On June 15th, Legal Services NYC will hold its annual Jazz for Justice benefit to celebrate its 42nd year helping improve the lives of thousands of low-income New Yorkers.
The Annual Benefit, which draws some 400 attendees from New York City's leading law firms and corporations, will be held at the Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jazz for Justice will honor three Visionary Leaders for providing crucial help to New Yorkers at a time of economic crisis and soaring demand for legal services: Goldman Sachs Gives, The New York Community Trust, and The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund. Legal Services NYC Staff will be awarded the Advocates of Justice Award.
The celebratory evening will also feature a special performance by the two-time Grammy-nominated trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas with his ensemble Brass Ecstasy. Internationally recognized as one of today's most prolific trumpeters, Dave Douglas ranks amongst the top contemporary masters in American music. Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy will release their debut recording, Spirit Moves, on Greenleaf Music with record release shows at Jazz Standard, June 18-21.
Legal Services NYC is the nation's largest provider of free civil legal services and has successfully handled more than 2,000,000 cases. With 19 offices in all five boroughs, Legal Services NYC provides a diverse array of expert legal assistance including foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy, housing, consumer rights, disability, immigration, education, language access, family law, and unemployment.
Visionary Leadership Honorees
Goldman Sachs Gives, with Alan Cohen, Global Head of Compliance for Goldman Sachs
The New York Community Trust, with Board Chairman Samuel S. Polk
The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, with President Jack Rosenthal
Advocates of Justice Honoree
Legal Services NYC Staff
Special Guest
Helaine M. Barnett, President of Legal Services Corporation
Special Jazz Performance
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy
Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Monday, June 15, 2009; 6:30pm: Cocktail Reception; 7:30pm: Dinner, Presentations & Entertainment
Dinner Co-Chairs: John S. Kiernan, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Steven Alan Reiss, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Event Committee: Atiba D. Adams, Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer Inc; John Aerni, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; William Bowman, Kings County Family Court; Ellen Chapnick, Dean, Social Justice Initiatives Columbia Law School; Michael Cooper, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Mark Cunha, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Steven Edwards, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP; Alicia Glen, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Valarie A. Hing, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP; John P. Hooper, Partner, Reed Smith LLP; Michael Rothenberg & Zerline Goodman, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) & The Law Office of Zerline Goodman; William T. Russell, Jr., Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Bruce D. Saber; Lisa Sotto, Partner, Hunton & Williams; Jane R. Stern, The New York Community Trust; Jeffrey Trachtman, Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; Jon Van Wie, Travers O'keefe
Title Sponsors: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Maestro Sponsors: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP; Reed Smith LLP; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Virtuoso Sponsors: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; Kenesis Corporate & Information Consulting; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; Pfizer Inc; Travers O'keefe; Prodigy Sponsors: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Entwistle & Cappucci LLP; Feinberg Rozen, LLP; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; General Electric Company; Gilbert Oshinsky LLP; Hogan & Hartson LLP; Madu, Eduzi & Madu; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.; The New York Community Trust; Schulte Roth & Zabel L.L.P.; Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P
Chair of the Board: Mark G. Cunha, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Executive Director & President: Andrew Scherer
For more information contact All About Jazz.
