Hall of Fame

President's Award of Excellence - Honorable Steven P. Logan was sworn in as a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona on May 16, 2014. The United States Senate, on May 14, 2014, voted 96-0 for his confirmation. President Barack Obama nominated Judge Logan for this post on September 19, 2013. He received support from both of his home state Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake. He is the first ever African American federal district judge in Phoenix, Arizona. Judge Logan has also worked as a United States Magistrate Judge, United States Immigration Judge, and as an Assistant United States Attorney. For the past 25 years, he has also served on active duty and in the reserves as a Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps. Growing up, Judge Logan traveled across the United States and the world as the son of a United States Army soldier. He attended public schools, graduating from North Hardin High School in Radcliff, Kentucky in 1984, where he earned an Academic Scholarship. He attended the University of Louisville, majored in Criminal Justice, and graduated in 1988. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma, College of Law in 1992. As a United States Marine Corps Reserves Colonel, Judge Logan currently serves as an Appellate Judge on the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals in Washington, District of Columbia. While serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, Judge Logan was mobilized and recalled to active duty to serve two tours of duty in Iraq and one tour of duty in Afghanistan. Judge Logan was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Ribbon for his service in Iraq in 2008. Judge Logan lives in Phoenix with his wife, Raynette Logan, an attorney, and they have four children.

Lifetime Achievement Award - Charles (Chuck) B. Morton, Jr. is retired from the Office of the State Attorney, Michael J. Satz, 17th Judicial Circuit, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For 36 and one half years he continuously served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for the 17th Circuit, retiring as the "Chief Assistant State Attorney" in June of 2013. Before becoming the "Chief Assistant", Professor Morton served in various trial and administrative positions for the office throughout his career. His immediate position before being named "Chief Assistant" was as the "Assistant State Attorney in Charge of the Homicide Trial Unit" where he served from 1985 to 2005 and tried numerous high profile homicide cases. He received a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He received his law degree from the University of Florida School of Law in Gainesville, Florida. During his career as a prosecutor, he frequently lectured for the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association (FPAA) as well as for other state prosecuting attorneys organizations. He has also lectured for the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) on a variety of topics. Mr. Morton received the NDAA's Lecturer of Merit Award in 1994 & 2006. On numerous occasions he served as an invited faculty member for the NDAA at the National Advocacy Center (NAC) in Columbia, South Carolina and as a faculty member in many trial advocacy programs sponsored by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). Mr. Morton has been a longstanding adjunct law professor at Nova Southeastern University School of Law teaching courses in trial advocacy skills; he also assists the university's full time faculty with the law school's Criminal Justice Clinic. The law school honored him as its first "Adjunct Professor of the Year in Lawyering Skills Courses" during the 2007-2008 academic calendar year.