Janice Mac Avoy is a New York-based partner at the Fried Frank law firm, where she is a member of the Real Estate Department and the Litigation Department, head of the Real Estate Litigation Practice Group, and co-chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee.  She received the “Commitment to Justice Award” for her extensive work on and long-term commitment to family law cases referred to her by Her Justice.  She is a member of the American Law Institute and the Association of Real Estate Women, a former member of the Board of directors of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and current member of Sanctuary for Families, as well as a member and voting representative of the CRE Finance Council.  Ms. Mac Avoy graduated summa cum laude from Washington University, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society and has since been recognized as a distinguished alumna.  She received her JD from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and associate editor of the Law Review.  (New York, NY)