Judge McEwen Honored
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Judge Catherine Peek McEwen '82 addressed the Stetson Law Review banquet on Nov. 20. Judge McEwen is this year's J. Ben Watkins Award recipient. Click for high-resolution image.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine Peek McEwen was honored with the J. Ben Watkins Award at the Stetson Law Review Banquet on Nov. 20 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Judge McEwen’s distinguished legal career includes being named the first female judge to serve in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Tampa Division. A 1982 Stetson Law graduate, Judge McEwen is frequently an advocate for people who cannot afford legal representation. She helped create a video for the Bankruptcy Pro Bono Pro Se Assistance Project with a grant from The Florida Bar Foundation. Working with the project, the bankruptcy court, Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association and Bay Area Legal Services volunteered time to assist people in bankruptcy matters.
The Watkins Award is presented annually in honor of J. Ben Watkins, a 1949 graduate of Stetson Law who still actively practices law and was instrumental in founding the Stetson Law Review. The Stetson Law Review is a premier academic journal published three times per year. Each issue is presented in a symposium format addressing contemporary legal topics.
Post date: Nov. 20, 2009
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