JUDGE TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL JUDICIAL SERVICE PRO BONO AWARD
Judge Timothy J. Corrigan
The Hon. Timothy J. Corrigan, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville, is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award. The award, which honors outstanding and sustained service to the public especially as it relates to support of pro bono legal services, will be presented by Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz in a Jan. 16 ceremony streamed live by the Supreme Court of Florida.
Since his admission to the Bar in 1982, Judge Corrigan been an ardent supporter of pro bono services and access to justice for the underserved in Florida. Within five years of his admission to the Bar, he was serving on the board of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, and in 1991 he was recognized by the Jacksonville Bar Association for his pro bono service.
Upon joining the federal bench, Judge Corrigan pivoted from taking pro bono cases on his own to encouraging lawyers to take pro bono cases. Each of the hundreds, if not thousands, of lawyers for whom Judge Corrigan has administered the oath of admission to The Florida Bar has heard him speak about the importance of pro bono service, often illustrating his message with examples of litigants who have appeared before him alongside their pro bono counsel.
Judge Corrigan is also a longtime supporter of The Florida Bar Foundation (now known as Funding Florida Legal Aid). As such, he filmed a segment for the organization’s One Promise campaign, which asks every Florida lawyer to pledge to take at least one pro bono case every year.
From November 2020 through November 2024, Judge Corrigan served as chief judge for the Middle District of Florida. Even with the significant administrative demands of this role, Judge Corrigan continued to serve an active role, including serving as vice-chair, on the board of Daniel Inc., which provides services to at-risk children.
In recognition of his commitment to the ideals of justice and the mission of professionalism, Judge Corrigan received the 2024 William M. Hoeveler Judicial Professionalism Award.
Note: Support of pro bono legal services by members of the bench is an activity that relates to improvement of the administration of justice. Accordingly, a judge may engage in activities intended to encourage attorneys to perform pro bono services, including, but not limited to participating in events to recognize attorneys who do pro bono work, establishing general procedural or scheduling accommodations for pro bono attorneys as feasible, and acting in an advisory capacity to pro bono programs.
This year’s awards ceremony, which also honors Individual, Circuit, Voluntary Bar, Law Firm, Young Lawyers Division and Distinguished Judicial Service, pro bono efforts, takes place at the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 3:30 p.m. Watch it live on Facebook, WFSU: Gavel to Gavel and the Florida Channel.e at the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 3:30 p.m. Watch it live on Facebook, WFSU: Gavel to Gavel and the Florida Channel.
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