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The 2001 Function

The 2001 awards dinner was held on June 20th, at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Roger Cossack, co-host of CNN's top rated daytime show "Burden of Proof" was the Master of Ceremonies. The cocktail hour for the event was held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with the dinner beginning at 7:30 p.m. Over 200 guests, prominent members of the legal community and press attended.

The 2001 Event Photos

William C. Burton, Burton Awards for Legal Achievement Chairman, addresses the audience.

Roger Cossack, co-host of CNN's Burden of Proof and Master of Ceremonies of the Burton Awards, begins the award presentations.

Forrest Rhoads, Vice President, Legal Product Development, West Group, entertains the audience with his presentation on the importance of enhanced legal writing.

Virginia Wise, Academic Chair of the Burton Awards and Lecturer on Law at Harvard University, delivers comments on the importance of good, clear, concise legal writing.

Honorable Edward Forstenzer, Superior Court of California, addresses the guests at the awards dinner.

Senor Jose Vega Esperon, of Vega Abogasdos Law Firm of Mexico, delivers comments on the significance of good legal writing in his country.

2001 LAW FIRM WINNERS

Earl L Segal receives his award from William C. Burton.

Carl Anthony Maio graciously accepts his award.

Michael Gruson receives his award from William C. Burton during the award ceremonies.

Dane Drobny, Bruce Braun and Douglas C. Gessner, shown with their awards.

J.T. Westermeier expresses his commitment and approach to legal writing.

Victor E. Schwartz enthusiastically addresses the audience.

Tracy Raffles Gunn warmly accepts her award.

Philip S. Garon accepts his award and addresses nearly 200 guests.

Robert A. Schwinger receives his award from William C. Burton.

David S. Miller accepts his award and expresses his gratitude.

William F. Patry gives his acceptance speech during the award ceremonies.

2001 LAW SCHOOL WINNERS

Mary Calkins, Georgetown University Law School

John E. Taylor, University of North Carolina School of Law

Kari M. Dahlin, University of Minnesota Law School

Adam Siegel, Cornell Law School

Russell A. Chorush, University of Houston Law Center

Annette L. Honan, University School of Law

The 2001 Law Firm Recipients

Bruce Braun, Dane Drobny and Douglas C. Gessner
Winston & Strawn
www.commercial_terrorism.com: A Proposed Federal Criminal Statute Addressing the Solicitation of Commercial Terrorism through the Internet.
Mr. Gessner is presently associated with Kirkland & Ellis.

Jennie L. Bricker and David E. Filippi
Stoel Rives LLP
Endangered Species Act Enforcement and Western Water Law.

Joseph J. Dyer
Seyfarth Shaw
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Charles H. Fendell and Dennis M. Kennedy
Thompson Coburn LLP
UTICA Is Coming!!! Part Two: Practical Analysis for Licensors' Counsel.

Philip S. Garon
Faegre & Benson LLP
Maximizing Shareholder Value: The Funco Experience.

Michael Gruson
Shearman & Sterling
The 1999 U.S. Banking Law Reform and Foreign Banks.

Carl Anthony Maio and Adam G. Silverstein
Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien and Frankel, LLP
All the Time in the World.

David S. Miller
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Snake in the Box: The Hazards of Policymaking with "Anti-Abuse" Rules.

William F. Patry
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Choice of Law and International Copyright.

Tracy Raffles Gunn and Charles Tyler Cone
Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A.
The Two-Issue Rule and Itemized Verdicts – Walking the Tightrope.

Victor E. Schwartz and Mark A. Behrens
Crowell & Moring LLP
Federal Courts Should Decide Interstate Class Actions: A Call for Federal Class Action Diversity Jurisdiction Reform. Both recipients are presently associated with Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Robert A. Schwinger
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
E-Commerce Sites Boon to Many, but What Is Effect on Competitor?

Earl L. Segal
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
Working with Escrow Agreements (with Form).

Christine Varney
Hogan & Hartson LLP
The Death of Privacy?

J.T. Westermeier
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP
The E-Commerce Legal Survival Kit.

The 2001 Law School Recipients

Mary Calkins
Georgetown University Law School
They Shoot Trojan Horses, Don’t They? An Economic Analysis of Anti-Hacking Regulatory Models.

Russell A. Chorush
University of Houston Law Center
Alden v. Maine: Rights Without Remedies.

Kari M. Dahlin
University of Minnesota Law School
Actions Speak Louder than Thoughts: The Constitutionally Questionable Reach of the Minnesota CLE Elimination of Bias Requirement.

Brant C. Hadaway
University of Miami School of Law
Executive Privateers: A Discussion on Why the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice of Forfeiture.

Gordon L. Hamrick
Emory University School of Law
Roving Federalism: Waiver Doctoring after College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board.

Annette L. Honan
Northwestern University School of Law
The Skyscraping Reach of the Lanham Act: How Far Should the Protection of Famous Building Design Trademarks Be Extended?

Robert K. Hur
Stanford Law School
447 Takings, Trade Secrets, and Tobacco: Mountain or Molehill?

Sharone Levy
University of Iowa College of Law
Balancing Physical Abuse by the System Against Abuse of the System: Defining "Imminent Danger" Within the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Adam Siegel
Cornell Law School
Setting Limits on Judicial Scientific, Technical, and Other Specialized Fact-Finding in the New Millennium.

John E. Taylor
University of North Carolina School of Law
AT&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Board: The Supreme Court Recognizes Broad FCC Jurisdiction over Local Telephone Competition.