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Endowment Wine Event in the Big Apple
Wednesday, April 5
Join us for a special event from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Italian Wine Merchants in New York City (108 East 16th Street between Park Avenue South & Irving Place) for appetizers, cocktails & wine (6:30-7:00 p.m.) and a seated dinner (7:00-9:30 p.m.). Proceeds from the event will benefit the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund.
Thanks go to Rust Omni (premium sponsor), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (major sponsor), Eisner Amper LLP (major sponsor) and SSG Capital Advisors, LLC (sponsor) for making this event happen. Further sponsorship inquiries should be directed to Sharisa Sloan at ssloan@abi.org. This event is sure to sell out, so don’t delay!
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Winter Leadership Conference Auction
Special thanks go to the following members who won items at the silent auction at ABI’s Winter Leadership Conference in December: ABI Director Michael L. Bernstein of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Ronald L. Cohen of Seward & Kissel LLP, Melissa Davis of KapilaMukamal, LLP, ABI Director Hon. Michael A. Fagone of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine, Ryan G. Foley of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, ABI Vice President-Development Edward T. Gavin of Gavin/Solmonese LLC, ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano, Donna T. Parkinson of Parkinson Phinney, Jeffrey T. Sutton of Friedman, LLP, ABI Director Christopher A. Ward of Polsinelli and Rafael X.
Zahralddin-Aravena of Elliott Greenleaf. We also thank ABI Director Robert P. Reynolds of Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC for his auction donation.
Endowment Hockey Event
Hockey enthusiasts gathered in support of the Endowment at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadephia to watch the Flyers battle the visiting Washington Capitals on Dec. 21. It was a fun night of networking in the suite, which was generously donated by Gavin/Solmonese LLC and featured food and an open bar. ABI also thanks McGuireWoods LLP, Polsinelli and Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP for their sponsorship of this event.
7th Annual Steven M. yoder Memorial Golf Tournament
On Monday, May 15, 2017, The Hartefeld National Golf Club in Avondale, Pa., will host the 7th Annual Steven M. Yoder Memorial Golf Outing. Join us as we celebrate the life of our friend and ABI member, Steve Yoder, who passed away in 2011. Included in the cost: golf, boxed lunch, complimentary beverages and beer, with a cocktail hour and buffet dinner to follow. Proceeds of the golf outing benefit the Steven M. Yoder Children's Trust and the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund. Anyone interested in sponsoring this popular event should contact Sharisa Sloan at ssloan@abi.org. To register or learn more about this event, click here. |
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What the Fund Pays for
Prof. Andrew B. Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law (Miami) will serve as the Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar for the spring 2017 semester. Prof. Dawson teaches contracts, commercial law, secured transactions, bankruptcy and advanced topics in bankruptcy. His research has focused on the intersection of federal bankruptcy and labor laws, both in the corporate and municipal bankruptcy contexts. In addition to his scholarship in this field, Prof. Dawson has served as the reporter for the Labor and Benefits Subcommittee of ABI’s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. He will be based in ABI's Alexandria, Va., office, assisting ABI with its educational programming and in its role as the authoritative source of bankruptcy information for Congress, the media and the public. He is also a panelist at the ABI Annual
Spring Meeting.
Newest Donor roll
ABI thanks the latest donors who have joined a special group dedicated to advancing research of interest to the bankruptcy community.
New Visionary Member ($20K)
Robert J. Feinstein and Bradford J. Sandler
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
New Legacy Members ($15K)
Soneet R. Kapila
KapilaMukamal, LLP
New Benefactor ($5K)
Elizabeth A. Green
BakerHostetler
New Sustaining Members ($2K)
Thomas Michael Horan
Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC
Ericka F. Johnson
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
James E. Van Horn
McGuireWoods LLP
New Leadership Club ($1K)
Hon. John E. Waites
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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Endowment Fund Development Committee
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Vice President—Development:
Edward T. Gavin
Gavin/Solmonese LLC
Committee Members:
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Jerry M. Markowitz
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Robert P. Reynolds
Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC
Mitch Ryan
Donlin, Recano & Co., Inc.
Kelly Beaudin Stapleton
Alvarez & Marsal
Christopher A. Ward
Polsinelli
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Regional Endowment Chairs
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Mid-Atlantic
Chair: Christopher A. Ward – Polsinelli
Charles Forman – LeClairRyan, PC
Neil B. Glassman – Bayard, P.A.
Thomas M. Horan – Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin, LLC
Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC
Richard M. Meth – Fox Rothschild LLP
Midwest
Co-Chair: Claire Ann Resop – Steinhilber Swanson LLP
Co-Chair: Mark G. Stingley – Bryan Cave LLP
Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Reginald W. Jackson – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
James A. Lodoen – Lindquist & Vennum LLP
Scott Y. Stuart – Esquify, Inc.
Sheryl L. Toby – Dykema Gossett PLLC
New England
Chair: Jeffrey T. Varsalone – CBIZ MHM, LLC
New York Metro
Co-Chair: Lisa G. Beckerman – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Co-Chair: Allen D. Wilen – EisnerAmper LLP
Rocky Mountain
Co-Chair: Annette W. Jarvis – Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
Lynne Long – Summit Investment
Management LLC
South
Chair: Robert P. Reynolds – Reynolds,
Reynolds & Little, LLC
Lawrence R. Ahern III – Brown & Ahern
Chip Bowles – Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
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Richard P. Carmody – Adams and Reese LLP
Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC
Jennifer B. Kimble – Prime Clerk
Stephen P. Wheelis – Wheelis & Rozanski, APLC
Southeast
Chair: Jerry Markowitz – Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Terri L. Gardner – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Neil C. Gordon – Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Jennifer McLemore – Christian & Barton, LLP
Jennifer M. Meyerowitz – Garden City Group, LLC
Edward J. Peterson, III – Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, PA
Lynn Lewis Tavenner – Tavenner & Beran, PLC
Glenn Thompson – Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC
Texas & Southwest
Co-Chair: Jason S. Brookner – Gray Reed & McGraw, PC
Co-Chair: Scott Van Meter – Berkeley Research Group, LLC
Thomas H. Grace – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Jordan A. Kroop – Perkins Coie LLP
John Penn – Perkins Coie LLP
Thomas J. Salerno – Stinson Leonard Street LLP
West
Co-Chair: Mitch Ryan – Donlin Recano & Company, Inc.
Matthew Gates – Duff & Phelps, LLC
Scott Gautier – Robins Kaplan LLP
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