2022 Commitment to Equality Awards
| Publication year | 2022 |
| Pages | 0028 |
2022 Commitment to Equality Awards
The Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession pays tribute to the 2022 Commitment to Equality Awards honorees, who are breaking barriers and blazing trails to make the legal profession more diverse and inclusive.
BY MARCEE L. CAMPBELL HILL AND YOSHANA J. HILL
The Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession is honored to announce the 2022 Commitment to Equality Awards recipients, each of whom has demonstrated their genuine commitment and efforts to developing and maintaining diversity and inclusion within Georgia's legal community with laudable results. We celebrate their achievements—both personal and professional—innovation and uniqueness, as they take on leading our profession in the right direction: an accepting, open and welcoming professional environment for all.
Randolph W. Thrower Lifetime Achievement Award
The Randolph W. Thrower Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an outstanding individual who has dedicated his or her career to providing opportunities that foster a more diverse legal profession for members of underrepresented groups in the state of Georgia.
Tricia "CK" Hoffler, CEO, CK Hoffler Law Firm
Tricia "CK" Hoffler is the CEO of The CK Hoffler Firm, an Atlanta-based law firm that specializes in representing plaintiffs in trucking accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury, civil rights litigation, commercial litigation, employment discrimination, opioid litigation and global commercial transactions. She is also counsel to civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, and has represented him, the Rainbow Push and related organizations, for the past 30 years. Hoffler also lectures extensively on trial strategies and winning trial techniques throughout the nation.
A service-oriented attorney, Hoffler's community involvement includes active participation in pro bono law clinics, extensive lecturing on First Amendment matters, women's issues, children's concerns and international matters. She was intricately involved in the merit retention efforts related to the Florida Supreme Court and successfully co-chaired Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince's campaign for merit retention.
Hon. Alvin T. Wong, Judge, State Court of DeKalb County
Judge Alvin T. Wong was elected judge of the State Court of DeKalb County, then-Georgia's second...
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