Debevoise & Plimpton partner Eric Dinallo received an award by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio from the American Institute for Stuttering at its 11th Annual Freeing Voices Changing Lives benefit gala Monday at Guastavino’s in Manhattan.

Dinallo, who was New York State Superintendent of Insurance from 2007 to 2009, became a national voice for ensuring consumer and policy holder protection.