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&

The Walter Family Foundation 

present

Americans for Immigrant Justice 18th Annual Awards Dinner

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Honorary Co-Chairs

• Cesar L. Alvarez & Hon. Cristina Pereyra

Dinner Host Committee Co-Chairs

• Keith Askins & Paulina Holguin Askins
• David Barbeito & Naive Pons

Silent Auction Chair

• Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, Esq.

Host Committee

• Doriliz & Harold Arteaga, Esq.
• Esther Besonias
• Cristina Dominguez, Esq.
• Behna and Laurence Gardner, M.D.
• Carl Goldfarb, Esq.
• Dorothea Green
• Kimberly Green, Ph.D.
• Raquel Matas, Esq.
• Janet McAliley
• Khalid Mirza
• Jane Moscowitz, Esq. & Norman Moscowitz, Esq.
• Ilaria Pezzatini
• Amelia Rendeiro
• William Sancho
• Jose Sepulveda, Esq.
• Rev. Priscilla Felisky Whitehead
• Norma Kipnis Wilson

Please See Below for a List of Sponsorship and Underwriting Opportunities

For Sponsorship Inquiries, please contact Shawn Joost at sjoost@aijustice.org or 786-454-8550

PRESENTING SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

Alberni, Caballero & Company, LLP

Paulina Holguin Askins and Keith Askins

Barry University

Berger Singerman, LLP

Maria M. Buch, M.D.

Coalition of South Florida Muslim Organizations

Cristina Dominguez, Esq. & Michael Grunwald

Duane Morris, LLP

Florida International University

Behna & Laurence B. Gardner, M.D.

Larkin Community Hospital

Law Offices of Chavez & De Leon, P.A.

Law Offices of Robert L. Parks

Law Offices of Peter Upton

Janet R. McAliley

Miami Dade College Foundation

Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC

Jane and Norman Moscowitz

Northern Trust

Our Kids of Miami Dade/Monroe, Inc.

Palmetto Subacute Care

Shepard Broad Foundation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

St. Thomas University School of Law

University of Miami School of Law

Wargo French, LLP

Wells Fargo

Rev. Priscilla Felisky Whitehead

Entertainment Underwriter - Genovese, Joblove and Battista, P.A.

Cocktail Underwriter - Bacardi USA

Flower Underwriter - Galleria Farms

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The Daily Business Review, in partnership with the Dade County Justice Association, Dade County Defense Bar, Dade County ABOTA & Americans for Immigrant Justice proudly present

The Legends of Opening, Closing, and Jury Selection   
$45 Advanced Registration for first 45 to register
Price at Door: $90 (providing space is aailable)

Up to 4.0 general CLER credits pending approval by The Florida Bar

Consecutive Panels include:

Winning the Commercial & Personal Injury Case 
with Opening & Closing Statements
Moderated by Steven Davis , Partner at Boies Schiller & Flexner and Florida Bar Governor

Panelists:
Ramon Abadin, President-Elect of The Florida Bar and Partner at Sedgwick
Herman Russomanno, Partner at Russomanno & Borrello, and Former Florida Bar President
Professor H.T. Smith, Director of the Trial Advocacy Program, FIU College of Law
Judge Ronald Dresnick, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Civil Division
Judge Jacquelyn Hogan Scola, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Civil Division
Judge Lisa Walsh, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Civil Division

Techniques of the Giants: Jury Selection in 
Personal Injury & Commercial Cases
Moderated by Adam Moskowitz, Partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton

Panelists:
Edward Blumberg, Partner at Deutsch & Blumberg and Former President of the Florida Bar
Aaron Podhurst, Founding Partner at Podhurst & Orseck
Jennifer Altman, Partner at Boies Schiller & Flexner
Judge Peter Lopez, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Civil Division
Judge Norma Lindsey, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Civil Division
Judge Jorge Cueto, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Civil Division

A Frank & Open Discussion with the Appellate Bench 
on Opening & Closing Statements
Moderated by Ervin Gonzalez, Partner at Colson Hicks Eidson

Panelists:
Judge Kevin Emas, Florida Third District Court of Appeal
Judge Ivan Fernandez, Florida Third District Court of Appeal
Judge Leslie Rothenberg, Florida Third District Court of Appeal
Judge Vance Salter, Florida Third District Court of Appeal

Executive Producer:  Jordan A. Dresnick

For more information click here or contact Joanne Beaudry 
at jbeaudry@alm.com or 305-347-6643

Purchase Tickets Through BidPal or View Sponsorship Opportunities 

MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES

Neida Sandoval, Emmy Awarded TV Journalist, News Anchor and Radio Host -See Bio

HONORING

Edwidge Danticat, Holly Skolnik Human Rights Award -See Bio

Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, Immigrant Spirit Award - See Bio

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The Honorable Rosemary Barkett  -See Bio

Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Formerly on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

DINNER HOST COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Keith Askins & Paulina Holguin Askins

Former Miami Heat Player & AI Justice Board Member 

DINNER HOST COMMITTEE 

David Barbeito

Tina Cornely

Cristina Dominguez, Esq.

Behna Gardner

Carl Goldfarb, Esq.

Claudia Goldsmith

Dorothea Green

Kimberly Green, Ph.D.

Sharon L. Kegerreis, Esq

Dave Lawrence, Jr.

Raguel Matas, Esq.

Janet R. McAliley

Khalid Mirza

Ian Ross, Esq.

William Sancho

Jose Sepulveda, Esq.

Rev. Priscilla Felisky Whitehad

Jurg Zundel, Esq.

Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Formerly on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit