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L.A. Wine Dinner: A Great Endowment Tradition
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Join ABI on October 3rd for what has become an elegant tradition benefitting the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund. ABI is again joining forces with Upstairs 2 at Los Angeles’s premier wine purveyor — the Wine House — to bring you an unparalleled dining experience.
Upstairs 2 promises an exceptional event, with wine and its marriage to food to be long-remembered. The Chef de Cuisine will custom-design a multi-course wine-pairing dinner enhanced by creative preparation and highlighted by seasonal ingredients.This event will sell out!
Sponsors:
Development Specialists Inc., Donlin Recano, East West Bank and FTI Consulting, Inc.
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Rates:
$2,000 for a table (includes 8 tickets)
$1,200 for half a table (includes 4 tickets)
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Second Annual Golf & Tennis Outing in New Jersey
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ABI will co-host the Second Annual GSCA/NYIC/ABI Golf & Tennis Outing on Sept. 24 at Cedar Hill Country Club in Livingston, N.J. The picturesque course features “twin” Par 3s, with the 10th playing straight downhill and the 16th recapturing the Clubhouse level. From the back tees, the course measures 6,447 yards and plays to a slope rated 129. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Sarah Kunhs; more information will be posted later at abi.org/events.
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Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Silent Auction
Thank you to the following auction partipants at the Central States Bankruptcy Workshop:
Auction Donors: A. Todd Almassian, Keller & Almassian, PLC (Grand Rapids, MI); Carla Andres & Tim Nixon, Godfrey & Kahn SC (Green Bay, WI); Richard E. Kruger, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (Southfield, MI); Richard S. Lauter, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP (Chicago, IL); James A. Lodoen, Ballard Spahr LLP (Minneapolis, MN); Evelyn Meltzer, Pepper Hamilton LLP (Wilmington, DE); Richard D. Nelson, Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC (Cincinnati, OH); Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP (Chicago, IL); and Hon. Mary Ann Whipple, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Toledo, OH).
Auction Winners: Donald Allen, Mawicke & Goisman, SC (Milwaukee, WI); E. Phillip Groben, Gensburg Calandriello & Kanter, P.C. (Chicago, IL); John W. Guzzardo, Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered (Chicago, IL); Jeffrey S. Hokanson, Ice Miller LLP (Indianapolis, IN); Richard E. Kruger, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (Southfield, MI); Alan D. Lasko, Alan D. Lasko & Associates PC (Chicago, IL); Brittany S. Ogden, Quarles Brady (Madison, WI); James D. Sweet, Steinhilber Swanson LLP (Madison, WI); Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP (Chicago, IL); Eric E. Walker, Perkins Coie LLP (Chicago, IL); Hon. Mary Ann Whipple, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Toledo, OH); and Barbara L. Yong, Golan Christie Taglia, LLP (Chicago, IL).
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Donate Tax-Deductible Items to ABI's Amazon Wish List!
Looking for a unique way to give to the Endowment? Donating silent auction items is a great way to support the ABI Endowment Fund! Don’t know what to donate? Possible items have been selected and are available for purchase at amazon.com under a special ABI Wish List. Pick out items now for silent auctions that will be held at upcoming summer conferences (find out more information at abi.org/events), and be sure to place your own bids
at those conferences.
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
Pledges at the Leadership Club level and up are payable over up to five years.
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Endowment Fund Development Committee
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Vice President—Development:
Robert P. Reynolds
Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC
Committee Members:
Kelly Beaudin Conlan
Alvarez & Marsal
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Jerry M. Markowitz
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Bradley D. Sharp
Development Specialists, Inc.
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 – Fox Rothschild LLP
Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC
Richard M. Meth
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 (US) 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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