Eleven Suffolk County prosecutors, victim-witness advocates, civilian investigators, and support staff will be honored tonight at an awards ceremony recognizing their achievements during the past year.

The seventh annual Suffolk Awards will be held this evening at Suffolk University Law School. Instituted by District Attorney Daniel F. Conley during his first year in office, the awards are based upon nominations by office staff and come with a $1,000 bonus. They honor members of a public safety agency that is chronically underfunded and understaffed but responsible for more than 40,000 criminal cases each year.

Awards are presented to outstanding district and superior court staff. Prosecutors assigned to Conley’s Superior Court trial teams are eligible for awards named after prior district attorneys Newman Flanagan and Ralph C. Martin II. Members of the office are also eligible for awards named after former Boston City Councilor Brian J. Honan and murdered gang prosecutor Paul R. McLaughlin. The latter has only been presented twice in its history.

Past Suffolk Award recipients include Assistant District Attorney David Deakin, who most recently prosecuted the man once known as Clark Rockefeller; David Meier, who as chief of Conley’s Homicide Unit worked to reverse the convictions of innocent men imprisoned for crimes they did not commit and, in two cases, went on to obtain the convictions of the true guilty parties; and Chief Trial Counsel Patrick Haggan, who earned the distinction of prosecuting the longest trial in Suffolk County history and obtaining four first-degree murder convictions at its conclusion.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. inside 120 Tremont St. Members of the media are welcome to attend.