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Phil Shawe Charity Gala

Guests were received at the incredible 1 Hotel Rooftop for a cocktail reception featuring specialty cocktails and iconic views of the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Manhattan Skyline.
After an unforgettable sunset, the gathering moved downstairs for the Gala dinner and was greeted by local Brooklyn jazz quartet, Garden Party. Guests mingled in the 1 Hotel’s Social Space which abuts the lush Brooklyn Bridge Park and had a chance to speak with representatives of the four charitable groups that were being featured throughout the evening:
·         The V Foundation for Cancer Research
·         Key West Film Festival
·         Resilience Rising
·         TransPerfect Advocate Benefiting the Ali Forney Center
As guests sat for dinner the evening’s host, Phil Shawe, thanked those assembled for joining including the night’s guest of honor, property rights advocate, Susette Kelo. Phil also thanked members of the TransPerfect team who’d joined from across the globe, including members of the San Francisco, Atlanta, London, Washington DC, and Barcelona offices. When asked who in the room was part of the TransPerfect family, roughly half the crowd erupted into raucous applause.
The first portion of the night’s program centered on recognizing the finalists of the Philip Shawe Challenge, a scholarship competition for second and third-year law students that had concluded earlier in the evening. The top three finalists (including one team of two) had presented their oral arguments at Brooklyn Borough Hall and after some deliberation; the event’s judges had determined the winners.
The moot court presentation featured a distinguished panel of judges, who honored the top ten competitors, and heard oral defenses by the top three student teams. Professor Alan Dershowitz, Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick (Ret), Senior Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, Justice Melvin Schweitzer (Ret), New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division, and Joseph D. Hansen, former Director of Interns for Justice Schweitzer, New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division served as the Supreme Court Justices for the competitors.
The winners were:
1st Prize – Steven Hermosa of the University of Florida Levin College of Law
2nd Prize (tie) – Alison Tilden and McKaye Neumeister of Yale Law School
2nd Prize (tie) – Catherine Dowie of Suffolk University Law School
Following the awards presentation, Alan Dershowitz, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law and a distinguished constitutional legal scholar, delivered a powerful keynote addressing the fundamental legal, business, and property rights implications that were the subject of the competition.
After dinner, the program focused on recognizing the incredible work performed by the evening’s four featured organizations. Representatives from each group shared a little about their work and invited guests to learn more at their tables throughout the reception area.

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