Hampden County Bar Assoc. Presents Awards at Annual Judicial Dinner

SPRINGFIELD — The Hampden County Bar Assoc. held its annual Judicial Dinner on April 23 at the Delaney House. The guest speaker was Massachusetts Senator Lydia Edwards, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Hampden County Bar Assoc. President Christopher Pierson of Bacon Wilson presented the Kent B. Smith Award to attorney Joe Smith III and Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Fitzgerald. The William T. Walsh Longevity Award was awarded to attorney L. Jeffrey Meehan of Doherty Wallace Pillsbury & Murphy.

During the event, the Hampden County Bar Assoc. president also presented judicial robes to newly appointed judges Mary Gallant-Cote, Amy Karangekis, William Powers IV, Shelly-Ann Sankar, and Thomas Townsend.