Wednesday, April 14, 2010- The
Police Athletic League's 12th Annual Legal
Profession Luncheon will honor
Manhattan District Attorney
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
with The Robert M.
Morgenthau Award. Prior to becoming District
Attorney on January 1, 2010, Mr. Vance was a partner at
Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer P.C.,
co-founded McNaul Ebel Nawrot Helgren & Vance, PLLC in Seattle and began his legal career as an
Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan DA's Office
during the high-crime era of the 1980s.
The luncheon chair is
Elkan Abramowitz
of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer,
P.C. Co-Chairs are
Michael F. Armstrong of Lankler & Carragher, LLP,
Lawrence Byrne
of Linklaters LLP,
Michael W. Mitchell of MacAndrews & Forbes
Holdings Inc., Gary P.
Naftalis of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP,
Bart M. Schwartz
of Bart M. Schwartz Counselor at Law and
Charles A. Stillman
of Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman, P.C. Special guests
include Raymond W. Kelly,
Honorary PAL President and Police Commissioner,
Robert M. Morgenthau,
PAL Chairman and Former Manhattan District
Attorney, Robert J.
McGuire, PAL Vice Chairman and Former NYC Police
Commissioner and John B.
Osborn, PAL President and President & CEO of BBDO
New York. The luncheon, held at The Pierre, Fifth Avenue
and
61st Street,
begins with a reception at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at
12:30 p.m. Benefit tables range from $5,000 to $25,000.
Individual tickets are $400. For more information, please
call (212) 477-9450 ext. 309 or visit
http://www.palnyc.org/.