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

Michael C. Cudahy Criminal Justice Award

2024 Recipient

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