2008 Luncheon
Scenes from the Scribes Annual Luncheon
August 9, 2008
Harvard Club
New York City
August 9, 2008
Harvard Club
New York City
Front row (L to R): Bryan Garner, Justice Antonin Scalia, Joe Kimble, and Natalie Hull. Back row (L to R): Steven Smith, Merle Shiffman, Stuart Shiffman, Roger D. Townsend, Erin Culbertson, Michael Hyman, and Peter Hoffer.
Past President Gary Spivey, Charles Dewey Cole,
Dan Dillon, and Kenneth Gartner.
Michael Hyman and Justice Antonin Scalia.
Bryan Garner and Justice Scalia, coauthors of
Making Your Case: the Art of Persuading Judges.
Justice Scalia accepting the Scribes Lifetime-Achievement Award from President Stuart Shiffman and Bryan Garner.
Justice Scalia delivering his remarks.
Joe Kimble and Justice Scalia (holding Joe’s book
Lifting the Fog of Legalese.)
Scribes’ Lifetime Achievement award presented to Justice Scalia.
Peter Hoffer (co-winner of the Book Award) presenting his
new book, The Supreme Court: An Essential History,
to Justice Scalia.
Erin Culbertson, of George Washington University Law School, co-winner of the Scribes Brief-Writing Award.
Dean Darby Dickerson and Nicole Mariani, president of Stetson’s Student Bar Association.
Gretchen DeSutter and John Wierzbicki from Thomson West, and past president of Scribes Otto Stockmeyer.
Michael Hyman (center) with the winners of the Book Award, Natalie Hull and Peter Hoffer.
Scribes President Stuart Shiffman welcoming members and guests.
Bryan Garner and Justice Scalia signing their book, Making Your Case, for Zascha Blanco Abbott.
Erin Culbertson, co-winner of the Brief-Writing Award, accepting the award from committee chair Kenneth Gartner.