LSHV Announces 2019 “Equal Access to Justice” Dinner Honorees

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) will hold its 2019 Equal Access to Justice Dinner on Tuesday, April 9th at the Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook. The event is the organization’s premiere fundraiser of the year, welcoming more than 450 attorneys, business leaders, judges, legislators, and community members. LSHV is the only provider of free, comprehensive, civil legal services in the Hudson Valley to those that cannot afford an attorney when their basic human needs are at stake.

The event will honor:

• John Flannery, Esq., former LSHV Board Member and Current Managing Partner of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (Chappaqua resident)
• Mastercard’s Law and Franchise Integrity Group (Global Headquarters located in Purchase)
• Julie Kinch, Esq., Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at HEINEKEN USA (Larchmont resident)

The 2019 Equal Access to Justice Dinner will be co-chaired by Christopher Cabanillas of Cabanillas & Associates, P.C. and Russell Yankwitt of Yankwitt LLP. Additionally, more than 60 prominent individuals will lend both their name and support to the event committee.

LSHV is proud to announce that our longtime partners and supporters, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP and Mastercard Incorporated International, will be the Presenting Sponsors of our 2019 Dinner. Additionally, we have received support from the following sponsors: Diamond: Boies Schiller Flexner LLP; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edleman & Dicker LLP; Platinum: Cabanillas & Associates, P.C.; HEINEKEN USA; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP; PepsiCo; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP; and Yankwitt LLP.

All of the proceeds from the 2019 Equal Access to Justice Dinner will benefit the organization’s efforts to “Provide Legal Services to Children and Families throughout the Hudson Valley.” CEO Barbara Finkelstein explained the importance of LSHV, stating “The work that we do keeps families in their homes, protects survivors of domestic violence, saves children from neglect, defends seniors against abuse, and serves veterans on the home front. Since our founding more than 50 years ago, we have been a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of our neighbors in the Hudson Valley at the most desperate times in their lives. In fact, in 2018 alone, we handled 15,285 cases impacting more than 35,000 household members.”

Tickets to the 2019 Equal Access to Justice Dinner start at $325 per person, and sponsorship opportunities start at $4,000. For more information or to contribute to the 2019 Equal Access to Justice Dinner on April 9th, please visit https://lshv.org/2018/12/04/2019dinner/, or contact Tom Gabriel, Chief Development Officer, at 914-949-1305 ext 160.

Logos: Mastercard, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP

Photo 1: 2019 Equal Access to Justice Dinner Co-Chairs, Christopher Cabanillas of Cabanillas & Associates, P.C. and Russell Yankwitt of Yankwitt LLP.

Photo 2: John Flannery, Esq., former LSHV Board Member and Current Managing Partner of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Photo 3: Julie Kinch, Esq., Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at HEINEKEN USA