November 10, 2016. From the first year, New York City has been one of our most popular concerts. This year was no different, as the venue sold out weeks in advance. Even more exciting, the event set a new Law Rocks record, raising $153,000!
Winner: The Meltones of Greenberg Traurig for BOOM!Health
Judges' Choice Award: The Endless Thread from Office of the Bronx County District Attorney and private practice for amfAR
Bands
The event starred legal professionals from:
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Locke Lord LLP
Susman Godfrey LLP
US Government
Walkers Global
White & Case LLP
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Featuring talent from Walkers Global
Rocking for Kids Cafe/Community FoodBank of New Jersey
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The draw of big city lights has been too strong to resist, and 1981 is returning to Law Rocks New York. For almost a year now, Neil, Tim, Andrew, Rolf and Natalie have been stationed at their legal file covered desks at Walkers in the Cayman Islands dreaming of another trip to the Big Smoke. Now that their entry is official, the amplifiers are going up to 11. One thing is for sure: they will be bringing the Caribbean heat to New York again, and this time they’re taking no prisoners.
Featuring talent from Office of the Bronx District Attorney; private practice
Rocking for amfAR
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The "Endless Thread" is happy to return to Law Rocks this year to battle it out for amfAR, Foundation for AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. Accordingly, and to put in a manner colleagues will understand:
We are writing this short bio with respect to the aforementioned musical performance by the above mentioned musical group professionally known as "The Endless Thread" (hereinafter "applicant"). Upon hearing all the facts, and reviewing the evidence in the form of the group's musical capabilities, the applicant has no doubt that your unequivocal verdict will be in its favor and that you will grant its application to be chosen as the recipient of first place at the "Law Rocks" event.
We appreciate your consideration, and please feel free to inquire further after the musical performance to be the first to receive our newly recorded album "FM Drift."
Put another way, the "Endless Thread" is a musical think-tank of lawyers and musicians whose ability to move the soul is so great, so compelling, it has caused prosecutors and defense attorneys to cross the aisles, get up on the stage, and join together to make music. This year be sure to listen-in on the finest of legal harmonies, as the band explores some of the hottest covers and even one of its originals. Yes, you heard it right - "The Endless Thread" is not just a spur of the moment band thrown together for the purpose of battling it out on behalf of amfAR. Rather, it is a full fledged, gigging and recording band in New York City made up of lawyers and musicians, and its members simply cannot wait to support such an amazing foundation as amfAR.
Featuring talent from Davis & Gilbert LLP; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP; White & Case LLP
Rocking for Her Justice
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Mistrial was originally formed in 2014 by five lawyers in White & Case’s NYC office. Known to rock at events large and small, Mistrial features the vocal stylings of Adam Chernichaw and Brian Kim, the riffs of Charles May (guitar), the rhythms of Daniel Cohen (vocals/guitar), the grooves of Raj Gandesha (bass), the beats of Joshua Weedman (drums), and the talents of Kate Swisher (keys). Mistrial is excited to bring its spin on modern and classical rock to Law Rocks, and raise some money for Her Justice!
Featuring talent from Greenberg Traurig LLP
Rocking for BOOM!Health
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Named for Greenberg Traurig founder Mel Greenberg, The Meltones have rocked many a firm gathering, everywhere from New York to Miami to the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Featuring talent from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Rocking for Advocates for Children of New York
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“A band whose appeal can never be denied”
Talent from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Rocking for The Partnership for the Homeless
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The Plimptones may be the hardest working band in rock and roll, but that’s just their billable hours. Musically, they strive to walk on the right side of the fine line between clever and stupid, whichever that may be. Their combination of raucous rhythms, sonorous strings, honking horns and multi-part harmonies pays homage to the masters of rock, yesterday and today. They also are known, on occasion, to come up one alliteration short.
Talent from Locke Lord LLP
Rocking for Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
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The members of the ROCKE LORDS OF LOCKE LORD are honored to be raising money for the amazing veterans, lawyers, and staff at the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center in New Haven CT. The CVLC, with the help of its growing team of community volunteer lawyers, are helping to improve the lives of our veterans every day in overcoming life-impacting struggles. Please come and join us to help support the CVLC! Musically, the ROCKE LORDS OF LOCKE LORD has one goal in mind: to play a face-melting set of some of the hardest rocking songs on the planet. Be prepared to rock hard with the ROCKE LORDS. The band will include the musical stylings of Gabe McCool (bass and vocals), Dan Fiorello (guitar and vocals), Scott Wofsy (guitar), Casey Howard (keys/horns), Joy Whitney (vocals, percussion), Ted Bednarcyk (drums), and Brian Lothson (guitar and vocals).
Featuring talent from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Rocking for City Harvest
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Arising out of the mean streets of Midtown East in the early 1980s, Time Entry toured the globe several times over on the back of its smash hit “Life in 6-Minute Increments”, an aptly-lengthed, 6-minute prog rock epic equal parts “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Who Let the Dogs Out?”. Rolling Stone heralded Time Entry as “not your dad’s law firm band – actually, wait, that’s exactly what they are”. After this fleeting brush with fame and fortune, Time Entry fell into obscurity due to infighting over merchandise revenue (primarily t-shirt money), the ethics of bow hunting, and whether more cowbell was in fact needed (it wasn’t). Spurred by a 2016 ‘where are they now?’ VH1 special, and a serious need for cash, Time Entry has reunited to take Law Rocks by storm.
The band looks forward to raising funds for City Harvest and the other great nonprofits featured at Law Rocks NYC.
Nonprofits
Advocates for Children of New York works on behalf of children who are at greatest risk for school-based discrimination and/or academic failure due to poverty, disability, race, ethnicity, immigrant or English Language Learner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness, or involvement in the foster care or juvenile justice systems.
Founded in 1985, amfAR is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research.
BOOM!Health enables New Yorkers living with and at highest risk for illness, addiction, homelessness and poverty to realize their full potential by integrating services to create a seamless continuum of prevention and care.
City Harvest works to end hunger across the five boroughs. They do this by rescuing and distributing excess food, educating lower-income people to encourage self-sufficiency, and forging innovative partnerships within communities to bring thousands of hungry New Yorkers their next meal.
The mission of Connecticut Veterans Legal Center is to help veterans recovering from homelessness and mental illness overcome legal barriers to housing, healthcare and income.
Her Justice engages the talent and resources of New York City's law firms, bringing together committed lawyers and determined women to secure life-changing results.
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) currently has 28 Kids Cafes in various cities across the state. The Kids Cafe program is intended to help children escape the cycle of poverty by giving agencies and/or social service charities nutritious meals to serve in exchange for an agreement from the agencies to act as safe havens for the children.
The mission of The Partnership for the Homeless is to build a just and equitable society and create lasting community change through the development of solution-oriented programs and policy initiatives that eliminate the root causes of homelessness.
Rock Panel of Judges
In addition to being a nationally renowned Telecommunications attorney, Alan Tilles also has a thriving Entertainment Law Practice. A musician since childhood, Alan represents numerous bands and entertainers, with the breadth of his work including work on recording contracts, television and live performance agreements, as well as copyright and trademark issues. As a result, he has received appreciative mentions in a number of albums by several musicians. Alan can frequently be seen on stage, either sitting in with client bands or appearing with his local group, Film at Eleven.
As part of the Shulman Rogers firm band, The Fine Print, he was the winner of the inaugural Law Rocks competition in Washington, D.C.
Victor is a founding member of Bushell Sovak Ozer & Gulmi LLP.
Victor and the firm have represented A list celebrities, musicians, authors and the industry for decades. Clients represented include (in no particular order): ICM, UTA, The Agency Group, MGM, BMI, FujiTV, Broadway Video, Vigliano Associates, VNY Model Management, Anne Hathaway, Harvey Keitel, Candace Bushnell, Raven-Symone, The Moody Blues, and Onyx. An avid musician, Victor has played the drums since second grade and (much to the dismay of his family and neighbors) continues to bang away in his basement at every possible opportunity. Cheers!
Marc Milano serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the BB&T Premium Finance line of business. Based at AFCO’s New York office on Wall Street, he oversees the Legal Team serving stakeholders of AFCO Credit Corp., CAFO, Inc. and Prime Rate Premium Finance Corporation.
Mr. Milano joined the Premium Finance group from AIG Investments in New York where he served as Associate General Counsel. Prior experience includes A.I. Credit Corp., where he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and private practice as a bankruptcy and litigation attorney in New York.
Mr. Milano is also the lead singer and rhythm guitar player with The Mulligans, a classic rock and dance band music in Westchester County, NY.
For over 30 years Andy has been an ardent legal advocate for creators of intellectual property and entertainment entrepreneurs, predominately those in the music industry. His client base spans the spectrum from emerging talent to iconic music superstars and from established companies to start-ups.
Andy is well versed in the challenges facing the music industry and has spoken at numerous educational events, been featured in books, quoted in Billboard and the Wall Street Journal, and interviewed on NPR. Andy is actively involved with NARAS’ NY Chapter’s Board of Governors, the Board of Directors of the TJ Martell Foundation (the music industry’s charity committed to finding a cure for cancer) and the ABA’s Music & Personal Appearances Division as its Vice Chair.
Most importantly Andy has been happily married to his wife Lorin for 25 years and they have three spectacular children - Jackson, Keaton & Logan - who play the piano better than he ever could.
When asked why Andy became an attorney in the music business he’ll readily assert it’s because he has no musical talent whatsoever but loves to do battle in negotiations and hang out in rock clubs.
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Photos
Check out photos from the concert taken by Joe Jenkins here on Dropbox.
Video
Enjoy all eight sets in order of the night below!
