ABA Business Law Section Honors Students in Writing Contest

Recent law graduate M. Breen Haire of New York University School of Law is the first-prize winner of the 1998-99 Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest from the ABA Section of Business Law.

Haire was chosen on the strength of his paper, "The Fiduciary Responsibilities of Investment Bankers in Change-of-Control Transactions: In re Daisy Systems Corp."

He collected his prize of $2,500 in August during the ABA annual meeting in Atlanta. The prize included an all-expense paid trip to the meeting and an additional award of $2,500 for his law school, intended primarily for the purpose of expanding its business law library.

Second prize in the 13th annual contest was awarded to April A. Greer, whose paper, "The New Accountant-Client Privilege: Friend or Foe?" earned her an award of $1,000. Her law school, the University of Illinois College of Law, was awarded the same monetary prize.

Charles J. Zangara, of New York Law School, won third prize for his paper, "Divorce Courts and Corporate Finance: Irreconcilable Differences? Executive Compensation and the Search for Equitable Definitions of Marital Property." Both Zangara and his school were awarded $500.

The dean of each ABA-accredited law school was asked to nominate a paper written by a student during either the 1997-98 or 1998-99 academic year on topics of interest to business lawyers. The papers could be prepared specifically for the contest or written for a class, seminar, or law review or journal. Papers were judged on quality of research and analysis, choice of topic, writing style, originality, and contribution to the literature available on the subject. •

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