2024 Louis L. Redding Gala
About the Louis L. Redding Benefit and Awards Gala
Date: Friday, October 4, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: DuPont Country Club
1001 Rockland Rd
Wilmington, DE 19803
The celebration will honor distinguished members of Delaware’s courts, bar, and community for their work, contributions, and commitment to liberty and justice for all. This year’s Gala will commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (decision May 17, 1954), which affirmed the Delaware cases of Belton v. Gebhart and Bulah v. Gebhart and the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Please join us for an evening of celebration, remembrance, and dancing!
Information about the Redding Bar Scholarship can be found here
2024 Louis L. Redding Benefit and Awards Gala
2024 Honorees:
JUDICIAL PROFILE IN EXCELLENCE AWARD:
The Honorable Aida Waserstein (ret)
LOUIS L. REDDING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT:
Professor Leland Ware
EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD:
Beatrice "Bebe" Coker
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD:
Dr. Aaron Bass
PAST RECIPIENTS
LOUIS L. REDDING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Don C. Brown, Esquire (2022)
Bryan Stevenson, Esquire (2018)
Kristen Clarke, Esquire (2018)
Irving Morris, Esquire (2018)
The Honorable Jack A. Markell (2017)
Mr. Thomas L. Sager, Esquire (2015)
Mr. Joseph K. West, Esquire (2014)
Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Biden (2013)
Mr. Stacey J. Mobley, Esquire (2012)
JUDICIAL PROFILE IN EXCELLENCE AWARD:
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. (2023)
The Honorable Diane Clarke Streett (2022)
Chief Justice Leo Strine (2016)
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD:
Tony Allen, Ph.D. (2019)
Salome Thomas-El (2017)
Ms. Raye Jones Avery (2015)
Dr. Joseph R. Johnson (2014)
Charles S. McDowell, Esquire (2014)
Ms. Veta T. Richardson, Esquire (2013)
Dean Linda L. Ammons (2012)
JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARD:
Penelope Marshall, Esquire (2023)
George E. Evans, Esquire (2022)
Gregory B. Williams, Esquire (2017)
Doneene Keemer Damon, Esquire (2016)
The Late James H. Gilliam, Jr. (2014)
Michael S. Purzycki, Esquire (2014)
The Honorable Charles H. Toliver, IV (Ret.) (2014)
Mr. Hinton J. Lucas, Jr., Esquire (2013)
Ms. Paulette Sullivan Moore, Esquire (2013)
The Honorable Alex J. Smalls (2013)
The Late Honorable Leonard L. Williams (2013)
The Honorable Joshua W. Martin, III (2012)
The Honorable Virginia A. Seitz (2012)
The Honorable Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet (2012)
EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD:
Michelle A. Taylor, Ed.D. (2023)
The Honorable Margaret Rose Henry (2019)
Fred C. Sears II (2016)
Dr. James H. Sills, Jr. (2015)