Earl Ellis, Jr. ‘75
Toney J. Lister ‘68
Robert D. Coble ‘75

William C. “Bill” Boyd ‘65
Elaine Fowler ‘75
Reynolds Williams ‘73

Lewis Cromer ‘57
+ Coming B. Gibbs, Jr. ‘61
+ H. Dave Whitener Jr. ‘69

Due to a change in the scheduled date, the 2006 Compleat Lawyer Awards did not take place.

Joel W. Collins, Jr. ‘68
Darra W. Cothran ‘73
+ G. Dewey Oxner Jr. ‘59

Duvall Spruill ‘70
+ C. Ben Bowen ‘59
Victoria L. Eslinger ‘69

+ Wilburn Brewer, Jr. ‘65
+ William B. Regan ‘66
Robert J. Sheheen ‘68

+ Harold W. Jacobs ’60
+ Julian J. Nexsen ‘50
Edward W. Mullins, Jr. ‘57

Robert W. Dibble, Jr. ‘63
John A. Hagins, Jr. ‘60
LeRoy Nettles ‘53

+ Ernest F. Hollings ‘47
+ Robert E. McNair ‘48
Richard W. Riley ‘59

Mark W. Buyck, Jr. ‘56
+ Charles Porter, Jr. ‘61
Reece Williams III ‘64

Jacob H. Jennings ‘53
Alexander M. Sanders, Jr. ‘60
Robert B. Wallace ‘59

+ John E. Johnston ‘56
+ Isadore E. Lourie ‘56
+ Robert P. Wilkins ‘54

+ Joseph W. Cabaniss ‘49
+ James R. Mann ‘47
+ Julius W. McKay ‘50

+ indicates deceased


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