Tina’s Wish honored Kelley Cornish with the Tina Brozman Mentoring Award at the 2024 Annual Gala, where nearly 900 supporters gathered to raise more than $3 million for early detection ovarian cancer research. This award celebrates Kelley’s work mentoring young professionals and her efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the legal and restructuring communities. Selendy Gay co-founder Faith Gay, who first met Kelley when they were associates at a New York law firm, presented Kelley with the award, and the program included a powerful fireside chat with the honorees and guest Joe Girardi, the former manager of the Yankees, about the organization’s mission and the importance of mentorship. Selendy Gay co-founder Jennifer Selendy served as a co-chair of the event.
Kelley is a leading bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer, whose practice features many of the nation’s most sophisticated restructurings. As a former litigator, Kelley combines her extensive bankruptcy and litigation experience to guide clients through complex, high-stakes restructuring and insolvency disputes, bankruptcy-related investigations, and litigation involving breaches of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfers, preferences, and equitable subordination. Kelley is the chair of the board of Her Justice, which provides legal services to women living in poverty, and a board member of Lambda Legal, an organization that focuses on LGBTQ+ causes.
Tina’s Wish is a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for the prevention and early detection of ovarian cancer and gynecologic health education. The foundation was established in memory of the Honorable Tina Brozman, Former Chief Judge of the SDNY Bankruptcy Court, and has raised more than $24 million for its cause.
