The Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism and the Standing Committee on Professionalism named Second Circuit Chief Judge Jonathan Sjostrom the 2021 William M. Hoeveler Judicial Professionalism Award winner.

The award recognizes an active judge who best exemplifies strength of character, service, and competence as a jurist, lawyer, and public servant.

Since 2002, Chief Judge Sjostrom has been a member of the judiciary. He earned his law degree from Florida State University College of Law with honors and was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1989. He began his legal career with Steel Hector & Davis, one of Florida’s oldest law firms, in Miami and Tallahassee, predominately in the areas of business, civil rights, public utilities, and government procurement litigation.