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AWARDS   ANNOUNCEMENTS  PRESS RELEASES  EVENTS PROMOTIONS  ACTIVITIES  HONORS  RECOGNITIONS
BHBA HOSTS NINTH ANNUAL LITIGATION AWARDS DINNER
PHOTO CREDIT: LEE SALEM
The Beverly Hills Bar Association honored two legal stalwarts at its Ninth Annual Litigation Awards Dinner: Justice Audrey B. Collins, Associate Justice of Division Four of the Second District of the California Court of Appeal, and leading trial lawyer Kelli Sager, partner of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Justice Col- lins, noted for her outstanding public service and dedication to ad- vancing the legal profession, received the “Ronald M. George Award for Judicial Excellence,” named for the former California Supreme Court Chief Justice. Sager, a renowned First Amendment specialist practicing media and entertainment litigation for more than 30 years, received the “Excellence in Advocacy Award,” which honors a trial lawyer whose case successes have resulted from expert legal skills, unique trial strategy and courtroom teamwork, and who also gives back to the community.
 e presenters for Justice Collins were her brother Judge Bruce E. Brodie and Justice Lee Smalley Edmon. Sager’s presenters included Je  Glasser, general counsel of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, Karlene Goller, Law O ce of Karlene Goller PC/Jasy Vick Carolann LLP, and attorney Dan Grunfeld.
Ken Levin, Shree Ram, Steve Rosenwasser, Kelli Sager, Tracie Lee and Robin Montague
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Judge Bruce E. Brodie, Justice Audrey B. Collins and Justice Lee Smalley Edmon
Jeff Klein and Kelli Sager
BHBA President LaVonne Lawson with honorees Kelli Sager and Justice Audrey B. Collins, and BHBA CEO Marc Staenberg
Judge Rupert Birdsong, Assistant Presiding Judge Eric Taylor, Judge Allen Webster, Judge Kelvin D. Filer, Justice Audrey B. Collins, Judge Barbara Johnson, Judge Patti Jo McKay, Judge Michael Carter and Judge Bruce E. Brodie
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