THURSDAY, MAY 30
(OPTIONAL)
Black Tie Optional Attire
6PM
Filipino American Lawyers Association of New York
Annual Awards Dinner and Installation of Officers
Aureole
One Bryant Park
135 W. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10036
Please RSVP using the link provided in this invitation and await confirmation of your ticket order before finalizing your travel arrangements. The venue is not particularly large, so space is limited.
When requesting your ticket, please also mention "NFALA Mid-Year@NYC" in the comments section of the RSVP form. As a courtesy to NFALA, FALA New York will be extending "Member" rates to conference attendees.
Post-Installation Dinner Meetup
Location TBD
If you are interested in joining, please email either Kristy Gonowon (kgono@allstate.com) or Noel Vales (noelvales@yahoo.com).
FRIDAY, MAY 31
Business Professional Attire
No cell phones or laptops will be allowed inside the federal courthouses during the Judge Schofield event or the NFALA Board of Governors meeting. Devices will be checked in upon entering the buildings and returned upon leaving. All visitors must bring a photo ID.
11AM - 1PM
Private Chambers Discussion and Reception with Hon. Lorna G. Schofield
(U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York)
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
40 Centre Street, Room 201
New York, NY 10007
*Enter using main entrance on Centre Street (steps/columns in front of building) - DO NOT ENTER through side entrance
1:30-2:00PM
Official NFALA Photographs on Courthouse Steps of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
40 Centre Street
New York, NY 10007-131
2:15-4:15PM
NFALA Board of Governors Meeting
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl St., Room 850
New York, NY 10007-131
6-8PM
Welcome reception & cocktail hour
Hosted by Neville Peterson
Bond Collective
One Exchange Plaza, 3rd Floor (55 Broadway)
10PM
Friday Social Event
Sky Room330 West 40th St.
New York, NY 10018
*DRESS TO IMPRESS: Strict dress code. No white sneakers, Timbs, ACGs, etc. For ladies, preferably no flats, Uggs, sandals, or flip-flops.
*No cover for ladies; men free before midnight.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
Comfortable Business Casual Attire
(Afternoon team-building exercise will take place outside, rain or shine)
Leadership Summit Sessions
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
620 Eighth Ave., 32nd floor
New York, NY 10018
Photo ID required for building access.
9:30-10:00AM
Breakfast
10:00AM-12:40PM
Welcome & Joint Affiliate Reports
10:20AM FALA Mass / FALA New York / PALs-PA-NJ
10:40AM FALA Chicago / FALA Ohio / TFAB
11:00AM FLOC / FLOW
11:20AM OFALA / PABA
11:40AM FALA DC / GFAB
12:00PM FBANC / HFLA
12:20PM FALSD / SacFALA
12:45-3:00PM
Lunch & Team-Building Exercise
3:00-4:30PM
Affiliate Roundtable & Leadership Pipeline Breakout Session
4:30-5:00PM
Wrap-Up & Closing
* Optional for in-house counsel summit attendees:
Following the conclusion of working sessions at 5pm, Seyfarth will host a mixer for in-house attorneys until 7pm.
8:00-10:30PM
Dinner
88 Palace
88 E. Broadway
New York, NY 10002
10:30PM
Saturday Social Event
Karaoke City
22 W. 32nd St., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
(OPTIONAL)
Recommended attire: anything to show off your Pinoy pride! (barongs/Filipinia, NFALA T-shirts, etc.)
Philippine Independence Day Parade
Madison Ave. from 38th-27th St.
New York, NY
11AM meetup time to reserve spots on the parade route. Location and additional details to follow.