{"id":320,"date":"2008-12-17T14:34:57","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T19:34:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-29T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T20:29:25","slug":"benjamin-h-hill-iii-honored-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2008\/12\/17\/benjamin-h-hill-iii-honored-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin H. Hill III Honored for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact Brandi Palmer<br \/>Manager of Media Relations<br \/>727-562-7381<br \/>palmer@law.stetson.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin H. Hill III was awarded the Stetson University College of Law J. Ben Watkins Award for Excellence in the Legal Profession during the <em>Stetson Law Review<\/em> banquet on Nov. 21 in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>Hill is past president of the Florida Bar, the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, and the Hillsborough County Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>Hill has received numerous professional recognitions throughout his distinguished legal career including the Florida Lawyer of the Year award, the George C. Carr Memorial Award for Excellence in Federal Practice, the Tampa Inn of Court Professionalism Award, the Hillsborough County Bar Association Outstanding Lawyer Award, the Hillsborough County Bar Trial Lawyers Section In the Trenches Award and the Florida Bar Solo and General Practice Section Tradition of Excellence Award. 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