Lawyers

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
Jonathan Levin
Alexis D. Soshnick

Committee
Danielle Abada 
Sam Adelsburg 
Blair Albom 
Alison R. Benedon
Jarret Berg 
Erica Berman
Noam Besdin 
Daniel B. Blaser
David Blassberger
Effie Blassberger 
Ari Blaut 
Beth Brownstein 
Michael Cassel 
Alexander Chester 
Anthony Collins 
Joshua Dugan
Matthew Fagen 
Emily Farber 
Adele Frankel 
Tammy Fried 
David Friedman
Jonathan Glaser 
Kim Goldberg 
Bruce Goldberger 
James Goldfeier 
Adam L. Goodman 
Brandon Greenblatt 
Matthew Greenfield 
Samuel Groner 
Noam I. Haberman 
Shifra Herzberg 
Jarrett Hoffman 
Lindsay Brandt Jakubowitz 
Melanie Jolson 
Jonathan Katz 
Sam Kleiner 
Adam Kravitz 
Alexandra Leavy 
Adam Levine 
Noah Liben 
Andrew Lichtman 
Daniel Luks 
Max Mayer-Cesiano 
Jillian Merns 
Andrew Messinger
Naomi Munz 
Ariel Nelson 
Lee Parnes 
Deanna M. Paul
Jason Pearl 
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 
David Snyder 
Shoshana Speiser 
Zoe S. Sternberg 
Michael Sternheim 
Daniel Tavakoli 
Erica Temel 
Elina Tetelbaum 
Lenny Traps
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 R. 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
Danielle Abada
Daniel Adessky
Charlotte Allyn
Samantha M. Altschuler
Leah Avni
Shauli Bar-On
Rachel Behar
Abbe R. Ben-David
Shari Bernstein
Benjamin R. Blum
Shira Boim
Joseph D. Boris
Milana Bretgoltz
Isabella Brodie
Nicole Raca Bromberg
Blair Broser
Ian Bruckner
Scott C. Caplan
Ben Carlin
Samantha Chase
Emily Chazen 
Sam Clinton-Davis
Ella Cohen
Ethan Z. Cohen
Joshua Cohn
Anthony Collins
Zachary M. Corenblum
Julia Crain
Louis M. Davis
Gary Dreyer
Sarah Emmerich
Ella Epstein 
Max Feinstein
Jamie Fertig
Ross Fiedler
Rachel Finkel
Daniel Fishbein
Michael Fuzaylov
Jacob Gabor
Jason W. Gallant
Ross H. Gitlin
Melissa Glassman
Amanda Glaubach
Ava Goldberger
Jill Golub
Jonathan Green
Carter Greenbaum
Matthew Guber
Brandon Hanley
Benjamin Heller
Tiffany Heravi
Shira Huberfeld
Jonathan Huberman
Melanie Jolson
Jonathan Kane
Hannah Kark
Lauren T. Katz
Rachel I. Katzin
Gilana Keller
Abbigail R. Klein
Deena Kleinstein
Presley Klinger
Lauren S. Kramer
Elie Krief
Zachary Krooks
Luke A. Kushner
Samuel Lachow
Joshua Landsman
Aaron Levine 
Maddison Levine 
Matthew I. Levine
Stephanie Levine
Matthew I. Levy 
Mitchell S. Levy
Ruth Levy
Matthew R. Lewis
Eden Lichaw
Amanda Lindner
Jeremy I. Liss
Dan Marcus
Rebecca Papilsky
Deanna M. Paul
Guy Polani
Alex Rahmanan
Samantha Rahmin 
Matthew R. Roberts
Michael Roberts
Sari Rosenfeld
Rebecca Liebowitz Rothman
Robyn Sablove
Jamie Saevitzon
Zachary Schreiber
David E.  Schulman
Adam Seiden
Allie Shaffer
Avi Shchigel
Justin Silverberg
Elana Somers
Alexis Soshnick
Amanda Spiro
Eric E. Stern
Zoe S. Sternberg
Jessica Stoltz
Phil Tafet
Emily Tannenbaum
Julia Timerman
Eitan Ulmer
Sloan Ungerman
Daniella Wenger
Nathan Werksman
Talia Weseley
Basil Williams 
Alexis Wilpon 
Max Winograd
Elan A. Zebaida

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) 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 , Benefit Street Partners
Jason Klurfeld, Evercore
David Travin, PJT Partners

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
Tsvi Gal
Sharone Hutterer
Matthew Levine
Katy Linsky
Todd Ruback
Stephen Rutenberg
Samantha Schonfeld
Benjamin Trachtenberg
Erik Weinick
Sheryl Ann Yamuder

A place for restructuring professionals who want to make a difference.

Chairs
Josh Abramson
Ronit Berkovich
Lauren Bilzin
Brian M. Resnick
Michael A. Schwartz
Joshua A. Sussberg

Committee
Howard D. Altschul
Darren Azman
Matthew Barr
Elan Ben-Avi
Donald S. Bernstein
Martin J. Bienenstock
Beth M. Brownstein
Saul Burian
David S. Chasen
Kevin M. Cofsky
Michael J. Cohen
Kenneth H. Eckstein
Michael C. Eisenband
Randall Eisenberg
Shana A. Elberg
David M. Feldman
Eugene Fialkovskiy
Evan Fleck
Michael E. Foreman
Jeffrey Gleit
Jay M. Goffman
Joseph Goldschmid
Jayme Goldstein
Steve Goldstein
Robert Gordon
Scott J. Greenberg
Nicole L. Greenblatt
Sam M. Greene
Brian E. Greer
Jonathan S. Henes
Marshall S. Huebner
Gary Kaplan
Stephen Karotkin
Gary W. Katz

Brett Klein
Emil A. Kleinhaus
Alan W. Kornberg
Andrew M. Kramer
Evan Lederman
Sydney Levinson
Daniel Lowenthal
Joseph Malfitano
Vivek Melwani
Bruce H. Mendelsohn
Andrew Milgram
Brett H. Miller
Jim E. Millstein
Elliot Moskowitz
Andrew M. Parlen
Gary Polkowitz
Marc D. Puntus
Steven J. Reisman
David L. Resnick
David S. Rosner
Michael Rudnick
Edward O. Sassower
Brian Schartz
William H. Schrag
Howard Seife
Adam Shiff
Glenn E. Siegel
Andrew I. Silfen
William M. Silverman
Fred Sosnick
Michael S. Stamer
Robert Stark
Matthew B. Stein
Alex Talesnick
Albert Togut
Michael Torkin
David M. Turetsky
Warren A. Usatine
Shai Waisman
Joshua Weisser
Tony Yoseloff
Steve M. Zelin
Kenneth Ziman
Jonathan Zinman

The Next Generation Restructuring Group welcomes rising stars in their 30s and 40s.

Chairs
Melanie A. Miller  
Naomi Moss  
Adam M. Searles
Adam Shpeen
 
Vice Chairs
Benjamin Arfa  
Evan Levine  
Maddison Levine  
Ethan D. Ross

Committee
Blair Albom
Morris Alhale
Richard M. Allen
Jeremy Ascherman
Isabel Baer
Ehud Barak
Michael S. Benn
Rodi Blokh
Matt Blum
Skylar Bonné
David Braun
Simon Briefel
Nicole Raca Bromberg
Jordan Bryk
Michael H. Cassel
Daniel Desatnik 
Reuben E. Dizengoff
Lauren C. Doyle
Gary Dreyer
Matt Dyer
Jamie M. Eisen
Michael Eisenberg
Phil Engel
Ella Epstein
Matthew Fagen
Rebecca Feygenson
Ross J. Fiedler
Daniel I. Forman
Adam H. Friedman
Benjamin Gilbert
Adam J. Goldberg
Ava Goldberger
Rachel Golden
Andrew Gross
Michael R. Handler
David A. Herman
Evan Hill
Robert M. Hirsh
Gabrielle Jacobson
Yonah Jaffe
Brad M. Kahn
Sam Karotkin
Jon Kartus
Emily Katz-Turner
Dan Kelsall
Jordan Krasne
Lucy Kweskin
Jonathan Lancman
Mitchell Levy
Mike Linde
Amanda Lindner
Zachary R. Manning
Jeffrey Margolin
Howard Master
Jared Mayer
Alex McCammon
Benjamin Meisel
Michele Meises
Josh Mendelsohn
James Mennie
Scott Meyerson
Benjamin Mintz
Matthew Mintzer
Michael Mittelman
Max Molinsky
Brian J. Nakhaimousa
Edward E. Neiger
Jakob Newman
Kyle J. Ortiz 
Oliver Paré 
Jonah A. Peppiatt
Adam Pilchman
Oscar N. Pinkas
Matthew Rahmani
Marc Roitman 
Matthew M. Roose
Gideon Rosenbaum
Matthew Rosenberg
Elliot Ross
Kathryn Rube
Rachelle Rubin
Gabe Sasson
Kyle R. Satterfield
Benjamin Schak
Shai Schmidt
Jordan D. Searles
Jason Seigel
Zachary I. Shapiro
Steven Siegel 
Bennett S. Silverberg
Ronald J. Silverman
Michael Sitzer
Noah Sosnick 
Thomas Stenz
Josh Strauss
Joshua Sturm
Joseph Szydlo
Jonathan J. Weichselbaum 
Daniel Weisman 
Lyndon Wise  
Jake Wohl 
David Zylberberg

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
Emily A. Belfer
Ninette Bordoff
Austin Bramwell
Jennifer W. Brown
Sherri Cohen
Martin Danoff
Ronni G. Davidowitz
Mitchell Drossman
Pamela Ehrenkranz
Jennifer Feinberg
Glenn G. Fox 
Jay W. Freiberg
Pamela L. Grutman
Alan S. Halperin
Lynn C. Halpern
Shifra Herzberg
Alan H. Hirschfeld
Erica Howard-Potter
Joshua M. Kaplan
Ellyn Kravitz
Arielle Lederman
Francine Lee
Jerome L. Levine
Kevin Matz
Jillian E. Merns
Jessica E. Nachman
Ariel G. Nelson
Joanna Ostrem
Jonathan K. Pollack
David J. Posner
Sara Rabi
Joshua S. Rubenstein
Lara M. Sass
Evan D. Schein
Andrew B. Seiken
Seth Slotkin
Peter R. Stambleck
Ivan Taback
Zena M. Tamler
Lois Tilton
Jay D. Waxenberg
Gail Esses Weiner 
Jay H. Ziffer
Jory Bard Zimmerman

A place for attorneys who specialize in white-collar crime and securities and want to make a difference.

Chairs
Shari A. Brandt
Paul M. Krieger

Vice Chairs
Effie Blassberger
Douglas S. Zolkind

Executive Committee
Richard F. Albert
David B. Anders
Allen D. Applbaum
Michael F. Bachner
Barry H. Berke
Shari Brandt
Derek A. Cohen
Mark S. Cohen
Carrie H. Cohen
Joel M. Cohen 
Bradley L. Dizik
Scott A. Edelman
Samson A. Enzer
Seth Farber 
Ira M. Feinberg
Steven D. Feldman 
David A. Feldman
Alan S. Futerfas
Daniel M. Gitner
Lauren Goldberg 
Daniel Goldfried 
Nicholas Goldin 
Katherine R. Goldstein 
Adam L. Goodman
Harold K. Gordon
Evan J. Gotlob
Marc L. Greenwald 
Benjamin Gruenstein
Phara Guberman
Elizabeth Hanft 
Sean Hecker 
Brett D. Jaffe
Melissa L. Jampol 
Ilene Jaroslaw 
Elizabeth Kase 
Nancy Kestenbaum 
Mark A. Kirsch 
Isabelle A. Kirschner 
Steven G. Kobre
Douglas Koff  
Jonathan S. Kolodner
Glen A. Kopp 
Mark W. Lerner 
Andrew M. Levine
Seth Levine 
Howard S. Master
Michael Levy
Alex Lipman
Rachel Maimin
Howard Master 
Amy Mayer 
Gordon M.  Mehler 
Aaron Mendelsohn 
James A. Mitchell 
Avraham C. Moskowitz
Deanna M. Paul
Harlan J. Protass 
Steven R. Peikin 
Mark P. Ressler
Roland G. Riopelle 
Thomas C. Rotko 
Jonathan S. Sack 
Michael S. Schachter 
Dan Schorr
Samantha L. Schreiber 
Bart M. Schwartz
Sharon Cohen Levin
David M. Siegal 
Lawrence S. Spiegel
Mark J. Stein
Richard M. Strassberg
Richard C. Tarlowe
Jeremy H. Temkin
Andrew E. Tomback 
Jeff A. Udell
Hilary Walker
Marc A. Weinstein 
Avi Weitzman 
Alexander Wilson  
Staci Yablon 
Lisa Zornberg

Chairs
Allison R. Schneirov
Daniela Tisch
Elizabeth S. Weiswasser

Committee
Judith B. Bass
Abbe Ben-David
Joan Berger
Ronit Berkovich
Lauren Bilzin
Effie Blassberger
Elise M. Bloom
Susanne Brody
Beth Brownstein
Lara Samet Buchwald
Amy Bursky
Sarah Chopp
Sherri  Cohen
Ana Demel
Aviva F. Diamant
Amy Doberman
Elyse D. Echtman
Marcy Engel
Jennifer B. Ezring
Wendy  Fleishman
Laura S. Franco
Joele Frank
Judith Fryer
Nancy Shavel Gabel
Lauren Goldberg
Sandra Goldstein
Eleanor Grosz
Claudia Hammerman
Ellen Hochberg
Melanie Jolson
Tricia Kallett
Stacy J. Kanter
Roberta Karp
Karen Spar Kasner
Nancy Kestenbaum
Lauren Klein
Vickie Kobak
Jennifer Kroman
Lori Ellen Lesser
Shuly Leviant
Alisa F. Levin
Sharon Cohen Levin
Meredith Levy
Rachel Maimin
Tracy Makow
Andi Mandell
Barbara Manning
Kate Mayer
Michele Meises
Jillian Merns
Amy E. Millard
Atara Miller
Nitzan Sternberg Miller
Michele Mirman
Wendy Modlin
Risë Norman
Janet Nova
Amanda Nussbaum
Deanna M. Paul
Deborah Paul
Jennifer Perkins
Laurie Ferber Podolsky
Rachel Posner
Betty B. Robbins
Mimi Rocah
Rebecca Roiphe
Irina Roller
Jill Rosenberg
Carol Fein Ross
Stacy Rotner
Shari Savit
Jill Schwartz
Jodi Schwartz
Ruthie Schwartz
Lisa Schweitzer
Joan Secofsky
Pamela S. Seymon
Sarene P. Shanus
Nina Shenker
Rachelle Silverberg
Alexis D. Soshnick
Tracy Stein
Marsha Stein
Lilian Stern
Rachel Stern
Julie Swidler
Zena Tamler
Lina Tetelbaum
Erika Weinberg
Pamela Wexler
Meryl Wiener
Gabrielle Wolf
Cynthia Wolff
Lisa Zornberg