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The Morgan Thomas Award is for recognition of an individual other than a regular member to the NCACC who has made distinguished contributions to enhancing professionalism and supporting the goals of the NCACC as a body and of its members individually. The award need not be given every year.
Past Recipients of the Morgan Thomas Award
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2023
Sirena Kestner • National Center for State Courts
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2022
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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2021
Nikiesha Cosby • National Center for State Courts
![Shauna Strickland](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shaunaStrickland2017.jpg)
2017
Shauna Strickland • National Center for State Courts
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2016
Karyn Bowie • Bloomberg BNA
![Brenda Williams](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/brendaWilliams2014.jpg)
2014
Brenda Williams • National Center for State Courts
![Nikki Daugherty](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nikkiDaugherty2012.jpg)
2012 (joint award)
Nikki Daugherty • LexisNexis
![Tom Leighton](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tomLeighton2012.jpg)
2012 (joint award)
Tom Leighton • West, a Thomson Reuters business
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2011
Lisa Hall
![Linda Watson](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lindaWatson2007.jpg)
2007
Linda Watson • Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit
![Brenda Stephens](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/brendaStephens2005.jpg)
2005
Brenda Stephens • Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit
![Dwight Opperman](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/dwightOpperman2003.jpg)
2003
Dwight D. Opperman • West Publishing • Dwight D. Opperman Foundation
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1997
Michael J. Whetstone • West Publishing Company
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1996 (joint award)
Jane Sanchez • Bureau of National Affairs
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1996 (joint award)
Lew Tippet • Lexis-Nexis
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1995
Sandra M. Roos • American Bar Association
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1992 (joint award)
Justice James Duke Cameron (AZ) • Retired
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1992 (joint award)
Justice Harry A. Spencer (NE) • Retired
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1992 (joint award)
Justice William A. Grimes (NH) • Retired
![Charles Nelson](https://appellatecourtclerks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/charlesNelson1979.jpg)
1991
Charles D. Nelson • West Publishing Company