STLA President's Donation

STLA President's Donation

Essential to the Southern Trial Lawyers Association is a commitment to supporting charitable causes and helping those in need. Each year, the STLA president chooses a charity (or charities) to support. 

2025 President Ken Suggs
$10,000 to Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands
$10,000 to World Wildlife Fund

2024 President Christopher Marlowe
$20,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 

2023 President Sagi Shaked
$20,000 to The Lawfare Project

2022 President Mattie Taylor
$20,000 to Stoddard County Childrens Home

2021 President Tad Thomas
$10,000 to Louisville Free Public Library Foundation
$10,000 to Public Justice Foundation

2019 President Elizabeth Middleton Burke
$7,500 to Waccamaw Community Foundation
$7,500 to Churches Assisting People
$5,000 to Katrina's Kids

2019 Board Designated Contribution
$7,500 to Water Mission

2018 President Gibson Vance
$20,000 to Child Protect Children's Advocacy Center

2017 President Mark Zamora
$20,000 to DeKalb PATH Academy

2016 President Pamela Mullis
$15,000 to Palmetto Place Shelter
$5,000 to South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center

2015 President Earl Denham
$20,000 to Vancleave Live Oak Choctaws

2014 President Charles Monnett, III
$20,000 to STEP Ministries/Serving to Equip People

2013 President Randy Hall
$20,000 to Hinds Feet Farm

2012 President Maria Glorioso
$10,000 to Greater New Orleans Foundation
$10,000 to the Navy Gift Fund

2011 President Chris Glover
$15,000 to TREC

2010 President Marvin Mullis, Jr.
$15,000 to United Methodist Volunteers in Mission

2009 President Eric Romano
$5,000 to Hospice of Palm Beach County 
$10,000 to Make It Right

2008 President Adam Malone
$10,000 to the Brain Injury Association of America

2007 President Gary Green
$10,000 to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

2006 President Howard Spiva
$10,000 to American Diabetes Association

2005 President O. Fayrell Furr, Jr.
$10,000 to Leukemia/Lymphoma Society and Clothe the People

2004 President Gary Gober
$5,000 to Faith Family Medical Clinic
$2,500 to Tennessee Performing Arts
$2,500 to CASA

2003 President Richard Shapiro
$5,000 to Leukemia/Lymphoma Society

2002 President Larry Friedman 
$5,000 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Miami and the Transplant Foundation

2001 President Bruce Rasmussen 
$2,000 to Legal Aide for Farm Workers
$2,000 to Shelter for Health and Emergency for Abused Women 
$1,000 to a Pro Bono Group for Children

2000 President R. Ben Hogan III 
$5,000 to Birmingham Path

1999 President W. Coleman Allen, Jr. 
$5,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center