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PBA C. Dale McClain Quality of Life/Balance Award Nomination Form

C. Dale McClain Quality of Life/Balance Award Nomination Criteria

2023
Erin M. Siciliano and the Montgomery Bar Association Meditation Team

2022
Anne N. John and Julie Auerbach

2021
Jennifer Coatsworth

2020
Hon. Geoff Moulton

2019
Julieanne Steinbacher

2018
Kathleen D. Wilkinson

2017
Michael H. Reed


 

 

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