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 Collins, noted for her outstanding public service and dedication to advancing 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.
The presenters for Justice Collins were her brother Judge Bruce E. Brodie and Justice Lee Smalley Edmon. Sager’s presenters included Jeff Glasser, general counsel of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, Karlene Goller, Law Office of Karlene Goller PC/Jasy Vick Carolann LLP, and attorney Dan Grunfeld.
Justice Audrey B. Collins and Kelli Sager | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
John Rubiner, William Sohigian and Michael Sohigian
Nina Marino and Rick Kaplan
Michael Kaiser, Marc Staenberg and Gary Greene
Timothy Collins, Audrey Collins, Eric Taylor and Patti Jo McKay
Dale Cohen, Amy Cohen and Lee Levine
LaVonne Lawson and Charlie Hill
Oriana Barron and Lee Jay Berman
Judge Bruce E. Brodie; Justice Audrey B. Collins and Justice Lee Smalley Edmon | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
BHBA President LaVonne Lawson with honorees Kelli Sager and Justice Audrey B. Collins, and BHBA CEO Marc Staenberg | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
Ken Levin, Shree Ram, Steve Rosenwasser, Kelli Sager, Tracie Lee and Robin Montague | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
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 | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
Jeff Klein and Kelli Sager | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
Judge Kelvin D. Filler, BHB Foundation President Linda Spiegel, and BHBA Past President Lawrence Jacobson | PHOTO CREDIT: Lee Salem
