2 win AETC legal awards

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  • By Airman 1st Class Heather Heiney
  • 81st Training Wing Public Affairs
Two members of the Keesler legal office were awarded Air Education and Training Command awards for 2010.

Outstanding civilian attorney -- Richard Brock, chief of civil law. This is the second consecutive year that Mr. Brock has won this award. Last year, he authored 415 legal opinions for Keesler clients and donated 65 hours of free legal services to 10 clients for the Mississippi State Bar Association. He also briefed more than 2,000 wing personnel and dependants on hurricane preparation, ethics, and homosexual policy.

Outstanding paralegal senior noncommissioned officer -- Senior Master Sgt. Kimberlee Bauer, law office superintendant. Sergeant Bauer saved 270 attorney hours and reduced repeat office visits by helping create the new "One-stop Will Shop." She saved 1,500 man hours and $140,000 by acquiring 6 legal interns. She also administrated more than 100 legal briefs including adoption workshops, elder care, newcomers briefings, first term airman center briefings and retirement briefings leading to the education of more than 6,000 people.