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Carey Haughwout, longtime Palm Beach County Public Defender and former FACDL president, was honored with the Steven M. Goldstein Criminal Justice Award for her decades of service, advocacy, and leadership in Florida’s criminal justice system.
Carey Haughwout, who served as Palm Beach County’s Public Defender for 24 years, has received the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (FACDL) highest honor — the Steven M. Goldstein Criminal Justice Award — recognizing her decades of leadership, courtroom excellence, and impact on criminal justice reform in Florida.
The award was presented at FACDL’s Annual Meeting in June by former FACDL President Brian Tannebaum, who praised Haughwout as “a mentor and inspiration to a generation of defense attorneys.”
