By Nelson A. King
The New York State Bar
Association (NYSBA) said on
Friday that it will honor three
New York City attorneys during
its Annual Meeting, in midtown
Manhattan, on Jan. 16
The NYSBA’s Committee on
Professional Ethics said Hofstra
University School of Law
Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky,
of Hempstead, will receive the
Sanford D. Levy Award.
Stuart B. Newman, Esq., of
New York (Offit Kurman), will
receive the David S. Caplan
Award or Meritorious Service,
from NYSBA Business Law
Section, NYSBA said.
It also said Stacey A.
Mahoney, Esq., of New York
(Morgan, Lewis & Bockius,
LLP), will receive the William
T. Lifland Award from the Antitrust
Section.
NYSBA said the Sanford D.
Levy Award, named for a former
member of the committee, has
been granted annually since
1982 to an individual or institution
that has “significantly
contributed to an understanding
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of professional ethics.”
Previous recipients of the
Levy Award include former
New York State Chief Judge
Judith S. Kaye; Prof. Stephen
Gillers (New York University
School of Law); Prof. Thomas
D. Morgan (George Washington
School of Law); Roger C. Cramton
of Ithaca (Cornell University
Law School); and the New
York Professional Responsibility
Report.
NYSBA said Yaroshefsky is
the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished
Professor of Legal
Ethics and the executive director
of the Monroe Freedman
Institute for the Study of Legal
Ethics at Hofstra.
She teaches a range of ethics
courses, while also counseling
lawyers and law firms
and serving as an expert witness,
NYSBA said.
Yaroshefsky is a member
of the advisory board for the
NYSBA Committee on Standards
of Attorney Conduct.
NYSBA said the David S.
Caplan Award is given in honor
of David S. Caplan, former
executive committee member,
and committee chair.
The award to Newman “recognizes
the exemplary and
long-term service to the Business
Law Section and its members,”
NYSBA said.
It said Newman has been
an active NYSBA member
throughout his 50-year career,
becoming involved with the
Business Law Section in the
1970s.
As a member of the Securities
Regulation Committee,
NYSBA said he developed and
chaired a biennial Continuing
Legal Education (CLE) course
that was offered for over 20
years.
In 1997, NYSBA said he
founded the New York Business
Law Journal, a bi-annual
publication, where he has contributed
dozens of articles.
The William T. Lifland
Award, which Mahoney will
receive, “acknowledges those
who throughout their professional
careers have distinguished
themselves as leading
antitrust practitioners, as well
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as serving the broader antitrust
community in a leadership
role,” NYSBA said.
It said Mahoney’s practice
includes all aspects of antitrust
law.
NYSBA said she represents
clients in cases involving
restraints of trade, monopolization,
tying, exclusive dealing,
price fixing, price discrimination,
false advertising, unfair
competition, and related business
torts. She is the former
chair of the Antitrust Section.
“Honoring attorneys who
render extraordinary service
to the public and the profession
is part of NYSBA’s Annual
Meeting, which each January
attracts thousands of lawyers
from around the state,
the nation and the world,” the
statement said.
“They come to meet and
connect with their colleagues,
and to learn from the experts
in many areas of the law,” it
added.
Last month, the NYSBA said
it will also honor Barbadianborn
Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix
with its 14th Annual Diversity
Trailblazer Award on Jan. 14.
Three NYC attorneys to be
honored by State Bar Association
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