Leon Silver, center, and Judge Roxanne Song Ong, far right, are two of the honorees of the YWCA Leadership Awards. Photo taken at Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Dec. 9, 2013.

Leon Silver, center, and Judge Roxanne Song Ong, far right, are two of the honorees of the YWCA Leadership Awards. Photo taken at Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Dec. 9, 2013.

This month, the Arizona YWCA announced whom it is honoring this year for leadership in the community. I’m pleased to report that among the honorees are a few members of the bar.

Congratulations to Judge Roxanne Song Ong, Presiding Judge of the Phoenix Municipal Court, and Leon Silver, a partner at Poilsinelli.

Judge Song Ong was honored as a leader in public service, Silver as a leader in advocacy.

On Monday evening, that announcement was made at a cocktail reception at the Ritz-Carlton. The bigger-deal event will be a formal dinner on February 1 (also at the R-C).

More detail on the February 1 dinner (and names of all the honorees) is here.