AFFILIATE CHAPTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Each year, VHFCNBA recognizes the outstanding achievements of one of its Affiliate Chapters. Affiliate Chapters must submit an application to be considered. This award is presented annually at the Henry T. Latimer Diversity Luncheon during the Florida Bar Convention.

2024 Paul C. Perkins Bar Association | President, Lisa Harvey

2023 Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Bar Association | President, Christopher Lomax

2022 Paul C. Perkins Bar Association | President, Benjamin Garcia

​2021 F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association | President, Hershley Oge

​2020 George Edgecomb Bar Association | President, Valeria Obi

​2019 George Edgecomb Bar Association | President, Valeria Obi

​2018 D.W. Perkins Bar Association | President, Gregory S. Redmon

​2017 F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association | President, Lawonda Warren

​2016 Tallahassee Barristers Association | President, G.C. Murray

​2015 D.W. Perkins Bar Association | President, Stephen A. Smith

​2014 Tallahassee Barristers Association | President, Kristen Hanna

​2013 George Edgecomb Bar Association | President, Cory Person

​2012 Paul C. Perkins Bar Association | President, Jerry Girley

BECOME A MEMBER OF THE VIRGIL HAWKINS FLORIDA CHAPTER NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION

VHFCNBA is the statewide organization for Black attorneys in Florida. We serve as the umbrella organization to 16 affiliate chapters. The organization began in the 1950s with a group of African American lawyers who were members of the Chi Epsilon Legal Fraternity that mercilessly fought against injustice in Florida. With the inclusion of African American female lawyers in the 1960’s, the organization became a State affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association and changed its name to the Florida Chapter National Bar Association. Since that time, the VHFCNBA has made a significant mark on the NBA. The VHFCNBA has been the catalyst for the establishment of local, affiliate Black bar associations throughout Florida.

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