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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

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

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

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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
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Selendy Gay PLLC

Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP

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Harris Trzaskoma LLP
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP
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INDIVIDUAL PATRONS

Ballard Spahr LLP
Cushman & Wakefield
KKL LLP
Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin, P.C.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

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Rob Cepielik
Christian Everdell
Kaplan Martin LLP
Kobre & Kim
Sharon McCarthy
Christina Swarns

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