GALLERY: Event Photos, WJA 2015

Karen Elshout//May 6, 2015//

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The 2015 Women's Justice Awards was held Thursday, April 30th at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis, MO. This was the 17th annual Women's Justice Awards honoring 38 women in the legal profession in the state of Missouri. — The 2015 Women’s Justice Awards was held Thursday, April 30th at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis, MO. This was the 17th annual Women’s Justice Awards honoring 38 women in the legal profession in the state of Missouri.

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MOLW Event Coordinator Alexandra Schenk instructs the honorees on how the evening will proceed.

MOLW Publisher Liz Irwin talks about her long friendship with Judge Lisa Page.

Woman of the Year 2015 Virginia Fry laughs along with her fellow honorees at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards reception in their honor at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis.

2015 WJA Honorees Nancy Allen and Andrea Long enjoy a good laugh at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

2015 WJA Woman of the Year, Virginia Fry, on right, laughs with fellow 2015 WJA honoree Shelly Dreyer of Joplin at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

2015 WJA Honorees Judge Lisa Page and Edith Messina chat together with Mary Kay O’Malley listening in at the Women’s Justice Award 2015 Awards banquet.

2015 WJA Legal Scholar Honoree Shannon Morse introduces herself to fellow honoree Taylor Jenson’s parents, Willis and Janice Jensen, at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

2015 WJA Legal Practitioner honorees Sally Heller and Shelly Dreyer chat at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

Springfield honorees Nancy Allen [Legal Scholar], Virginia Fry [Woman of the Year] and Teresa Hensley [Public Service Practitioner] stand together at the reception in their honor.

Sherrill Rosen, Edith Messina, Elaine Koch and Mary Kay O’Malley chat at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

2015 WJA Public Service Practitioner honoree Teresa Hensley, on left, stands with friend, fellow prosecutor, and WJA alum Jennifer Joyce at the 2015 WJA reception.

2015 WJA Public Official honoree Anne-Marie Clarke, center, with her family at the reception for the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis. Clarke’s mother Mary Clarke, seated, is 101. From left, husband Richard Gaines, sister Denise Levison, and godmother Anita Banks.

Women’s Justice Award 2015 Woman of the Year, Virginia Fry, on right, comments on one of her pictures in the album of honorees at the reception desk at the Awards banquet Thursday night at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

2015 WJA Honorees Susan Miller, on right, Wendy Garrison and Sebrina Barrett chat at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO.

Missouri Bar President Reuben Shelton is introduced to 2014 WJA honoree Laurie Hauber, center, at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards banquet held at the Four Seasons in St. Louis, MO. Making the introductions is former Woman of the Year Doreen Dodson. At right is Polsinelli attorney Tara Nealey.

Missouri Lawyers Weekly Publisher Liz Irwin and WJA 2015 Legal Scholar honoree Nancy Allen chat during the 2015 Women’s Justice awards reception at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis, MO.

St. Louis University Law School career services employees Joceyln Brennan- Witzel and Mary Pat McInnis hang on every word from their star pupils Mary Hershewe and Erica Blume. Hershewe is one of the 2015 WJA Leaders of Tomorrow honorees, Blume is an alum of the award.

2015 WJA Public Service Practitioner honoree Teresa Hensley, on right, gets her husband Kenneth to take her picture with friend and WJA alum Kelly McCambridge at the reception for the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards.

Legal Scholar honoree Erin Morrow Hawley chats with Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Russell at the reception for the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards.

Lisa Epps, 2015 WJA Business Practitioner honoree, listens intently to Stacy Stotts at the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards reception.

2015 WJA Public Official honoree Sue Chrisman stands with friend, fellow judge and WJA alem Nancy Rahmeyer, at the reception for the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards.

2015 WJA Public Official honoree Sue Chrisman and her friend, fellow judge, and WJA alum Nancy Rahmeyer, compliment each other’s shoes at the reception for the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards.

2015 WJA Legal Scholar honoree Nancy Allen stands with her daughter Martha, 19, at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis for the 17th annual awards ceremony.

2015 WJA Business Practitioner honoree Annette Heller, seated, chats with her friend and fellow solo practitioner Gretchen Edison Gaynor, at the reception for the 2015 Women’s Justice Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis on April 30th.

Missouri Supreme Court Justice Richard Teitelman meets 2015 WJA Legal Scholar honoree Nancy Allen, second from right, along with Allen’s sister Susan Appelquist outside on the patio at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis Thursday night. Former Woman of the Year, Doreen Dodson, on right, made the introductions.

The 17th annual Women’s Justice Award honoring 38 women in the legal profession from around the state of Missouri, was held Thursday, April 30th at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis, MO.

The centerpieces of the tables at the 17th annual Women’s Justice Award.

Attorney Virginia Fry, center, accepts her award as the Woman of the Year at the 2015 WJA awards banquet at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis Thursday April 30th. Fry is an attorney with Husch Blackwell in Springfield, Mo. Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Russell made the introduction and stands in back holding her flowers.

MOLW Publisher Liz Irwin, 2015 WJA Woman of the Year Virginia Fry, & 2014 WJA Woman of the Year Mary Russell.

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