IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE 2020 ANNUAL REPORT President’s Message A Foundation of Innovation • renters with pandemic-related housing in a Year of Crisis issues, trying to avoid homelessness; 2020 ended far differently than it began. • consumers facing unmanageable debt We kicked off the year with a high-spirited collection issues; Fellows Dinner, hugs and handshakes all around for our Lifetime Achievement • emergency legal assistance for victims Award winner Bob Haig, enjoyable of domestic violence sheltering in place conversations with Chief Judge Janet with their abusers; and DiFiore, and Chinese New Year fortunes • those seeking sustenance income, health traded amongst ourselves. We ended it care, and food stamps. on a much more somber note, having lost President Lesley Rosenthal several Fellows to illness, conducting our The Foundation also awarded NYSBA addresses NYSBA House of business entirely remotely, and planning support for its pathbreaking Unemployment Delegates the “virtual” 2021 dinner. Insurance Pro Bono Assistance Network Chief Judge of the United States Circuit project. With the arrival of a global pandemic Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, that would send millions to hospitals Also in 2020, the Foundation added its I presented a summary of Foundation’s and millions more to the unemployment voice to the national reckoning with racial work to the Circuit Judicial Conference, lines, the Foundation acted quickly, injustice and set forth an action plan. With detailing how our grants enhance women’s raising nearly $100,000 for a COVID- pro bono research assistance by Cahill access to justice in our state, through 19 Emergency Legal Relief Fund. Sparked Gordon & Reindel, our Racial Justice assistance with domestic violence, family, by the energy and humanitarian concern Working Group’s report affirmed that and immigration matters and more. of our board, propelled by the round-the- racial justice is a core element of a rule- The Foundation’s spirit of nimbleness and clock efforts of our extraordinary staff, and of-law society. The report, unanimously innovation matches that of our grantees. fueled by the generous support of Sections adopted by the board, detailed egregious Annually we provide close to three- and individual donors, the Foundation has structural inequities and identified eight quarters-of-a-million dollars in seed monies funded 27 grants for essential programs areas in which the Foundation may make to pathbreaking legal services programs all around the state, including: productive investments to advance racial addressing the most urgent legal needs of equality, including through education, • seniors, medically fragile individuals, our times. Our online giving campaigns healthcare, and housing and homelessness and first responders seeking advanced assist victims of natural disasters, migrant planning, such as wills, living wills, health initiatives. children separated at the border, and care proxies and powers of attorney; veterans in need. This year we also Our strong bond of trust with Chief Judge revitalized our website, making our DiFiore inspires us to continue to administer • small businesses working to preserve case for support ever more compelling, and grow the Catalyst program, this employment critical to the fabric of illustrative, and easy to navigate. neighborhoods by renegotiating year alone providing 60 funded summer commercial lease and rent modifications; fellowships to students from every law Our founders 70 years ago and our school in the state to learn the ropes of leadership since then have bequeathed • HIV-positive and LGBTQ immigrants public interest law. This year we also to us a solid economic base from which seeking release from detention because administered 15 Section fellowships and to do the public good. Our partners at of the virus; scholarships. the NYSBA, the Sections, the House of Delegate members, and Fellows provide • laid-off Latinx workers compromised by 2020 also marked the centenary of additional support upon which to build limited access to relief programs; women’s suffrage. At the invitation of the 2 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Table of Contents 2 | President’s Message 4 | Message to The Fellows

5 | Thank You 6 | Grant Highlights 10 | Gratitude in Action 13 | Fellows Elect New Leadership 15 | Meet the Fellows 16 | Welcome New Fellows 17 | Thank You to the Fellows 19 | New Website 20 | Foundation Board Welcomes Two New Members 21 | Legacy Members our efforts. Our endowment provides a James Barnes and Vice Chairs Lauren permanent source of funding for new Wachtler and Don Doerr, the Fellows 22 | Foundation Rallied For Frontline programs and initiatives. Our recent have revitalized district leadership and Workers, the Unemployed, re-launching of the Legacy Society provides engaged Fellows across the state. and Others Afflicted by the Pandemic bequests and planned gifts that build upon 24 | Circle of Giving Members that nest egg. Prudent investment of our With this, my final Annual Report message endowment has generated healthy returns as President, I look back upon my three 25 | The Fellows by Judicial District years as President and 12 years of service in 2020, helping enlarge the corpus 30 | Foundation Commits to Act on Racial after our 4% spend rate for future years of on the board with gratitude and pride. Justice as Part of Its Rule of Law grantmaking. This year, we have added Please join me in thanking my immediate Efforts 38 new Fellows. We celebrated many predecessors Cris Cioffi and John Gross; 31 | Foundation Salvaged Meaningful Circle moves and welcomed inaugural in sharing my supreme confidence in my successors Carla Palumbo and Hon. Cheryl Experiences for Students in a members of our new Presidential Circle at Pandemic Summer the $75,000 level. Chambers; in expressing utter astonishment at the hard work of our peerless executive 34 | Grant Program We have also built upon our award- team of Deborah Auspelmyer and Leigh 35 | 2020 Grantees by Judicial District winning good governance practices, Dorr; and in saluting our world-class corps improving our compact and annual self- of officers and directors. It has been the 36 | Leadership and Governance evaluation measurements and enhancing privilege of a lifetime to serve with such 37 | 2020 Gifts of Distinction our bylaws to include term limits and seats great and visionary leaders in this period at the table for younger lawyers. We of challenge and progress. 41 | Remembering Fellows have introduced a matrix for assessing 42 | Program Overview existing capabilities, demographics, Warmly, and geography of our board, for our Nominating Committee to continue to diversify our directorate.

The Fellows of the New York Bar Foundation continued to step up in exemplary ways. Lesley F. Rosenthal With a new leadership team of Chair President www.tnybf.org | 3 A Message to The Fellows

challenge, speaks volumes to the generosity even non-attorneys steadfastly support this of the best our profession has to offer. campaign to provide help for those who have served our beloved country. Uncertain of the impact of the pandemic, we set our We reached out to you again during goals modestly, but were not surprised the early summer, when we realized when the 2020 campaign netted by far the that we would not be able to gather in highest total in its history. Cooperstown and hold our annual basket auction. Flexibility and adaptability became requirements in the past year, so we pivoted Reflection and gratitude. We are thankful for our amazing health care professionals who stood on the front lines since day 1. Your donations for We are grateful for the incredible work those truly in need of scientists to guide our communities and during a time of likely discover a vaccine. personal challenge, speaks volumes to the As I conclude my first year as Fellows Chair, I sincerely appreciate each of you, for the Sending along my best to all of the Fellows generosity of the best sacrifices you have made this year, and your for a happy and healthy 2021! In light of our profession has to willingness to meet the challenges faced by the hardship endured in 2020 across the those in need of legal services. globe, I believe the right place to begin this offer. message is with reflection and gratitude. Through challenging and difficult times, we Thank you! often see stronger bonds forged through fire. by issuing a challenge to the judicial districts across the state for a special fundraising campaign that would support our ongoing As Chair of the Fellows, I have personally COVID-19 fund. As the months progressed, witnessed the outpouring of support offered it became ever apparent that our friends at by you, the champions of our Foundation, legal services organizations across the state during this pandemic, and it has been were seeing unique legal challenges arise immense. Each time the Foundation asked James R. Barnes in their communities due to the pandemic. Chair of the Fellows for help to assist others, the Fellows time Once again, the Fellows in every judicial and again stood resolute, answering the district responded to our challenge, again call and then some. Looking back at exceeding expectations. the spring of 2020, we were all facing a great unknown, including incredibly uncertain financial times. That being said, The Foundation has engaged a group of the Foundation’s call for a special grant young donors known as the Young Lawyer cycle for COVID-19 legal services relief Friends of the Foundation for several years funding was met with overwhelming support now each November to raise funds for by the Fellows. Your donations for those legal services projects specifically designed truly in need during a time of likely personal for Veterans. Over time, the Foundation has seen Fellows, young attorneys, and

4 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Thank You for Changing Lives As I reflect on this year, these words of time to ask how they were, wish them well, President John F. Kennedy come to mind: and offer a virtual hug and ear to listen “As we express our gratitude, we must never when they were suffering. Together, we forget that the highest appreciation is not to encountered some of the hardest challenges utter words but to live by them.” and highest obstacles and overcame them in a remarkable way. In a year of trepidation, unrest, and need, members of the legal community opened Donors were generous and creative, their hearts, wallets, and hands to live by presenting a first-ever virtual jazz performance their words. Donors, Fellows, volunteers, for the Foundation’s benefit via Facebook and legal services providers across the state (thank you Ted Rosenthal Trio!) and sending provided thousands of hours of pro bono in photos in honor of veterans during the service, hundreds of thousands of dollars veteran’s campaign.

support, your efforts, your thoughtfulness The Foundation supports the good work matter. of lawyers, spotlighting the compassion that permeates the profession but is often Thank you to our donors, to the lawyers in overlooked. As one donor noted, “The work the trenches offering the lifeline to that person that the Foundation does is tremendous, and it in need, to the people who stepped up makes me proud to be a member of the New many times throughout the year. York State Bar even though I am retired.” Gratitude is so much more than a word. You live by your actions when you support in donations, and a reassuring, permanent the Foundation. You help us live by our We rallied for a friendly competition of the presence amidst the uncertainty. Once mission and change lives. For that we are Fellows to support an important cause, the again, there was a crisis; once again, the grateful. COVID-19 Emergency Legal Relief Fund Bar Foundation was there to respond. (congratulations again JD1) and stumbled through our first Zoom meetings together. Wishing you good health and looking 2020 brought challenges unlike any we’ve forward to seeing you in person, ever faced. It was also an opportunity The Foundation supports the good work to refocus and realign. As a Foundation, of lawyers, spotlighting the compassion we became nimbler, implementing new that permeates the profession but is often technology, successfully pivoting to remote overlooked. As one donor noted, “The work work, and readjusting our focus and that the Foundation does is tremendous, fundraising efforts. As a community we and it makes me proud to be a member of kept our ears open to the needs of legal the New York State Bar even though I am services providers and our neighbors, and Deborah Auspelmyer retired.” The board and staff are also proud we responded. As people we became Foundation Executive of the difference we make together. Your more aware of the challenges our friends and colleagues were facing and took the

www.tnybf.org | 5 You helped Ms. B. Continue Living in Her Apartment

Through a Foundation grant to Helping At-Risk Communities (HARC), a program of Bronx Legal Services, you helped Ms. B. obtain benefits and avoid homelessness for herself and her grandson. Ms. B. is a 61-year-old, Spanish speaking, disabled woman who is the primary caregiver for her young grandson. With limited income, she faced eviction due to rental arrears. Before coming to HARC for assistance the family had never applied for public benefits, although they struggled financially. For Ms. B., going through the application process for public benefits was a daunting task—her disability prohibited her travel to fill out the necessary paperwork. As a result of legal advocacy and intervention, Ms. B. was able to obtain food stamps, retain health insurance, and continue living in her apartment. HARC also obtained an accommodation for Ms. B. to ensure her ongoing access to public benefits without compromising her health. Ms. B. is one of over 400 people assisted by the Foundation’s grant.

“We are so grateful for TNYBF’s grant and support. It is such a difficult time for the communities we serve, and public benefits issues will continue to be a lifeline for so many people. Thank you for being an exceptional partner and allowing us to meet the essentials of life for our clients.”

6 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report You Helped a Child Get A Healthy and Safe Home

Through a Foundation grant to Center for Elder Law & Justice for their Kinship Care Legal Services Program, you helped represent caregivers in kinship matters (including custody, guardianship, adoption, child support, family offense and administration matters). 1,000 people were affected by this grant and 246 people were served.

Auntie M. came to the Kinship Care Legal Services program, seeking custody of her grandnephew, who entered the foster care system when his parents were unable to care for him due to drug addiction. M. received legal representation and counseling services from Kinship Care throughout the process of becoming a foster parent. Throughout the process they also worked together to maintain the health and safety of her grandnephew. Her adoption of the child was recently finalized.

“CELJ’s Kinship unit works to keep families together and provide children a safe environment to grow up in. This vital work would not be possible without the support of organizations like The New York Bar Foundation. We are extremely grateful for your sup- port!”

www.tnybf.org | 7 You Helped a Veteran Support His Family

Through a grant to Legal Services of the Hudson Valley you helped veterans through their Veterans and Military Services, Seven-County Service Region program. 895 people were affected by this grant, including Mr. D.

Mr. D. is a disabled veteran with PTSD who supports his adult daughter and grandchildren who live with him. Last year, Mr. D received notice of overpayment for his veteran’s benefits; his benefits were reduced by over two-thirds and subjected to garnishment. With legal assistance from the Veterans and Military Services program of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Mr. D. succeeded in stopping the garnishment of his veteran’s benefits. He was able to continue paying rent and supporting his family.

“On behalf of all of us at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, thank you for your continued support of our programming. We’re very grateful to have received private funding from The New York Bar Foundation, which supplemented other sources and enabled us to help an increased number of veterans and their families who were facing crisis with housing, family and consumer issues, among others.”

8 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report You Helped an Autistic Boy Receive an Education

Through a Foundation grant to the School Advocacy Project of The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, you helped students and families in need of Education Law services. This grant affected 157 people, including “A.”

A. is a 13-year-old boy who is severely autistic, mostly non-verbal, and intellectually disabled. Within one month of moving to Buffalo and starting at a new school without needed accommodations, A. was suspended for over one month. Lawyers from the School Advocacy Project coordinated meetings to discuss A.’s needs and enabled his return to school, with the transportation and technology accommodations he needed to help him succeed. During a follow-up, the family expressed happiness and gratitude for getting their son back in school and helping to mold his educational plan to one more suited to his needs.

“We are very grateful for the Foundation’s support of the School Advocacy Project at the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo. We could not continue to expand our advocacy in this area without the help of organizations such as The New York Bar Foundation.”

www.tnybf.org | 9 Gratitude in Action The Young Lawyer Friends of the Foundation Celebrates a 5 Year Partnership With NYSBA’s Young Lawyers Section to Assist Veterans in Need of Legal Services For the fifth consecutive year The Young Lawyer Friends of the Foundation partnered with the NYSBA’s Young Lawyers Section to lead the online giving campaign to raise funds to help veterans in need of legal services through the Foundation’s grant program.

Raising the most money since its inception, in a year fraught with uncertainty, the campaign raised nearly $20,000 almost doubling its goal of $11,000.

“The Foundation developed this campaign as a virtual opportunity for giving five years ago,” explains Foundation Board member John P. Christopher. “It’s driven by personal social media outreach which resonates with young professionals. We were ahead of the virtual curve in its development which I think helped drive its success this year.”

117 donors gave this year, growing steadily from 78 when the campaign first began in 2016. Foundation Executive Deborah Auspelmyer has made the campaign into a case study for emulation by the National Conference of Bar Foundations. “This is a high energy campaign that young attorneys enjoy participating in,” states Auspelmyer. “It’s a meaningful way to come together and make a difference in the lives of veterans in need of legal services.”

The 2020 campaign also had a record-breaking year of firms participating as sponsors of the campaign. “I participate in the Veterans Day giving campaign because our veterans deserve to receive as much support here at home as they receive on the battlefield. By supporting the Foundation’s grant program, we are helping our veterans obtain legal advocacy and much-needed services,” stated Bradley C. Murray, Esq., Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C. and Young Lawyer Friends of The Foundation donor. NYSBA members that have been practicing less than 10 years are invited to become a member of this giving group by giving a minimum of $30 to the Foundation on an annual basis.

SPECIAL THANKS TO Campaign Firm Top Leaderboard Most Social on the Partners Fundraisers Leaderboard Aiello & DiFalco LLP James R. Barnes Deborah Auspelmyer Burke & Casserly, P.C. John P. Christopher James R. Barnes Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C. Michael DiFalco John P. Christopher Greenfield Stein & Senior LLP Locke Lord LLP The Tarver Law Firm

10 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report “This year added more challenges for our most vulnerable New Yorkers. Veterans, in particular, are one of the most exposed groups suffering from the health and economic symptoms of this pandemic,” states Michael DiFalco, Aiello & DiFalco LLP, Chair of the NYSBA Young Lawyers Section. “I’m proud that the Young Lawyers Section was able to raise more than we did in 2019 towards charitable causes benefiting veterans, despite the financial pressures on so many of the Bar as well.”

Thank you to everyone that participated in this important campaign by donating and sharing your wonderful stories, memories and photos.

Anonymous, in memory of James Bettina Dill Benedict Kobak Donald Doerr Andrea Agresta, in honor of Edward E. Giovanna D’Orazio Ryczek, US Navy Veteran Lorraine Duthe Laura Aiello, in honor of Edward Aiello Peter Farina, in honor of Nicholas Galeazza Deborah Auspelmyer, in honor of Gene Timothy Fennell Ryczek, US Navy World War II Veteran Emily Franchina, in honor of Zach Hinsch Janice Bahr, in honor of Robert Vitrikas William Friedlander, in honor of Alan J. Marie Bailey Friedlander James Barnes Gioia Gensini Sarah Barnes-Ryan Nancy E. Gianakos, in honor of Joseph Mary Bassett, in honor of Walter R. Smith Biancaniello, William J. Pomfret, and Michele Bauer, in honor of Kenneth G. Anthony D’Amico Ackerman Mike Gionesi Andrea Bernardo, in honor of Manuel Eugene Ryczek Bruce Gitlin, in honor of Liz Gitlin Fredgant Sarah Gold Judi Bloomingdale, in honor of Michael David Governo, in honor of Edward Aiello Sagliocca Laurence Bousquet Patricia Grant, in honor of Edward Aiello JoBeth Brudner Claire Gutekunst, in honor of Gurney O. Allyson Burger Gutekunst June Castellano Karen Halaco Julia Cella Thomas Haley, in honor of Thomas Hon. Cheryl Chambers, in memory of Larson, USMCR James Benedict Kobak David M. Hayes Amanda Chesterfield Andrew Heck John Christopher, in honor of Paul Netanel Hershtik Christopher Denise Hofbauer Nicole Clouthier, in honor of my David Hutter grandfathers, Hon. Thomas J. Manton Candyce Ingwersen and Bob Laurent Deborah Johnson David Cohen James Kobak Jr. and family, in memory Lynn Coles, in honor of Gerard Zaklukiewicz of James Benedict Kobak Ilene Cooper Laurel Kretzing, in honor of Henry Row Mary Jo Davies & Jack Kretzing Michael DiFalco, in honor of Edward Aiello Deborah and Michael Lammens, in Michael and Taylor Parker Mark DiFalco, in honor of Edward Aiello honor of Edward Aiello www.tnybf.org | 11 Rose Nunez, in honor of Antonio Alvarez, our grandfather who fought in WW2 Philip O’Hay, in honor of Lieut. Dr. Jacques C. Saphier Guadalcanal, 8/21/1942 Silver Star Christina Olbrych Marne Onderdonk Joanna Palumbo Carla Palumbo Jessica Parker, in honor of Jeffrey Parker Brennen Parker, in honor of Michael & Taylor Parker Nilesh Patel Joseph Portela Claude N. Austin Patrick Radel Courtney Radick Alan J. Friedlander Brianne Rahn Meredith Lammens-Mahmood, in honor Adam Reynolds of Edward Aiello M. Catherine Richardson C. Bruce Lawrence William Russell, in memory of James Gary Lindsley, in honor of my Dad, Benedict Kobak Norman Lindsley and uncles: Bill(s), Michael Sahn Ronny, Jack, Ken, Donald and Bob; Elaine Santiago, in honor of Ismael Dan Fitzgerald, Anthony Wilbur, and Santiago Jiménez Bobby and Kenny Lessig Debbie Satas Richard Long Parsh Shah Alicia Longobardo Tapan Shah Karin Lopez, in honor of Kevin Alvin Kolz Lauren Sharkey Michael Marinaccio Liz Sharpe Edwina Martin Deborah Slezak Maureen McCarthy Graeme Spicer Colan McGeehan, in honor of Robert Jill Spooner McGeehan Darren Stack Alexis Meister Ken and Nancy Stein Claire Miller Tamara Stephen Ronald Minkoff Terrence Tarver, in honor of Cary Tarver Ellis Mirsky, in honor of Sgts. Jacob and in memory of Van Tarver, Jr. Joe Christopher and Paul J. Mirsky (Dad) and Lucille A. Mirsky Christopher Ronald Thomas (Mom), USMC ret. Lauren Wachtler, in memory of James Cory Morris Kobak Sr. Sandra Rivera Martha Mulroy Hon. Sol Wachtler, in honor of Lauren Jennifer Rosenkrantz Bradley Murray, in honor Claude N. Wachtler Lesley Rosenthal, in honor of Black Austin, U.S. Army and John E. Murray, Michelle Wildgrube veterans of the US armed forces U.S. Navy Susan Ross Kathleen Notaro, in honor of John Notaro Fellows Elect New Leadership, Welcome New Judicial District Chair and Co-Chairs The Foundation welcomed new elected He pioneered the Foundation’s annual Donald C. Doerr officers of the Fellows of the Foundation. Veterans Day fundraising campaign, is the District James R. Barnes, Esq., Burke & Casserly, which meets the legal needs of veterans. Executive of P.C., Albany was elected as Chair of Barnes also spearheaded the creation the Fifth Judicial the Fellows; and Donald C. Doerr and of the Young Lawyer Friends of The District, where Lauren J. Wachtler were elected Vice Foundation, a group that now includes he assists the Chairs of the Fellows. Additionally, new more than 700 attorneys fewer than 10 Administrative leadership was appointed as Judicial years out of law school who annually Judge carrying District Fellows Chairs and Co-Chairs contribute to the Foundation. out responsibilities including Sarah Gold, Chair of the third for supervising judicial district; Claire Miller, Chair of Barnes serves on the board of directors the day-to-day the thirteenth judicial district; Steven of The New York Bar Foundation. He operations of the Millon, Chair of the twelfth judicial has been a Fellow since 2012 and is State’s trial courts (Supreme, County, district, and Tara Anne Pleat, Co-Chair in the Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle of Family, Surrogate’s, City, Town and Village of the fourth judicial district. Giving. He has degrees from Wake and all specialty courts). Forest University School of Law and The Fellows of the New York Bar the State University of New York at Doerr serves on the Foundation’s Board of Foundation are distinguished members of Binghamton. Directors and its Audit Committee. He is the bench and bar who are recognized the Chair of the Fellows of the fifth judicial for outstanding professional achievement, Barnes states, “I originally wanted to district and is in the Maryann Saccomando dedication to the legal profession, and become a Fellow to join the exemplary Freedman Circle of Giving. Doerr has commitment to the organized bar. attorneys in our state who are degrees from Syracuse University College passionately committed to the ideals of of Law and Syracuse University. Election to the Fellows is one of the access to justice and the rule of law. highest honors that can be bestowed Once I received this special honor, Doerr states, “I’m very much looking upon an attorney licensed to practice in I had the privilege of joining these forward to my position as Vice Chair of New York State. individuals in advancing the work of the Fellows in order to raise the awareness the Foundation. I have purposefully of all the Fellows in the 13 judicial districts Barnes is a remained active having time and again around the state and thereby strengthen shareholder of witnessed the significant contributions the New York Bar Foundation as a Burke & Casserly, our Foundation makes to individuals, whole.” P.C., which he families, and communities in need first joined in by supporting worthy legal services Lauren J. Wachtler 2005. He focuses organizations throughout New York is a partner at his practice on State. I look forward to working with Barclay Damon elder law, trusts the Vice Chairs, Judicial District chairs, LLP, where she and estates, co-chairs and Fellows in continuing the primarily focuses guardianship, good works of the Foundation.” on commercial special needs and business planning, business formation and litigation. succession planning, and real estate. Barnes has been an innovator on the Ms. Wachtler has board of The New York Bar Foundation. been an active

www.tnybf.org | 13 member of the Board of Directors of The Steven E. Millon Miller holds her law degree from New Foundation and previously served as the is the new Chair York Law School. Commenting on her role Co-Chair of its Development Committee. of the Fellows of as a Fellow and a Judicial District Chair, She has been a Fellow of the Foundation the twelfth judicial Miller notes, “It is an honor and a privilege since 2003 and is a member of the district, which to be a Fellow. I look forward to working Maryann Saccomando Freedman Circle includes Bronx with the Foundation in its ongoing mission of Giving. Wachtler holds degrees from County. of providing resources to enhance the rule St. John’s University School of Law and Mt. of law and system of justice in New York.” Holyoke College. Millon has been practicing law Tara Anne Pleat is the new Co-Chair of Wachtler states, “Being a Fellow has for 35 years, the fourth judicial district, which covers been and continues to be one of the exclusively in the area of plaintiffs’ Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, most rewarding aspects of my career. The personal injury-currently as a partner in the St. Lawrence, number of individuals and organizations firm of Shapiro-Millon, Esqs. Mr. Millon Saratoga, who have been touched by the grants the has been a Life Fellow of the Foundation Schenectady, Foundation has made, empowers not only since 1997. Warren, and our grantees, but every one of us, and Washington makes us proud every day.” Millon holds degrees from Cardozo School counties. of Law and SUNY Stony Brook. He states, The Fellows also appointed new Judicial “My involvement with the Foundation as Pleat co-owns the District Chairs and Co-Chairs. District Chair will allow me to continue to law firm Wilcenski fulfill the lofty goal of NYSBA of ‘Doing & Pleat PLLC. She Sarah Gold is the the Public Good’, albeit on a different practices in the new Chair of the platform. The call for providing financial areas of special Fellows of the third resources for under-funded legal services needs estate judicial district, and thereby affording those in need of planning and administration, traditional which includes Access to Justice, cannot be overstated.” estate planning and administration, long- Albany, Columbia, term care planning, and elder law. She Greene, Claire Miller is has been a Fellow since 2015. Rensselaer, the new Judicial Schoharie, District Chair of the Pleat holds degrees from Albany Law Sullivan, and Ulster thirteenth judicial School where she graduated with honors counties. district, which in the Estate Planning concentration, and covers Richmond the State University of New York at Gold is the proprietor of Gold Law County (Staten Albany. Firm in Albany, NY, where she focuses Island). on company formation, non-profits, Congratulations and welcome employment contracts, and business law. She established to these new Fellows leaders. Gold has been a Fellow of the New York her own law firm Bar Foundation since 2016 and is in the in 1990, practicing in matrimonial and Maryann Saccomando Freedman Circle family law. She also serves as a Special of Giving. Master in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program of the Supreme Court of New Gold holds degrees from Albany Law York, Appellate Division 2nd Department. School, University of Albany, and She has been a Fellow of the New York Schenectady County Community College. Bar Foundation since 2017.

14 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Meet the Fellows

The Fellows of The New York Bar Foundation are instrumental in the success and growth of the organization. Each Fellow is elected by the Board of Directors. Fellows are nominated for their outstanding professional achievement, dedication to the legal profession, and commitment to the organized bar. Every Fellow makes a financial commitment to the Foundation to support its grant making programing and acts as an ambassador for the Foundation. DISTRICT CHAIRS The following Fellows serve as Chair or Co-Chair of The Fellows in the Judicial Districts of the State of New York:

First Fifth Ninth Sylvia Fung Chin Donald C. Doerr (Vacant) New York City Syracuse

Raymond J. Dowd Sixth Tenth New York City Richard B. Long Gary Fishberg Binghamton Garden City Chair of The Fellows James R. Barnes Albany Second Seventh Ilene Cooper Mark A. Longo C. Bruce Lawrence Uniondale Brooklyn Rochester

Third James C. Moore Eleventh Sarah Gold Rochester David L. Cohen Kew Gardens Albany Vice-Chair of The Fellows Donald C. Doerr Syracuse Fourth David M. Schraver Twelfth Peter V. Coffey Rochester Steven Millon Schenectady East Meadow

Eighth Thirteenth Tara Pleat Vincent E. Doyle III Claire Miller Clifton Park Buffalo Staten Island

Vice-Chair of the Fellows Lauren J. Wachtler New York City

www.tnybf.org | 15 Welcome New Fellows Congratulations and Welcome to the New Fellows of 2020. You have made a difference in helping those in need of legal services throughout New York State.

The following Fellows have been elected by The Foundation Board of Directors for 2020 and have accepted this distinguished honor. The Foundation is pleased to welcome new Fellows from each judicial district:

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT M. Salman Ravala, New York City FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Reid Ashinoff, New York City (Sonnenschein (Criscione Ravala, LLP) ~ Joined as a Donald Gerace, Utica (Law Offices of Nath & Rosenthal) ~ Joined as a Life Life Fellow Donald R. Gerace) Fellow William R. Samuels, New York City Courtney Radick, Oswego (Amdursky, Hon. Ariel Belen, New York City (JAMS) (Warshaw Burstein LLP) ~ Joined as a Pelky, Fennell and Wallen, PC) ~ Joined as a Fellow in the Life Fellow Maryann Saccomando Freedman SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Circle of Giving Dani Schwartz, New York City (Wachtel Kevin Ryan, Rochester (Monroe County Missry LLP) Bar Association) Vivian Berger, New York City (Columbia Law School) Kathleen Scott, New York City (Norton NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Rose Fulbright US LLP) ~ Joined as a Jeffrey S. Battistoni, Poughkeepsie (Van Mark J. Bunim, New York City (Case Life Fellow DeWater & Van DeWater LLP) Closure) Roy D. Simon, New York City (Roy D. Timothy McNamara, Hawthorne (Traub William H. Crosby, New York City (The Simon Attorney at Law) ~ Joined as a Lieberman Straus & Shrewberry LLP) Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.) ~ Life Fellow Joined as a Life Fellow Deepankar Mukerji, White Plains Richard F. Ziegler, New York City (Deepankar Mukerji PLLC) Robert B. Davidson, New York City (JAMS) (AcumenADR LLC) Below William H. Crosby TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Richard Edlin, New York City (Greenberg Andrew T. Garbarino, Uniondale (Ruskin Andrea Bonina, Brooklyn (Bonina & Traurig) ~ Joined as a Life Fellow Moscou & Faltischek PC) Bonina, P.C.) Sheryl Giugliano, New York City Alyson Mathews, Melville (Lamb & Armena Gayle, Brooklyn Barnosky, LLP) ~ Joined as a Life Hon. Shirley Werner Kornreich, New York Fellow City (JAMS) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Molly Casey, Albany (Maguire Cardona PC) Hon. Sol Wachtler, Central Islip (Touro Jill Miller, New York City (Jill Miller & Law Center) ~ Joined as a Life Associates, PC) Amanda Kuryluk, Albany (Maguire Fellow Cardona PC) Abigail J. Pessen, New York City (Dispute TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Resolution Services) FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Mirna Santiago, Pawling (Girls Rule the Law) Jill Pilgrim, New York City (Pilgrim & Associates Richard A. Fuerst, Niskayna (R. A. Fuerst Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC) Law Group, P.C.) OUT OF STATE Theodore K. Cheng, Princeton Junction, NJ (ADR Office of Theo Cheng LLC) 16 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Thank you to the Fellows YOU Make Our Work Possible

2020 began with the gathering of more than 170 Fellows for the Annual Meeting and dinner held at the Yale Club. Special guest speaker Willow Hai, Director of the Chinese Institute, spoke on the Chinese New Year and guests were given a hand drawn calligraphy with the Chinese character for happiness.

Attendees also had the opportunity to congratulate Robert L. Haig on receiving the Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. “Through extraordinary personal outreach efforts, Bob connected hundreds of individuals and law firms to the Foundation, inspiring them through shared values of access to justice, devotion to the state of New York, and love of the law,” stated Foundation President Lesley Rosenthal. “Bob’s vision and his efforts have fueled the Foundation’s good works, for decades and in perpetuity.”

Guests welcomed the new leadership of officers James Barnes, Donald Doerr and Lauren Wachtler as well as new Judicial District leadership of Sarah Gold, Claire Miller, Steven Millon, and Tara Pleat.

Despite being virtual for most of 2020, the Fellows were instrumental in moving the Foundation forward this year. Your efforts in helping us fundraise for COVID-19 Emergency Legal Relief, nominating colleagues within your districts to become Fellows, and participating in the on-line Veteran’s Campaign helped drive our success.

Until we can gather in person again, following are some images from the 2020 Annual Meeting and Assembly of the Fellows. Visit www.tnybf.org for more photos from this event.

Foundation President Lesley Rosenthal presents Robert L. Haig with the Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award

www.tnybf.org | 17 Sharon Gerstman presents Emily New Fellows Chair James Foundation Board members Edwina Franchina with a shawl made Barnes with his wife, Monica Martin and Mirna Santiago in her honor for her service as Chair of the Fellows

Fellows Vice Chair Don Doerr with Hon. Debra James Jayme Feldman and Justin Vigdor Catherine Richardson, John Gross, and Mitchell Katz Charyle Clark, and Emily Franchina

Thank you for your support. We hope to see you soon!

Seymour James, 18 | Hon. The New Cheryl York Bar E. FoundationChambers, 2020 Annual Report and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore New Website Launched In the midst of a pandemic and working remotely, the Foundation continued to move forward creating new ways to highlight the good work of attorneys.

The new website went live in December and features a new on-line directory of Fellows. Visit www.tnybf.org and save it in your favorites to check back for news updates, events, and deadlines. Review your Fellows listing and send your photo to [email protected] to be included.

Thank you for your support. We hope to see you soon!

www.tnybf.org | 19 Foundation Board Welcomes Two New Members The Foundation welcomed two new members in 2020 after the Nominating Committee followed a rigorous process of consideration, including for the first time establishing a matrix to help pinpoint gaps and round out representation on the board. “The Foundation is delighted to have identified such eminently qualified candidates to further enhance our award-winning board,” said President Lesley Rosenthal. “These highly respected bar leaders each bring salient commercial and nonprofit experiences that will further empower the Foundation to address extraordinary needs in these difficult and complex times.” Joining the Foundation’s board are:

William T. Russell, Jr., Esq., New York, NY

Mr. Russell is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the firm’s Litigation Department. He maintains an active pro bono practice and served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee for almost 10 years. He has been active in the New York State Bar Association as an Executive Committee member, Co-Chair of the Task Force on the Parole System; former Co-Chair of the President’s Committee on Access to Justice; and former member of the New York State Bar Association and New York Bar Foundation Joint Pro Bono Task Force. He chairs the board of Legal Services NYC. He has been a Fellow of the Foundation since 2011 and is in the Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle of Giving.

“I have always admired the tremendous work The New York Bar Foundation does supporting access to justice, the legal profession and public understanding of the law. I am excited to be joining the Board, particularly in these difficult times when our community needs the Bar Foundation’s support more than ever.”

Mr. Russell holds degrees from New York University School of Law and Princeton University.

Mirna Martinez Santiago, Esq., New York, NY

Ms. Santiago is President and CEO of Girls Rule the Law, which she founded to introduce underrepresented middle and high school girls to the law and to provide them the opportunity to interact with mentors in the legal, judiciary and legislative fields. She is also a member of the Insurance Coverage department at Hurwitz & Fine PC. She has been active in the New York State Bar Association as Chair of the Diversity Committee and member of the House of Delegates. She has been a Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation since 2020.

“Having been a member of the New York State Bar Association since 2008, I’ve seen firsthand the good work that the Bar Foundation does. Whether it is providing scholarships and fellowships to deserving law students or enhancing diversity in the legal profession through grants to organizations providing access to justice and opportunities for the underprivileged and underrepresented, the Bar Foundation makes a profound impact. I am honored be a member of this incredible Board.”

Ms. Santiago holds degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law and New York University in addition to a Certificate in Publishing from Columbia School of Journalism.

The full slate of Foundation officers for 2020-2021 includes: President, Lesley Rosenthal, The Juilliard School, New York City; Vice-President, Carla Palumbo, The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Rochester; Treasurer, Martin Minkowitz, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, New York City; Secretary, Pamela McDevitt, the New York State Bar Association, Albany; Assistant Secretary, Lucia Whisenand, Syracuse; and Chief Publicity Officer, Susan Lindenauer, New York City Legacy Members Provide For New Yorkers In Need – Forever Legacy donors provide a better tomorrow Thank you to our legacy donors for generations of New Yorkers in need. Legacy gifts help the Foundation fund James B. Ayers Hon. Milton Mollen* charitable and educational law-related Hon. Richard J. Bartlett * Kay Crawford Murray* projects in perpetuity – safeguarding Christine Beshar* M. Catherine Richardson† access to justice and the rule of law in Hon. John C. Cherundolo George Hunger Roberts New York State. Cristine Cioffi† Seth Rosner A legacy gift is the greatest honor that a George Gordon Coughlin, Jr.* David M. Schraver† donor can bestow upon the Foundation. Frank G. D’Angelo Mark Silverman Your planned gift or bequest enables Gary M. Darche E.W. Dann Stevens * the Foundation to secure a better future John R. Dunne † Lorraine Power Tharp*† for generations to come. Please join Dean John D. Feerick Hon. Jonah Triebwasser these guardians of justice by making a James D. Fitzpatrick * Justin L. Vigdor† bequest or establishing a planned gift Alexander D. Forger † Elliot Wales to the Foundation of $1,000 or more. Emily F. Franchina Lucia B. Whisenand Contact Deborah Auspelmyer Maryann Saccomando Freedman† at (518) 487-5650 or email Alan H. Friedenthal [email protected] *Deceased Michael W. Galligan †Former President of the New York State Bar Marcia C. Goldstein * Association or The New York Bar Foundation Herbert E. & Margaret E. Gottfried* Michel P. Haggerty John R. Horan† Jack S. Ingber* Robert E. Juceam Glenn Lau-Kee† C. Bruce Lawrence Hon. Alfred D. Lerner * Kathryn Grant Madigan† David P. Miranda† Hon. Neal P. McCurn *

www.tnybf.org | 21 Foundation Rallied For Frontline Workers, the Unemployed, and Others Afflicted by the Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic wrought a path of devastation across New York State, the Foundation rallied.

We knew the legal needs would be urgent: consumer debt due to unmanageable medical and funeral bills; domestic violence against victims forced to shelter with abusers; unemployed and low-wage workers who need help navigating a complex system to obtain basic sustenance benefits; small businesses and law firms requiring help to access federal loans and other relief.

And the state’s legal services sector would be hard hit as well – rounds of layoffs, inadequate technology to pivot to virtual operations, the loss of key funding sources.

Within weeks of the shutdown, in April 2020, the board established the COVID- 19 Emergency Legal Relief Fund. Board Eventually we raised and disbursed close to help provide a critical and immediate members established matching funds; we to $100,000 for this important cause. level of support for our essential frontline launched the campaign and individual Our grants committee rapidly reviewed heroes and their families. donors from across the state and many applications from providers and disbursed In Albany, Foundation funding assisted the others rallied to the cause. Seven the funds to where they could do their United Tenants of Albany to provide legal sections of the NYSBA partnered with greatest good. assistance to tenants facing a housing the Foundation to round out the funding The Foundation has now distributed 27 crisis. They noted: needed to respond: The 50+ Section, grants to assist with legal needs occasioned Business Law Section, Commercial by the pandemic. The Volunteer Lawyers Eviction immediately leads to overcrowding, and Federal Litigation Section, Dispute Project of the Brooklyn Bar Association doubling up, homelessness, and housing Resolution Section, Elder Law and Special received funding for its Frontline Workers instability. Increased contact with others Needs Section, Entertainment, Arts & Initiative, to provide free legal assistance to hinders compliance with the strategies Sports Law Section, and the Trusts and healthcare workers with wills preparation, necessary to contain COVID19, including Estates Section. health care proxies, powers of attorney, social distancing, self-quarantining, and hand hygiene Housing displacement and Simultaneously, we reached out to trusted and parental designation forms. They eviction prevention is a key component legal services providers across the state to said: of a comprehensive strategy to control better understand the types of emergency While heartbreaking to know the need for the pandemic by reducing COVID- legal needs we could help address. these services is so great, the VLP is proud 19 infection, transmission, illness, 22 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Thank you to everyone who contributed to the COVID-19 Foundation Rallied For Frontline Workers, the Unemployed, Emergency Legal Relief fund: Anonymous Timothy Fennell Edwina Martin Nathan J. Robfogel, in Anonymous in honor of Gerard Fishberg, in honor Peter Mastaglio honor of Justin L. Vigdor Tim Reynolds of Scott Karson Maureen W. McCarthy Mario Romine and Others Afflicted by the Pandemic Anonymous in honor of Ann Marie Flynn Gerald McDonald Lesley Rosenthal, in honor Lauren Wachtler Kelly Forst Theresa McSweeney of David Lat, Scott Kristin Gutenberger and Jennifer Fowler Norma Meacham Karson, incoming Peter Grossman Emily Franchina, in Erik Mikkelsen NYSBA President, and hospitalizations and death and to address Barbara Aher memory of Stephen Steven Millon Edwina “Winnie” Martin Deborah Auspelmyer, in Whisenand Ronald Minkoff Ira Rubtchinsky health inequity. honor of Sheila Cotoia Helen Freedman Ellis Mirsky, in honor of Betsy Ruslander Dennis Baldwin Ellen Friedenberg the medical community William Russell Day One, a domestic violence legal James Barnes Richard Fromewick which has risen to the Christopher Sargente, in assistance organization, said: Ernest Bartol, in honor of Gioia Gensini challenge honor of Louise Zarrilli Suzanne Bartol-Krueger MD Analilia Gomez James C. Moore Robert Schofield Brooke Battle, in honor of Susan Groberg Lillian Moy David Schraver The New York Bar Foundation’s generous Deborah Auspelmyer John Gross James Murphy Lauren Scott COVID-19 emergency relief grant allowed Robert Bergin Claire Gutekunst Patricia Naughton Kathleen Scott us to provide young survivors of domestic Harvey Besunder Amanda Hartman Paul V. Nuccio, in honor Samantha Segal Jerry Birenz Gerald Hathaway of the late Hon. Gerald Barry Seidel, in honor of violence with virtual legal information, Laurence Bousquet Jacqueline Hattar H. Rosenberg, JSC (ret.) Rita Seidel advice, and representation during the Robert Brown, in honor of Bryan Hetherington NYSBA 50+ Section Norman Seiter pandemic. The clients we serve are Stuart B. Meisenzahl Carol Hoffman, in honor NYSBA Business Law Robert Shafer Eileen Buholtz, in honor of of Jon Santemma Section Rona Shamoon, in honor predominantly low-income, women of Bob Witmer Susan Hogan NYSBA Commercial and of Alexander Sussman color, often immigrants and young mothers. Philip Burke Christian F. Hummel Federal Litigation Section Lauren Sharkey Diane Caselli David Hurd, in memory of NYSBA Dispute Resolution W. Alan Shaw The Foundation also provided funding June Castellano Henry Miller Section Stanley Silverstone Alfred Cavallaro Robert Hurlbutt NYSBA Elder Law and Deborah Slezak for the NYSBA’s innovative pro bono Thomas J. Cerio Charles Inclima Special Needs Section Robert Spampata partnership with the state court system, Hon. Cheryl Chambers, in Barbara Jaffe, in honor of NYSBA Entertainment, Arts Ted Sonnenschein and Tami which helped jobless New Yorkers secure honor of Justice Johnny Judith Bresler & Sports Law Section Smith, in honor of Judge Bayne, Justice Noach Andrew Jagoda NYSBA Trusts and Estates Jonathan Lippman unemployment benefits. Dear, and Justice Steven Edward M. Kaplan Section Derek Tarson Milligram Stephanie Keating Michael E. O’Connor, in Lew Tesser The Fellows of the Foundation rallied their John Christopher Michael T. Kiesel honor of the 5th judicial Ronald Thomas members across all 13 judicial districts, Nicole Clouthier Ronald Kisner district Bruce Trauner Peter Coffey James Kobak Jr. Abigail Olsen Randolph Treece establishing the Judicial District Challenge David Cohen Linda Kostin Anthony R. Palermo, in Karen Uplinger, in honor of in lieu of the basket auction typically held David Cohn Laurel Kretzing honor of Whitney North Lucia Whisenand during our June meeting in Cooperstown. Ilene Cooper, in honor of Dara Lamb, in memory of Seymour, Jr. Irene Villacci, in memory Hudson Cooper and the Hon. Judith S. Kaye Christopher Palermo, in of those we lost in the Fellows launched a friendly competition to doctors and nurses on Charles Lapp, in honor of honor of Anthony R. legal community to the raise money for the COVID-19 Emergency the front lines Charles E. Lapp, Jr. Palermo COVID Legal Relief Fund. Congratulations to Nathaniel Corwin Bruce Lawrence Carla Palumbo Lauren Wachtler, in Sophie Dagenais, in Robert Lesser David Pellow, in honor of honor of my father, Sol the Fellows of the First Judicial District memory of James F. Sherry Levin Wallach James Dwyer Wachtler, who turned who raised $8,450, followed by the Dwyer Robin Levine Robert Pennoyer 90 in April Fifth Judicial District in raising $3,050 John Delehanty, in honor of Susan Lindenauer, in Taier Perlman Connie O. Walker Sheldon Elsen Esq. honor of those who Tara Pleat Ira Warshawsky and the Tenth Judicial District in raising Elizabeth Derrico, in honor have suffered through Howard Protter, in honor William Weininger $2,950. On the leaderboard for the social of Henry G. Miller COVID19 of all Health Care John Welch media engagement were the Fifth Judicial Frances DeThomas Richard B. Long, in honor Providers Jean Marie Westlake, in Donald Doerr, in memory of Justin Vigdor Gail Prudenti honor of Summer A. District with 245 posts, the First Judicial of James (Jim) Dwyer Kathryn Lu Patrick Radel Rupert District with 191 posts and the Seventh Sally Donahue Paul Lupia Courtney Radick Lucia Whisenand Judicial District with 129 posts. More than Elizabeth Donoghue Patricia Lynn-Ford LaVonda Reed, in honor of Michelle Wildgrube Steve Doty Kathryn Grant Madigan Pamela Moore Young James Winkler $21,000 was raised through this effort, Raymond Dowd Ellen Makofsky, in memory Catherine Richardson, Kathleen Wright double the amount of the most successful Vincent Doyle of T. David Stapleton, in honor of Hank Stephen Younger basket auction. Lorraine Duthe former Chair of the Elder Greenberg’s Presidency; David Zinberg Marjorie Eagan, in honor Law and Special Needs and in memory of Henry of Hon. Sol Wachtler Section Miller and Stephen www.tnybf.org | 23 Tg Eisenstat Roger Maldonado Whisenand Warren Emerson Gahmk Markarian Edwina Richardson-Mendelson Circle of Giving Members The Circle of Giving categories recognize individual fellows who have made a major commitment to the Foundation by contributing or pledging to contribute gifts ranging from $3,000 to $75,000. All Fellows are invited to enhance their pledge by becoming a member of a Circle of Giving or moving to a higher circle. Each Fellow becomes a Life Member of a Circle upon fulfillment of the pledge. The Foundation thanks all our esteemed fellows for their support.

Presidents Circle Carla M. Palumbo Ronald C. Minkoff * Donald C. Doerr * Harry G. Meyer ($75,000) * Richard Raysman * Hon. Michael M. Mohun * Vincent E. Doyle, III * Eileen D. Millett Robert L.Haig * George Roberts * Terry Myers * Gayle L. Eagan Lillian M. Moy * Susan Lindenauer William T. Russell, Jr. * Malvina Nathanson * Howard C. Edelman Hon. James P. Murphy Learned Hand Circle Martin F. Scheinman * John M. Nonna Paula Mallory Engel Lynn K. Neuner ($50,000) Sanford J. Schlesinger * Hon. Eugene E. Peckham * Raymond L. Fink * Thomas R. Newman * David M. Schraver * David M. Pellow * Cheryl Smith Fisher * Taylor H. Obold * Gregory J. Guercio Justin L. Vigdor * Susan Carroll Picotte * Lucille A. Fontana * Hon. John F. O’Donnell E. Stewart Jones, Jr. Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr. A. Robert Pietrzak * Jeffrey D. Forchelli Mary Ann Oliver * Ellis R. Mirsky Thurgood Marshall Circle Jon A. Ward Patrick G. Radel * Elizabeth Garry Carmen A. Pacheco Mark C. Zauderer * Patricia L.R. Rodriguez * Michael E. Getnick * Joann T. Palumbo ($25,000) Charles Evans Hughes * David Rosenberg Hon. Hilary Gingold Jessica Parker Emily F. Franchina Circle * Lesley F. Rosenthal * Sarah E. Gold * Gerald G. Paul * John H. Gross ($5,000) * Robert C. Sheehan * Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo * Robert M. Pennoyer * John R. Horan * Martin B. Amdur Carol Ann Sigmond Philip L. Graham, Jr. * Hon. Erin M. Peradotto * Robert M. Kaufman * Gregory K. Arenson * Doreen A. Simmons Henry M. Greenberg Hon. Stacy L. Pettit * John J. Kenney Alice M. Breding * James L. Stengel * Prof. John Dewitt Gregory * William B. Pollard, III M. Catherine Richardson * Judith Reinhardt Thoyer * Richard E. Griffin * Sharon M. Porcellio John Jay Circle David M. Brodsky Philip L. Burke * Dale M. Thuillez * Judith D. Grimaldi Michael Alan Raskin ($15,000) A. Vincent Buzard * Harry P. Trueheart, III * James S. Grossman Elaine Serlin Reiss * James B. Kobak Timothy E. Casserly * Maria T. Vullo * Richard J. Guercio Norman J. Resnicow Lucia B. Whisenand June M. Castellano * Owen B. Walsh * Edward J. Gutleber * George E. Riedel, Jr. Stephen P. Younger * Joseph A. Catania, Jr. Bonnie S. Weinstock * Joyce P. Haag * Paul N. Roth Benjamin N. Cardozo Hon. Cheryl E. Chambers * Steven Wimpfheimer * Michael Harren David J. Saleh Circle * Richard Niles Chassin Maryann Saccomando John B. Harris * Chester B. Salomon ($10,000) David Louis Cohen Freedman Circle * David M. Hayes Emile P. Sayegh * Mark H. Alcott Jay Cohen $3,000) * Vilia B. Hayes * Michael L. Schler * James B. Ayers Steven D. Cohn * Kathy A. Ahearn Erica M. Hines Lisa R. Schoenfeld James R. Barnes * John Peter Coll, Jr. * Robert J. Anello * Jack S. Hoffinger Robert T. Schofield * Jonathan G. Blattmachr Ilene S. Cooper Toni Ann Christine Barone Carol M. Hoffman * Tricia T. Semmelhack * David Boies Richard J. Davis * Alan D. Barson * Anthony R. Ianniello Diana Sen Robert E. Brown Raymond J. Dowd * Simeon Baum Charles P. Inclima James M. Shaw * Carole A. Burns * Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin * Ariel Belen Seymour W. James, Jr. Hon. Jacqueline W. Cristine Cioffi * Dean John D. Feerick * Henry S. Berman Paul Karan Silbermann Edward F. Cox Hermes Fernandez * Alison Arden Besunder * Stephen E. Kaufman * Shirley Adelson Siegel Stephen G. Crane * Margaret J. Finerty * Molly S. Boast Allen Kezsbom * Hon. Richard D. Simons * Charles E. Dorkey, II Marion Hancock Fish Mitchell F. Borger Richard A. Klass Prof. Merril Sobie Alexander Forger Hon. Helen E. Freedman Laurence G. Bousquet Adrienne Beth Koch * Evan J. Spelfogel * Maryann Freedman Michael Galligan * John P. Bracken Laurel R. Kretzing * Gary L. Steffanetta * Frank M. Headley, Jr. * Magdalen Gaynor * Frederick Arthur Brodie * Richard M. Leder * Hon. Sharon S. Townsend * Warren H. Heilbronner Sharon Stern Gerstman Peter Brown * A. Thomas Levin * Hon. Randolph F. Treece * Stephen D. Hoffman Claire P. Gutekunst * Janiece Brown Spitzmueller * Cornett L. Lewers, Sr. Hon. Jonah Triebwasser David N. Hurd * Gregory P. Joseph * Patricia K. Bucklin * Ellen Lieberman * David A. Tyler Carol Hyde John B. Kinum * JulieAnn Calareso * Mark A. Longo Alexandra Verrigni Glenn Lau-Kee Evan H. Krinick * Prof. Jay C. Carlisle, II * Hon. George H. Lowe Hon. Vincent W. Versaci * Bernice K. Leber C. Bruce Lawrence Hon. Deborah A. Chimes * Rocco Lucente, II Lauren J. Wachtler * David J. McCabe * Kathryn Grant Madigan * Sylvia Fung Chin Betty Lugo * Elliot Wales * Joseph V. McCarthy Ellen G. Makofsky * John A. Cirando * Frederick S. Marty * Irwin H. Warren * Martin Minkowitz Roger Juan Maldonado * Peter V. Coffey * John P. McCahey * Hon. Ira B. Warshawsky David P. Miranda * Hon. John S. Martin, Jr. Allyn J. Crawford Theresa M. McSweeney Kaylin L. Whittingham Joel Paltrowitz * Michele Coleman Mayes * Gary M. Darche Norma G. Meacham * Oliver C. Young Hon. Edwina G. Mendelson 24 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report * Life Fellow * Brownwood, David Donoghue, Elizabeth * Gold, Martin * Kapnick, Barbara * Burrell, Lizabeth B* Dorkey, Charles * Goldstein, M. * Karp, Brad *+ Cahn, Herman C Dowd, Raymond * Goodale, James * Kartiganer, Joseph * Canellos, Peter M* Edelman, Howard * Gordon, Nicole * Kasner, Jay * Cardozo, Michael * Edlin, Richard * Gottlieb, Robert T* Kaufman, Robert * Carter, James C Edwards, Steven M* Graham, Philip * Kaufman, Stephen * Castel, Peter * Eikenberry, Peter * Grays, Taa * Kavaler, Thomas * Cerchione, Gregory C* Ellerin, Betty * Greene, Norman Kayman, Steven C Chassin, Richard * Engel, Thomas * Gross, Marjorie * Kenney, John First District * Chesler, Evan Entin Maroney, Michelle P Haig, Robert Kenny, Alfreida * Aaron, Stewart M* Chin, Sylvia * Farrell, Joseph * Hall, John * Kessler, Muriel Abernethy, Samuel * Christian, Catherine C* Feerick, John * Hall, Thomas * Kiernan, John * Abrahams, Robert Cilenti, Maria * Felder, Myrna * Harper, Conrad Kingham, Thomas * Abrams, Robert * Ciparick, Carmen * Fell, Alan M Harris, John * Kirschbaum, Myron Acosta, Rolando * Clark, Carolyn * Ferguson, Milton Hathaway, Gerald Klinger, Alan B Alcott, Mark * Cleary, Lisa * Feuerstein, Harvey M* Hayes, Vilia J* Kobak, James Aloe, Paul * Clurman, David * Field, Arthur * Hayman, Linda M Koch, Adrienne C* Amdur, Martin * Cohen, Harriet C* Finerty, Margaret * Hellerstein, Alvin * Kolyer, Peter *+ Amsterdam, Mark C Cohen, Jay * Fink, Rosalind * Henderson, Gordon * Kornreich, Edward M* Anello, Robert * Cohen, Lisa * Fiske, Robert * Hiegel, Richard Kornreich, Shirley C Arenson, Gregory * Cohen, Robert * Forlenza, Philip * Himes, Jay * Kovner, Victor * Ashinoff, Reid * Cohen-Gallet, Bonnie * Fox, Eleanor * Hirschson, Linda * Krugman, Edward * Auspitz, Jack C *Coll, John * Frank, William Hoffinger, Fran * Kundar, Kathleen * Baker, Mark * Collins, John C *Freedman, Helen M* Hoffinger, Jack * Kurzweil, Harvey * Barasch, Mal * Cook, Michael * Freedman, Karen B* Hoffman, Stephen * Labaton, Edward * Barkhorn, Karin * Cooper, Michael * Freedman, Robert T* Horan, John * Landy, Craig * Barnett, Helaine * Corwin, Leslie * Freeman, George * Horowitz, Steven * LaPiana, William Baum, Simeon B* Cox, Edward * Frey, Andrew Horowitz, David Paul B Lau-Kee, Glenn * Baum, Edwin * Crane, Melissa * Friedman, Stephen * Howe, Richard B* Leber, Bernice * Beinecke, Candace B* Crane, Stephen * Friedman, Richard * Hruska, Alan * Lebow, Mark Belen, Ariel * Crotty, Robert Frommer, Hillary * Immergut, Mel M* Leder, Richard * Benedict, James Cundiff, Victoria Frosco, Donna * Ingerman, Steven Lee, Carolyn Berger, Vivian * Dannenberg, Jeffrey Galligan, Michael Jacob, Valerie * Lenobel, Jeffrey Berman, Mark * Dannhauser, Stephen * Garfinkel, Barry * Jacobs, Sue * Lesk, Ann * Bermingham, Amy Davidson, Robert * Geltzer, Robert * Jacoby, David Lessard, Stephen *+ Bernstein, Michael * Davis, Bonni * Genova, Joseph * Jaffe, Joseph * Levine, Alan * Berry, Charles * Davis, Evan * Geoghegan, Patricia Jaglom, Andre R. M* Lieberman, Ellen B* Blattmachr, Jonathan C Davis, Richard * Gerrard, Michael * James, Debra *+ Lieberman, Hal * Bliwise, Lester Davis, Tracee * Gerwin, Arthur M James, Seymour Liman, Lewis Bloom, Allan * Davis, William * Getnick, Neil C* Joseph, Gregory P* Lindenauer, Susan M* Boast, Molly Dean, Robert * Gibbs, Charles * Juceam, Robert Ling-Cohan, Doris *+ Boston, Sheila * Dean, William M Gingold, Hilary * Kafin, Robert * Lowenthal, Mitchell * Braun, Richard * DiBlasi, John Giugliano, Sheryl Kahn, Michele * Lupkin, Jonathan C* Brodsky, David * DiLorenzo, Louis * Glanstein, Joel * Kamins, Barry * Maas, Frank M Brown, Peter * Diskant, Gregory Glazer, Dennis *+ Kaplan, Deborah * Mahler, Peter M Brown Spitzmueller, DiStefano, Carl * Glen, Kristin Kaplan, Roberta Maier, Philip Janiece * Dolan, Richard * Godosky, Richard * Kaplan, Susan C* Maldonado, Roger

* Life Fellow C Charles Evans Hughes Circle K* Kay Crawford Murray Circle, Life Member M* Maryann Saccomando Freedman Circle, + Sustaining Fellow C* Charles Evans Hughes Circle, Life Member L Learned Hand Circle Life Member *+ Life Sustaining Fellow J John Jay Circle Circle L* Learned Hand Circle, Life Member P* Presidents Circle, Life Member B Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle J* John Jay Circle, Life Member M Maryann Saccomando Freedman Circle T Thurgood Marshall Circle B* Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle, Life Member K Kay Crawford Murry Circle T* Thurgood Marshall Circle, Life Member www.tnybf.org | 25 * Maltz, Richard * Peck, Andrew M* Salomon, Chester * Souther, Eugene * Wohl, Frank * Mansfield, Alan * Pedowitz, Lawrence Salzman, Michael M Spelfogel, Evan * Yannett, Bruce * Marcu, Aaron * Pennoyer, Paul * Samuels, William * Standard, Kenneth * Yates, James * Marcus, Maria M* Pennoyer, Robert * Sarkozi, Paul * Stanton, Louis * Young, Michael * Marin, Alan * Periconi, James * Saunders, Paul * Stein, Sidney * Younger, Stephen * Markel, Gregory Pessen, Abigail * Schallert, Edwin * Steinberg, Debra * Youngwood, Alfred Maroney, Thomas C* Pietrzak, A. Robert * Scheindlin, Shira * Steinberg, Howard * Zabel, William C* Martin, John Pilgrim, Jill Scherer, Andrew C* Stengel, James B Zauderer, Mark *+ Martone, Patricia * Plevan, Bettina M* Schler, Michael * Stern, Sandra * Zieselman, Jerold C* Mayes, Michele M* Pollard, William B* Schlesinger, Sanford * Stern, Warren * Zuchlewski, Pearl * Mazur, Sayward * Pomerantz, Mark * Schnall, Flora * Stern, Jamie * Zulack, John * Mazzarelli, Angela * Port, Gail * Schnier, Andrew * Stillman, Charles B* McCabe, David * Porter, Susan * Schrager, S. Robert * Stine, Martha Second District * McDermott, Robert * Potter, Philip * Schwab, Eileen * Sucharow, Lawrence M* Besunder, Alison McNamara, Michael * Pruzansky, Joshua * Schwartz, Bart *+ Summit, Stuart * Block, Frederic * McShea, Sarah * Quinn, James Schwartz, Dani Swanson, Richard * Bloom, Lois M Mendelson, Edwina * Radding, Rory * Schwarz, Frederick * Syracuse, Vincent * Bonina, Andrea * Mercorella, Anthony + Rakoff, Jed * Scott, Michelle Tabak, Ronald * Branda, RoseAnn * Miller, Michael * Ravala, M. Salman * Scott, Kathleen * Taffet, Edward C Chambers, Cheryl Miller, David * Ray, Claudia * Seib, Karl * Taisey, Robert * Cogan, Brian Miller, Jill * Raylesberg, Alan * Seiff, Eric * Taylor, Willard C Cohn, Steven * Millman, Bruce B* Raysman, Richard M Sen, Diana * Thompson, Katherine * Coren, Steven * Millon, Steven * Reinhold, Richard * Serota, Susan C* Thoyer, Judith * Cuyler, Renaye C Minkoff, Ronald M Reiss, Elaine * Seymour, Karen * Townley, Rosemary * Cyrulnik, Miriam B* Minkowitz, Martin M Resnicow, Norman * Seymour, Samuel * Tucker, Lenore * Dabiri, Gloria * Moore, Elizabeth * Richman, Martin * Shapiro, Steven * Tulchin, David * Demarest, Carolyn * Morril, Mark Richter, Aimee * Shea, Felice Udell, Jeffrey * D’Emic, Matthew * Moskowitz, Karla * Riesel, Daniel C Sheehan, Robert * Vinegrad, Alan *+ DiGiovanna, Lawrence C* Myers, Terry * Rifkind, Robert Shenker, Joseph B* Vizcarrondo, Paul * Doyaga, David * Naftalis, Gary * Robinson, Barbara * Sherwin, Peter C* Vullo, Maria * Firetog, Neil Nagin, Benjamin * Rolfe, Ronald Shoemaker, Paul * Wachtell, Herbert * Gayle, Armena C* Nathanson, Malvina * Roper, Eric * Siffert, John M Wachtler, Lauren * Gershon, Nina Neger, Peter Rosenbaum, Jordan C Sigmond, Carol * Waldenberg, Alan * Go, Marilyn M Neuner, Lynn C* Rosenberg, David M Silbermann, Jacqueline M Wales, Elliot * Gray, John * Neuwirth, Gloria * Rosenfeld, Steven * Simms, Marsha * Walfish, Mark M* Grimaldi, Judith Newman, Robert C* Rosenthal, Lesley * Simon, Roy * Warden, John * Hall, L. * Newman, Stuart M* Roth, Paul * Singer, David * Warner, Rita * Hernandez, David M* Newman, Thomas * Rothberg, Richard * Slack, Richard M* Warren, Irwin * Hinds-Radix, Sylvia *+ Nussbaum, Bernard * Rothenberg, Laraine Slavit, Ira * Wasserman, Kenneth * Johnson, Sterling * Okrent, Cynthia * Rothman, Richard * Sloan, Pamela * Weiner, Stephen * King, Michael * Omansky, Paula * Rubenstein, Joshua * Slotnick, Barry * Wells, Theodore M Klass, Richard * Opotowsky, Barbara * Rubin, Herbert * Smith, Robert * Whitaker, G. Warren * Kuntz, William * Orce, Kenneth B Russell, William Smith, Asha * White, Mary M* Longo, Mark Owens, John * Ruthizer, Theodore * Smoley, Lewis M Whittingham, Kaylin M Lugo, Betty M* Palumbo, Joann * Safer, Jay * Solomon, Louis * Williamson, Richard * Mastro, William * Parver, Jane * Salkin, Patricia * Sonberg, Michael * Wise, Robert * McKay, Joseph

* Life Fellow C Charles Evans Hughes Circle K* Kay Crawford Murray Circle, Life Member M* Maryann Saccomando Freedman Circle, + Sustaining Fellow C* Charles Evans Hughes Circle, Life Member L Learned Hand Circle Life Member *+ Life Sustaining Fellow J John Jay Circle Circle L* Learned Hand Circle, Life Member P* Presidents Circle, Life Member B Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle J* John Jay Circle, Life Member M Maryann Saccomando Freedman Circle T Thurgood Marshall Circle B* Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle, Life Member K Kay Crawford Murry Circle T* Thurgood Marshall Circle, Life Member 26 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report * Miller, Lorraine * Gerstenzang, Peter Shevy, Patricia M Bousquet, Laurence * Shafer, Robert * Napoletano, Domenick M Gold, Sarah * Siegel, Arthur * Burns, Leighton * Siegel, Norman * Okin, Avery M* Graffeo, Victoria * Sweeney, Robert * Cherundolo, John C* Simmons, Doreen * Ordover, Marilyn M Greenberg, Henry * Tabner, John M Cirando, John M* Simons, Richard M Pacheco, Carmen Griesemer, Matthew * Teff, Justin * Critelli, Steven * Strickland, Carter * Pohorelsky, Viktor * Hacker, James * Thornton, Timothy Dagenais, Sophie * Uebelhoer, Gail * Ringel, Dean Hedgeman, Catherine C* Thuillez, Dale * Del Buono, Carl * Uplinger, Karen * Rivera, Reinaldo M Hines, Erica M* Treece, Randolph M Doerr, Donald Westlake, Jean Marie * Romero, Manuel * Hummel, Christian * Weiss, Leonard * Eisenhauer, Roscoe J Whisenand, Lucia Rubenstein, Sanford * Hutter, Michael * Whiteman, Michael M Engel, Paula Mallory Shautsova, Alena * Iseman, Robert * Williams, Glen Fellows, Jonathan Sixth District * Spodek, Ellen * Johnson, Robert * Yanas, John * Fennell, Timothy Barreiro, Alyssa * Stong, Elizabeth * Jones, Bonnie * Fetter, Jeffrey Connerton, Mary * Strauss, Audrey L Jones, E. Stewart Fourth District C Fish, Marion Hancock * Cummings, Patricia * Sunshine, Jeffrey Kean, Elena DeFio C Breding, Alice * Foley, Timothy * Denton, Christopher * Sunshine, Nancy * Kelly, Matthew * Carroll, David Gale, Catherine * Drinkwater, Clover * Underwood, Barbara * Keniry, William H. B Cioffi, Cristine Gensini, Gioia Garry, Elizabeth Wiig, Daniel * Keniry, William J. * Cullum, James Gerace, Donald * Gouldin, David Ziegler, Richard C Kinum, John * DeCoursey, Eleanor M* Getnick, Michael * Gozigian, Edward * Kretser, Rachel * Fernandez, Henry * Gingold, Harlan Gutenberger Grossman, Third District Kuryluk, Amanda * Ferradino, Stephen Gingold, Neil Kristin M* Ahearn, Kathy * Lans, Deborah Fuerst, Richard * Grow, John * Lee, James B* Ayers, James * Lasch, Frank * Gillis, Margaret * Hartnett, Elizabeth * Lewis, Richard Bakner, Terresa * Leckerling, Richard * Hyde, Carol M* Hayes, David * Long, Richard B Barnes, James * Levine, Howard M* Ianniello, Anthony * Hershdorfer, Victor C Madigan, Kathryn Grant * Bauman, Harold Macri, Joanne * Jones, Matthew B* Hurd, David McCafferty, Keith * Bloom, Ira * Maney, Gerard * Meyer, Martin * Hurlbutt, Robert McCann, John * Boone, Jerry * Massaroni, Christopher B Paltrowitz, Joel Julian, Robert * Mugglin, Carl M* Brodie, Frederick M* Meacham, Norma * Pleat, Tara Anne * Kahler, Camille C* Peckham, Eugene M* Bucklin, Patricia * Meislahn, Harry C* Rodriguez, Patricia Katz, Mitchell * Rumsey, Phillip M Calareso, JulieAnn B Miranda, David * Rosner, Seth * Longstreet, Ami * Smith, Richard * Canfield, James * Mosenson, Steven Schumann-McGhee, * Lowe, George M* Tyler, David Casey, Molly M Moy, Lillian Bethany Lupia, Paul * Zuckerman, Michael C* Casserly, Timothy * Murray, Cornelius Sharkey, Lauren * Lynn-Ford, Patricia * Cloonan, William * Onderdonk, Marne * Sise, Richard * Martusewicz, Kim Seventh District M* Coffey, Peter M Pettit, Stacy Snyder, Harry M* Marty, Frederick * Andolina, Lawrence Collura, Thomas C* Picotte, Susan Stanclift, Tucker * McArdle, Kevin * Aronson, Stephen * Connolly, Thomas * Potter, James * Suprunowicz, Michael * McDonald, Gerald Bergin, Robert * Copps, Anne Privitera, John Tepper, Eric * Menkin, Edward * Blauvelt, Peter * Costello, Bartley Reynolds, Robert *+ Tharp, Russell * Midey, Nicholas B* Brown, Robert Crummey, Peter Rivera, Sandra * Tishler, Nicholas M Murphy, James * Buholtz, Eileen * D’Agostino, Mae * Rose, Robert * Trombley, Edward * Myers, Thomas C* Burke, Philip DeCataldo, Kathleen * Rosiny, Frank M Verrigni, Alexandra M* Obold, Taylor C Buzard, A. * Doyle, Cathryn * Ruslander, Betsy M Versaci, Vincent * O’Connor, Michael C Castellano, June Ferlazzo, Salvatore * Ruzow, Daniel Wildgrube, Michelle C* Pellow, David * Chesler, Lawrence C Fernandez, Hermes Ryba, Christina C Radel, Patrick * Crimi, Charles * Galante, Joyce * Santola, Daniel Fifth District Radick, Courtney * Davidson, Saul Garcia, Michael M Schofield, Robert * Arterian, Hannah T Richardson, M. Catherine Doran, Craig Gerbini, Jean Sciocchetti, Nancy * Baldwin, Robert * Scullin, Frederick * Doyle, John * Gershon, Richard * Shaw, Jason * Barclay, H. * Seiter, Norman * Dwyer, Michael * Bottar, Anthony Ferrero, Vincent

www.tnybf.org | 27 Foster, Tina * Wesley, Richard M Oliver, Mary Ann * Halpern, Philip Scheinkman, Alan Franklin, Gregory * Wilkens, Beth * Palmer, Thomas * Hamilton, Sarah * Shamoon, Rona * Gaddis, Sheila * Wolford, Michael M* Peradotto, Erin * Harrington, Joseph Shampnoi, Elizabeth M* Grossman, James * Pfalzgraf, David Harris, Steven Siegel, Jay M* Haag, Joyce Eighth District M* Porcellio, Sharon Hattar, Jacqueline * Silverman, Marc * Harren, Michael Adams, Joan M* Riedel, George B* Headley, Frank M* Sobie, Merril Harris, Alan * Ange, Grace Marie Saleh, David Hecht, Elizabeth * Solomon, Joy * Hartman, James Attea, Frederick M Semmelhack, Tricia * Hollis, P. Daniel * Sorkin, Laurence B Heilbronner, Warren Beecher, Thomas * Sharkey, Edward Hyer, James * Spolzino, Robert Hetherington, Bryan * Boniello, Ralph M Shaw, James * Jossen, Robert * Stone, Peter M Inclima, Charles * Bosse, Diane * Spitzmiller, John * Kessler, Steven * Straub, Chester * Kurland, Harold * Brevorka, Peter * Sweet, Kathleen * Lalla, Thomas Tesser, Lewis * Lamb, Robert * Brick, Daniel * Vilardo, Lawrence Leven, David * Triebwasser, Jonah * Lamb, Maureen M Chimes, Deborah Walsh, Kevin * Levin Wallach, Sherry * Tyre, Margaret * Larimer, David * Church, Sanford Wick, Sharon *+ Loeb, James * Zeltner, Peter C* Lawrence, C. Bruce * Civilette, David M* Young, Oliver MacLean, Ian * Mackey, George * Connors, Terrence * Maker, William Tenth District * Madden, Neal * Convissar, Robert Ninth District * Malgieri, Patrick * Abramson, Harold * McCreary, Jean M* Doyle, Vincent M Barson, Alan * Mandelker, Lawrence * Ades, Paul * Modica, Steven M* Eagan, Gayle * Bashian, Gary * Manley, Mary * Austin, Leonard * Moore, James Effman, Norman * Battistoni, Jeffrey Marinaccio, Michael Baiamonte, Rosalia Moretti, Mark Fahey, Eugene * Bave, William * Markhoff, Harris * Barnosky, John * Norman, Judith * Fine, Robert * Bavoso, William * Marwell, John * Barnosky, Eugene * Nussbaum, Carolyn M* Fink, Raymond * Birnbaum, Edward * McCullough, Frank * Bartol, Ernest * Palermo, Anthony M* Fisher, Cheryl B* Boies, David McNamara, Timothy * Bekerman, Marc B Palumbo, Carla * Foschio, Leslie * Bowler, Richard * Miller, Sondra * Berlin, Sharon * Pearl, Robert * Freedman, Jeffrey Brown, Susan L* Mirsky, Ellis * Besso, David * Polito, William * Freedman, Bernard Campagna, Dennis Montclare, Paul * Besunder, Harvey * Richards, Thomas B Freedman, Maryann M* Carlisle, Jay Morcone Giannini, Angela * Black, Bronwyn * Robfogel, Nathan Saccomando * Cashman, Richard Mukerji, Deepanka Blumenthal, Dan * Robfogel, Susan C Gerstman, Sharon C* Catania, Joseph * Newton, Juanita * Bohner, Robert * Ross, Mary * Graber, Garry Enea, Anthony C* Nonna, John Brickman, John Ryan, Kevin M Griffin, Richard * Fader, Bruce * O’Keeffe, Richard Bunim, Mark Sawyko, Leon * Halpern, Ralph *+ Fields, Gerald * O’Rourke, Richard * Buonora, John B Schraver, David * Hanna, Joseph M* Fontana, Lucille * Ostertag, Robert *+ Burner, Nancy * Schultz, Jill Heim, David B Forger, Alexander Palermo, Christopher * Cahn, Richard * Schumacher, Jon * Howe, Barbara * Fox, Mark * Pantaleo, Frances * Calcagni, John * Sconiers, Rose * Lamantia, Stephen Fox, Michael M Parker, Jessica * Campasano, Nicholas * Smith, Jules M* Lucente, Rocco * Galloway, Frances * Paul, Gerald Carney-Cole, Kathryn Smith, Nancy Manning, Kenneth * Gardella, Richard * Planell, Raymond * Castellano, Louis * Tilton, Samuel B* McCarthy, Joseph C* Gaynor, Magdalen * Plunkett, Kevin * Chase, Dennis * Tomaino, Michael * McCoy, Dennis * Geoghegan, John Rakower, Michael Christopher, John * Trevett, Thomas * Mikoll, Ann * Glassman, Carla * Redis, Robert Collins, Richard C* Trueheart, Harry C* Mohun, Michael Goldberg, Evan B* Roberts, George C Cooper, Ilene Turner, Karen * Mosey, Acea * Goldenberg, Ira * Rosenblatt, Albert Corrigan, Brian * Tyler, John Nowotarski, Leah Goldschmidt, Sylvia * Rothstein, Alan Corwin, Nathaniel Vahey, Laurie M* O’Donnell, John Gordon, Michael * Rudolph, Nancy * Crosby, William B Vigdor, Justin * O’Mara, Timothy * Greenawalt, William * Sachs, Joel * Czygier, John * Walker, Connie * O’Reilly, Patrick C Gutekunst, Claire Santiago, Mirna D’Agostino, Jaclene * Walsh, Mary Ogden, E. Jeannette *+ Haggerty, Michel M Sayegh, Emile * D’Angelo, Frank

28 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report * Deveney, Brian M Kretzing, Laurel * Schlissel, Lois Thirteenth District * Matasar, Richard Diamond, Arthur C* Krinick, Evan Schlosser, Kevin * Matties, Richard M Barone, Toni Ann * Donahue, Sally * Kunken, Stephen M Schoenfeld, Lisa *+ McCarthy, Bernard Cohen, Orin * Ehrlich, Jerome * Lack, James Segal, Samantha M* Meyer, Harry M Crawford, Allyn * Emerson, Elizabeth Lane, Eric * Shields, John M Millett, Eileen Gaffney, Michael * England, Louis * Lapp, Charles * Smolowitz, Barry * Montgomerie, Bruce * Hall, Thomas England, Donna * Leinheardt, Wallace * Spellman, Thomas * Newman, Stephen Kennedy, Henry Esterces, Howard M* Levin, A. Thomas Spizz, Harvey Pickholz, Jason Marotta, Daniel * Farrell, George * Levy, Caroline * Stack, Elaine * Pierre-Louis, Stanley * Martin, Edwina * Finz, Leonard * Levy, Peter * Stave, Howard * Pisani, Michael M* McCahey, John * Fishberg, Gerard * Loughlin, Daniel M* Steffanetta, Gary * Prager, Bruce Miller, Claire * Fishel, Gustave * Lupkin, Stanley Stern, Steven * Reimer, Norman * Morse, Andrea * Folks, Robert * Mahony, Harold Strenger, Sanford * Rennie, Aven * Taylor, Patricia M* Forchelli, Jeffrey C Makofsky, Ellen Tarver, Terrence * Robinson, Edward T Franchina, Emily * Maligno, Thomas Villacci, Irene, Out Of State * Rosenberg, Donald * Fredrich, Dolores Mancuso, Peter * Wachtler, Sol * Roth, Gary * Ackerman, Kenneth Fromewick, Richard * Margolin, Linda B Ward, Jon * Rothkopf, Douglas * Atlas, Jeffrey * Futter, Jeffrey * Mastaglio, Peter * Warren, Barry * Rothkopf, Leslie * Baglin, Cathi * Gann, Marc * Mathews, Alyson M* Warshawsky, Ira * Ruger, William * Baldwin, Dennis Garbarino, Andrew McBride, Scott * Weinblatt, Richard * Sachs, David * Barr, Thomas * Gassman, Stephen * McCoyd, Edward C Weinstock, Bonnie * Schaab, Arnold * Bellacosa, Joseph Genoa, Marilyn * McEntee, John * Wicks, James * Schwartz, Donald M* Berman, Henry * Gesualdi, James * McGrath, Christopher * Winkler, James * Sherwood, Arthur M Borger, Mitchell * Ginsberg, Eugene M McSweeney, Theresa Wright, Kathleen * Small, Robert M* Bracken, John * Glickstein, Howard * Meng, M. Kathryn * Zuckerman, Richard * Tallon, James * Brenner, Frank * Golinski, Paul * Mihalick, Andrew * Tarnow, Herman * Brown, Earamichia * Good, Douglas Moffet, Diane * Thompson, Larry Eleventh District C Burns, Carole M* Gregory, John * Moran, Grace * Arcella, David Torrey, Claudia * Butler, Tyrone T* Gross, John * Morrone, Linda C Cohen, David M* Townsend, Sharon * Carew, Colleen M* Guercio, Richard *+ Mullen, Michael M* Darche, Gary * Troeger, Merle Chakansky, Michael L* Guercio, Gregory * O’Connell, Geoffrey DeCarlo, Donald * Tsimbinos, Spiros Cheng, Theodore * Guido, Robert * Ortego, Joseph * DeFelice, Joseph C* Walsh, Owen * Christ, Donald M* Gutleber, Edward * Ostrow, Michael Gutierrez, Richard * Yesawich, Paul * Deptula, George Haefeli, Brette Peek, Barry Mandell, Andrew * Yudes, Alfred * Farr, C. Sims * Hamburger, Richard * Petrocelli, Lisa * Nashak, George * Zelkowitz, Steven * Gacioch, James Harper, Robert Poster-Zimmerman, Lynn Samuels, Violet * Glynn, Thomas * Hausch, Adrienne * Prudenti, A. Gail * Strauss, Sidney * Gorin, Robert * Helfer, Cheryl * Purcell, A. Craig * Terranova, Arthur * Groppe, Charles * Hesterberg, Gregory * Quinlan, Robert Thevenin, Nancy * Hallenbeck, Robert M Hoffman, Carol * Radigan, Christopher C* Wimpfheimer, Steven * Harper, Zenola * Hyde, Andrea * Randazzo, Sheryl * Yablon, Elizabeth Heller, Cheryl * Hyman, Montague Reames, Spencer * Hughes, Robert * Johs, Frederick * Reynolds, James Twelfth District Hulsey, William * Juliano, John * Rice, Thomas * Collins, John * Jaspan, Arthur * Karson, Scott * Riegel, Arthur * Cozier, Barry Karan, Paul Kestenbaum, Avi Robert, Joan * Pfeifer, Maxwell M* Kezsbom, Allen * Killeen, Thomas * Roe, John M Raskin, Michael * Laird, Edward * Klein, John Rosenthal, Elisa * Richman, Murray M* Lewers, Cornett * Kmiotek-Welsh, Sadowski, Mary * Rubin, Mark * Maffeo, Vincent * Korth, Donna-Marie * Savino, William * Maney, Michael Kremer, Arthur B Scheinman, Martin www.tnybf.org | 29 Foundation Commits to Act on Racial Justice as Part of Its Rule of Law Efforts

Addressing racial inequality is pivotal to the success of the Foundation’s Rule of Law efforts. Spurred by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and far too many others, in 2020 the Foundation explicitly embraced anti-racism work as a part of its agenda.

The Foundation’s Racial Justice Working Group has detailed specific ways in which the Foundation can work to disrupt the forces of racial injustice and heal our national divide, through productive investments in: (i) the criminal justice system; (ii) bankruptcy protection; (iii) Black-owned banks/access to capital; (iv) voting rights; (v) education; (vi) healthcare; and (vii) housing and homelessness. By raising and expending restricted funds for work in these areas, the Foundation can help in the fight against racism and for equality.

In relaunching the Foundation’s Firm Challenge to empower New York’s law firms to join in this fight, our Development Committee co-chair James Kobak observed, “Recent events demonstrate all too clearly how structural racism persists and undermines the Rule of Law in our state and country….The Firm Challenge Against Racial Injustice will enable us to fund grantees with a special expertise in police and educational reform, restorative justice and reduction of incarceration, voting rights and community and youth education.”

The Foundation is also undertaking a new strand of legacy fundraising, appealing to donors to make a gift of perpetual duration to the fight for racial justice. As stated by Ilene Cooper, co-chair of the Foundation’s Development Committee, “The tragic death of George Floyd has indeed highlighted the deep racial divide that still exists in this country and how essential it is for us as a nation, a state, and an organization to foster the ends of racial justice and social equality.”

Additionally, the Foundation has added to its grant application for the 2021 grant cycle a question about whether the project helps promote racial justice, directly or indirectly, to better to measure our impact.

Heeding the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ““Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” By investing in organizations tackling racism in a systematic and sustained way, the Foundation will help our state and our nation achieve greater racial equity, and our Rule of Law standing overall. The full report can be read on the Foundation’s website at https://www.tnybf.org/foundation-adopts-report- racial-justice-and-the-rule-of-law-a-call-to-action/

30 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Foundation Salvaged Meaningful Experiences for Students in a Pandemic Summer

While the pandemic ravaged the summer The Foundation takes great pleasure in plans of so many students across the state, stewarding these important opportunities, the Foundation followed through with kindling a bright future for New York’s $236,000 of funded scholarships and legal profession. fellowships, benefiting 82 students and law-related organizations.

The Foundation administered 60 Catalyst Public Service fellowships, inspired by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and seeded by unused campaign funds before she was appointed Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. Funding from this program, matched by every law school in the state, provided invaluable opportunities for students to train to become public interest lawyers. “My supervisors at New York Legal In partnership with Sections of the New Assistance Group entrusted me with York State Bar Association, the Foundation substantial legal work and client also administered 13 Section fellowships interactions involving sensitive (and and scholarships for law students to learn sometimes emotionally-charged) matters. by doing in a variety of legal areas “My experience with the Department of Due to this, I grew much more than I including antitrust, elder and special needs Environmental Conservation would not thought I could this summer. Thanks to law, health law, real property, and trusts have been possible if not for the Catalyst the Catalyst Fellowship, I was afforded and estates. Students acquired practical Fellowship. Since I come from a low- the opportunity to have one of the most experience and saw demonstrations of the income background, money concerns fulfilling and growth-filled summers of my high standards of professional ethics that are always at the forefront of my mind life. Thank you so much! I am so, so the law demands and the importance of when I make any decision. The Catalyst grateful to everyone at the New York Bar the fundamental right of access to justice. Fellowship allowed me to have an Foundation and in the greater New York Scholarship recipients received financial internship that strongly relates to my future legal community that helps make public assistance as well as the chance to explore goal of working as an environmental interest internships more accessible to different areas of the legal profession. lawyer while still having a way to law students.” Anna Chen, Catalyst contribute to my household and academic Updating an honorable tradition to the Summer Fellow, New York Legal needs. I am so grateful that I received the virtual new world, the Foundation helped Assistance Group Catalyst Fellowship and was able to have ten young adults aging out of foster care a fulfilling summer, even during a global to cross the “digital divide.” Under the pandemic.” Shazell Archer, Catalyst Hon. Judith S. Kaye Children and the Summer Fellow, Department of Law Scholarship, these students were Environmental Conservation assisted by this program to attain life and educational essentials such as books, laptops, and food. www.tnybf.org | 31 Congratulations to the following recipients: The Hon. Joel K. Asarch Elder Law and Special Needs Section Scholarship Jessie Sennett, Columbia Law School

Real Property Law Section Lorraine Power Tharp Scholarship Jessie Sennett, Columbia Law School

Real Property Law Section Melvyn Mitzner Scholarship Steven Cecere, St. John’s University School of Law

Carol Van Scoyoc Local and State Government Law Section ”Antitrust law has intrigued me from the Scholarship moment I learned that it existed. Every Victoria Craft, Albany Law School day since, this area of the law has “I am very grateful that I was able to have continued to reignite my passion for my fellowship throughout the Coronavirus Antitrust Section Law Student learning the law. I am honored to have pandemic and provide value to the New Fellowships been given the opportunity to participate York County Surrogate’s Court of Judge Rita Ryan Dorsett, Benjamin N. Cardozo in this Fellowship, which provides the Mella in such a turbulent time. With the School of Law chance to gain meaningful experience in increase in deaths due to the pandemic, the Arpan Patel, Brooklyn Law School an area of the law that genuinely impacts threat of health issues, and the limited staff RaCia Poston, Howard University School the daily lives of so many individuals. on site, our court most certainly underwent of Law This program, and the New York Bar a challenge. Throughout this period, Laura Song, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Foundation, promotes all of the values that we had to shut down the court, which of Law I advocate for in my individual capacity: quickly had us changing gears to remote Jana Springer Behe Corporate strong work ethic, inclusivity, equality, and communications. During my fellowship, Counsel Fellowship professionalism. As an ambassador for the I definitely learned the importance of Patrice Oseni, City University of New York New York State Bar, I intend to advance being dynamic, and how quickly you can all of the values promoted by this program be invaluable when you are willing to Diversity Summer Fellowship in and devote my time and efforts to vigorously contribute where the contribution is most Health Law Tara Mahon, Brooklyn representing the interests of the community. needed.” Myra Hyder, Brooklyn Law School I am humbled by the opportunity to make Law School, Trusts and Estates a difference in people’s lives.” Ryan Law Section Fellowship Recipient Trusts and Estates Law Section Joseph Dorsett, Antitrust Section Fellowships Summer Fellow Tara Mahon, Brooklyn Law School Jessica Senske, University at Buffalo Zachary Zayas, St. John’s University School of Law

32 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report Due to COVID-19 the annual Catalyst reception was held virtually. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and several members of New York’s judiciary joined the law student fellows, members of the Foundation’s board of directors, law school representatives, and lawyers from sponsoring firms in celebration of a successful program for 2020. Congratulations 2020 Catalyst Public Service Program Recipients Albany Law School Cornell Law School NYU School of Law Tori L. Deyo Valentin Van de Walle Anna Daniszewski Jay A. Gilani Yue Yang Shirley LaVarco Ryan C. Hayes Jason Petropoulos Edward Ye Natalie M. Weaver Thomas Shannan Jamie Hin Hon Wong

Brooklyn Law School CUNY School of Law Pace University School of Law Benedict See Samantha Estepa Alexandra Feliz Cameron Molyneaux Gillian Rowland-Kain Juan Rodriguez Rachel Marc Gabriella McDonald Matthew Boyd Latoya Johnson St. John’s University School of Law Jared Brady SUNY Buffalo Law School Fordham University School of Law Colin McKillop Ryan Falk Dissara Alves Bailey Waltman Rachel Farr Shazell Archer Stefanie Williams Austin Thomas Mann Daniel Levin William Turnball Daniel Piersa Samuel Tureff Olivia Piluso

Cardozo School of Law Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Syracuse University College of Law Alexandria Becker Hofstra University Gabriella Kielbasinski Anna Chen Nicole Adler Mariah Almonte Leah Scholnick Bryanna Corbett Hannah Bennink Sara Lerner Kimberley Manzi Kristine Bialy-Viau Elisabeth Palmieri Columbia Law School Touro Law School Helen Zhou New York Law School Conor Byrnes Kate Kobriger McKenzie Griffith Potter Cindy Chau Nia Goodman Sherene Mostaghimi Ramon Cabrera Ekaterina Botchkareva Katherine Toll Daniel Parise www.tnybf.org | 33 Sivan Zak Gratitude in Action Your Investment in the Foundation Creates Life Changing Grant Opportunities

More than $755,000 was allocated in grants throughout the year, including our annual grant program and the special-purpose COVID-19 Emergency Legal Relief fund. Chair of the Foundation’s Grants Review Committee Lucia Whisenand stated, “Even in the best of times The New York Bar Foundation supports numerous unmet legal needs across New York State. Our grant program is more important than ever with the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on individuals as well as the negative economic effect on the agencies which serve them.”

Your investment in the Foundation helped support 138 grant programs--assisting more than 100,000 people and impacting over 5 million of our neighbors in need of legal services throughout New York State.

“The generosity of state bar members and all of our donors made it possible to provide critical support to the organizations that received a 2020 COVID-19 Emergency Legal Relief grant,” said June Castellano, Vice-Chair of the Grants Review Committee and also co-chair of the NYSBA COVID-19 Task Force to Assist Solo Practitioners and Small Firms. “Lawyers throughout the state selflessly responded to the Foundation’s call to fund the legal emergencies created by COVID-19. We thank all of you for your support.”

Organizations that received COVID-19 Emergency Legal Relief grants included:

• Bronx Legal Services • Immigration Equality • The New York State Bar Association • BronxWorks • JustFix, Inc. • The Legal Aid Society • Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer • LatinoJustice PRLDEF • The Volunteer Lawyers Project of Lawyers Project • Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Inc. Onondaga County, Inc. • Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation • Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) • United Tenants of Albany, Inc. • Catholic Charities Community Services, • Legal Services of the Hudson Valley • Volunteers of Legal Service Archdiocese of New York • Lenox Hill Neighborhood House • Worker Justice Center of New York • Catholic Migration Services, Inc. • My Sisters’ Place, Inc. • Youth Represent • Center for Elder Law and Justice • Nassau County Bar Association Fund, Inc. • Day One New York, Inc. • Start Small Think Big • Family Justice Center of Erie County • The Door - A Center of Alternatives, Inc. • Gender Equality Law Center • The Family Center, Inc.

As the Grants Review Committee reviews applications for 2021 it is evident that the impacts of the pandemic on our communities will continue long into the future. We invite you to continue to support the grant program throughout 2021 by giving at www.tnybf.org

34 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report 2020 Grantees by Judicial District

Judicial District 1 (Manhattan) Today (LIFT) CLINTON • Advocates for Justice • Opportunities for a Better • Boys and Girls Republic Tomorrow FRANKLIN • Catholic Charities Community • The Children’s Law Center ST. LAWRENCE Services, Archdiocese of New York • The Family Center, Inc. 4 • Center for Court Innovation/Fund JEFFERSON ESSEX for the City of New York n Judicial District 3 (Albany, • Center for Family Representation (CFR) Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, • Community Service Society of LEWIS Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster HAMILTON New York counties) WARREN 5 WASHINGTON • Day One New York, Inc. • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern OSWEGO

• Her Justice Inc. New York ORLEANS NIAGARA ONEIDA • Immigrant Justice Corps • New York Newspapers SARATOGA MONROE WAYNE FULTON • Immigration Equality Foundation GENESEE HERKIMER ONONDAGA • LatinoJustice PRLDEF • New York State Defenders MONTGOMERY RENSSELAER ONTARIO MADISON ADY ERIE • Lawyers For Children Association, Inc. CAYUGA SCHOHARIE SCHENECT WYOMING SENECA YATES OTSEGO • Legal Action Center • NYSBA LIVINGSTON CHENANGO ALBANY 8 7 TLAND • Legal Momentum • Prisoners’ Legal Services COR SCHUYLER COLUMBIA • Legal Services NYC • United Tenants of Albany, Inc. TOMPKINS 6 CATTARAUGUS ALLEGANY GREENE • Lenox Hill Neighborhood House • Worker Justice Center of New York CHAUTAUQUA STEUBEN DELAWARE • LGBT Bar Association and CHEMUNG TIOGA BROOME 3

Foundation of Greater New York n Judicial District 5 (Herkimer, DUTCHESS 9 ULSTER • Mobilization for Justice, inc. Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, • Mount Sinai Medical Legal Oneida, Onondaga counties) 12 SULLIVAN Partnership, Inc. • Catholic Charities of Onondaga • New York County Lawyers’ PUTNAM County 1 BRONX ORANGE Association • Center for Community Alternatives WESTCHESTER • New York Foundling Hospital DBA • Empowered Pathways NEW YORK 11 ROCKLAND 10 The New York Foundling • Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society (Manhattan) SUFFOLK • New York Immigration Coalition • Legal Services of Central New York NEW YORK CITY QUEENS • New York Legal Assistance Group • Resolution Center of Jefferson and 2 NASSAU (NYLAG) Lewis Counties, Inc. 13 • Pro Bono Net • The Volunteer Lawyers Project of • Safe Horizon, Inc. Onondaga County, Inc. KINGS • Sakhi for South Asian Women (Brooklyn) RICHMOND • Start Small Think Big n Judicial District 7 (Cayuga, (Staten Island) • Suffolk Academy of Law Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, • TakeRoot Justice Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates • The Door - A Center Of counties) Alternatives, Inc. • CASA of Rochester/Monroe • The GO Project County • Mental Health Advocates of n Judicial District 10 (Nassau, n Judicial District 11 • The Legal Aid Society • Hillside Children’s Foundation Western New York Suffolk counties) (Queens County) • The Liberty Fund • Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Inc. • Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. • Child Abuse Prevention Services • Center for the Integration and • The New York City Alliance • Legal Assistance of Western New • New York State Bar Association, • Community Legal Advocates Of Advancement of New Americans Against Sexual Assault York, Inc. Committee on Courts of Appellate New York Inc. • The Open Door NJNY • Legal Assistance of Western New Jurisdiction • Huntington Youth Bureau Youth n Judicial District 12 (Bronx County) • UnLocal, Inc. York, Inc. • The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc Bureau Youth Development • Bronx Legal Services • Volunteers of Legal Service • Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Inc. • Western New York Law Center, Inc. Research Institute, Inc. • BronxWorks • Youth Represent • Monroe County Bar Center for • Legal Outreach, Inc. • South Bronx United Education n Judicial District 9 (Dutchess, • Long Island Advocacy Center, Inc. • Thurgood Marshall Junior Mock Trial n Judicial District 2 (Kings County) • Volunteer Legal Services Project of Orange, Putnam, Rockland, • Mercy Haven, Inc. Program • Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Monroe County, Inc. Westchester counties) • Nassau County Bar Association Lawyers Project • Judicial District 8 (Allegany, • Girls Rule the Law, Inc. Fund, Inc. • Brooklyn Defender Services Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, • Legal Aid Society of Rockland • Nassau Suffolk Law Services • Brooklyn Legal Services Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, County Inc Committee, Inc. Corporation A Wyoming counties) • Legal Services of the Hudson Valley • Port Washington Parent Resource • CAMBA, Inc. • Center for Elder Law & Justice • Mental Health Association of Center • Catholic Migration Services, Inc. • Child & Family Services of Erie Westchester, Inc. • Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville • Disability Rights New York County • My Sisters’ Place, Inc. • The Long Island Alzheimer’s and • Exalt Youth (exalt) • Erie County Bar Association • Neighbors Link Dementia Center • Gender Equality Law Center Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc • Pace Women’s Justice Center • The Safe Center LI • JustFix, Inc. • Family Justice Center of Erie • Legal Information for Families County www.tnybf.org | 35 Leadership and Governance Board of Directors

President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Assistant Secretary Lesley Rosenthal, Esq. Carla M. Palumbo, Esq. Martin Minkowitz, Esq. Pamela McDevitt Lucia B. Whisenand, Esq. New York City Rochester New York City Albany Syracuse

Chief Publicity Officer James R. Barnes Esq. Earamichia Brown, Esq. June Castellano, Esq. Honorable Susan B. Albany Texas Rochester Cheryl E. Chambers Lindenauer, Esq. Chair of New York City New York City The Fellows

John P. Christopher, Esq. Ilene S. Cooper, Esq. Donald C. Doerr, Esq. Gioia Gensini, Esq. James B. Kobak, Jr., Esq. Uniondale Uniondale Syracuse Syracuse New York City Vice Chair of The Fellows

C. Bruce Lawrence, Esq. Ellen G. Makofsky, Esq. Roger Juan Edwina Frances Ellis R. Mirsky, Esq. Rochester Garden City Maldonado, Esq. Martin, Esq. Nanuet New York City New York City

William T. Russell, Esq. Mirna M. Santiago, Esq. David M Schraver, Esq. David C. Singer, Esq. Lauren J. Wachtler, Esq. New York City Pawling Rochester New York City New York City Vice Chair of The Fellows

36 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report In Appreciation of Your Gifts of Distinction to The New York Bar Foundation in 2020

Memorial Gifts Thomas Moreland In Memory of Steven C. Krane Timothy Morrison Hon. Stephen G. Crane, Sr. In Memory of Joel K. Asarch Joanne Murphy Helen Asarch Benedetto and Cindy Puccio In Memory of Craig Edler Venetia Reece Lindeke Benjamin Thompson In Memory of Aaron Britvan Teresa Ribadeneyra The NYSBA Family Law Section Catherine Richardson In Memory of Judge Bernard S. In Memory of the Hon. Noach Dear V. Maria Schmitz Meyer Barbara Smith William M. Roth John Feerick Janis Smythe In Memory of John R. Dunne to Michele Steckler In Memory of Henry Miller the John R. Dunne Fund W. Lowell Steinbrenner Maryann Saccomando Freedman James & Suzanne Aisenberg Pamela Strousse Hon. David Hurd James Ayers Diane Stuto James C. Moore Cathy Marchese Bennett Susan Tipograph M. Catherine Richardson Amanda Campbell The Partners of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Jonah Triebwasser Margaret Cashen Amy White In Memory of Melvyn Mitzner Sarah Cashen Jane Wood Rosalyn Mitzner David Cohen Matthew Wood Wendy Conway In Memory of Anthony R. In Memory of Hon. James E. Lois Dickson Palermo Euken David Everett Christopher Palermo Warren M. Emerson Tricia Fontanelli In Memory of Sherman S. Poland Rae Gilson In Memory of Ruth Bader Douglas Good Ginsburg Susan Poland Cathy Grier Jessica Parker In Memory of Hon. Richard Lee Lauree Hickok Price Joel Hodes In Memory of Paul M. Hanrahan James B. Kobak, Jr. Andrew Humphrey John McCann Hon. Jonah Triebwasser Barbara Johnson In Memory of Doris S. Hoffman Joanne Knauss In Memory of Hollis Salzman Stephen Hoffman John Lillis The NYSBA Corporate Counsel Section Daniel Lynch In Memory of Hon. Judith S. Kaye In Memory of Stephen James March Rona G. Shamoon Whisenand, Jr. Stephen McCarthy Deborah Auspelmyer Martha McMaster In Memory of William Keenan M. Catherine Richardson Barry McWilliams Diane Tiveron www.tnybf.org | 37 In Memory of Eugene L. Wishod In Honor of Judith Grimaldi David Singer Lora Wishod Joseph A. Greenman Richard Swanson Tara Anne Pleat Justin Teff Gifts to Honor Randolph Treece In Honor of Robert L. Haig Harry Truehart In Honor of Deborah Auspelmyer Receiving the Foundation Stephen Younger Emily F. Franchina Lifetime Achievement Award In Honor of Naomi Cohen Gregory Arenson In Honor of Claire Leinheardt Scott Avidon James R. Barnes Wallace Leinheardt Mark Berman In Honor of Valerie Bogart John M. Callagy In Honor of Susan Lindenauer JulieAnn Calareso Hon. Cheryl E. Chambers Robert Kaufman Hon. Melanie Cyganowski In Honor of Sylvia Chin Receiving In Honor of the Hon. Jonathan Don Doerr the Fordham School of Law Spirit Lippman Ilene Cooper of Service Award Ted Sonnenschein and Tami Smith Raymond Dowd Deborah Auspelmyer Alan Fell James R. Barnes In Honor of the Hon. Charles Liu Marion Hancock Fish Raymond Dowd Phil Siegel Emily F. Franchina Emily F. Franchina Jonathan Frank In Honor of Ellis Mirsky Lesley F. Rosenthal Maryann Saccomando Freedman Christopher Court In Honor of the Executive John Horan In Honor of Ellen Makofsky Committee of the Elder Law and James Kobak Receiving the Elder Law and Special Needs Section Adrienne Koch Special Needs Section’s Lifetime Ellen G. Makofsky C. Bruce Lawrence Achievement Award Susan Lindenauer In Honor of Viva Feiner James R. Barnes Hon. Jonathan Lippman JulieAnn Calareso Jane E. Scott Richard Long Vincent E. Doyle, III In Honor of Hon. Paula L. Roger Maldonado Judith D. Grimaldi Feroleto Kenneth Manning Kathryn Grant Madigan Warren M. Emerson Frank Maas Felicia Pasculli Joseph McCarthy Richard A. Weinblatt In Honor of Emily F. Franchina Ellis Mirsky Miles P. Zatkowsky Deborah Auspelmyer Lauren Wachtler and Paul Montclare In Honor of Tara Pleat Sharon Stern Gerstman Carla Palumbo Joseph A. Greenman Elisa Strassler Rosenthal Joann T. Palumbo Lesley F. Rosenthal M. Catherine Richardson In Honor of Timothy F. Reynolds Kathleen Wright Lesley Rosenthal Anonymous In Honor of Emily F. Franchina Herbert Rubin In Honor of Lesley Rosenthal and her Wonderful Tenure as Jay G. Safer Chair of the Fellows Chester B. Salomon Hon. Sol Wachtler James R. Barnes Justice Alan D. Scheinkman M. Catherine Richardson David Schraver 38 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report In Honor of Ted Rosenthal’s The NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section Robert L. Haig concert for TNYBF The Richard J. Bartlett Fund The Health Law Section Susan Lindenauer Jane E. Scott Fellowship Fund In Honor of Lauren Wachtler David Tyler The NYSBA Health Law Section Hon. Shira Scheindlin The Business Law Section Small The Hon. Judge Kaye Children In Honor of Hon. Sol Wachtler Business Support Fund and the Law Committee Scholarship Fund Donald C. Christ The NYSBA Business Law Section Hon. Karen Peters Donald Doerr The Catalyst Public Service Betsy Ruslander Hon. Helen Freedman Fellowship Fund Norman Greene Abrams Festerman The Hon. Judith S. Kaye Youth John Nonna Bernstein Liebhard LLP Court Fund The Wachtler Children: Lauren, Marjorie Alison, Hon. Anthony Cannataro Warren M. Emerson Philip, Paul, Barry, and Robin Justice Joel M. Cohen The LYC Fund In Honor of the Hon. Sol Cornerstone Research Jonah Triebwasser Wachtler and our Fellows Davis Polk & Wardwell Jana Springer Behe Corporate Leaders Hon. Paula L. Feroleto Counsel Section Fellowship Fund Emily F. Franchina Friends of Judge Ronda Erin Fischer Election Committee The NYSBA Corporate Counsel Section Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. In Honor of Lucia Whisenand Ingerman Smith, LLP The Hon. Bernard S. Meyer Samantha Beadel Gregory Joseph Scholarship Fund Joseph Hage Aronson LLC Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C. Gifts to Restricted Funds John Kiernan The New York Bar Foundation Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP The Mark H. Alcott Fund Endowment Fund Judith McMahon for Supreme Court Mark H. Alcott Ronald Minkoff Karen L. Moroney for District Court Judge Robert E. Barnes Friends of Linda Kelly Mejias The Lorraine Power Tharp The Anne B. Keenan Memorial Raskyn for Town Justice Endowment Fund Fund Friends of Matt Raso Warren Emerson Anonymous Hon. Brandon Sall The Trusts and Estates Law Deborah Auspelmyer Simpson Thacher Bartlett Section Fellowship Fund Andrew A. Kress Sullivan & Cromwell LLP The NYSBA Trusts and Estates Law Section Robert I. Lesser Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP Felicia Rovegno The Carol Van Scoyoc Local and The Family Law Section Fund State Government Scholarship The Antitrust Law Section The NYSBA Family Law Section Fund Fellowship Fund Sharon Berlin The NYSBA Antitrust Law Section The General Practice Pro Bono Fund Bernis Nelson The Joel K. Asarch Section on The NYSBA General Practice Section Elder Law and Special Needs Scholarship Fund The Robert L. Haig Fund Helen Asarch Joseph Catania www.tnybf.org | 39 Donors Glen Lau-Kee Grail A. Moore Edwin Leonard Roger Napoleon Annual Appeal Deborah R. Liebman Lynn K. Neune Anonymous Richard B. Long Adam Nord Deborah Auspelmyer Sandra Maliszewski Rosanne Notaro Mary Austin Patricia Maniscalco Paul Petras Doris Boehling Ira Matetsky Barbara Paul Robinson Howard Broadman Joseph Murphy & Charles Raskob Robinson Fund William Burck Robert Newman Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin June M. Castellano Carla Palumbo Laurence Sorkin Bonnie Chmil Michael Pfeifer William Weisner Melissa Crane Melinda Poon Sally Woo Maria Cilenti Loren Ratner Elizabeth Wysocki David Louis Cohen David Rosenberg Life Fellows Charles Collins Lesley Rosenthal Edwin M. Baum Paul Curtin Annemarie Salowski Michael Bernstein Donald Doerr Michael Schler Robert E. Brown Leigh Dorr James Schiffer Marjorie Gross Ivan W. Dreyer Eli Shaked Richard Howe Lorraine Duthe Erik Stapper Hon. Christian Hummel Timothy Fennell Andrea Starret Robert Kaufman Michael W. Galligan Elena Tisnovsky Allen Kezsbom Robin Garson Alexandra Trinkoff Susan B. Lindenauer Carol Glauberman Irene V. Villacci Richard Long Patricia A. Goodsell Sherry Levin Wallach Joseph McKay Bruce Green General Donations George Roberts John Gross Gary M. Bahler Robert M. Shafer Martin Hersh Richard Carmen Randolph Treece Jay Himes Elizabeth Donoghue Edward Kaniewski Employee Matching Gifts Riquet Figaro Laurel Kretzing Chevron Gas and Midstream Steven J. Ford and Patricia A. Lynn-Ford Andrea E. Channing Kung Mutual of America Foundation Linh Hoang Tracy Landauer New York Community Trust Robert Meade C. Bruce Lawrence Thank you! The New York Bar Foundation fondly remembers the Fellows who passed in 2020

Martin B. Adelman John E. MacKenty Shirley Adelson Siegel New York, NY Edgartown, MA New York, NY

Thomas J. Drury Donald M. Mawhinney, Jr. Leland B. Taylor Buffalo, NY Fayetteville, NY Fort Myers, FL

John R. Dunne Henry G. Miller Michael J. Weinberger Albany, NY White Plains, NY New York, NY

James F. Dwyer Hollis Salzman Eugene L. Wishod Ramsey, NJ New York, NY Ridgefield, CT

Steven M. Edwards David R. Sicular Hon. Paul L. Wollman New York, NY New York, NY Amsterdam, NY

Edward J. Grogan, III Mechanicville, NY 2020 at a Glance

2020 Grant Program Impact 86,970 5,592,628 New Yorkers Served New Yorkers Affected

Grant Program 13% Breakdown Increasing public understanding of the law 74% Improving the justice 12% system and the law Facilitating the delivery of legal services

Enhancing professional 1% competence and ethics

Program Recap * • Grants Appropriated $664,600 • Fellowships/Scholarships $243,500 • Admin Expenses $274,339 • COVID-19 Emergency Legal Relief Grants $91,000 *as of 11/30/2020

42 | The New York Bar Foundation 2020 Annual Report 2020 at a Glance Advancing Justice and Fostering the Rule of Law

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