Rex Sater Award
The Family Law Section of the Sonoma County Bar Association accepts the Nominations for "The Rex Sater Award" for Excellence in Family Law. Each year, this award is given to an individual or group who has contributed to improving the practice of Family Law in Sonoma County.
The plaque commemorating the award states: "Judge Sater's legacy to Sonoma County is his belief that people hold the answers to their family conflict locked in their own hearts... The 'Systems' primary duty should be to help those people find their own answers..."
Rex Sater Award Honorees:
- 2022 – Judge Shelly Averill
- 2021 – No Award
- 2020 – No Award
- 2019 – Daniel B. Pickar, Ph.D.
- 2018 – Justice Donald B. King
- 2017 – No Award
- 2016 – Judge Cerena Wong (Ret.)
- 2015 – William Doty
- 2014 – John Johnson
- 2013 – Judge James Bertoli
- 2012 – Dana Schneider
- 2011 – Jeanne Miskel
- 2010 – No Award
- 2009 – Commissioner Louise Bayles-Fightmaster
- 2008 – Judge Arnold Rosenfield
- 2007 – Debbie Lamb
- 2006 – No Award
- 2005 – Commissioner Cynthia Denenholz
- 2004 – Peggy Schmeck
- 2003 – Catherine Conner
- 2002 – Amy Rodney
- 2001 – Kids' Turn
- 2000 – Patricia Lansdowne
- 1999 – Steven Neustadter
- 1998 – Commissioner Jeanne Buckley
- 1997 – Michael Lentz