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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2008 Contact: Stephanie Perry The Honorable Larry E. McKeeman Receives Outstanding Judge Award(SEATTLE) — The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) announces that Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Larry E. McKeeman will be honored with the 2008 Outstanding Judge Award. This award is presented for outstanding service to the bench and for special contribution to the legal profession at any level of the court. WSBA President Stan Bastian will present the award at the WSBA Annual Awards Dinner, to be held on September 18, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt Seattle Hotel. Judge McKeeman received his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. He began practice as a prosecutor for the Snohomish County Prosecutor's office, then worked for the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and the King County Prosecutor's Office and as chief of the criminal division of the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office before being appointed to the Snohomish County Superior Court bench. He began his career as a superior court judge in 1991, and has served for seventeen years. Currently, Judge McKeeman is serving his third term as presiding judge of Snohomish County Superior Court. He also served on the Children's Justice Interdisciplinary Task Force, the Statewide Leadership Council on Adolescent Treatment, the Board for Judicial Administration, and currently serves on the Bench-Bar-Press Committee of Washington. He was chair of and is a member of the court's Drug Treatment Court Committee. He is currently a member of the County Law and Justice Council and on the Best Practices Committee of the Superior Court Judges' Association. Previously, Judge McKeeman was honored with the Snohomish County Judge of the Year Award in 1995. Judge McKeeman initiated Snohomish County's At Risk Youth Drug Treatment Court, and presided over that court from 2001-2006. He credits much of the success of ARYDTC to his wife, Cynthia, and their two children, for their patience and support in allowing him the opportunity to pursue the creation and implementation of the program. His wife has said that he would go so far as to schedule family vacations around drug court. Their elder child recently completed her first year in law school. "Judge McKeeman goes the extra mile on and off the bench," wrote Seattle attorney Lisa Moore in her nomination letter. "After seventeen years on the bench, he continues to maintain the highest of judicial standards that benefit not only the citizens of the State of Washington, but all bar members and the issues they bring before him." About the Washington State Bar Association # # # |