Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association
1727 Southridge Dr.; Jefferson City, MO 65109; Phone (573) 635-9134; www.mocities.com
Lou Czech Award Recipients
2023 Paul Campo
2022 Brian Head
2021 Eric Cunningham
2020 Joseph Lauber
2019 Mark Grimm
2018 Terry McVey
2017 John Mulligan, Jr.
2016 Stephanie Karr
2015 T. Chris Williams
2014 Wallace Duncan
2013 Stephen Chinn
2012 Nathan Nicholas
2011 Bill Moore
2010 Nancy Yendes
2009 Howard Paperner
2008 Christine Bushyhead
2008 Nancy Thompson
2007 Dan Vogel
2006 Lisa Robertson
2005 William Geary
2004 Fred Boeckmann
2003 W. Dudley McCarter
2002 Allen Garner
2001 Shulamith Simon
2000 Lyn Porterfield
1999 Kevin O’Keefe
1998 Patrick Cronan
1997 Rollin Moerschel
1996 Richard N. Ward
1995 Howard Wright
At the business meeting held as part of the 1994 Missouri Municipal Attorney's Annual Conference in Osage Beach, Missouri, the membership established the Lou Czech Award. The award is “to be presented annually to the member displaying the same high standards of accomplishment, professionalism and ethical conduct as exhibited by Lou Czech.” the following represents the guidelines for the selection of a member to receive the award each year beginning at our Annual Conference scheduled for July 1995:
a) The individual’s professional accomplishments in serving the public’s interests and the various governmental jurisdictions wherein the nominee was employed.
b) The professionalism exhibited by the nominee in his relationship with elected officials, the public and other local government professionals. The committee should also consider the nominee’s time and efforts spent in training and supporting young professionals just entering the field.
c) The individual’s accomplishments in addition to service to the employing jurisdiction, time and effort spent serving the local, state and international city attorneys associations, serving on Municipal League committees and in other capacities that have proven beneficial to the public welfare or the promotion of the profession of municipal law.
d) The nominee’s record of ethical conduct in all private and professional matters that bear on the individual’s acceptability for the Lou Czech Award.