
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 and watch the video recording on YouTube.
Check out the 2024 First Monday Journal (click on the cover image below):
HONORING
Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP
Hecker Fink LLP
OAD Gideon Award
OAD Beacon of Hope Award
DESHEEN EVANS
THE BENCH
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?
Counsel for Petitioner
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

LEADERS

BENEFACTORS

PATRONS
Alston & Bird LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LL
PDLA Piper LLP (US
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
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PMcDermott Will & Emery LL
PMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P
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PPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LL
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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
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Cocktail Reception
6:00 p.m.
David Patton
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







