Awards Presented to LSBA Members at Annual Meeting LSBA members received various awards for service to the association and the legal profession during the 2019 Annual Meeting in Destin, Fla.President’s Awards Five LSBA members received 2019 President’s Awards. The recipients were chosen by 2018-19 LSBA President Barry H. Grodsky. • Judge Randall L. Bethancourt of Houma, a judge for the 32nd Judicial District Court (Terrebonne Parish) since 2003, was recognized for his contributions to the LSBA’s Continuing Legal Education Committee and to the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education. • Judge Fredericka Homberg Wicker of Gretna, a judge for the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal since 2006, was recognized for her contributions as co-chair of the Summer School Committee. • Val P. Exnicios of New Orleans, senior trial counsel and managing counsel in the New Orleans law firm of Liska, Exnicios & Nungesser, was recognized for his contributions as chair of the LSBA’s Section Council. • Richard K. Leefe of Metairie, a founding and senior partner in the Metairie law firm of Leefe Gibbs Sullivan & Dupre, L.L.C., was recognized for his contributions as chair of the LSBA’s Transitioning Lawyers Committee. • John E. McAuliffe, Jr. of Metairie, an attorney in the Metairie office of Frederick A. Miller & Associates, was recognized for his contributions as a LSBA leader and as chair of several LSBA committees. LSBA Hall of Fame Judge Jay C. Zainey of New Orleans, appointed by President George W. Bush to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, in 2002, was recognized as the first inductee into the newly created LSBA Hall of Fame for his contributions to the organized Bar and legal profession in Louisiana and specifically for his exemplary service to the SOLACE Program. Stephen T. Victory Memorial Award Lawrence Sean Corcoran, owner of Corcoran Law Firm, L.L.C. in Lake Charles, and Scott L. Sternberg, a partner at Sternberg, Naccari & White, L.L.C., with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, received the 2019 Stephen T. Victory Memorial Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the Louisiana Bar Journal. Corcoran was recognized for his article, “A Member’s Powerful Story of Addiction, Surrender, Recovery and Hope,” published in the February/March 2019 issue. Sternberg was recognized for the accompanying interview published with Corcoran’s article. John A. “T-Jean” Hernandez III Memorial Award Judge (Ret.) Richard T. Haik, Sr., of counsel in the Opelousas office of Morrow, Morrow, Ryan, Bassett & Haik, received the 2019 John A. “T-Jean” Hernandez III Memorial Award, presented for achievements in Francophone leadership. Leah Hipple McKay Memorial Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Jasmine N. Brown, an associate in the Metairie office of Blue Williams, L.L.P., received the 2019 Leah Hipple McKay Memorial Award for Outstanding Volunteerism. Young Lawyers Division Bat P. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award Danielle L. Borel, an associate in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., and Graham H. Ryan, a partner in the New Orleans office of Jones Walker LLP, received the 2019 LSBA Young Lawyers Division Bat P. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award. Louisiana Bar Foundation’s Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award Kim M. Boyle, a partner in the New Orleans office of Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., received the 2019 Louisiana Bar Foundation’s Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award.