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SAPPHIRE ANNIVERSARY GALA & Community Excellence Awards

THE LGBT BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK'S

MAY 25, 2023

6:00-9:00 PM

TRIBECA ROOFTOP at 2 Desbrosses Street

Join us on May 25th at Tribeca Rooftop as we celebrate LGBT Bar NY's 45th anniversary at our Foundation's Annual Gala! The evening will offer dinner, drinks, dancing, and a rooftop space with 360-degree views of Manhattan and the Hudson River. Help us raise a toast to our community's accomplishments and prepare for the challenges that are to come!

The Annual Gala supports the charitable and educational activities of the LGBT Bar NY Foundation, including our pro bono legal clinicsLGBT Law Notes, Law Student Career FairJudicial Fellowship Program, and a host of  additional activities benefiting the LGBTQ+ legal community and the public.

As part of the Annual Gala, LGBT Bar NY recognizes individuals or organizations with a distinguished record of service to the LGBTQ+ community, including a sustained commitment to achieving equal rights for all members of our community. This year, LGBT Bar NY presents its Community Excellence Awards, which recognize New York LGBTQ+ legal professionals, across all fields of practice, for their commitment to the LGBTQ+ community and for high achievement in the profession. 

Each year, LGBT Bar NY's Annual Gala receives support from the small and large law firm community, as well as corporations and individual contributors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please click he re.

2023 ANNUAL GALA BENEFACTORS*

SAPPHIRE

SILVER

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

GOLD

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Elefterakis, Elefterakis, & Panek
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Morrison Foerster
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cooley LLP
Cornerstone Research
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Foley Hoag LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott, Will & Emery
Outten & Golden

SPONSOR

SMALL FIRM/SOLO

Gunderson Dettmer

Moses & Singer LLP 

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Lise Law & Mediation PLLC

Shanies Law Office

PATRONS

MID-SIZE FIRM/LAW SCHOOL

Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld LLP

Cardozo OUTLaws

Russ Korins, Esq.
Prof. Emeritus Arthur S. Leonard
Meredith R. Miller
Thomas H. Prol
Steven R. Yuniver

*Sponsors listed have been confirmed as of March 23, 2023

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