2020 Virtual Awards Benefit

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 • 7:00 PM EST

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Text NCLEJ2020 to (202) 858-1233 to donate.
Our work has never been more necessary.

honoring:

Sarah Dodds-Brown

Executive Vice President and Managing Counsel
American Express

and

Martha Morgan * Henry Sanders * Faya Rose Touré

for their work with NCLEJ in Montgomery, Alabama,
fighting criminalization of poverty, and for
their long standing commitment to civil rights issues

Joining us for this Special Event

Cory Booker

United States Senator for New Jersey

National Center for Law and Economic Justice recognizes the following Virtual Benefit Sponsors

UNDERWRITER

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP for its extraordinary support

CHAMPION

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Selendy & Gay PLLC

TITLE

American Express
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Dentons US LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

LEADER

Arnold & Porter
Blavatnik Family Foundation
Joel M. Cohen
Constantine Cannon LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Dentons US LLP
Andrew R. Dunlap
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

BENEFACTOR

Paul M. Dodyk
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

PATRON

Binder & Schwartz LLP
Bryan Cave LLP
Cohen & Gresser LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
WilmerHale

SUPPORTER

David Anders and Mimi Rocah
Boston Consulting Group
Kathy and Jimmy Brandt
Douglas F. Curtis
Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy Zimmermann
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Helen and Henry Freedman
Nancy and James Grosfeld Foundation
Sandra Hauser and Jeff Parness
Orrick
Brooke Bowie Story

DONOR

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Axiom
Edward Krugman and Ethel Klein
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Schoeman Updike Kaufman & Gerber LLP
Tower Legal Solutions

ADVOCATE

Reid Ashinoff
Courtney Bowie
Brad Brown and Sarah Dodds-Brown
Nancy A. Lieberman
Rev. Michael E. Livingston
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP
Bruce Rabb
Doug Rosenthal
Eric and Laurie Roth
Stephen M. Salley
Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin and Stanley Friedman
Schmitz-Fromherz Family Fund
Rev. Phil Tom

BENEFIT CHAIRS

Evan R. Chesler
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Paul J. Shim
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Ted Wells and Nina Mitchell Wells
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

CO-CHAIRS

Peter T. Barbur
Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Glynna Christian
Partner, Orrick

Douglas F. Curtis
Partner, Arnold & Porter

Tom Dye
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Muhammad U. Faridi
Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Leslie A. Firtell, Esq.
Founder & CEO, Tower Legal Solutions

Sandra D. Hauser
Partner, Dentons US LLP

James. H. Mann
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

Isaac Margulis
Senior Manager, Axiom

Louise M. Parent and John P. Casaly

Mark E. Plotkin
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Lewis V. Popovski
Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Wendy H. Schwartz
Co-Founder, Binder & Schwartz LLP

Laureen E. Seeger
Chief Legal Officer, American Express

Jennifer and Philippe Selendy
Selendy & Gay PLLC

Richard I. Werder, Jr.
NY Office Managing Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Anré Williams
Group President, American Express

Ambassador Lee Wolosky
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

Masayuki Yamanouchi
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Po Yi
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Henry A. Freedman, Chair

Kumasi Amin
Annie Pearl Avery
KC Bailey
H. Bradford Brown
Nancy Duff Campbell
Zack Carter
Stephen M. Cutler
Shelley Fearson
Councilman Johnny Ford
Hon. Helen E. Freedman
Michael D. Fricklas
Minna R. Fyer and William M. Brodsky
Judson Garner
Rev. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow
Yomi Goodall
William Harrison
Ainka Sanders Jackson
Jeffery Jones
Karen Jones
Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr.
Michele Coleman Mayes
Rep. Thad McClammy
Leah Nelson
Hugh B. Price
Debra L. Raskin and Michael D. Young
Mimi Rocah
Sen. Malika Sanders
Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin and Stanley Friedman
Brenda Smith
Jeanette Scott Thomas
Gus Townes
PD Villarreal
Sam Walker
Sara Werder
Sharon Wheeler
Dr. Carol Zippert
John Zippert
Mary Marsh Zulack

As of November 29, 2020

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sandra D. Hauser, Chair
Cassandra Barham, Vice-Chair
Douglas F. Curtis, Vice-Chair
Mary E. Gerisch, Vice-Chair
Jeffrey I. Shinder, Treasurer
Sara Werder, Secretary

Deborah N. Archer
Shireen A. Barday
Mary Lu Bilek
Joel M. Cohen
Julie E. Cohen
Paul M. Dodyk
Andrew R. Dunlap
Muhammad U. Faridi
Henry A. Freedman
Stephen L. Kass
Edward P. Krugman
David S. Lesser
Rev. Michael E. Livingston
Ray López
James I. McClammy
Bruce Rabb
Shannon Rose Selden
Jennifer M. Selendy
Angelique Shingler
Jill Shinn
Daniel Slifkin
Rev. Phil Tom
Alexandra Wald
Lee Wolosky

Dennis D. Parker
Executive Director

For further information, please contact Kara Minogue at
(212) 665-1441 or kara@karaminogue.com
or Lindsay Reiss (914) 837-4858 or lindsay@karaminogue.com
Send all payments to:
NCLEJ
275 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1506
New York, New York 10001-6860

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