A founding partner of one of the state's largest law firms and the counsel to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the district of New Jersey will receive top honors for professionalism this fall.

Edward Deutsch, of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, will receive this year's Daniel J. O'Hern Award. John M. Fietkiewicz, who is the U.S. Attorney's Office's criminal professional responsibility officer and oversees the trial supervision program, is this year's Charles J. Hollenbeck Award winner. Both awards are presented by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, a collaborative of the state and federal courts, the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and the state's law schools.

They will be celebrated at the commission's annual event, scheduled for Nov. 9 in Somerset. The gathering will also feature the presentation of Professional Lawyer of the Year Awards to attorneys from each of the county and affinity bar associations. Past NJSBA President Miles S. Winder III was selected as the association's honoree.