CHERNOFF
SERVANT OF JUSTICE
2023 Chris & Deb Freitas
2021 Michael Najar
2018 Debra D. Dewitt
2016 Jay Blitzman
2014 Neil Walker
2013 Thomas Oriely
2011 Daniel Calahan
2009 Charles Zaroulis
2008 Paul Chernoff
BRIAN DUNIGAN
COURT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
2024 Joshua Aponte
2023 Brian Fleischman
2022 Elizabeth Sheehy
2021 Katie Ross
2020
2019 Bonni L. Dinneen
2018 Meredith Mingolelli Cotter
2017 Keto Tan
2016 Kathy Alvarez
2015 Kathy Maggiacomo
2014 Russel Long
2013 Brian Burke
2012 Roberta Kettlewell
2011 Joseph Mahoney Jr.
2010 Arthur Harvey
2009 Joseph Donahue
2008 Michael Brennan
2007 Joseph Burke
2006 Jean Ward
2005 Janice Carrol
2004 Dianne Estacio
2003 Charles Paatsourakis
2002 Richard Howe Jr..
2001
2000 Kathy Maggiacomo
1999
1998
1997 Mel Greenberg
1996
1995 Terrance Downes
1994 Gary McGee
1993
1992 Salavatore Basile
1992 Bertha Lapointe
1991 Brian Dunigan
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD,
Community service awards recognize individuals who make significant contributions to their community through their time, actions, talents, and dedication. These recipient goes beyond an individual’s job duties or responsibilities. The purpose of community service awards is to honor those who strive to make the world a better place by helping others in their community.
Nominees for these awards consistently demonstrate qualities of compassion and service to the Greater Lowell Community through their dedication and hard work that improves the community as a whole
NORMAN D'AMOUR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
2024 Robin Gagne
2023 Larry Colby
2022 Lynda Dantas
2021 Robert Normandin
2020
2019 Martha J Barrett
2018 Laurie A. Hogan
2017 Richard Lalime
2016 Debra Grossman
2015 Melisa llg-Devore
2014 Martha Howe
2013 Lee Gartnerberg
2012 Mark Regan
2011 Nina Lewin
2010 Ronald Eskin
2009 Jeanne Earley
2008 Steven Rappaport
2007 Edward Finnegan Sr.
2006 Richard Fox
2005 Richard Howe Sr.
2004 Frank Talty
2003 John Leggat
2002 James Linnehan Sr.
2001
2000 Maxa Berid
1999 Carney Daniels
1998 Herbert Pitta Jr.
1997
1996 Cornelius Finnegan
1995 Daniel Callahan
1994 Brenda Maille
1993 Richard Howe Sr.
1992 M Najjar - Odonnell Kathy
1991 Arthur Eno
GLBA HISTORY OF BOARD MEMBERS
1978, the name changed from the Lowell Bar Association to the Greater Lowell Bar Association.
1982, the GLBA formally incorporated and Directors were added in 1984
Starting in 1995 Fiscal Year is as of July 1st of each year. From 1983 until unknown, date was January 1st of the year
History and Awards
A Work In Progress.
PRESEDENT AWARD
2024 Gilbert Nason Jr.
2023 Michael Malloy
2022 Melissa Devore
2021 Lynda Dantas
2019 Jean Earley
2018 Bryan Leahey
2017 Shauna Finnegan
2016 Erich Bryant
2015 Brian Akashian
2014 Robert Normandin
2013 Deb DewittCE
ALBERT MARCOTE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
2024 Todd Beauragard
2022 Richard Ahern
2021 Frank & Patty Talty
2019 Herbet Pitta
2017 Stanley Narkunos
2015 Phil Nyman
2012 Albert Marcote
PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR / ELIZABETH BARNES AWARD,
Elizabeth Barnes known by most as "Liz" was the type of person that you meet once in a lifetime. Caring, strong, passionate, zealous advocate for truth and justice and all-around amazing person. Elizabeth Barnes received a scholarship to attend George Washington University Law School, in Washington, D.C. From there, she was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 2013. That same year, she started to work at the Middlesex DA’s Office. Elizabeth Barnes spent time in Lowell and Ayer District courts. She also became involved with the office’s Juvenile and Young Adult Diversion Program, designed to work with eligible young offenders as an alternative to prosecution. Liz passed away tragically in a plane crash in 2020 The First Barnes Award was given out in 2022
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD / ALBERT MARCOTE, AWARD
Albert J. Marcotte has been a leader in the Lowell legal community for decades. A lifelong resident of Lowell, First Awarded in 2012
COURT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD / BRIAN DUNIGAN AWARD,
Brian Dunnigan was a court employee that would go above and beyond for everyone he meet.
The court employee of the year was first award in 1990 to Dunigan. Next year, it was renamed Dunigan Award and he presented it until he died in May 1996. This award is given each year to the Court Employee of the Year
LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD / NORMAN D'AMOUR AWARD,
Attorney D’Amour practiced criminal and civil law while in private practice with Attorney Edward R. Dean, Jr. (retired). The Lawyer of the Year Award started in 1991 and Renamed the D'amour award in 1995, CPCS Attorney Daniel E. Callahan received the first ever D’Amour Award, the year after Norm’s untimely death from cancer. Attorney Callahan fondly recalls his former friend and colleague as ‘soft-spoken, hardworking, someone who really cared about his clients and who paid meticulous attention to detail in his cases.’ Callahan remembers D’Amour as “a person you liked to see when you were in court. He was very engaging, and he truly enjoyed being a lawyer.” This award was named in honor of Attorney Normand D’Amour, who passed away in 1994 at age 47.
GREATER LOWELL BAR ASSOCIATION
AWARD RECIPENTS LIST
RISING STAR AWARD
The Riing Star Award is given annually lto an attorney who has shown exceptional promise and potential in their legal career. They are being recognized for their achievements and contributions to the legal field.
ELIZABETH BARNES
PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR
2024 BENJAMIN HASPEL
2022 EDWARD KIM
SERVANT OF JUSTICE
OTHER AWARDS
2017 Ted Welch
2016 John Mcneil
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011 Joseph Mahoney Sr. LSC Conciliation
2010
2009
2008 E. Schutzbank Pro Bono Lawyer of Year
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002 William Boyle Pro Bono Lawyer of Year
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991