Twenty-First Annual Thomas E. Dewey Medal Presentation

The Association presents its annual Thomas E. Dewey Medal, awarded to outstanding assistant district attorneys in each of the District Attorney’s offices within New York City and the Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York.

This year’s award recipients are:

Wanda Perez-Maldonado, Bronx County

David C. Kelly, Kings County

Robert Ferrari, New York County (posthumously)

Sun Moo Ann Heo, Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor

Jonathan A. Selkowe, Queens County

Victoria Levin, Richmond County

Welcome by:
Muhammad U. Faridi, President, New York City Bar Association

Awards Presented by:
Thomas E. L. Dewey, Chair, Dewey Medal Committee

Among prosecutors in New York County, Thomas E. Dewey is remembered as having ushered in the era in which the District Attorney’s office has been staffed by professional prosecutors chosen on merit rather than through political patronage. Dewey first came to the public’s attention as a prosecutor in the 1930s, and was elected District Attorney of New York County, where he served one term before resigning to run for governor. The awards are made possible by the generosity of the firm of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP.