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Status: Active

Geographic Scope: Houston, Texas area

Focus Areas: Professionalism, legal ethics, and legal excellence

Purpose: Presented by the Houston Bar Association to a lawyer or judge who exemplifies the highest level of professionalism and legal ethics.

Award Criteria:

Demonstrated longstanding commitment to professionalism

Record of exemplary service in professionalism, legal ethics, and legal excellence

Role model for younger or less experienced lawyers

Must make the bar proud of the legal profession

Eligibility:

Lawyer or judge nominees

Must be HBA member

Can be from transactional or litigation practice

2026 Recipient: Dick Schwartz, Shareholder at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Executive Director of The Garland Walker Inn of Court

Recognition: Honoree recognized at HBA Annual Dinner (May 7, 2026)

Recent Recipients:

2025: Kevin Dubose

2024: Hon. Keith P. Ellison and Christopher L. Tritico

2023: Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal and Reagan W. Simpson

2022: Hon. Edith H. Jones

2021: David J. Beck

2020: Kelly Frels

2019: Harry Reasoner, Fred Hagans

2018: Hon. Eugene A. Cook