The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law will again honor individuals who uphold the profession's highest ideals and who have accomplished outstanding career achievement.

This year's winners include a criminal defense attorney who litigated high-profile cases over a 50-year career, a senior appellate counsel in the Appeals Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, and a retired judge and attorney who helped launch the hospice movement through landmark right-to-die cases. This year marks the commission's 25th anniversary.

Joseph A. Hayden Jr., a partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden in Hackensack, will receive the 2020 Daniel J. O'Hern Award. Sabrina G. Comizzoli, senior appellate counsel in the appeals division in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, will receive the 2020 Charles J. Hollenbeck Award. The Lighthouse Award will be given to retired Judge Paul W. Armstrong.