Fordham Law alumnus Kevin McKernan received the 2017 Sullivan-Murphy Award, named after two Fordham grads, on Jan. 29.
McKernan, a graduate of Fordham Law, worked as an intern when Sullivan was the District Attorney. He then became Murphy’s Assistant District Attorney for eight years.
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“I am truly humbled,” McKernan said. “They taught me lessons in law and in life. Those mentors taught me something I could carry with me to this day. They were tremendous D.A.’s as everyone knows, but they were even finer gentlemen.”
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“It’s really just a tremendous honor and it’s hard to put in to words,” McKernan said. “This day is a very special day for me.”