Continuing Legal Education Award

This award, selected by the Continuing Legal Education Committee, is presented for outstanding contributions to the State Bar's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program.

2012 Recipient

Kathleen A. McCarthy is the owner of The McCarthy Law Firm, which is devoted solely to the practice of family law. Ms. McCarthy has been a lawyer for 35 years, is a Fellow of the American Academy of  Matrimonial Lawyers, and is certified as a domestic relations specialist. Honors include: Best Lawyers in America, 1999-present (and earned the recognition as being named as the Best Lawyers' 2010 Tucson Family Lawyer of the Year); Super Lawyers of the Southwest, 2007-present; and Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. She currently serves on the State Bar of Arizona Family Law Advisory Commission, and is a member of the "Women's President's Organization. Prior service includes: State Bar CLE Committee (2009-2011); former co-chair of the Family Law Section of the Pima County Bar Association; former president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Arizona Chapter; past chair of the Family Law Council of the State Bar of Arizona; and past president of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Ms. McCarthy been a guest lecturer at the Judicial College for family law judges, has written a handbook on spousal maintenance for judges and frequently lectures and writes on family law related issues.

Prior Recipients

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