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Barshay, 60 years old, is Paul Weiss’s first chair from the corporate side of the firm in its more than 150-year history.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

David Kogan has been appointed as the first chair of English football's new independent regulator.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2025

“This was the first chair that I ever felt truly could be a chair that was close to me as a personality,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2024

Apparently Kim's security detail - of over 100 people - were unhappy with the first chair and another one - exactly the same - was produced by the Russian side, Kommersant said.

From Reuters Sep. 14, 2023

I’ll go to the most esteemed music conservatory on the East Coast—the Juilliard School—and from there, it’s only a matter of time before I reach my ultimate goal: first chair in the New York Philharmonic.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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