Tina's Wish Benefit Raises More Than $1Million for Ovarian Cancer Research In a Single Evening

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders in the legal and financial communities came together once again to raise more than $1 million for The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research (Tina's Wish) at the charitable organization's annual benefit dinner at Cipriani.  

Since its inception, Tina's Wish has raised more than $5 million for ovarian cancer research grants.  Tina's Wish honors the memory of Tina Brozman, former chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and co-leader of Bingham McCutchen LLP's Financial Restructuring Group, who died at the age of 54 following a two-year battle with ovarian cancer.  For additional information on Tina's Wish, visit www.tinabrozmanfoundation.org or https://www.facebook.com/TinasWishFoundation.

This year's dinner honored Marcia L. Goldstein, chair of the Business Finance & Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and member of the Tina's Wish Women's Committee.  Ms. Goldstein has been a trailblazer in the restructuring community and a mentor and friend to many.  Ms. Goldstein fondly remembers the admiration and respect Tina earned from all parties who appeared before her and said, "Tina would be proud of the Foundation and the tremendous growth it has undertaken in order to fulfill her wish." 

Also at this year's benefit, Tina's Wish announced The Rita M. Kirpalani Memorial Consortium Grant for Ovarian Cancer Research which was established by Susheel Kirpalani, Chairperson of Quinn Emanuel's Financial and Restructuring group, in memory of his mother who died of late-stage ovarian cancer in 2005.  This grant represents the Foundation's largest single donation to date and will provide a unique opportunity for the Foundation's Consortium to work together on the same ovarian cancer samples. 

Tina's Wish is dedicated to funding groundbreaking research for the early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer. The money raised by Tina's Wish funds grants given to five world-class research institutions, which are all part of the The Tina Brozman Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium:

• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• The University of Pennsylvania Ovarian Cancer Research Center
• Yale School of Medicine/Yale Cancer Center

About Tina's Wish
Officially known as The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research, Tina's Wish is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization and is dedicated to funding groundbreaking research for the early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer. Tina's Wish maintains that the most effective way to fight ovarian cancer is to diagnose it at its earliest, most curable stage or to prevent it from ever developing. Since 2008, the Foundation has raised more than $5 million to fund grants and created a collaborative research consortium, bringing together scientists from five world-class institutions that are developing innovative prevention and diagnostic strategies.  

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