Member of the Year Award
Established in May 1991, this award is presented to that attorney(s) who has rendered extraordinary contributions to the programs and activities of the State Bar in the prior year. Hundreds, even thousands, of the Bar's members contribute their time and talent to the work of the Bar, but this award is limited to that individual(s) whose contributions are exceptional.
2024 Recipient
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Regina L. Nassen has been a Principal Assistant City Attorney in the Tucson City Attorney’s Office since August 2021 after almost 18 years as a Deputy County Attorney in the Civil Division of the Pima County Attorney’s Office (“PCAO”). While at PCAO Regina also served as the Supervising Attorney of the Civil Division’s Business & Transactions Unit and as PCAO’s Chief Ethics Counsel. Prior to becoming a government lawyer, she was in private practice as an Associate with Snell & Wilmer from 1993 to 2000. Regina is currently a member of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct and previously served on the Arizona Supreme Court’s Ethics Advisory Committee, 2019 through 2023. She is a member of the ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility CLE Committee, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the governing council of the ABA’s Government & Public Sector Lawyers Division. She is also a past Chair of the State Bar of Arizona’s Public Lawyers Section and the recipient of the Section’s 2015 Distinguished Public Lawyer Award. Regina graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1992, after which she clerked for Justice Frederick Martone on the Arizona Supreme Court before entering private practice. |
Previous Recipients
The award has been presented to:
| 1991 | Ed Hendricks William R. Jones, Jr. Tom Karas Daniel J. McAuliffe Thomas A. Zlaket |
| 1992 | Larry W. Suciu |
| 1993 | Roxana C. Bacon |
| 1994 | Kenneth J. Sherk |
| 1995 | Crane McClennen Robert E. Schmitt |
| 1996 | Diane L. Drain |
| 1997 | Charles T. Stevens |
| 1998 | Michael R. Murphy |
| 1999 | Denise M. Blommel Mary Mangotich Grier John E. Lundin |
| 2000 | Andrew R. Sherwood |
| 2001 | Robert W. Browder |
| 2002 | Craig Mehrens Ted A. Schmidt |
| 2003 | Hon. Michael Owen Miller Steven A. Hirsch |
| 2004 | Sarah R. Simmons Aaron Kizer |
| 2005 | Michael V. Mulchay Ronald W. Messerly |
| 2006 | Jeffrey H. Jacobson |
| 2007 | Lynda C. Shely |
| 2008 | Jeffrey A. Hursh |
| 2009 | Daniel J. McAuliffe |
| 2010 | J. Scott Rhodes Jeffrey Messing |
| 2011 | James E. McDougall |
| 2012 | Todd F. Lang |
| 2013 | William G. Klain |
| 2014 | Amelia Craig Cramer |
| 2015 | George C. Chen |
| 2016 | Jodi Knobel Feuerhelm Andrew Jacobs Brian J. Pollack |
| 2017 | Jo Ellen McBride |
| 2018 | Paul F. Eckstein |
| 2019 | Hon. Patricia K. Norris (ret.) |
| 2020 | Gregory R. Gautam |
| 2021 | Mark I. Harrison |
| 2022 | David D. Dodge |
| 2023 | Steven M. Guttell |
| 2024 | Regina L. Nassen |
State Bar Annual Awards
- Award of Appreciation
- Award of Special Merit
- Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award
- Hon. John R. Sticht Disability Achievement Award
- James A. Walsh Outstanding Jurist Award
- Mark I. Harrison Excellence in Mentorship Award
- Member of the Year Award
- Michael C. Cudahy Criminal Justice Award
- Outstanding In-House Counsel of the Year Award
- President's Award
- Sharon A. Fullmer Legal Aid Attorney of the Year Award
- Tom Karas Criminal Justice Award