The Connecticut Bar Association’s 2019 “Celebrate with the Stars” event will take place Thursday, April 11, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville to honor 14 winners of Bar awards this year. The event will also honor attorneys marking their 50th anniversary of admission to practice in Connecticut.

Awardees this year include Hon. William I. Garfinkel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Bridgeport. Garfinkel will receive the Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award, in honor of the late Superior Court judge and the first president of the Connecticut Judges Association, honoring substantial contributions to the administration of justice in Connecticut.