2003 Bernard E. Witkin Award Winners Announced

Save the Date-- September 17th-- for the 2003 Bernard E. Witkin, Esq., Awards Dinner  The 2003 Bernard E. Witkin, Esq., Awards Dinner is set for September 17, 2003, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina East Tower, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. The Cocktail Reception will begin at 5:00 p.m., and the Dinner and Awards Program will begin at 6:30 p.m. This year's winners are the Honorable Judith L. Haller, Justice, Fourth District California Court of Appeal, Janice P. Brown, Esq., of Vantage Law Group, LLP, and Professor Lester Snyder of the University of San Diego School of Law. The Master of Ceremonies will be Ken Turek, Esq., of Endeman, Lincoln, Turek, & Heater. Ticket prices are $85.00 per person. Sponsored tables of eight may be purchased for $1,000. Corporate donors and table sponsors will receive ads in the program guide and are mentioned in our press releases. Additional information is available from Amy Conrad at 619.531.3904 or at aconrad@sdcpll.org. The Bernard E. Witkin Award dinner is the San Diego County Law Library Justice Foundation's annual fund-raising event. Each year the Foundation uses the event to honor members of the San Diego legal community for civic leadership and excellence in the teaching, practice, enactment or adjudication of the law. This year's honorary chairs are John Hanft, executive director of the Witkin Legal Institute, Dave Smith of Sempra Energy, Harvey Levine of Levine Steinberg & Miller, Ann Parode, Campus Counsel for UCSD, and the Honorable Howard Wiener. Thomson West is the main sponsor for the event. Past winners include: Alec Cory, Retired Judge Robert O'Neill, Professor Katharine Rosenberry, Judith Copeland, Professor Janeen Kerper, Judge J. Lawrence Irving, John Davies, Pat Crowell, Virginia Nelson, Justice Howard Wiener, Marc Adelman, Judge William Yale, Professor Hugh Friedman, Anne Parode, Dean Donald Weckstein, and Harvey Levine. Funds raised at the event are used to purchase legal materials for the San Diego County Public Law Library and its users: both practicing attorneys and members of the general public who need basic legal information but cannot afford to hire an attorney. For many people, books purchased with the help of your donations are the only source they have for legal advice or assistance on critical legal problems. Don't miss your chance to attend the best networking event of the year in the legal community!

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