KAUFMAN AWARD

Each year, the Kaufman Award is presented to the individual attorney who has done the most pro bono work in providing free civil legal services for the low income citizens in the state. The Award is named after Paul Kaufman, who was a leading public interest lawyer prior to his untimely death. Paul’s son, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tod Kaufman, congratulated this year’s winner of the Award, Scott Curnutte of Elkins. Previous Kaufman Award selections have been Patrick Jacobs, Ray Ratliff, John McGhee, Jr., M. Jane Glauser, Michele Grinberg, Sue Seibert Farnsworth, Perry McDaniel and G. Patrick Stanton, Jr.