Name That Attorney
How They Met: Spouses Edition
Fun Facts
"Why" Gesher?
Paid To Be Here
100

This attorney is a former member of the Navy and served on nuclear submarines.

Who is Richard Shapack?

100

This person met their husband on a JFMD mission trip to Israel

Who is Dani Gillman

100

This person helped launch the "Displaced Homemakers Program" at JVS

Who is Gail Stewart

100

This person's "why" has been focused on Tikkun Olam and creating community/roots through service

Who is Barbara Bressack

100

This person's favorite and most important hobbies are playing guitar and cooking

Who is Eric Adelman

200

This business litigator is a self described "passionate but not talented hockey player"

Who is David DeVine

200

This person met their wife at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Who is Lee Hurwitz

200

This person grows apple and peach trees at home

Who is Chad Techner

200

This person cites their late best friend Chris, who struggled with bipolar, as the reason they joined Kadima and continue to support Gesher

Who is Jon Modiano

200

This person ran the Chicago Marathon once, and probably won't do it again

Who is Marie Sickon-Burke

300

This attorney started their own law firm and used to dream in French

Who is Kristen Gross

300

This person met their husband on a blind date

Who is Anne Mendelson

300

This person briefly attended Solomon Shechter Day school in Belgium, where instruction was taught in Flemish

Who is Eva Shapiro

300

This person's "why" is based in believing the best way to help people is to give them the tools and ability to help themselves.

Who is Jared Rosenbaum

300

This person's mother was a model for Saks Fifth Avenue

Who is Jane Brumer-Cullen

400

This one-person law firm won a Moth Story Slam

Who is David Jaffe

400

This person met their wife as juniors in high school, and married shortly after undergrad

Who is Dan Serlin

400

This person got their start in business from working in tool manufacturing

Who is Linda Schlesinger-Wagner

400

This person cites their late husband Harvey as their "why" for supporting the Brown Center

Who is Adele Weisler

400

This person knew how to operate a riding lawn mower before they learned to drive a car

Who is Carie Branch

500

This transactional attorney says their mother is the reason they got into law

Who is Evan Leibhan

500

This person met their wife while attending Shor Yoshuv Institute in New York

Who is Yoni Torgow

500

This person learned to fly, but now favors biking over the Cessna

Who is Josh Eichenhorn

500

This person's "why" referenced chesed, or kindness, as a part of a person's spiritual DNA.

Who is Jean Phelan

500

This person was rejected by Taco Bell while job searching

Who is Paul Blatt