Past Shining Star Highlights
2023 Shining Star Gala
Photos by Kate Brindley Photography
Leadership Awardee:
Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan, Esq.
Shining Star Award
Madeleine Rodriguez, Esq.
Stephen Bartlett, Esq.
Courage Award
VRLC Client
Champion Award
2022 Shining Star Gala
Photos by Cheryl Richards Photography
Leadership Awardee:
Michele Goodwin
Visionary Award
The Gymnast Sexual Assault Survivors, Accepted by Rachenda Rockwell
Shining Star Award
Katharine Foote, Esq.
Courage Award
VRLC Client
Champion Award
2021 Shining Star Gala
Leadership Awardee:
Chanel Miller
Shining Star Award
Tiffany Davidson, Esq.
Visionary Award
Kamilah Willingham
Courage Award
VRLC Client
Superstar Award
Jessica Mindlin, Esq.
2019 Shining Star Gala
Photos by Cheryl Richards Photography
Leadership Awardee:
Deb Katz, Esq. and Lisa Banks, Esq.
Co-Counsel for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford for the Kavanaugh Congressional Hearings
Shining Star Award
Kristin Knuuttila, Esq.
Knuuttila Law
Champion Award
Courage Award
VRLC Client
2018: 15th Anniversary Shining Star Gala
Photos by Cheryl Richards Photography
Videography by EmVision Productions
Leadership Awardee: Kristen Gibbons Feden, Esq.
Special prosecutor in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial
Courage Awardee: VRLC Client
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (2014 Leadership Awardee)
The Prosecutor Who Stared Down Bill Cosby
Champion Award
Shining Star Award
Jeremy Meisinger, Esq.
Foley Hoag LLP
2017 Shining Star Gala
Photos by Cheryl Richards Photography
Videography by EmVision Productions
Leadership Awardee: Gloria Steinem
Shining Star Award
Michael Harriman, Esq.
Harriman Law
Courage Award
VRLC Client
2017 Shining Star Gala
Photos by Cheryl Richards Photography