Please join us as we honor Jerome L. Coben (Jerry) with the prestigious Bruce I. Hochman Maimonides Torch of Justice Award on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at The Jewish Federation’s 71st Annual Legal Network Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
$400 per person • Sitting Judges: $250 • Young Professionals under 35: $125
RSVP by November 12th.
Business attire • Dietary laws observed
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Please contact Katie Weiss at (323) 761-8158 or Legal@JewishLA.org for further information or with any questions.
Jerry Coben
Jerry learned from his parents the importance of supporting the Jewish community through philanthropy and, more importantly, through active involvement, and he and his wife, Carol, have followed those teachings. His dedication to the Federation’s work shows his passion for keeping the Jewish flame lit for our younger generations — to ensure a bright future for us all. Jerry is a Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Strategic Planning and Distribution Committee; a member of the Executive Committee, the Finance and Administration Committee, and the committee overseeing the Federation’s strategic relationship with Unistream in Israel; and he also served as the Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative.
Throughout his career, Jerry has used his expertise for the greater good, engaging in a broad range of additional charitable and community activities. He was a longtime member of the Board of Directors of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, including a term as Board President, and is currently a member of Bet Tzedek’s President’s Council. He serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of American Jewish University and is a Life Member of the Board of Councilors of the USC Shoah Foundation.
Professionally, Jerry practiced corporate law for almost 40 years, first in New York City and, for most of his career, in Los Angeles. In 1983, Jerry co-founded the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he represented corporations, investment banks, and special committees of boards of directors on a wide array of corporate finance and M&A matters, until his retirement at the end of 2008. He has also been a Lecturer of Law at the USC Gould School of Law.
Legal Network Dinner Sponsors
In Formation as of November 10
Presenting
City National Bank
Diamond
Dahlia & Arthur Bilger
Titanium
Gerry & Hank Alpert
Carol & Jerry Coben
Glaser Weil and Patty Glaser
Greenberg Traurig
Nathan, David & Harriet Hochman
Stephanie & Ron Kramer
Virginia & Frank Maas
Platinum
Dan Clivner / Sidley Austin, LLP
Nicole & Allan Mutchnik
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Gold
Lynn & Les Bider
Meryl & Michael Chae
Jodie & Steven Fishman
Ilene & Stanley Gold
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lynda & Dale Laurance
Harriet & Steven Nichols
Janice & Ben Reznik
Andrea & Glenn Sonnenberg
Venable LLP
Thelma & Eric Waxman and Juli & Michael Woronoff
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
Barbara & Stanley Zax
May & Richard Ziman
Silver
Carol & Rand April
The Audrey Irmas Foundation for Social Justice, Beth Becker and David Lash
Bet Tzedek
Bel Air Investment Advisors
Canterbury Consulting
Nancy Sher Cohen
Covington & Burling LLP
Governor Gray Davis (Ret.) & Sharon Davis
Francine & Van Durrer
First Republic
Greenberg Glusker LLP
Jerry’s Saturday Golf Buddies
Roneet & Ken Kahan
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KTBS Law LLC
Lee & Luis Lainer
Amy & Harold Masor
Milbank LLP
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Heidi & Jon Monkarsh
Julie & Marc Platt
Polsinelli LLP
Heidi & Albert Praw
Sandor & Dr. Claudia Samuels
Ellen & Richard Sandler
Kelly & Matt Sloan
Rachel Teller, COO, Winstar Properties; Jonathan Teller, Partner & Senior Trial Attorney, Wilshire Law Firm; Alan Stern, Principal, Winstar Properties; Lisa Stern, Law Office of Lisa Stern
Orna & Keenan Wolens
Honorary Chairs
Dahlia and Art Bilger
Helgard and Irwin Field
Rachel Rosner and Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel
Ilene and Stanley Gold
Roslyn and Abner Goldstine
Sharon Polansky and Dr. Jeffrey Herbst
Jessie Kornberg and Aaron Lowenstein
Lynda and Dale Laurance
Todd Morgan
Madeline and Bruce Ramer
Janice and Ben Reznik
Nadine Schiff-Rosen and Fredric D. Rosen
Georgina and Alan Rothenberg
Ellen and Richard Sandler
Cathy Siegel-Weiss and Ken Weiss
Wendy and Jay Wintrob
Barbara and Stanley Zax
May and Richard Ziman
Dinner Chairs
Gerry and Hank Alpert
Carol and Rand April
Lynn and Les Bider
Meryl and Michael Chae
Dan Clivner
Lisa and Jeffrey Cohen
Nancy Sher Cohen and Robert Cohen
Mary and Allan Cutrow
Susan and Scott Edelman
Jodie and Steve Fishman
Susan and Mitchell Kamin
Stephanie and Ron Kramer
Beth Becker and David Lash
Virginia and Frank Maas
Nicole and Allan Mutchnik
Karen and Larry Platt
Heidi and Albert Praw
Andrea and Glenn Sonnenberg
Gerald Stern
Thelma and Eric Waxman
Juli and Michael Woronoff
Debi Graboff and Andrea Sonnenberg
Legal Network Co-Chairs
Legal Network Committee
Joshua Bachrach
Eden Cohen
Joshua Eichenstein
Mahrad Enayati
Michael Freedman
Allison Gingold
Josh Glucoft
Stephanie Gold
Sandra Hanian
Andrew Jick
Yonit Kovnator
Marni Robinow
Dana Simon
Sharona Toobian
Bryan Wasser
Jessica Weizenbluth
Lauren Wulkan
Danny Yadidsion
Benyahou Yeroushalmi
Rosaline L Zukerman
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