NEWS RELEASE
February 24, 2020
Contact: Lauren Butz at (502) 583-5314 or lbutz@loubar.org

Gwendolyn Horton to Receive Trailblazer Award

LOUISVILLE: On Thursday, February 27, the Louisville Bar Association’s Diversity Committee will hold a reception to honor Gwendolyn Horton, an attorney in the Legal Aid Society’s Housing & Government Benefits Section, with the Justice William E. McAnulty Jr. Trailblazer Award. Named in memory of the first African American to sit on the Kentucky Supreme Court, the award honors those who have had a significant impact in improving racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession.

Ms. Horton, a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, has long dedicated her career to public service. In the 1970s, she was one of the first women to serve as an FBI agent. She has also been an attorney for the Kentucky Human Rights Commission and the Louisville Metro Public Defender’s Office. In her current role at Legal Aid, she is a calm and steady advocate for those facing eviction, homelessness and other dire situations. “Her work is absolutely critical to this agency and to our community,” noted Executive Director Neva Polley Scott. “She keeps people living in their homes instead of on the streets on 20 degree freezing nights.”

During the program, Central High School Law & Government essay contest winners and the recipient of this year’s Legal Opportunity Scholarship will also be recognized.

The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will take place on February 27 at 5:00 p.m. at the Louisville Bar Center (600 W. Main St., Ste.110) immediately following the LBA’s Black History Month program which begins at 2:30 p.m. and features a screening of the biopic, Harriet.

About the Louisville Bar Association
The Louisville Bar Association is Kentucky’s oldest continuously operating bar association and is among the 40 largest local bars in the country with over 2,700 members and subscribers. The association’s mission is to promote justice and professional excellence and respect for the law, improve public access to the judicial system, provide law-related services to the community, and serve its members.

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