Your support on every front has never been more essential.
We’re professionals in the legal field and related industries who come together to make a difference. From litigation to corporate, from firms to in-house counsel, and at every age and stage of our careers.
We connect with each other and industry leaders to maximize our philanthropic impact. Interested in making a difference? Click below to join our community.
Nearly $11 million raised by UJA Lawyers Division alone
90,000+ pro bono hours provided to more than 42,000 New Yorkers to access legal services by local partners
17.4 million pounds of food distributed to hungry New Yorkers
Our advocacy efforts yielded $489 million in nonprofit security grants from federal and state sources
In Israel, 185,000 residents of the north have received support for trauma care, community activities, and information education
500 Nova festival survivors have received one-on-one therapy during the crucial first year after the 10/7 attack
40 children, former hostages, are now home in Israel – receiving alternative therapy and help with reintegration needs
More than 645,000 hours in mental health services provided
Our Roll of Honor recognizes individuals and firms who give a gift of $1,000 or more to UJA’s Annual Campaign. During these challenging times, your generosity is more critical than ever.
Chair
Brad S. Karp
Executive Committee
Peter Alderman
David B, Anders
Andrew B. Barkan
Scott A. Barshay
Donald S. Bernstein
Daniel B. Blaser
Jacob W. Buchdahl
Daniel J. Bursky
Andrew J. Ceresney
Amy Doberman
Kenneth H. Eckstein
David M. Feldman
Jerome S. Fortinsky
David J. Friedman
Lauren Goldberg
Marc L. Greenwald
Benjamin Gruenstein
Alan S. Halperin
David E. Kahan
Jonathan J. Katz
Joseph H. Kaufman
Nancy Kestenbaum
Lauren Ezrol Klein
Sharon L. Klein
Emil A. Kleinhaus
Alisa F. Levin
Seth L. Levine
Michael Luskin
Kevin Matz
Theodore N. Mirvis
David J. Molton
Scott D. Musoff
Sharon L. Nelles
Risë B. Norman
Jeffrey R. Poss
Jill L. Rosenberg
Lawrence Safran
Allison R. Schneirov
Jodi J. Schwartz
Eric Seiler
Joseph C. Shenker
Adam L. Shpeen
Rachelle Silverberg
Jesse Solomon
Robert E. Spatt
Brian M. Stadler
Rachel R. Stern
Zena M. Tamler
Daniela Tisch
Shai Y. Waisman
UJA’s Lawyers Division Council welcomes mid-career attorneys in their 30s or 40s who meaningfully support UJA, want to engage with our vital work with their professional peers, and enjoy bespoke programming and opportunities.
Chairs
Meredith Levy
Sam Permutt
Vice Chairs
Josh Dugan
Alexis D. Soshnick
Committee
Danielle Abada
Sam Adelsburg
Blair Albom
Sasha F. Belinkie
Noam Besdin
Daniel B. Blaser
Ari Blaut
Beth Brownstein
Michael Cassel
Alexander Chester
Anthony Collins
Adam Dunst
Allison Eisenson
Joshua Eisenson
Emily Farber
Evan Farber
Adele Frankel
Tammy Fried
Sherli Furst
Gabriel Gershowitz
Jonathan Glaser
Bruce Goldberger
James Goldfeier
Scott Goldin
Brandon Greenblatt
Samuel Groner
Pamela Grutman
Shifra Herzberg
Jarrett Hoffman
Lindsay Brandt Jakubowitz
Jacob Jenkelowitz
Melanie Jolson
Shuli Karkowsky
Jonathan Katz
Sam Kleiner
Irina Kobylevsky
Adam Kravitz
Lucy F. Kweskin
Alexandra Leavy
Jonathan Levin
Adam Levine
Noah Liben
Andrew Lichtman
Russell Light
Daniel Luks
Max Mayer-Cesiano
Jillian Merns
Naomi Munz
Ariel Nelson
Lee Parnes
Deanna Paul
Sam Pollack
Alan Rabinowitz
Daniel Reich
Corey Rosenholtz
Stacy Rotner
Ari Ruben
Stephen Rutenberg
Danielle I. Schaefer
Shai Schmidt
Noah L. Schwartz
Meigan Serle
Adam L. Shpeen
Peter Siroka
David Snyder
Shoshana Speiser
Matthew Stein
Michael Sternheim
Sarah Sternlieb
Eric J. Stieglitz
Daniel Tavakoli
Erica Temel
Elina Tetelbaum
Lenny Traps
Sean Weissbart
Eric Wexler
A place for young attorneys in their 20s and 30s to meet like-minded peers, make a difference through the work of UJA, and participate in meaningful programs and events.
Chairs
Alexandra Leavy
Corey Rosenholtz
Noah L. Schwartz
Vice Chairs
Danielle B. Abada
Michael H. Cassel
Recruitment Chairs
Shelli Gimelstein
Yitzhak A. Maurer
Setting the Bar Chairs
Brittany M. Penn
David R. Skoler
Committee
Samantha Alman
Samantha M. Altschuler
Leah Avni
Rachel Behar
Abbe R. Ben-David
Shari Bernstein
Benjamin R. Blum
Joseph D. Boris
Milana Bretgoltz
Isabella Brodie
Blair Broser
Ian Bruckner
Ben Carlin
Samantha Chase
Emily Chazen
Ella Cohen
Joshua Cohn
Anthony Collins
Zachary M. Corenblum
Sarah Emmerich
Ella Epstein
Jamie Fertig
Ross Fiedler
Rachel Finkel
Daniel Fishbein
Michael Fuzaylov
Jason W. Gallant
Melissa Glassman
Amanda Glaubach
Ava Goldberger
Jill Golub
Brachah Goykadosh
Jonathan Green
Carter Greenbaum
Matthew Guber
Brandon Hanley
Benjamin Heller
Tiffany Heravi
Melanie Jolson
Jonathan Kane
Hannah Kark
Lauren T. Katz
Rachel I. Katzin
Deena Kleinstein
Presley Klinger
Lauren S. Kramer
Elie Krief
Zachary Krooks
Joshua Landsman
Jonathan Levin
Aaron Levine
Maddison Levine
Matthew I. Levine
Stephanie Levine
Matthew I. Levy
Mitchell S. Levy
Ruth Levy
Eden Lichaw
Jeremy I. Liss
Dan Marcus
Seth Moreida
Rebecca Papilsky
Deanna Paul
Adam Plotkin
Guy Polani
Alex Rahmanan
Samantha Rahmin
Matthew R. Roberts
Michael Roberts
Sari Rosenfeld
Rebecca Liebowitz Rothman
Robyn Sablove
Jamie Saevitzon
Alicia Schleifman
Zachary Schreiber
David E. Schulman
Adam Seiden
Meigan Serle
Allie Shaffer
Avi Shchigel
Justin Silverberg
Elana Somers
Alexis Soshnick
Amanda Spiro
Sarah M. Sternlieb
Jessica Stoltz
Emily Sultan
Phil Tafet
Emily Tannenbaum
Julia Timerman
Kim Ton-That
Eitan Ulmer
Sloan Ungerman
Daniella Wenger
Nathan Werksman
Basil Williams
Alexis Wilpon
Max Winograd
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
A place for in-house counsel across all industries who want to do good.
Chairs
Micah Goodman
Lauren Ezrol Klein
Adam L. Rosman
This Group brings together senior-level professionals working in law, finance, venture capital, and technology with a focus on security and privacy who support the work of UJA-Federation.
Chair
Boris Segalis
Vice Chair
Melanie Jolson
Committee
Orrie Dinstein
Tsvi Gal
Susan Israel
Edna Kamara
Matt Levin
Katy Linsky
Todd Ruback
Stephen Rutenberg
Samantha Schonfeld
Daniel Silver
Benjamin Trachtenberg
Sheryl Ann Yamuder
Erik Weinick
A place for restructuring professionals who want to make a difference. The Next Generation Restructuring Group also welcomes rising stars in their 30s and 40s.
A place for professionals who help clients plan for their future and want to make a difference.
Chair
Jackie Garrod
Vice Chairs
Hannah W. Mensch
Daniel M. Yarmish
Event Chairs
Nancy Shavel Gabel
Sean R. Weissbart
Education Chair
Alex E. Waxenberg
Committee
Amy F. Altman
Samantha Anderson
Susan Taxin Baer
Emily A. Belfer
Ninette Bordoff
Sherri Cohen
Martin Danoff
Ronni G. Davidowitz
Mitchell Drossman
Pamela Ehrenkranz
Jeff Feinstein
Glenn G. Fox
Avigail Goldglancz
Pamela L. Grutman
Alan S. Halperin
Lynn C. Halpern
Shifra Herzberg
Alan H. Hirschfeld
Erica Howard-Potter
Caryn B. Keppler
Beth Kerwin
Ellyn Kravitz
Stanley S. Leffler
Frank Levin
Jerome L. Levine
Kevin Matz
Jillian E. Merns
Jessica E. Nachman
Ariel G. Nelson
Joanna Ostrem
Jonathan K. Pollack
Sara Rabi
Joshua S. Rubenstein
Andrew B. Seiken
Jonathan Shenkman
Seth Slotkin
Peter R. Stambleck
Alan Swerdloff
Ivan Taback
Zena M. Tamler
Lois Tilton
Jay D. Waxenberg
Gail Esses Weiner
Jay H. Ziffer
A place for attorneys who specialize in white-collar crime and securities and want to make a difference.
We are women who work as legal professionals and in related fields — from firm life to in-house counsel — covering litigation, corporate, trusts and estates, white collar and securities enforcement, and everything in between.
Chair
Brad S. Karp
Executive Committee
Peter Alderman
David B, Anders
Andrew B. Barkan
Scott A. Barshay
Donald S. Bernstein
Daniel B. Blaser
Jacob W. Buchdahl
Daniel J. Bursky
Andrew J. Ceresney
Amy Doberman
Kenneth H. Eckstein
David M. Feldman
Jerome S. Fortinsky
David J. Friedman
Lauren Goldberg
Marc L. Greenwald
Benjamin Gruenstein
Alan S. Halperin
David E. Kahan
Jonathan J. Katz
Joseph H. Kaufman
Nancy Kestenbaum
Lauren Ezrol Klein
Sharon L. Klein
Emil A. Kleinhaus
Alisa F. Levin
Seth L. Levine
Michael Luskin
Kevin Matz
Theodore N. Mirvis
David J. Molton
Scott D. Musoff
Sharon L. Nelles
Risë B. Norman
Jeffrey R. Poss
Jill L. Rosenberg
Lawrence Safran
Allison R. Schneirov
Jodi J. Schwartz
Eric Seiler
Joseph C. Shenker
Adam L. Shpeen
Rachelle Silverberg
Jesse Solomon
Robert E. Spatt
Brian M. Stadler
Rachel R. Stern
Zena M. Tamler
Daniela Tisch
Shai Y. Waisman
Your support on every front has never been more essential.