Jewish National Fund to Honor Greenberg Traurig's Brian Sherr
With Tree of Life Award
Yossi Olmert to Serve as Guest Speaker at Tree of Life Dinner
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-- April 20, 2006 -- The Jewish National Fund
(JNF) of Broward/Palm Beach Counties announced today that it is
awarding Greenberg Traurig, Fort Lauderdale office Co-Managing
Shareholder
Brian Sherr their highest honor:
The Tree of Life Award. The Tree
of Life Award, a humanitarian award given in recognition of outstanding
community involvement and dedication to the cause of American-Israeli
friendship, will be presented at a special Tree of Life Dinner and
Ceremony on Thursday, May 11th, at the Westin Hotel, Cypress Creek.
The Special Guest Speaker at the event will be Yossi Olmert, brother
of Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert.
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JNF’s Tree of Life Award recognizes members of the community
who show outstanding dedication to community service, community
involvement, and devotion to peace and the security of human life.
Proceeds from the Tree of Life Award Dinner will benefit JNF's ongoing
efforts and dedication to assist Israel.
“We are proud to honor Brian Sherr for his extraordinary philanthropic
work,” said Elliott Borkson, president of JNF’s Broward Board of
Directors. “In addition to coming together for this exceptional
honor, we hope that our Tree of Life Award dinner, featuring special
guest speaker Yossi Olmert, will help us to raise much needed funds
that will help in our ongoing efforts on Israel’s behalf.”
In addition to being an attorney, Sherr is the Founder and Chairman
of the Board of Directors for First Southern Bank, the largest and
oldest independent bank headquartered in Boca Raton. The $425 million
dollar community-based Commercial Bank focuses on advisory relationships
that provide the full spectrum of personal and business banking
services for successful entrepreneurs, professionals, and small-
to middle-market companies. The fast-growing bank operates a total
of six branches – three in Broward County and three in Palm Beach
County.
Sherr has been with Greenberg Traurig since 1991. Since 1995
he has been the Co-Managing Shareholder of the Fort Lauderdale office,
which has 218 employees, including 52 attorneys.
Sherr began his legal career in 1970, working for Florida Rural
Legal Services, where he represented migrant workers in the farms
west of Boca and Delray. He represented them for more than 3 years,
including handling litigation in Federal Court.
He is a Board of Governors member of the Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale;
Aish Hatorah Jerusalem Advisory Board; Board of Directors, Daniel
D. Cantor Senior Center; Past President, the Jewish Federation of
Greater Fort Lauderdale; and Past President, Jewish Family Service,
Broward County.
He is a former member of the Board of Directors, Florida Atlantic
University Foundation and a former member of the Board of Directors,
Broward Center for the Performing Arts Foundation.
In addition, he was a 2002 honoree of the American Friends of
Ariel, an award that means a great deal to Brian because of family
ties to Ariel. Recently, Brian Sherr and Richard Finkelstein, Co-Chair
of the Tree of Life Award Dinner, visited Israel to check on the
progress of Ariel's newest developments. They toured the route of
the security fence being built around Ariel and checked on the construction
of the city’s sports and recreation complex. Donations are still
being accepted to complete this vital 6-million-dollar project in
Ariel.
Past Tree of Life recipients in Broward County include Honorable
Bob Butterworth, Daniel D. Cantor, James R. Cassady, Steven M. Cohen,
Fred Lippman and Harold Wishna.
The Tree of Life Award Dinner is expected to draw more than 400
supporters, members, guests and friends of JNF in South Florida.
Cocktails are from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm followed by dinner and remarks
by Olmert, whose topic will be the current political climate in
Israel.
Sponsorships and advertisements in the dinner journal are still
available. If you would like to purchase a sponsorship or ticket
to attend the dinner, contact Debbie Regent at JNF at 561-447-9733
or via email at dregent@jnf.org.
The Westin Hotel, Cypress Creek is located on the north side
of Cypress Creek Road east of I-95 at 400 Corporate Drive in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with 1,500
attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The
firm is ranked seventh on The American Lawyer's Am Law 100 listing of the
largest law firms in the U.S., based on number of lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig serves clients from offices in: Albany, NY; Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Atlanta, GA; Boca Raton, FL; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver,
CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL;
Morristown, NJ; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA;
Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Silicon Valley, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Tokyo, Japan;
Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach, FL; Wilmington, DE; and Zurich,
Switzerland. Additionally, the firm has strategic alliances with the following independent
law firms: Olswang, London and Brussels; Studio Santa Maria, Milan and Rome; and
Hayabusa Kokusai Law Offices in Tokyo.
For additional information, please visit the firm's Web site at
www.gtlaw.com.
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