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Sysco Corporation made headlines on December 9, 2013, when it announced that it was
planning to buy rival food distributor US Foods from its majority shareholders—and New
York Law School alumni were actively involved on both sides of the deal. Peter Puk ’07
and Brian Drozda ’08, both associates at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, were part of team that
advised Goldman Sachs, which is providing committed bridge inancing to Sysco for the deal.
Steven Slutzky ’93
, a corporate partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, along with two colleagues
and a team from Simpson hacher & Bartlett, advised US Foods in connection with the
transaction. According to American Lawyer magazine, the deal, “worth $8.2 billion once
assumed debt is factored in,. solidiies Sysco’s position as the world’s largest broadline food
distributor and creates a combined company that expects to generate about $65 billion in
tes
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annual revenues.”
1951 and Souls” in Jewish World San 1971is a family court judge and star of
Diego in December 2013.
the reality court room show Judge
Judy. (New York Daily News)
Jerome I. katz writes that he
Lloyd Hull was proiled about his 1965
Michael Weisser was featured
was recognized by Super Lawyers life in Greenwich, Connecticut,
in “Woodbridge Medical
and Best Lawyers for his work in in “It’s All About Family at Hull
Marijuana Dispensary Opens”
personal injury litigation. He is a House” in the Greenwich Citizen in in he Woodbridge Patch in
partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, November 2013. He is an attorney Steven e. Pegalis was named to the
2014 edition of he Best Lawyers
December 2013 about a medical
Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & in Greenwich, where he has lived
Rubinowitz in New York.
since 1958. (Greenwich Citizen).
in America. He is a member of
marijuana dispensary he opened
the NYLS Board of Trustees and
in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
a founding partner of Pegalis & Weisser and his son, David, also
19721960Erickson LLC in Lake Success, New run nonproit medical marijuana
York. For the fourth consecutive dispensaries in Colorado.
year, the law irm was given the Tier
Hon. John P. Walsh was Aaron Fodiman writes that he has One top ranking as a 2014 “Best 1969
U.S. News – Best
appointed in July 2013 to a panel received the 2013 History Maker Law Firm” by
reviewing as many as 50 trial award from the Dunedin, Florida, Lawyers (Best Lawyers in America)
convictions involving a detective Historical Society in recognition of
whose work may have sent his contributions to the community Jefrey L. Sapir writes that
William k. Weisenberg was the
he celebrated his 34th year as recipient of the 2013 American
innocent men to prison. He is a over the past 30 years. He is the
retired judge of the Kings County publisher and editor of the Tampa Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for Bar Association Grassroots
the Southern District of New York. Advocacy Award in April 2013,
Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New Bay Magazine and is the author of
York. (he New York Times)
several books.
He is the owner of the Law Oice the 2013 National Association
of Jefrey L. Sapir in White Plains, of Bar Executives Bolton Award
New York.
in August 2013, and the 2013
19731962Ohio Center for Law Related
Judy Sheindlin, along with
Education Founders’ Award in
two federal judges, presided at a September 2013. He is an assistant
naturalization ceremony at the
executive director for public afairs,
Avram B. Segall writes that he Arlene S. Moskowitz writes that Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in government relations, and diversity
spent the month of July 2013 she published an article with her November 2013. “his is a irst
initiatives for the Ohio State Bar
teaching at Tianjin University in husband, Joel A. Moskowitz, titled for me, and at my age, there aren’t Association.
China as an invited instructor in
“Singing Is Good For Your Health
many irsts anymore,” she said. She
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