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    Michael C. Cudahy Criminal Justice Award

    Established in March 2006, this award recognizes that criminal law prosecutor who has worked tirelessly to advance the principles of criminal justice by representing the public’s interest with integrity, fairness, tenacity, creativity, brilliance and, above all, professionalism.

    2024 Recipient

    Bill Ring has spent 24 years with the Coconino County Attorney's Office, being elected County Attorney in 2016. He teaches and publishes on ethics and effective public service throughout the United States. He is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the District Court of Arizona, and Arizona state courts.
    Mr. Ring is a Board Member of the National District Attorneys Association, [Wash. D.C.]; a Delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association; and Chairperson of the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys Advisory Council (APAAC). He is President of the Arizona County Attorneys and Sheriff’s Association. He is a Scholar at the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution [New York, N.Y.], and a Fellow of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy [Phoenix, Arizona].

    Mr. Ring has B.A. and MS. Ed. degrees from the University of Rochester and is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Rogers College of Law. He recently convened and completed a statewide planning Symposium on Arizona Criminal Justice Services for the year 2050. He also recently secured a $2.1 million dollar grant to study the intersectionality of criminogenic behavior and public health in his county of Coconino.

    Previous Recipients

    The award has been presented to:

    2006     Rick A. Unklesbay
    2007 Paul K. Charlton
    2008 Daniel G. Knauss
    Kathleen A. Mayer
    2009 Barbara LaWall
    2010 Sandra M. Hansen
    2011 Beth A. Anderson
    2012 Sheila Polk
    2013 Hon. Randall M. Howe
    Hon. Kent Cattani
    2014 Theodore Campagnolo  
    2015 Kellie L. Johnson
    2016 James Alan Goodwin
    2017 Hon. John S. Leonardo
    2018 Kimberly H. Ortiz
    2019 Ryan P. Green
    2020 Bill R. Hughes
    2021 Kent Volkmer
    2022 Elizabeth Burton Ortiz
    2023 Bradley W. Carlyon
    2024 William P. Ring

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