31st Annual First Monday in October on October 7, 2024

Thank you to all of the Honorees, Justices, and Supporters of OAD's 31st Annual First Monday in October!

View all of the evening's photos on Flickr.

Check out the 2024 First Monday Journal (click on the cover image below):

HONORING

Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy

HELEN GREDD
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP

DAVID PATTON
Hecker Fink LLP

OAD Gideon Award
CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP

OAD Counsel for Justice Award
ELLEN R. PATTERSON
Wells Fargo & Company

OAD Beacon of Hope Award
DESHEEN EVANS

THE BENCH

Ellen R. Patterson, Chief Justice
Kathleen E. Cassidy
Maria Cruz Melendez
Edward B. Diskant
Christian R. Everdell
Julia Gatto
Justine A. Harris
Kristin Mace
Jessica A. Masella

The First Monday Court will hear argument in Kousisis v. United States: Can deception to induce a commercial transaction constitute federal mail or wire fraud, even if the defendant does not intend to cause economic harm and the alleged victim receives the goods or services for which it paid? 

Helen Gredd
Counsel for Petitioner

David Patton
Counsel for Respondent

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS!

HOST COMMITTEE

Nicolas Bourtin  Ι  Joanna C. Hendon  Ι  James P. Loonam  Ι  Tatiana R. Martins  Ι  Jeffrey A. Udell

 

HONORARY CHAIR

Myrna Felder

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Pres Spon 9-10-24

LEADERS

Leaders 9-10-24

BENEFACTORS

Benefactors 9-20-24

PATRONS

Alston & Bird LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
Orrick
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
StoneTurn
Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP

CHAMPIONS

Cohen & Gresser LLP
Dechert LLP
Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Sher Tremonte LLP

SUPPORTERS

Elizabeth Grayer & Aidan Synnott
Katya Jestin
Sheppard Mullin

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Covington & Burling LLP
Empire Discovery
Maria T. Galeno
Mary & Tom Heyman
Nardello & Co. LLC
Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP
Steptoe LLP
Jeffrey A. Udell

INDIVIDUAL PATRONS

Tim Beeken
Beys Liston & Mobargha LLP
Bloch & White LLP

Bracewell LLP
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP
Andrew Genser
Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin, P.C.
Levine Lee LLP

Carri Lyon
Kristin Mace
Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma
David Zornow

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

Martin Auerbach
Lisa Cahill
Arthur Greenspan

Adam Hickey
Jon Lindsey
Sharon McCarthy
Timothy Mohr
Daniel Noble
Tai Park
Gina Parlovecchio

Andrew St. Laurent
Christina Swarns

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2024

NYC Bar Association
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Cocktail Reception
6:00 p.m.

Oral Argument & Awards
7:15 p.m.

Business Attire

For more information, please contact Becca Freeman at firstmonday@oadnyc.org or (212) 402-4105.

To pay by check, or to register by mail, please download this form and send to:

Office of the Appellate Defender
Attn: First Monday Coordinator
11 Park Place, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10007

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