Szaferman Lakind Named Freedom Award Finalist

LAWRENCE, N.J., May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein and Blader, P.C. of Lawrenceville, New Jersey is a finalist for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is the DoD's highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of their employees serving in the Guard and Reserve. Szaferman Lakind is one of only 30 finalists selected from 4,049 nominations received earlier this year from Guard and Reserve service members or their families.

Szaferman Lakind was nominated by Robert Stevens, an employee in the Army National Guard. Szaferman Lakind pledged its full support when Mr. Stevens was deployed to Iraq just two months after they hired him as an attorney. The firm kept in close contact with his wife and two young children and provided him a computer with a video camera so he could communicate with his family. "This is truly a great example of a small business that has supported the military in every way possible," Stevens said.

Barry Szaferman, the firm's managing partner, said, "Our firm is honored to be selected by the DoD as a Freedom Award finalist, and we are honored to have an employee who serves our country as Bob Stevens does. Bob does the hard part, we just do what we believe is right."

A national selection board comprised of senior defense officials, business leaders and prior awardees will select 15 recipients for the 2011 Freedom Award. The DoD is expected to announce the award recipients in early summer. Since 1996, only 145 companies have been presented the Freedom Award.

About Szaferman Lakind: Founded in 1977, the Law Office of Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C. serves individuals, small businesses, institutions and other organizations throughout New Jersey For more information about Szaferman Lakind visit www.szaferman.com, or contact Nancy Street, at 609-275-0400, ext.230 or by email at [email protected].

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