Mary Kay Vyskocil, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York and a former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the same court, speaks after receiving the John J. Murphy Award at the Annual St. Johns University School of Law Alumni Association Luncheon on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Manhattan Center. In back are, from left, Brian J. Woods, Associate Dean for Law School Advancement; Margaret V. Turano, who received the school's Lifetime Achievement Award, and law school Dean Michael A. Simons.