Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, May 12, 2011
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: DIANA B. HENRIQUES
Senior Financial Writer, The New York Times (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
Author of The Wizard of Lies, The White Sharks of Wall Street and Fidelity’s World

TOPIC:  MADOFF: THE WIZARD OF LIES

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, February 22, 2011
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: PHILIP K. HOWARD
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

TOPIC:  RETHINKING THE ROLE OF JUDGES IN CIVIL JUSTICE

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, December 16, 2010
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: MICHAEL KORDA
Former Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster and Author of many books, including Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia; With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain; and Ike: An American Hero

TOPIC:  HERO:  THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF T.E. LAWRENCE

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, October 12, 2010
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: WILLIAM ROSEN 
Former Editor & Publisher; Author of Justinian’s Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire and The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention

TOPIC:  PATENTLY OBVIOUS – How Two Lawyers Invented the Industrial Revolution

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, May 13, 2010
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: JOHN J. FARMER, JR. 
Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law – Newark

TOPIC:  THE GROUND TRUTH:  THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA     UNDER ATTACK ON 9/11

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Co-Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY & COUNTER-TERRORISM
FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHAPTER

The Art of Pitching to Angel Investors PANEL DISCUSSION

When: FRIDAY, April 16, 2010
Noon until 2:00 p.m.
Where: Fordham University's Lowenstein Building
113 West 60th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10023

Panelists:

• Mark Adams, PfifeBridge, Inc
• Bill Benedict, Alpine Meridian
• Emily Campbell, The Campbell Firm PLLC
• Roy C. Carriker, Global Advisors LLC
• David Hirsch, Metamorphic Ventures
• Geoff Judge, Amplitude Peak
• Jeremy Levine, Bessemer Venture Partners
• Charlie O'Donnell, First Round Capital
• Mark Schneider, Angel Investor
• Richard Wells, Insight Partners

Sponsored by:  The Fordham Twaalfhoven Entrepreneurship Center

Visit www.FordhamTEC.org or www.fifpe.org for more information about this and other upcoming events.

Columbus Citizens Foundation SPECIAL EVENT

Elizabeth Bettina, author of,
It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust

Will Speak Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:00 PM
At
Columbus Citizens Foundation Townhouse
8 East 69th Street, New York City

Elizabeth Bettina will discuss her discovery of survivors and their stories of gratitude to Italy and its people who helped shelter Jews in Italy during World War II.  Joining the author will be at least one, possibly more, of those survivors who will share their personal experiences in Italy.

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, February 11, 2010
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: MICHAEL KORDA
Author: With Wings Like Eagles

TOPIC:  THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

The American Friends of Hebrew University’s 40th Anniversary George A. Katz Torch of Learning Award Luncheon

Honoring Jay B. Kasner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP and
Andrew J. Levander, Dechert LLP.

Distinguished Guest Speaker: The Honorable Gabriela Shalev, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations 

When:        January 28th, 2010 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM
Location:    Cipriani
                 110 East 42nd Street
                 New York, NY

Contact:     212-607-8518 for more information
 
Proceeds raised at this luncheon will establish an endowment fund for the Legal Clinics at The Hebrew University. Legal clinics at the Faculty of Law provide legal support to underprivileged communities in Jerusalem, encouraging its students to volunteer in less advantaged neighborhoods and community centers.

Presented annually to a distinguished member of the legal community, the George A. Katz Torch of Learning Award recognizes the leadership, scholarship and dedication to the betterment of humanity, which was embodied by the high ideals and philanthropic commitment of the late George A. Katz, co-founder of Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and a dear friend of the American Friends of The Hebrew University.

Emily Campbell of The Campbell Firm PLLC is pleased to be a member of the Tribute Committee for this luncheon. 

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, December 10, 2009
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: CHARLES J. HYNES
District Attorney, Kings County

TOPIC:  DEFERRAL AND PREVENTION:  THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, October 6, 2009
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: JOSEPH V. DEMARCO
Partner, DeVore & DeMarco LLP; former Chief, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit, United States Attorney�s Office for the Southern District of New York.

TOPIC:  IDENTIFY THEFT, INFORMATION SECURITY & TERRORISM: THE HIDDEN WAR ON AMERICA

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbison, Jr., Chair

Co-Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY & COUNTER-TERRORISM FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHAPTER

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, May 12, 2009
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: SAM ROBERTS
Urban Affairs Correspodent, The New York Times
Host, The New York Times Close Up on New York 1, Cable News
Author, The Brother: The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Atom Spy Case
            (Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award)

TOPIC:  WHY THE ROSENBERG CASE STILL MATTERS

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbinson, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: FRED SIEGEL
Professor, The Cooper Union and Columnist for New York Post
Author of The Future Once Happened Here: New York, Los Angeles, Washington and the Fate of Big City America and other books

TOPIC:  NEW YORK AND NATIONAL POLITICS

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbinson, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: TIM WEINER
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, covering national security issues for 20 years, and Author of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, which won the National Book Award

TOPIC:  THE CIA AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT: CAN THEY GET IT RIGHT?

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbinson, Jr., Chair

The Connective™Series

The Connective™ Series educates emerging artists, musicians and music business professionals, provides networking opportunities and raises awareness and funds for the Artist Against Hunger & Poverty Program of WHY (World Hunger Year) and other music related charities.

TOPIC: Protecting Your Rights and Legal Trends in the Entertainment Industry

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2008
7 TO 9PM
At ASCAP
One Lincoln Plaza, 5th Floor
ASCAP Building
in New York City,

The Panel "Protecting Your Rights and Legal Trends in the Entertainment Industry" will cover legal issues such as contracts, copyright law and trademarks as relating to the entertainment industry. Panelists include: Gary Adelman, Esq. of Robinson, Brog, Leinwand, Greene, Genovese & Gluck; Emily Campbell, Esq. of The Campbell Firm PLLC; Wallace Collins, Esq., of counsel to the firm of Serling, Rooks & Ferrara, LLP; Edward Grauer, Esq. of the Law Office of Edward R. Grauer, P.C.; and Andy Tavel, Esq. of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Jennie Walker is the founder of the Connective™ Series and will serve as the panel moderator. Jennie is a member of WHY’s Artists Against Hunger & Poverty Program (AAHP) & ASCAP.

Media Sponsors: ASCAP, Los Angeles Music Network "LAMN Jam", Music Connection, SESAC, UK Trade & Investment, MusicDish.

Event Sponsors: Overplay, Music Connection, Sonicbids.

Silent Auction Sponsor: The Indie Bible and The Music Business Registry.

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: WARREN HOGE
Previously, Long-Time Editor & Foreign Correspondent for The New York Times
Presently, Vice President & Director of External Relations, International Peace Institute

TOPIC:  THE U.N. AT A TIME OF CHANGE

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, James W. Harbinson, Jr., Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, May 8, 2008
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: PHILIP SHENON
Washington Correspondent, The New York Times; Author: The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation

TOPIC:  INVESTIGATING THE INVESTIGATORS: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE 9/11 INVESTIGATION

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, David N. Ellenhorn, Chair

Co-Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY & COUNTER-TERRORISM FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHAPTER

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

THURSDAY, February 14, 2008
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: ALICE M. GREENWALD
Executive Vice President for Programs, Director of Memorial Museum National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center

TOPIC:  PASSION ON ALL SIDES: PLANNING A MEMORIAL MUSEUM AT GROUND ZERO!

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, David N. Ellenhorn, Chair

Co-Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY & COUNTER-TERRORISM FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHAPTER

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, December 11, 2007
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: FREDERICK A.O. (“FRITZ”) SCHWARZ, JR.
Senior Counsel, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
Former Corporation Counsel of the City of New York
Co-Author of Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror

TOPIC:  EXECUTIVE POWER, SECRECY & THE WAR ON TERRORISM

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, David N. Ellenhorn, Chair

Co-Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY & COUNTER-TERRORISM FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHAPTER

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, October 9, 2007
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: GORDON G. CHANG
Author of The Coming Collapse of China

TOPIC:  Is China Rising or Falling? And What Its Course Means for Us

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, David N. Ellenhorn, Chair

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, May 15, 2007
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: EMILY KERNAN RAFFERTY
President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

TOPIC:  Met Matters: Museums and Philanthropy in the 21^st Century

Luncheon Chair: Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair: Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, David N. Ellenhorn, Chair

Anti-Terrorism & U.S. Immigration Policy

Federal Bar Association
The Southern District of New York Chapter

The Committee on National Security and Counter-Terrorism cordially invites you to attend a presentation on Anti-Terrorism & U.S. Immigration Policy

Speaker:
MICHAEL WILDES
Mayor, Englewood, New Jersey
Chair, American Jewish Congress’ Committee on International Terrorism
Partner, Wildes & Weinberg, PC

Sample High-Profile Representations:

• Saudi Arabian diplomat, who defected with incriminating evidence of international terrorism and espionage
• Accused terrorist implicated in the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia
• Hero who subdued Richard Reid a/k/a "The Shoe Bomber"

Thursday, February 22, 2007
6:00 p.m. until 7:45 p.m.

U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 850, New York City

Subway Directions:
N, R to City Hall or 4, 5, 6, J, M, Z to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall

For more information, please contact:
Emily Campbell, Esq., Chair
(212) 267-3600
ecampbell@campbellfirm.com 

Public Affairs Luncheon

The Public Affairs Luncheon Series features speakers who address matters of public interest. The Luncheons provide a forum to enable members of the Bar Association to network, socialize and discuss matters of interest. The Luncheons are open to the public.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
House of the Association, 42 West 44^th Street
Noon until 2:00 p.m.

Speaker:
SETH LIPSKY
Editor, The New York Sun

TOPIC:  The Newspaper War – A Report From the Front

Luncheon Chair:
Jerome R. Rosenberg

Luncheon Vice-Chair:
Emily Campbell

Sponsor:
COMMITTEE ON SENIOR LAWYERS, David N. Ellenhorn, Chair