CITYWIDE — The New York Bar Foundation, the charitable and philanthropic entity of the New York State Bar Association, celebrated its 75th anniversary at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on Nov. 7.

More than 350 guests attended the gala. The four honorees included Loretta Lynch, former judge and U.S. attorney general and current partner at Paul Weiss. Lynch received the Champion of Justice Award, along with Whitney Chatterjee, partner and chief legal officer at Apollo Global Management, and Carrie Cohen, partner at Morrison Foerster.

The Philanthropist in Action Award was presented to Jalen Brunson, co-founder of the Second Round Foundation and captain of the New York Knicks. Brunson said his award, “is about every kid who dreams big, every mentor who shows up and every community that invests in

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