New Yorkers honored for pro bono work

Although virtue may be its own reward, it is nevertheless very gratifying to see public thanks being given to deserving servants of the public good.

New Yorkers Honored for Pro Bono Work New York Lawyer December 2, 2005 By Thomas Adcock New York Law Journal

For outstanding pro bono business counsel given to nonprofit organizations, the Lawyers Alliance for New York presented its annual Cornerstone Awards to Proskauer Rose and Shearman & Sterling, nine individual attorneys and a Columbia Law School professor during a reception last month at the Colgate-Palmolive headquarters on Park Avenue. Individual awards went to Phillip Azzollini of Schulte, Roth & Zabel; Carolina A. Fornos of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Marc Hurel of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary; Stephen D. Millas of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Sheree Reinbach and Miriam McKibben of Arent Fox; Melissa G. Rosenberg of Goodwin Procter; Rita Tendolkar of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and Michelle Vago of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.

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