Center for Ethics & Public Service to Recognize Judge Hoeveler With Award in His Name

The University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics and Public Service will honor Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Hoeveler with its First Annual William M. Hoeveler Award for ethics and leadership in the legal profession at a special reception Thursday, April 18, at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Miami.

"The Hoeveler Award is being established by the Center to honor devotion to ethics and leadership not only in the bar and bench, but also in the civic community," said Prof. Anthony Alfieri, director of the Center for Ethics and Public Service.

An adjunct professor at the Law School since 1995, Judge Hoeveler serves as on the advisory board of the Center for Ethics and Public Service. He was appointed to the Federal Bench in 1977, and chaired the Standing Committee on Professionalism for the Florida Bar from 1992-94. He was named best district judge in the Eleventh Circuit by The American Lawyer in 1983, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Miami Jewish Federation in 1991.

Recently honored with the Miami-Dade County Commission for Ethics and Public Trust's Arête Award, the Center also recognizes the contributions of those in the legal profession with its Lawyers in Leadership Award.