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What a night! Check out the photo gallery of the 2012 Women's Justice Awards.

Scroll through the photo slideshow of the 2012 Justice for All Ball held Feb. 26 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.

Scroll through the photo slideshow of the 2012 Missouri Lawyers Awards held at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark on Jan. 27.

A look back at Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s finest photography of 2011.

Photo gallery: Lawyers hammed it up at the 55th Annual Gridiron, which took place Friday at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.

In a friendly debate over the constitutionality of an upcoming bill, Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, left, and Rep. Tim Jones, R-Eureka, both lawyers, don't let their disagreement get acrimonious as the last day of the legislative session runs its course Friday in Jefferson City. Photo by Karen Elshout

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The putt stops just short of the hole Friday for lawyer Brent Salsbury at Stonebridge Country Club, in Maryville, Ill. Caleb Rice, a golf assistant pro, and Bridget Halquist, a lawyer, react along with him at the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis’ annual golf tournament. The event was to raise money for the association’s Linda J. Murphy Scholarship Fund for Women Law Students. Photo by Karen Elshout

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Woman of the Year Grace S. Day, of St. Joseph, and 34 other women from throughout Missouri received awards Thursday evening at the Women's Justice Awards, a celebration of women in the law hosted by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.

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Louisa Gregory, special events coordinator for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, shows off one of the items donated for the auction at the Justice for All Ball.

The ball, one of the legal agency’s main fundraising events, is set for Feb. 26 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in the Central West End.

Attorney Amy Lorenz-Moser hugs her friend and mentor, Mary Beck, at the Missouri Lawyers Awards lunch event Friday at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark. Lorenz-Moser, of Armstrong Teasdale, was named Lawyer of the Year by Missouri Lawyers Weekly for her work helping win the release from prison of Carlene Borden and Vicky Williams. Photo by Karen Elshout

Mariano Favazza, left, former St. Louis circuit clerk, answers questions Friday from Matt Potter Democratic deputy director of the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners. The election will be held on March 8.