Local businesses receive awards

Michael P. Shea, partner, and Erick M. Sandler, associate, both in the Day Pitney's Commercial Litigation practice, have each received a Connecticut Bar Association Pro Bono Award. Shea and Sandler were two of the five Pro Bono Award recipients honored at the Bench/Bar Awards Luncheon during the CBA's annual meeting on June 9. Sandler lives in Longmeadow with his wife and two daughters and graduated from Longmeadow High School.

Carlson GMAC Real Estate's Wilbraham office announced recently that it has received the prestigious Premier Service "Diamond Elite" national award for providing superior customer service to home buyers and sellers in the Wilbraham/Western Massachusetts area. The Premier Service Diamond Elite award was presented to Mary Roncalli, Manager of the Carlson GMAC Wilbraham Office, by GMAC Home Services' President and CEO Judy O'Brien at the company's national business conference hosted in Las Vegas in April.