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New York, NY- January 28, 2025 – At its 2025 Annual Gala, the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) will honor the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court on its 30th Anniversary. The Gala will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at The Pierre Hotel in Manhattan. At the Gala, NYCLA will present its highest honor, the William Nelson Cromwell Award, to the Commercial Division Justices in New York State.
Fifty-four General Counsel of major corporations have agreed to serve as members of the Honorary General Counsel Committee in connection with this event. Michael Fricklas, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Advance, is the Chair of the Honorary General Counsel Committee. The other members, and their companies, are listed below:
GENERAL COUNSEL | COMPANY |
Eric Adler |
Advance Local |
Marc Alpert |
Loews |
Fabio Bertoni |
The New Yorker |
Sipi Bhandari |
Paychex |
Diane Brayton |
New York Times |
Eve Burton |
Hearst |
Ben Campbell |
Deloitte |
Whitney Chatterjee |
Apollo Global Management |
Brian Chevlin |
Pernod Ricard |
Adam Ciongoli |
Fox Corporation |
Marcy Cohen |
ING Financial Holdings |
Deneen Donnley |
Con Edison |
John Douglas |
TIAA |
Daniel Emerson |
Take-Two Interactive Software |
Jordan Fasbender |
iHeartMedia |
John Finley |
Blackstone |
Mark Fischer |
PVH |
David Flavell |
Pepsico |
Laura Franco |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment |
Jamie Gallagher |
AMC Networks |
Rose Marie Glazer |
AIG |
José Gonzalez |
Equitable Holdings |
Eric Grossman |
Morgan Stanley |
Kendall Handler |
IAC |
Kimberley Harris |
NBCUniversal |
Jamal Haughton |
Charter Communications |
Henry Hoberman |
A+E Networks |
Hope Jarkowski |
Broadridge Financial Solutions |
Robert Khuzami |
Guggenheim Partners |
Jason Klurfeld |
Evercore |
Seth Krauss |
Endeavor |
Douglas Lankler |
Pfizer |
Joseph LaRosa |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
Ben Lee |
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Sandra Leung |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Andrew Levine |
SL Green |
Lori Marino |
ITT |
Eileen McCarthy |
JetBlue |
Kevin McCarthy |
Bank of New York Mellon |
Brent McIntosh |
Citigroup |
Dennis McNamara |
Oppenheimer Holdings |
Christopher Meade |
BlackRock |
Michael Mellis |
New York Yankees |
Hazel-Ann Mayers |
Turnitin |
Laura O’Hara |
M&T Bank |
David Pitofsky |
News Corporation |
Antonious Porch |
SoundCloud/Conde Nast |
Thomas Reid |
Comcast |
Paul Robinson |
Warner Music Group |
Adam Rosman |
Fiserv |
Kathryn Ruemmler |
Goldman Sachs |
Vandana Venkatesh |
Verizon |
Joseph Wayland |
Chubb |
For this special occasion, NYCLA has invited, as its guests, judges from both the state and federal trial and appellate courts and government officials. The Annual Gala is a magnificent event, renowned as the “bench and bar event of the year.” Robert L. Haig of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is the Event Chair.
About the New York County Lawyers Association
The New York County Lawyers Association (www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence. For more information on NYCLA please visit nycla.org
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