Metropolitan Black Bar Association's Twenty-Seventh Anniversary Awards Gala
This year's theme is "Answering the Call to Lead" and we will be celebrating Michele Coleman Mayes, the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Allstate Insurance Company, who embodies our theme both personally and professionally. The Honorable David N. Dinkins, the 106th Mayor of New York City and the Honorable George B. Daniels, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York are the Honorary Chairs and Chairs of the Gala, respectively.
2011 Honorees:
Trailblazer of the Year:
Michele Coleman Mayes, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Allstate Insurance Company
Corporate Counsel of the Year: Michelle C. Ifill, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Verizon Business
Private Practitioner of the Year: David A. Crichlow, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Bar Leader of the Year: Taa Grays, Assistant General Counsel and Chief of Staff to the General Counsel of MetLife, Inc.
Public Servant of the Year: Mylan Denerstein, Counsel to Governor Andrew Cuomo
Jurist of the Year: The Honorable Tandra L. Dawson, Acting Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court
Jurist of the Year: The Honorable Gayle P. Roberts, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County