NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Project Volunteers Honored at Annual Reception

On October 4, the LS-NYC's New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project (NYC BAP) held its annual reception honoring pro bono volunteers who donated their time and talent to the program in the past year. Over 60 guests gathered in recognition of their service, including the Hon. Stuart M. Bernstein, Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court SDNY, and the Hon. Carla Craig, Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court EDNY, who presented the awards.  Hon. Elizabeth S. Strong, Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court EDNY, delivered remarks.

The event was graciously hosted by Weil Gotshal and Manges LLP.

Program of Events:

 

Opening
Remarks:

Stephen
Karotkin, Weil, Gotshal
& Manges LLP

Chairman, NYC
BAP Steering Committee

Presentation
of Awards:

Hon. Stuart M.
Bernstein

Chief
Judge of the
US Bankruptcy Court, SDNY

Hon. Carla
Craig

Chief
Judge of the
US Bankruptcy Court, EDNY

Special
Recognition:

Lisa
Schweitzer & Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

James Garrity &
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Closing
Remarks:

Hon. Elizabeth S.
Stong
 Judge of the
US Bankruptcy Court, EDNY

 

Honorees

 

NYC BAP
Mentors

(Reviewed the
work of other volunteers)

Bruce Weiner   Edward
Nieger

 

NYC BAP
In-Court Champions

(Handled one
or more contested matters)

Bob Britton  
Giovanni Bruno    Aimee Creed

 Yuichi
Haraguchi    
Greg Papeika    Kristin
Rosella

 

Exemplary
NYC BAP Champions

(Completed
more than three petitions)

Christina Fortunato   
Nicholas
Harley

Steven Innih    Zahava
Blumenthal

 

NYC BAP
Volunteer Leaders

(Volunteered a
full day or more per week)

Eva Horowitz    Lani
Rahman

 

NYC BAP
Champions

(Completed
three petitions)

Derek Alexander    Gianna Borroto     Blueth Bromfield-Elliott

Steve Byun      
Kathleen Cully    Josh House

Edward Huang      Jamarri Ivy      
Martin Kostov

Alistair Meadows      Brian Phillips      Ani Ravi

Patrick Rosenthal     
Shawnee Swinton     
Justin
Woolverton

 

Dedicated
NYC BAP Volunteers

(Completed two
or more petitions)

Alex Abrams      Charlie Alovisetti     
Dovrat Bashan

Nelson Belen      Courtney Browne     
Maureen Chang

Latrisha Desrosiers      
James Feketie      Matthew Gately

Christopher
Gregory     Nancy Kourland      Steve Krause

Brian Larkin      Alice Liou      Alice Nam

Michael Neuman      Eunice Rho (Hyon)     Sandra Rutova

Michael Shanabrook     Justin Singer       Toks Sofola

Matthew Waterman      Xiao (Margaret)
Zhu

 

 NYC BAP
Volunteers
(Completed one
petition)

Tania  Peterson Chandler     Bryan Cohen      TaeRa Franklin

Heng Gong     Mitchell Griffith     (Joel) Gary
Guttenberg

Leila  Hekmati     Donn Hyman     Jonathan Jacobson

Jennie Kim      Yi Liu      
Jennifer
Madden

Moumita Rahman      Patrick Sigmon      Andrew 
Tsang

NYC
BAP Wishes to Thank the Following Firms, Individuals and Foundations For Their
Support in 2008-2009:

Bingham
McCutchen

Brown
Rudnick

Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cooley, Godward,
Kronish, LLP

Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP

Eisner

Jones
Day

King & Spalding
LLP

Klestadt &
Winters LLP

Milbank Tweed Hadley
& McCloy LLP

Silverman Acampora
LLP

Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Vinson &
Elkins, LLP

Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz

White &
Case, LLP

Willkie Farr
& Gallagher, LLP

Wollmuth
Maher & Deutsch LLP

Mike
Cook

Richard
Levin

The American College of Bankruptcy
Foundation

The New York State Bar
Foundation

The New York Community
Trust

Read more about the NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Project.