Lesley Rosenthal, left, the executive vice president and general counsel of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, was honored with the New York State Bar Association's Root/Stimson Award.

Bar president Sharon Stern Gerstman presented the award earlier this month at the association's House of Delegates meeting in Cooperstown.

The award, given by the Committee on Annual Award, honors an attorney for exemplary community service.

Lesley Rosenthal, left, the executive vice president and general counsel of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, was honored with the New York State Bar Association's Root/Stimson Award.