Parental Defense Award Recipents
Each year at the annual conference the Parental Defense Alliance recognizes those attorneys, paralegals and other professionals who contribute to the defense of parent's rights in Utah's juvenile courts. Below are those who have been recognized at past conferences.
2018
- Lifetime Achievement: Margaret Lindsay
- Appellate Attorney of the Year: Sheleigh Harding
- Trial Attorney of the Year: Janell Bruan
2017
- New Parental Defender: Eva Brady
- Appellate Attorney of the Year: Colleen Coebergh
- Trial Attorney of the Year: Mary Ann Ellis
2016
• New Parental Defender: Liza Jones
• Appellate Attorney of the Year: Jacqueline Jensen
• Trial Attorney of the Year: Jason Richards
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year: Don Redd
• Special Service Award: Loreli Riley
2015
• New Parental Defender: Rob Latham
• Appellate Attorney of the Year: Matthew Carling
• Trial Attorney of the Year: Patty Beiderman
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year: Neil Skousen
• Special Service Award: Kate Hansen
2014
• New Parental Defender: Dustin M. Parmley
• Appellate Attorney of the Year: Sara J. Pfrommer
• Trial Attorney of the Year: Janell R. Bryan
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year: Mark H. Tanner
• Special Award for Excellence in Mentoring: Erik G. Jacobson
2013
• New Parental Defender:Ryan Petersen
• Appellate Attorney of the Year: Colleen Coebergh
• Trial Attorney of the Year: Vernon Jolley
• Lifetime Achivement, Attorney of the Year: Julie George
2012
• New Parental Defender: Janell R. Bryan
• Appellate Attorney of the Year: D. Grant Dickinson
• Trial Attorney of the Year: David R. Boyer
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year: Lisa B. Lokken
2011
• New Parental Defender: Happy Morgan
• Appellate Attorney of the Year: Neil Skousen
• Trial Attorney of the Year: Michael Rawson
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year:Herb Gillespie
• Special Award ofr Legislative Advocacy: Bob Alsop
2010
• New Parental Defender: Shamim Monshizadeh
• Excellence in Appellate Advocacy: Danielle Allison, paralegal
• Trial Attorney of the Year: Jose Silva
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year: William Schultz
• Lifetime Achievement, Attorney of the Year: Sharon Sipes