Spector Gadon & Rosen Foundation's ATTY Award Recognizes Positive Attorney Depictions in Arts.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/Legal Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2004 After a June 2003 survey by the American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase named attorney Atticus Finch Atticus Finch is a fictional character in Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer, resident of Maycomb County, Alabama, and the father of Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' the top hero of cinematic history, a Philadelphia foundation was inspired to create an award that will honor positive depictions of attorneys in film, theater, TV or literature. The name chosen by the Spector Gadon & Rosen Foundation is the ATTY ATTY Attorney ATTY A Thousand Thank Yous Award. The first winner will be announced in 2005. "Atty is common shorthand for the word 'attorney' and also sounds like a nickname for Atticus, so the name is doubly significant," explained Steven F. Gadon, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., the law firm which formed the arts-supporting foundation. The firm, which uses the line "Practicing the Art of Law" as its tagline, has a rich tradition of arts support and involvement. Spector Gadon & Rosen has particular reason to pay close attention to attorneys in films. Alan B. Epstein, chair of the firm's Employment Law Practice Group, represented a young, HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. positive attorney against a Philadelphia law firm in a case that was, he says, "widely viewed because of daily coverage on Court TV and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. and because of the Academy-Award-winning film 'Philadelphia', starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington." Continued Epstein, "Because movies are one of the most powerful cultural forces in the world today, positive depictions of attorneys working for societal good and upholding the Constitution are important to our entire system of justice and should be applauded." The ATTY Award will go to the stage, screen or TV actor depicting an attorney, or to the author of a work of literature which includes an attorney as a main character. |
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