2007 Stetson Valedictorian Joins Henderson Franklin

Fort Myers, FL, May 14, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Traci T. McKee has joined the Tort and Insurance Litigation Department and will work out of its Fort Myers office.

Before graduating valedictorian of Stetson in December 2007, McKee was the Executive Editor of the Stetson Law Review. At graduation, she was honored with the Walter Mann Award, as well as the Elizabeth M. Leeman Award, which is given to a member of the graduating class with the best published law review article, entitled "Resurrecting the Rights of the Unclaimed Dead: A Case for Regulating the New Phenomenon of Cadaver Trafficking," 36 Stetson L. Rev. 843 (2007). McKee was also a member of Stetson's Moot Court Board, traveling to Vienna, Austria, to compete in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

Prior to attending law school, McKee worked as a claims specialist for State Farm Insurance Company and as a summer associate with Henderson Franklin for two years before joining as an associate. McKee also served as a federal judicial intern for the Honorable John E. Steele, United States District Court Judge for the Middle District of Florida.

Henderson Franklin is one of the largest law firms between Tampa and Miami with 60 attorneys practicing in the areas of business and tax planning, estate planning and administration, divorce and family law, land use and environmental law, commercial and civil litigation, workers' compensation, employment law and real estate. One of the state's oldest firms, Henderson Franklin was founded in Fort Myers in 1924 and currently operates offices in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs and Sanibel Island. For more information on McKee or Henderson Franklin, please visit www.henlaw.com.

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