Criminal defense attorney Peter Quijano of Quijano & Ennis, center, received the 2017 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit on Tuesday, September 26. He was presented with the award at a special ceremony at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse.

From left: Robert Katzmann, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Quijano; and Judges Richard Wesley and Denny Chin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The American Inns of Court is dedicated to excellence, civility, professionalism and ethics in the practice of law.