QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — BLSA will also honor Johnnie Booker, retired diversity executive and former global director of supplier diversity for Coca-Cola and former vice president of the Resolution Trust Corporation, with its Community Service Award. The virtual ceremony begins at 6 p.m. Click here to attend. In its 33rd year, the Thurgood Marshall Award is given in honor of the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall epitomized individual commitment, in word and action, to civil rights. Each year, BLSA recognizes an outstanding person in law, education or politics who exemplifies Marshall’s dedication to improving society through the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights. Hoffler is CEO of a trilingual law firm (English, French and Spanish) based in Atlanta. She specializes in commercial litigation, opioid litigation, catastrophic injury, civil rights, global commercial transactions, medical negligence, wrongful death and employment cases. Hoffler is licensed in Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. To date, Hoffler and her teams have tried and/or settled cases totaling over $800 million. An accomplished attorney, Hoffler was previously a partner at Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler, LLP and a partner at the Willie Gary Firm in Florida, where she ran the commercial and international litigation practice for 13 years. She is also counsel to civil rights icon The Reverend Jesse Jackson and has represented him and the Rainbow Push and Wall Street Project for the past 30 years.