The City Bar presented its Municipal Affairs Awards on June 21 to five assistant corporation counsel in the New York City Law Department. The awards recognize outstanding achievement as an assistant counsel in the Law Department and are intended to inspire public service among young attorneys. Pictured from left: Jerry Goldfeder, chair of the City Bar's New York City Affairs Committee; Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Manhattan District Attorney; Roger Juan Maldonado, New York City Bar Association president and partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell; William Brennan, Economic Development Division; Amber Thiel (awardee), Legal Counsel Division; Sandra Metallo-Barragan (awardee), E-Discovery Unit; Kavin Thadani (awardee), Special Federal Litigation Division; Matthew Ellias (awardee), Tort Division; Katherine Vogel (awardee), Family Court Division, and Zachary Carter, corporation counsel for the City of New York.