Clockwise from top left, this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winners include Judge Michael R. Sheldon, Connecticut Appellate Court; Charles L. Howard, Shipman & Goodwin; Maria Luisa de Castro Foden, De Castro Foden; Stanley N. Bergman, Withers Bergman; James A. Wade, Robinson & Cole; and Richard A. Silver, Silver Golub & Teitell.
This year's Connecticut Law Tribune Professional Excellence Awards brought the legal community together to celebrate some of the most exciting new names in Connecticut law, as well as some of the most respected veterans of the business. Among the best-received honorees in this year's programs were the winners in the Lifetime Achievement Award category, which highlighted six of the state's most highly regarded attorneys. The Connecticut Law Tribune is proud to continue to salute these lawyers, who represent the best of the best.