THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
Tuesday, April 1st
HK Hall, 605 W48 St. NYC
6 PM ~ 9 PM
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS!
THANK YOU for joining us for a festive FamilyKind evening with cocktails, light fare, dessert and a live auction as we award three very special honorees. This event unites top matrimonial and family law professionals to support FamilyKind, a not for profit organization, which provides high quality programming, including parenting education, parenting coordination and mediation regardless of financial ability.
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FESTIVITIES
LIVE AND SILENT AUCTIONS
to support services
for families in need
COLLABORATIVE
ART EXPERIENCE
By NYC Artist
Robert Oscar
FESTIVE COCKTAILS &
A SPECIAL TEQUILA
TASTING EXPERIENCE by
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Gala & Auction Event!
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2025 HONOREES
The Hon. Sondra M. Miller Award
THE HON. RICHARD DOLLINGER (Ret.)
Former Judge, New York State Court of Claims, Seventh Judicial District as an acting Supreme Court Justice in the matrimonial part.
FamilyKind
Service Award
ROBERT S. COHEN,
ESQ.
One of America’s leading matrimonial lawyers & Forbes lists Bob as one of the 200 most important lawyers in America.
Tziporah Pronman Mediation Award
AMY CARRON DAY, ESQ.
Partner, Day Law
and Mediation
Family and divorce mediator and Collaborative attorney in New York for over 30 years.
2025 GALA SPONSORS
DIAMOND SPONSORS
EVA AND GLENN DUBIN
EMILY GLASER
2025 GALA SPONSORS
PLATINUM SPONSOR
STEPHANIE J. STIEFEL & THE ENTIRE COHEN / STIEFEL FAMILIES
GOLD SPONSORS
BRUCE RATNER & FAMILY
GARR SILPE, P.C.
WILLIAM HALL WENDEL, JR.
SILVER SPONSORS
MATTHEW COOPER AND MELISSA BROPHY
CANNELL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
THE COTT FAMILY
NANCY GOODMAN
POSES FAMILY FOUNDATION
JENNIFER SAFIAN, DIVORCE AND FAMILY MEDIATION
MARJORIE AND MICHAEL STERN
JEFFREY & CAROL VINCENT
DENA K. WEINER & DAVID ROZENHOLC
BRONZE SPONSORS
BERKMAN BOTTGER NEWMAN & SCHEIN, LLP
CHEMTOB, MOSS, FORMAN & BEYDA, LLP
JANE DONALDSON
KRAUSS SHAKNES TALLENTIRE & MESSERI, LLP
SHELLY AND NEIL MITCHELL FAMILY FOUNDATION
PARRINO/SHATTUCK PC
PRYOR CASHMAN LLP
ROTTENSTREICH FARLEY BRONSTEIN FISHER POTTER HODAS, LLP
THE LAW FIRM OF JOHN YACOS, P.C.
PATRON SPONSORS
Scott Delman | Saralee Evans & Norman Siegel | Joni Evans | Lesley Friedland & Andrew Propper | Gassman Baiamonte Gruner | Greg & Laya Gillman | Daniel Jaffe | Ramin Kamfar (Bluerock) |
Kozek PLLC | Carlyn S. McCaffrey | Sally Klingenstein Martell | Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC | Denis O'Leary | Barbara Rothberg | Eric Ruttenberg | David B. Scott Schiff | SoberLink | Dorothy Sprague
BENEFACTOR SPONSORS
Barbara Adler and Raymond Pennotti | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | April Kuchuk | Sharon Manewitz |
Ivy Menchel | Faith Miller | Robert Moses | Teresa Ombres | OurFamilyWizard
MEDIA SPONSOR
Alex Reider & Lab101 Media
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR
FamilyKind ONLINE AUCTION
Thank you for participating in our exciting Online Auction!
Your bids help families in need experiencing separation or divorce.
On behalf of the families served in our community, thank you for your generosity!
If you have any questions, please email us at events@familykind.org
GALA CHAIRS AND SPECIAL THANKS
HONORARY GALA CHAIRS
HON. MATTHEW F. COOPER (RET.)
PATRICIA A. FERSCH, ESQ.
PAMELA M. SLOAN, ESQ.
GALA CHAIRS
HONORABLE SARALEE EVANS (RET.)
LESLEY FRIEDLAND, ESQ.
WITH SPECIAL THANKS
AUCTIONEER
HON. MATTHEW F. COOPER (RET.) with PATRICIA FERSCH, ESQ.
AUCTION CHAIRS
GABRIELLE DEEMS, PATRICIA VALENTIN
GALA & AUCTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
RACHEL BIERMANN, DANIELLE GONZALEZ, KARLA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, LAURA HORVATH-ROA, EMILY JONAS, MICHAEL KNUFF, ROBINANN MCGONIGLE, BARBARA MELLOR,
TERESA OMBRES, SAMANTHA SCHMITZ
For more information or to purchase a sponsorship, please email events@FamilyKind.org