The New York County Lawyers' Association presented its 2017 Public Service Awards on Wednesday with a reception at its Vesey Street headquarters.

Michael McNamara, NYCLA president, left, and Catherine Christian, the event chair and special assistant District Attorney for external affairs as well as chief of the Elder Abuse Unit at Manhattan District Attorney's Office, second from left, joined honorees Mary Chris Greene, principal court attorney at Manhattan Supreme Court civil branch; Neil Corwin, executive assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District U.S Attorney's Office; Dafna Yoran, senior trial counsel at New York County District Attorney's Office; Daphne Schlick, director of New York Legal Assistance Group's consumer protection unit; Magda Rosa-Rios, citywide director of Tenants' Rights Coalition and acting attorney-in-charge at the Civil Practice's Harlem Community Law Office of the Legal Aid Society; Angela Albertus, division chief of family court division at New York City Law Department; and Elise Brown, deputy director and director of housing litigation at Mobilization for Justice.

The honorees were also joined by Justice Troy Webber of the Appellate Division, First Department, at right, who was the guest speaker at 27th annual ceremony.