Steven M. Goldstein Criminal Justice Award 

This award shall be given to an individual who, through their service, represents or personifies what the criminal justice profession has to offer and whose achievements encourage others within the criminal justice system to act with integrity, independence, expertise and courage to protect and defend the rights of others. 

The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has proudly presented this award to many distinguished persons. 

Past Award Recipients:

2024 Denis deVlaming 

2023 James Skuthan

2022 J. Cheney Mason

2021 Bob Dillinger

2020 Donna Lee Elm

2019 David B. Rothman

2018 James E. Felman

2017 Charles W. Ehrhardt

2016 Neal Sonnett

2015 J. Marion Moorman

2014 William T. Laswell

2013 James T. Miller

2012 Richard Greene

2011 Paolo Annino and Brian Gowdy

2010 Henry M. (Hank) Coxe, III

2009 Jeffrey M. Fisher

2008 The Innocence Project 

2007 Florida Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Anstead

2006 Hillary Sheehan, Chuck Thomason & Christine Stapleton 

2005 Albert J. Krieger

2004 Michael J. Minerva

2003 James M. Russ

2002 William J. Sheppard

2001 Stephen F. Hanlon

2000 Michael L. Radelet

1999 The Honorable O.H. Eaton, Jr. 

1998 The Honorable Larry G. Turner

1997 The Honorable Rosemary Barkett

1996 The Honorable Gerald Kogan 

1995 Representative Elvin Martinez

1994 Theodore Klein, Esq

1993 Sandy D'Alemberte, Ph.D

1992 The Honorable James Adkins