The Judge Pamela L. Reeves Tennessee Professionalism Award is awarded each year to a lawyer or judge whose life and practice display sterling character and unquestioned integrity, coupled with ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the rule of law and the highest standards of the legal profession in Tennessee.


Award Recipients


2020 (inaugural year):  Chief Judge Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville

2021 (award named for Judge Reeves): Major General Albert Harvey, Lewis Thomason, Memphis

2022: Jacqueline B. Dixon, Lewis Thomason, Nashville

2023: First Judicial District Chancellor John C. Rambo, Jonesborough

2024: Senior Judge J. Daniel Breen, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee