The 21st Annual Abely Awards were presented Monday by Sanctuary for Families Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

From left, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore presented the Abely Pro Bono Achievement Award to Richard Rothman, senior counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and the Abely Award for Leading Women and Children to Safety to Ronnie Eldridge, a journalist and a powerful advocate for social justice for more than six decades.