PRESS RELEASE
For
Immediate Release
July 31, 2003
TWO U.S. TRUSTEE PROGRAM EMPLOYEES ARE HONORED
WASHINGTON,
D.C.–Two employees of the United States Trustee Program
were among those honored yesterday at the Justice Department’s
51st Annual Awards Ceremony at Constitution Hall
in Washington, D.C. More than 140 Justice Department employees,
along with 21 other federal employees and law enforcement
officers, received awards at the ceremony.
Clifford
J. White III, Deputy Director of the Executive Office for
U.S. Trustees in Washington, D.C., received the Department’s
second highest award, the Attorney General’s Award for
Distinguished Service. The Department presented 13 Distinguished
Service Awards this year. White received the award for his
extraordinary leadership of the U.S. Trustee Program’s
fraud fighting efforts and his superior management of program
activities.
Martha
J. Watson, a Legal Clerk in the U.S. Trustee Program’s
Norfolk, Va., office, was one of two Department employees
to receive the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence
in Legal Support (Legal Secretary). She was recognized for
her dedication and accomplishments, which have been critical
to the Norfolk office’s transition to electronic case
filing.
“The
honors bestowed upon Cliff White and Martha Watson by the
Attorney General are a testimony to the U.S. Trustee Program’s
phenomenal success with its National Civil Enforcement Initiative,”
stated Lawrence Friedman, Director of the Executive Office
for U.S. Trustees. “These awards recognize that all
Program employees play essential parts in our enforcement
activities, from Cliff’s role in planning and directing
our fraud-fighting efforts to Martha’s role in reviewing
each case in detail. On behalf of the entire Program, I extend
my congratulations to these two creative, dedicated, and hard-working
employees.”
Clifford
J. White III has served as Deputy Director for the Executive
Office for U.S. Trustees since March 2001. Prior to that,
he served as Assistant U.S. Trustee for the Program’s
office in Greenbelt, Md.; as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
and as counsel in the U.S. Information Agency and the Office
of Personnel Management. He graduated with honors from George
Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
Martha
Watson joined the Program seven years ago, after working as
a paralegal for a Chapter 7 trustee for four years. She graduated
from Old Dominion University in Norfolk with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Paralegal Certificate.
The U.S. Trustee Program is a component of the Justice Department
that protects the integrity of the bankruptcy system by overseeing
case administration and litigating to enforce the bankruptcy
laws. The Program has 21 regions and 95 field offices.
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