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2023 Awards and Gala

April 27 @ 6:00 pm

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Event Details:

2023 AWARDS AND GALA
April 27, 2023, 6 PM
Capitale, 130 Bowery, NYC

LEGAL CHAMPIONS of the ARTS

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Pilar Ramos
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
TelevisaUnivision, Inc.

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Jay Dubiner
Chief Legal Officer
Authentic Brands Group

Featuring a special live performance by Yentema Prothro of Humble Background Music.

For inquiries, please contact VLA Development Director
Ariel Phillips at aphillips@vlany.org.

If you cannot attend, please consider making a donation HERE. Your support will ensure that VLA can continue to provide vital legal services to low-income artists.

Attire: The suggested attire for the Gala is business or cocktail attire.

Support VLA and become a sponsor! Learn more here.

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Champions of the Arts Awards and Gala

VLA hosts its annual Champions of the Arts Awards and Gala to celebrate those individuals or institutions who have made positive and lasting contributions to the arts community of New York.

In 2023, we will gather for a special and unforgettable event attended by hundreds of representatives of New York’s most respected law firms, financial institutions, and arts and entertainment companies. The evening will include an elegant cocktail reception, seated dinner, award presentation, and a special performance.

Past Honorees:

Christa D’Alimonte
Viacom Inc.
Citi
Dana Rosen
TIME
David Pitofsky
News Corp
Home Box Office, Inc.
Jeffrey Harleston
Universal Music Group
Jordan Fasbender
iHeartMedia

Julie Swidler
Sony Music Entertainment
Kimberley Harris
NBCUniversal
Lesley Freeman
MGM
Lesley Rosenthal
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum
Time Warner Cable Inc.
Michael D. Fricklas
Advance Publications, Inc.
Paul Robinson
Warner Music Group

Peter Finn
Finn Partners
Proskauer Rose LLP
Sarah Finn
Catskill Mountain Foundation
Seth Krauss
Endeavor
Shira Perlmutter 
U.S. Copyright Office
Terrence McNally
Playwright
Vicky Jeudy
Actor

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Special thanks to artist Soonae Tark.
Artwork: Crush Series #20, 2022, acrylic, cut paper on paper, 18 x 24 in. paper.

Thank you to our generous supporters!*

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PLATINUM

Latham & Waktins

GOLD
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

SILVER
Jenner & Block LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Paramount Global
Proskauer Rose LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
The Miner-Romanoff Family

BRONZE
Ankura
ASCAP — American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Contributor
Ballard Spahr LLP
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Kaye Spiegler PLLC

* As of March 16, 2023

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Date:
April 27
Time:
6:00 pm
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Organizer

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Phone:
(212) 319 - 2787
Email:
vlany@vlany.org
Website:
https://vlany.org