Camille Roe Honored with Trail Blazer Award
Armstrong Teasdale Senior Associate Camille Roe was recently awarded the 2023-2024 Trail Blazer Award from the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Black Law Student Association. She was honored during the 37th Annual Lloyd Gaines Memorial Scholarship Banquet on Feb. 18. The banquet serves to preserve the legacy of Lloyd Gaines and recognize the achievements of outstanding University of Missouri law students, pre-law students and alumni.
The Trail Blazer Award recognizes African American lawyers who challenge the status quo, engage with the community, and provide a model for BLSA members to follow. Camille was chosen as this year’s recipient for her efforts to give back to future generations and serving as an inspiration to others.
Roe, a member of the firm's Litigation practice group in Kansas City, is actively involved in the firm’s DEI programming and a number of other professional and community organizations including the American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Committee; Association of Women Lawyers (2020-2022); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, CLE Committee (Vice Chair, 2020-2021; Legal Advisor, 2021-2022); The Missouri Bar, Special Committee on Lawyers of Color (2019-2022) and Committee on Diversity (Chair, 2019-2022; Vice Chair, 2018-2019); and Circle of Red, American Heart Association.
