Thank you to all of the Honorees, Justices, and Supporters of OAD's 32nd Annual First Monday in October!
View all of the evening's photos on Flickr and watch the video recording on YouTube.
Check out the 2025 First Monday Journal below.
To view or download a PDF of the journal, please click here.
HOST COMMITTEE
Nicolas Bourtin Ι David Gopstein Ι Caroline Heller Ι Joanna C. Hendon Ι James P. Loonam Ι Tatiana R. Martins Ι Jeffrey A. Udell Ι Lisa Vicens
HONORARY CHAIR
Myrna Felder
HONORING
Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy
KATYA JESTIN
Jenner & Block LLP
ANJAN SAHNI
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
OAD Gideon Award
OAD Counsel for Justice Award
CARI GALLMAN
Bristol Myers Squibb
OAD Beacon of Hope Award
DEXTER MURRAY
THE BENCH
The First Monday Court will hear argument in Hamm v. Smith: Can—and if so, by what method—courts evaluate cumulative IQ scores when determining intellectual disability that bars a defendant from execution?
Katya Jestin
Counsel for Petitioner
Anjan Sahni
Counsel for Respondent
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025
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
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS!
PRESENTING SPONSOR
LEADERS
BENEFACTORS
PATRONS
Anonymous
Cooley LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Dechert LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
Moskowitz Colson Ginsberg & Schulman
Orrick
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Perkins Coie
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Selendy Gay PLLC
Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP
CHAMPIONS
Agnifilo Intrater LLP
Bristol Myers Squibb
Charles River Associates
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP
Elizabeth Grayer & Aidan Synnott
Harris Trzaskoma LLP
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
StoneTurn
SUPPORTERS
Sheppard Mullin
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Empire Discovery
Maria T. Galeno
Joanna C. Hendon & Reynolds Holding
Mary & Tom Heyman
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP
Steptoe LLP
INDIVIDUAL PATRONS
Ballard Spahr LLP
Cushman & Wakefield
KKL LLP
Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin, P.C.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
David Zornow
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Lisa Cahill
Rob Cepielik
Christian Everdell
Kaplan Martin LLP
Kobre & Kim
Sharon McCarthy
Christina Swarns
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