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The Margolin Group Supports Launch of New York Veterans Law Clinic

The Margolin Group (TMG) extends warm congratulations to the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy (Institute) on the recent launch of its Veterans Law Clinic. This clinic will leverage the skills and expertise of local attorneys and Hofstra Law students to assure veterans transition smoothly from military to civilian life. The Veterans Law Clinic represents a key component of the Gitenstein Institute’s multi-disciplinary “Mission Critical” veterans outreach and advocacy […]

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The Margolin Group Volunteers at San Francisco Marin Food Bank

The Margolin Group co-founders, Leslie Margolin and Joanna Horsfall, volunteered alongside friends and colleagues to pack nearly 500 boxes of food for at-need families and 9,000 morning snack packs for hungry school children. Each day the San Francisco Marin Food Bank, with assistance from a network of 450 partners, distributes nearly 107,000 meals, or 48 million pounds of food annually, to 240 food pantries that serve an average of 30,000 […]

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Conversations: Health and Treatment (“CHAT”) Website Goes Live

The Conversations: Health and Treatment Program (known as “CHAT”), an education and advocacy program designed by the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy — recently launched its website. Anthony Serrano, Senior Counsel for The Margolin Group and Institute Fellow, worked alongside physician, hospital and attorney partners to develop a program aimed at helping patients have their end-of-life wishes respected through the execution of advance directives. The launch of the […]

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Margolin Group Team Member Counsels Veterans at Volunteer Clinic​ in New York​

Margolin Group Senior Counsel​, Legal & Public Affairs, Anthony Serrano joined the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy and the Veterans Legal Assistance Project at Hofstra Law School in New York on November 1​5​th to provide local veterans with free legal consultation. Attorney volunteers ​at the event ​provided legal advice to veterans seeking social security disability benefits, family law support, unemployment insurance and advance directive drafting assistance​.  Anthony’s work with the Veterans Legal Assistance Project represents part of a broader […]

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UPCOMING EVENT: Affordable Healthcare’s Next Act Symposium

On October 16th,The Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy will host its first symposium aimed at exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by the Affordable Care Act since its passage in 2010. This full-day learning event will take place at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The symposium’s keynote speaker is Wendell Potter, renowned health care reform advocate and former […]

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Colin Powell to Speak at the 40th Annual Los Angeles Urban League Whitney M. Young Awards Dinner

On April 26, the Los Angeles Urban League will host its 40th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Dinner. This year’s theme is “celebrating our spirit of service” and will feature Keynote speaker Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.). The Los Angeles Urban League will honor Johnson Publishing Co.’s Linda Johnson Rice with the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award and feature entertainment by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. Click here to visit the […]

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March of Dimes Signature Chefs Event Raises Nearly a Half-Million Dollars, a New Record for the Southern California Chapter

The March of Dimes raised $477,000 at its annual Signature Chefs Auction on September 23. During this year’s event, more than 450 March of Dimes supporters joined award-winning chef Ari Rosenson of Cut Restaurant to pay tribute to the area’s culinary scene with an evening of featured chef demonstrations from A.O.C., Sugar Fish, FIG and Lazy Ox as well as wine tastings from some of California’s most treasured wineries, including […]

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UPCOMING EVENT: Signature Chefs Los Angeles 2012

On September 23rd, 15 of Los Angeles’ hottest chefs will come together at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica to showcase their culinary skills in an exclusive signature chef event to benefit the March of Dimes. Lead Chef Ari Rosenson of CUT Restaurant will be joined by 14 other chefs to create culinary masterpieces, and guests will enjoy a live auction featuring fabulous one-of-a-kind dream packages. Eric […]

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Team Margolin Joins March to Fight Prematurity

The Margolin Group team joined more than 15,000 walkers for the Greater Los Angeles March for Babies on Saturday, April 28th at Exposition Park. Leslie Margolin — Chair of the March of Dimes Los Angeles Division Board
 of Directors — helped to kick off the event by introducing fellow Board Member and March of Dimes Mission Mom Shannon Pruitt. In a moving speech to an audience of thousands, Pruitt and […]

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March of Dimes Signature Chefs

March of Dimes Board Chair, Leslie Margolin, and Board Member, Joanna Horsfall, joined with fellow Board members and Margolin Group partner, Virgin HealthMiles, to raise over $335,000 to fund the mission of the March of Dimes at a star studded celebrity chefs event at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills on September 26, 2011. Lead Chef: Tony Esnault from Patina 2011 Restaurants: Capital Grille • Church & State • CUT […]

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