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The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) honored Judge MARY JANE TRAPP of Florida's 11th District Court of Appeals with the Ohio Bar Medal. U.S. District Court Judge J. MICHELLE CHILDS of the District of South Carolina received the South Carolina Association for Justice's Outstanding Contribution to Justice Award. Retired Judge LESLIE E. STEIN of the New York Court of Appeals was selected to receive the Ruth G. Schapiro Memorial Award from the New York State Bar Association's Women in Law Section.
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Judge Cohn graduated in 1949 from the University of Michigan Law School and practiced law for 30 years before being appointed to the bench. Chief Judge TIMOTHY EVANS, the first African American chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois, received the inaugural Archibald Carey, Jr., Lifetime Achievement Award in February at the Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pearl S. Buck International will honor U.S. District Court Judge CYNTHIA M. RUFE of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as the 2021 recipient of the Woman of Influence Award.