Skip to Content
News | 06.13.19

Morrison Cohen Sponsors Inaugural Cross River Open Benefiting Our Place

June 13, 2019 - Morrison Cohen and Y. David Scharf sponsored the inaugural Cross River Open that took place on May 26, 2019, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center – home to the US Open.  The event benefited Our Place, an organization dedicated to facilitating transformative personal growth in at-risk Jewish teens and young adults, currently struggling with addiction, past abuse or trauma, severe crisis, and/or criminal behavior.

The event, which attracted more than 1,000 attendees and more than 130 players (including David), featured four competitive tennis tournaments, with both men and women competing in separate singles and doubles tournaments, as well as, engaging and interactive tennis experiences.  Players had the opportunity to play against Grand Slam (French Open) Champion, Luke Jensen, and play in the renowned Grandstand Stadium.

The event was featured in the May 30, 2019 issue of The Jewish Link of New Jersey, in the article “A True Grand Slam as Cross River Open Draws Over 1000 Attendees in Support of 'Our Place.'”

Media Inquiries

Please direct media inquiries to the Marketing Department.

Related Practices

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Our Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice offers intelligent and creative mediation and arbitration strategies to help our clients resolve their disputes out of court and avoid the time and cost associated with the traditional judicial process.

Corporate

Clients rely on our corporate lawyers' business judgment, legal advice, market knowledge and analytical skills to identify legal and business issues and solve problems.

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Governance

Our Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Governance Practice employs a multidisciplinary approach to distressed situations with a focus on proactive, creative, commercial and value-added effective solutions and strategies.

Business Litigation

Our dynamic bench of business litigators defends corporations and individuals in complex, high-stakes matters in courts throughout the country.

Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits

Our Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Practice represents companies and individuals in virtually all aspects of the employment relationship and in a wide variety of industries. We provide strategic advice and offer creative, commercial solutions designed to achieve favorable outcomes for our clients.

Family Office

Our dedicated Family Office group draws from the experience of attorneys throughout the Firm to offer a multidisciplinary approach to serve the ever-changing needs of our single and multi-family office clients and their individual family members. 

Individual Client Services

Our Individual Client Services Practice provides creative and effective personal, financial, charitable and tax planning to individual clients, closely-held family companies, foundations and charities.

Technology, Data & IP

Our Technology, Data & IP Practice helps you design long-term strategies for the protection of your intellectual property assets, maximize your technology infrastructure and comply with the myriad privacy and data security laws facing business today. Where necessary, we also develop and implement cost-efficient litigation strategies to best protect and enhance your business, now and in the future.

Labor & Employment Law

Our Labor & Employment Law lawyers counsel businesses of all sizes and levels of complexity in connection with their day-to-day employment concerns, focusing not only on the many federal, state and local laws and regulations that govern the workplace, but on each employer’s business and operational objectives. Our complete approach includes preventative measures, training, and representation in formal proceedings before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

Real Estate

Our Real Estate Practice is one of New York’s most prominent real estate practices, representing clients in the leasing, purchase, sale, development and financing of commercial, industrial, development and residential properties.

Tax

Our Tax Practice draws on a wealth of experience representing financial institutions, fund sponsors and strategic company clients of all sizes and across all major industries, in domestic and cross-border transactions, to provide creative, tax efficient solutions to complex tax problems and challenges.