Darryl Gibbs, second to left, receives the Trailblazer Award Monday at the New York State Bar Association’s annual meeting. Gibbs is the lead director and associate general counsel of contract management at AXA Equitable Life Insurance.

Honoring Gibbs at the Hilton New York Midtown Hotel are, from left to right: David M. Schraver, NYSBA president; Kenneth Standard, past NYSBA president; and the chairwomen of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Sherry Levin Wallach and Rosevelie Marquez Morales.