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The ABI Endowment and the Mariano Rivera Foundation Hit a Home Run for Puerto Rico
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On April 4, the ABI Endowment teamed up with former New York Yankee legend, Mariano Rivera, and his family foundation to raise much-needed funds to benefit hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. Thanks go to everyone that joined us at the New York Athletic Club and to all the sponsors that made this event such a success.
Premium Sponsors:

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Gold Sponsors: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; AlixPartners, LLC; EisnerAmper LLP; FTI Consulting, Inc.; Gavin/Solmonese; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; McGuireWoods LLP; Richards, Layton & Finger, PA; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; VR Capital Group and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Silver Sponsors: Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP; Court Solutions LLC; Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC; Michael Foreman; Phoenix Management Services; Polsinelli; and Reorg Research, Inc.
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With ABI past Presidents Jeff Pomerantz
and Gene Wedoff |
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With event host Russ Silberglied
(Richards Layton & Finger; Wilmington, Del.) |
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With ABI Director and Premium Sponsor Paul Deutch (Omni Management Group; New York) |
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With ABI Director Doug Foley
(McGuire-Woods LLP; Washington, D.C.) |
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More pictures from this event can be found here.
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Donors Honored at the Annual Spring Meeting
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Vice President-Development, Robert P. Reynolds (Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC), presented awards to members who have reached new milestones in giving at the Friday Luncheon of this year's Annual Spring Meeting.
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Donald A. Workman (BakerHostetler LLP) and Soneet R. Kapila (KapilaMukamal, LLP)
New Century Council Members |
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Richard P. Carmody
(Adams & Reese LLP)
New Visionary Member |
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Steven M. Berman
(Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP)
New Lifetime Member |
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Paul R. Hage
(Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss)
New Benefactor Member |
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ASM AUCTION WINNERS
The ABI Endowment held another successful silent auction at this year’s Annual Spring Meeting. Many thanks go to the generous donors. Congratulations — and thanks! — to our many winning bidders: Dawn M. Cica (Mushkin–Cica–Coppedge), Ford Elsaesser (Elsaesser Anderson Chtd.), Samuel Gerdano (American Bankruptcy Institute), Ted Gavin (Gavin/Solmonese LLC), Hon. Mary Jo Heston (U. S. Bankruptcy Court), Dillon E. Jackson (Foster Pepper PLLC), Jeffrey N. Pomerantz (Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP), Rory D. Whelehan (Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP), Deborah D. Williamson (Dykema Cox Smith), Donald A. Workman (BakerHostetler) and Oliver
Zurbel (BMC Group).
DESSERT RECEPTION AT ASM
ABI Endowment Fund members were treated to an invite-only Dessert Reception Friday Night at this year's Annual Spring Meeting. We thank sponsors Perkins Coie and Rust Omni for making this event possible.


Thanks Past ABI Presidents

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New Donor Recognized
The Endowment Fund recognizes and thanks the following for reaching new levels of giving:
New Leadership Club Member

James A. Peko
Grant Thornton LLP
Levels of Support
Millennium Level
Contributions of $50,000 and above
30th Anniversary Circle
Contributions of $30,000 – $49,999
Century Council Members
Contributions of $25,000 – $29,999
Visionary
Contributions of $20,000 – $24,999
Legacy
Contributions of $15,000 – $19,999
Lifetime Member
Contributions of $10,000 – $14,999
Benefactor
Contributions of $5,000 – $9,999
Sustaining Member
Contributions of $2,000 – $4,999
Leadership Club
Contributions of $1,000 – $1,999
Donors
Contributions of $100 – $999
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Endowment Fund Development Committee
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Vice President—Development:
Robert P. Reynolds
Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC
Committee Members:
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Jerry M. Markowitz
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Bradley D. Sharp
Development Specialists, Inc.
Kelly Beaudin Conlan
Alvarez & Marsal
Christopher A. Ward
Polsinelli
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Regional Endowment Chairs
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Mid-Atlantic
Chair: Christopher A. Ward – Polsinelli
Sam J. Alberts – Dentons
Ryan G. Foley – Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
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
James E. Van Horn – McGuireWoods LLP
Midwest
Chair: Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Reginald W. Jackson – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
James A. Lodoen – Lindquist & Vennum LLP
Claire Ann Resop – Steinhilber Swanson
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 – All Business Development Solutions, LLC
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South
Chair: Kristina M. Johnson – Jones Walker LLP
Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC
James R. Irving – Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Derek F. Meek – Burr & Forman LLP
James E. Smith – Williams Anderson PLC
Emily Campbell Taube – Burr & Forman LLP
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 – GCG
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
Chair: Bradley D. Sharp – Development Specialists, Inc.
Matthew Gates – Duff & Phelps, LLC
Scott Gautier – Robins Kaplan
Mitch Ryan – Donlin Recano & Company, Inc.
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