o 2009 Annual Report

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia MEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE “Every day, low-income people in need of legal help walk into our offices and hear “How can I help you?” from someone who means it. ” o Since its founding in 1966, Community Legal Services has been committed to providing access to justice for low-income Philadelphians. In the economic turmoil of the past year, clients have needed our legal expertise more than ever.

Every day, low-income people in need of legal help walk into our offices and hear, “How can I help you?” from someone who means it. When clients come through our doors, we often spend hours listening to them and helping them find solutions to some of the most difficult obstacles in their lives. Even when it feels like everything else is against them, our clients trust us and find solace in knowing that someone is looking out for their best interests. No matter what the situation is—helping our clients access benefits, housing, medical care, or employment—CLS meets people where they are. We give our clients more than expert legal advice; we offer compassion and empowerment in an environment where clients are at ease.

At the same time, our presence in the community we serve has allowed us to address the needs of the poor on a larger scale. Through our work with individual clients we identify problems that are affecting many people in their community. We are able to tackle these issues through sophisticated advocacy work, and make legal change that has great impact on low-income people in Philadelphia and beyond.

In times of trouble, the need for CLS’ combination of expertise in poverty law and genuine concern for our clients is immeasurable. In this annual report, we hope to give you a glimpse of how CLS’ place in Philadelphia’s low-income community allows us not only to help our clients in the field, but also make a larger difference in the lives of low-income people everywhere. We invite you to join us in supporting this important work, bringing us one step closer to achieving our goal of justice for all.

Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Barbara T. Sicalides, Esq. Executive Director Chair, Board of Trustees

31 Community Legal Services is there when residents are… DUPED BY

2 o Renting into foreclosure At the age of 70, Mrs. G did not want or need to own a home for the first time in her life. But when she realized she needed to buy a home to care for her grandchildren, that had to change.

Mrs. G walked into a realtor’s office hoping to buy the home that would help her care for her grandchildren. Her pile of $5, $10, and $20 bills was not enough to buy a home outright, but the realtor told Mrs. G it was enough to sign a “rent-to-own” contract. She signed, and moved in.

Several years later, Mrs. G came to CLS, confused by a notice she received stating that she should send her rent to the bank.

A FRAUD b SCHEME o Uncovering a scam CLS paralegal Esther Alvarez realized she had already encountered the same problem twice that week—a person duped by a scheme in which a real estate scammer takes out mortgages on homes he has promised to sell through a lease-purchase transaction. The “buyers” are then told “With the help of to make the repairs to the dilapidated houses, and the “seller” gets the CLS…the court has benefit of the increase in the value of the home when he takes out the loan. halted nearly 200 When Ms. Alvarez saw more than ten Spanish-speaking clients in sheriff’s sales of one month with the same problem, she knew something was wrong. properties thought o Keeping clients in their homes to have been involved With the help of CLS, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, in this fraud scheme. Philadelphia Legal Assistance and the Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Project, the court has halted nearly 200 sheriff’s sales of properties thought to have been involved in this fraud scheme. j For Mrs. G and others like her, CLS is there to make sure people can preserve and stay in their homes. ”

3 Community Legal Services is there when… DISABILITIES

4 o Carrying a burden Mr. O regularly comes to CLS’ North Philadelphia office carrying bags full of mail. Mr. O’s eyesight is so poor he can only see a very large print, and even then he has limited reading ability.

Mr. O can’t read his mail, and he doesn’t have a phone. Through no fault of his own, he couldn’t communicate with the people at the Social Security office to get the benefits he needs—benefits designed specifically to help aged, blind, and disabled people who have little or no income. He was one of the many who needed CLS' legal advocacy to overcome admin- istrative barriers, and was slipping through the cracks. ARE DISMISSED o Seeking assistance After hearing there were people in his neighborhood who could help him, Mr. O walked the short distance from his house to CLS’ Law Center North Central at Broad Street and Erie Avenue. CLS attorney Louise Hayes worked with Mr. O to ensure the Social Security Administration properly handled his case, and that he was able to fully understand and participate in the necessary process to get benefits. o Delivering a solution Mr. O’s difficulty with the Social Security office stemmed in part from problems with Mr. O’s identity documents. His mother changed his last In the past year, name informally when he was a child in Texas. His birth certificate has “ CLS’ advocacy has a different name from the name he has used all his life. Ms. Hayes con- vinced Social Security to process his application anyway, and sought helped more than help from CLS attorney Kasetta Coleman, who worked to obtain the 3,000 people receive documents needed for Texas to issue a delayed birth certificate with the last name he has used all his life. the public benefits to which they Initially denied by Social Security, Ms. Hayes worked with Mr. O to keep his application active by ensuring he got and kept necessary appointments. are entitled. When she needed to talk to him during the process, Ms. Hayes didn’t send him mail, instead, she went to his house and taped a piece of paper on his door that read “COME TO CLS” in letters as large as the page would allow. ” After several trips to his house and several bags of unread mail, Ms. Hayes helped Mr. O get ongoing monthly benefits. In the past year, CLS’ advocacy has helped more than 3,000 people receive the public benefits to which they are entitled. j For Mr. O and others like him, CLS is there to make sure people can get the help they need, regardless of their physical or mental limitations. 5 Community Legal Services is there when… LANGUAGE

6 o Extending a crooked hand Last winter, the Nationalities Service Center referred a Cambodian man, Mr. N, to CLS. Mr. N had suffered an injury at his workplace. A few days after the injury, a liaison showed up at Mr. N’s home and offered to bring him to an attorney to get compensation for the injury. Mr. N did not speak English, but the liaison did.

While the attorney was working to get Mr. N a settlement, the liaison convinced Mr. N to move in with him. Once the case settled, however, the liaison kicked Mr. N to the curb, leaving him homeless.

Mr. N’s settlement of more than $30,000 was divided into two checks. When Mr. N received the first check, the liaison demanded more than half of it as a fee. Mr. N not only failed to receive the second check of more than $20,000, he didn’t even know a second check existed. BECOMES A BARRIER o Working with the State CLS attorney Samuel Brooks agreed to represent Mr. N in obtaining a replacement check, pursuing the liaison so as to put an end to his scams. Mr. Brooks contacted the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General, which “CLS’ representation was investigating the case, and assisted Mr. N during the investigation. of clients like Mr. N

When the OIG compared Mr. N’s signature to the signature on the cashed encourages victims check, it wasn’t even close to a match. to come forward when they are taken o Protecting the community Mr. Brooks identified another member of Mr. N’s community to speak to the advantage of and pre- investigator and relate stories about the liaison, who had a history of bilking vents criminals from other Cambodian-American citizens out of Social Security and SSI money. CLS was successful in advocating for Mr. N—the liaison was recently arrested taking advantage of by the Philadelphia Police Department, and charged with several felonies. the legal system.

Language is often a barrier to people seeking to obtain their entitlements and to get help from the legal system. Often, people will choose not to participate in the legal process because of the language barrier, and liaisons like the one in Mr. N’s case prey upon these fears and take advantage of individu- ” als’ inability to access the justice system. CLS’ representation of clients like Mr. N encourages victims to come forward when they are taken advantage of and prevents criminals from taking advantage of the legal system. j For Mr. N and others like him, CLS is there to make sure people in the local immigrant community can obtain justice despite language barriers.

7 Community Legal Services is there when… BENEFITS

8 o Rejecting a widow After her husband died, 67-year-old Mrs. B came to CLS with her denial letter for widow’s benefits through Social Security because records showed that her husband had re-married. “CLS attorneys are Mrs. B was adamant that they had separated, but never divorced. Even able to help win these if they had been divorced, she would still be entitled to widow’s benefits cases by understanding because at the time of his death, they had been legally married at least 10 years. the Social Security Administration’s o Contacting the Courts When Mrs. B came to CLS, attorneys Beth Shapiro and Brenda Marrero regulations and policies, filed an appeal with Social Security and contacted each jurisdiction and forging a relation- where Mrs. B’s husband had lived to request a certified statement from that county’s Family Court that no divorce decree was ever filed for ship with the case Mrs. B and her deceased husband. handler, who is often more responsive to The process took months of tedious work by Ms. Marrero and two of CLS’ summer law interns, Gilman Knox and Emma Reynolds. Getting a lawyer than to certified statements from each jurisdiction required hours of phone calls, an applicant. follow-up calls, and paperwork, but CLS secured statements from all 11 different Family Courts across the country including several in California, and others in Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. ” ARE DENIED o Collecting the payment Presented with evidence provided by CLS, the Social Security adminis- trator awarded Mrs. B a payment for back money totaling more than $25,000 and a monthly benefit of $1,181—which is nearly twice her income prior to receiving widow’s benefits.

Every day, many low-income people are denied social security benefits. Many of these people, however, do not appeal, appeal too late, or appeal their case without representation and the case is not handled well. CLS attor- neys are able to help win these cases by understanding the Social Security Administration’s regulations and policies, and forging a relationship with the case handler, who is often more responsive to a lawyer than to an applicant. j For Mrs. B and others like her, CLS is there to make sure people receive the benefits to which they are entitled so that they can be financially stable in their old age.

9 j FISCAL YEAR 2009

j An opportunity to o Expenditures make a difference… Salaries ...... 6,226,872 Fringe Benefits ...... 1,897,006 Your generous support Consultant and Contractors ...... 383,995 enables Community Legal Travel ...... 53,326 Space Costs ...... 671,456 Services to provide outstanding Consumable Supplies ...... 78,561 civil legal services free of Furniture & Equipment ...... 95,318 charge to our low-income Insurance & Bonding ...... 26,454 clients at what is often the most Printing Costs ...... 24,158 critical time in their lives. To Dues to Prof.Org...... 17,991 make a gift online, or to learn Tuition/Seminar ...... 25,294 about the many ways in which Advertisements ...... 850 you can aid CLS in helping Relocation Expense ...... 9,196 low-income Philadelphians, Library-New Sets ...... 1,151 Library-Upkeep ...... 64,909 please visit our website at Library Subscriptions ...... 4,388 www.clsphila.org and click on Telephone ...... 40,254 “How You Can Help.” Or call Postage ...... 26,053 the Development Office at Connectivity ...... 18,729 215.981.3732. Court Costs ...... 19,578 Miscellaneous ...... 26,890 Interest Expense ...... 3,842

Depreciation ...... -4,538 Acquisition of Property ...... 53,763

Total Exp ...... 9,716,269 o Support and Revenues Access to Justice ...... 2,094,474 Attorneys Fees ...... 352,226 Disability Advocacy Project ...... 303,789 Foundation Grants ...... 1,610,524 Individual Contributions ...... 85,034 Interest and Other ...... 639,618 IOLTA ...... 652,344 Local Government Funded Contracts 2,375,459 State Government Funded Contracts 1,784,250

Total Revenue ...... 9,897,718

CLS does not charge clients for our services. We can petition the court for attorneys’ fees in certain cases. 10 j BAR CAMPAIGN

Community Legal Services thanks the following donors for their generous support. SUPPORTERS

Abrams and Ingersoll LLP Kohn, Swift & Graf, PC ADR Options, Inc. Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, PC Kovler & Rush, PC Archer & Greiner, PC Donald A. Krain Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Langsam Stevens & Silver LLP Barrack, Rodos, & Bacine Law & Zaslow, LLC Bazelon Less & Feldman, PC Law Office of Alice W. Ballard, PC The Beasley Firm Law Office of Michael LiPuma Berger & Montague, P.C. Law Offices of Arline Jolles Lotman Blank Rome LLP The Law Offices of Daniel-Paul Alva, LLC Bochetto & Lentz, PC Law Offices of Judy Greenwood, PC Boni & Zack LLC Law Offices of Paul Boni, PC Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler Leventhal Sutton & Gornstein Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Littler Mendelson, PC Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd. Lundy, Flitter, Beldecos & Berger, PC Chimicles & Tikellis LLP Margolis Edelstein Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, PC Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin Cohen, Fluhr & Gonzalez, PC Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson Cohen, Placitella, & Roth P.C. McCarter & English, LLP Conrad O’Brien Gellman & Rohn, PC McEldrew & Fullam, PC Cozen O’Connor McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter Daniel Siegel & Associates Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP Dashevsky, Horwitz, Kuhn & Novello, P.C. Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Dechert LLP Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Dilworth Paxson LLP Padova & Lisi Donovan Searles, LLC Pansini & Mezrow Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Pepper Hamilton LLP Duane Morris LLP Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg Duca & Prim LLP Pinnola & Bomstein Duffy & Partners Post & Schell, PC Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC Prochniak Weisberg, P.C. Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C. James Radmore Elliott Greenleaf and Siedzikowski, PC Raynes McCarty Feldman & Feldman Reed Smith LLP Feldman & Pinto Richard A. Levan and Associates Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Ross Feller Casey, LLP Weinstock & Dodig Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky P.C. Fine, Kaplan & Black, RPC Sandals & Associates, PC Fox Rothschild LLP Saul Ewing LLP Francis & Mailman, PC Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Gay Chacker & Mittin Seeger Weiss LLP Gibbons P.C. Sheller, P.C. Goldbeck, McCafferty & McKeever Sheridan & Murray, LLC Golomb & Honik, PC Stevens & Lee Haines & Associates Swartz Campbell LLC Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin Tactix Real Estate Advisors Harkins Cunningham LLP Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP Harper & Paul Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller, P.C. Hoyle, Fickler, Herschel & Mathes LLP Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP Jeffrey S. Gross, Attorney at Law Weir & Partners, LLP Josel, Feenane & Gaier, P.C. White and Williams LLP Kairys Rudovsky Messing & Feinberg Willig, Williams & Davidson Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers LLP Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP Kline & Specter, PC 11 j AWARDS 2008–2009

Philip A. Bertocci, Esq. Edgardo Reyes Outstanding Partner for Sustainable Communities Legal Services Recognition Award Presented by Regional Housing Legal Services Presented by Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program Catherine C. Carr, Esq. 2009 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award Beth Shapiro, Esq. Presented by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation PennDot Advocacy Team Award Presented by HIAS and Council Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Dom Vetri “Champion of the Public Interest” Award Jonathan M. Stein, Esq. Presented by the University of Oregon School of Law, Senior Attorney Sabbatical Fellowship Public Interest/Public Service Program Presented by the Independence Foundation

Elizabeth Goodell, Esq. Thu B. Tran, Esq. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award The Next Generation of Leadership: Rising Stars Presented by Philadelphia Volunteers Presented by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds for the Indigent Program Brown, Philadelphia City Council

Elizabeth Goodell, Esq. Richard P. Weishaupt, Esq. Housing Alliance Leadership Award 2009 Excellence Award Presented by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Presented by the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network

George D. Gould, Esq. Richard P. Weishaupt, Esq. Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 2009 Bernard White Community Service Award Presented by Super Lawyers Presented by Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Pennsylvania Linda Ware Johnson, Esq. Andrew Hamilton Award John S. Whitelaw, Esq. Presented by the Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 2009 Public Interest Section Presented by Super Lawyers

j CLS CHAMPION OF JUSTICE AND EQUAL JUSTICE AWARDS

The Champion of Justice and Equal Justice awards are given annually by Community Legal Services to recognize those who have made extraordinary efforts to ensure equal access to justice for all, regardless of income.

2009 Champion of Justice Award 2009 Equal Justice Award Leventhal Sutton & Gornstein Michael Ruffin Paralegal for Community Legal Services’ The Honorable Annette M. Rizzo Consumer/Housing Unit Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Suzanne J. Young, Esq. Supervising Attorney of Community Legal Services’ Employment Unit

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DONORS Fiscal Year 2009 Community Legal Services thanks the following donors for their generous support.

Anonymous Gary E. Cantor, Esq. Stephen A. Feldman, Esq. David F. Abernethy, Esq. Jacqueline M. Carolan, Esq. Marc A. Feller, Esq. Ronald B. Abrams, Esq. Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Ms. Lindsay Feltzin Irv Ackelsberg, Esq. Ms. Esther K. Carr Nan Feyler, Esq. Mr. M. R. Ackelsberg and Honorable Matthew D. Carrafiello Ms. Debra F. Fickler, Esq. and Mrs. Marilyn K. Ackelsberg John Rogers Carroll, Esq. Mr. G. S. Russell Honorable Arlin Adams Mrs. Susan Catherwood and Mr. Daniel Fife and Mrs. Elizabeth Enid H. Adler, Esq. Mr. Cummins Catherwood, Jr. Rappaport Fife Ms. Wendy J. Aguirre Edward F. Chacker, Esq. Aaron C. Finestone, Esq. Ms. C. Gloria Akers Mr. John Chaney Audrey B. Fingerhood, Esq. Mr. Ernest Allen and Mr. Alfred L. Chapman Paul J. Fink, M.D. Mrs. Lavida Allen Stephen P. Chawaga, Esq. Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Esq. Ms. Laura Allen Andrew A. Chirls, Esq. Lawrence D. Finney, Esq. Professor Anita Allen-Castellitto Drs. Melvin J. and Gloria T. Chisum John W. Fischer, Esq. Mrs. Lauren Asnis Douglas Y. Christian, Esq. Mr. Darryl J. Ford Regina Austin, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Christie Charles F. Forer, Esq. Mr. Sidney Axinn Mrs. Natalia Chuma and Karen L. Forman, Esq. Alfred J. Azen, Esq. Mr. Andrew Chuma Elizabeth W. Fox, Esq. Ms. Jill Baisinger and Professor Roger Clark Lawrence J. Fox, Esq. Mr. Keith M. Rosen Mr. Steven Clarke Mr. Walter J. Fox, Jr. and Mr. David Bannister Theodore T. Clattenburg, Jr., Esq. Mrs. Francine Fox Robert J. Barr, Esq. Mr. John U. Coates Stephen M. Foxman, Esq. Mr. Stuart R. Bass and Ms. Tamara Cobb Mr. David E. Francis Ms. Elisabeth Bass David L. Cohen, Esq. Ms. Ann Frankel Lewis Becker, Esq. David S. Cohen, Esq. Eric D. Freed, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Beene Ms. Rebecca Cohen Mrs. Bathsheba A. Freedman Ms. Leonora L. Beer Ms. Ana Colon Deborah Freedman, Esq. Mr. Martin Beilin Ms. Frances E. Convill Ms. Carolyn Freeman Zarin Bengali, Esq. J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Esq. Mr. Cecil P. Frey Ms. Sarah Benor Julia D. Corelli, Esq. Ms. Adrienne L. Fricke Judy F. Berkman, Esq. Maria Corpora, Esq. Isla Ann Fruchter, Esq. Mr. Richard L. Berkman and Harold Cramer, Esq. Nancy H. Fullam, Esq. Ms. Toni Seidl Mr. David L. Crawford Ms. Edith H. Furstenberg Mr. Richard M. Bernstein and Mr. John E. Cruz Jeffry L. Gilbert, Esq. Ms. Christine M. Wilson Kell M. Damsgaard, Esq. Ms. Teresa Gillen Judith Bernstein-Baker, Esq. Ms. Marian Darmstadter Mary-Jo B. Gilsdorf, Esq. Nathaniel A. Bessey, Esq. Andre L. Dennis, Esq. Ms. Helen Gindele Edward G. Biester, Esq. Francis P. Devine, III, Esq. Jay H. Ginsburg, Esq. Allen D. Black, Esq. Mark S. Dichter, Esq. Shirley and David Ginzberg Michael A. Bloom, Esq. Sharon M. Dietrich, Esq. Vincent J. Giusini, Esq. Michael S. Blume, Esq. Ms. Kim K. Do Ms. Eva Gladstein Michael Bomstein, Esq. Mr. Yohann D’Oliveira Bernard Glassman, Esq. Michael J. Boni, Esq. Michael T. Donahue, Esq. Professor Theresa Glennon and Mr. Adam C. Bonin Diana S. Donaldson, Esq. Professor Jeffrey Dunoff Ms. Jeanne M. Boone Mr. Daniel C. Drecksage and Stephen H. Gold, Esq. Mrs. Margaret K. Bowen and Ms. Leslie A. Sudock Ms. Vivian Goldberg and Mr. David Bowen Ms. Nancy Drye Mr. Alan Goldberg Michael T. Bowen, Esq. Mrs. Marian H. Duffey Mr. Bruce H. Goldman Ms. Christine Boylan Ms. Anna M. Durbin and Dr. Jeremiah Goldstein and Todd P. Boylan, Esq. Mr. Peter Goldberger Ms. Varley S. Paul Ms. Barbara F. Boyle James Eiseman, Jr., Esq. Ruthanne Gordon, Esq. Martin K. Brigham, Esq. Leora F. Eisenstadt, Esq. Professor Robert A. Gorman Stephen D. Brown, Esq. Karl E. Emerson, Esq. George D. Gould, Esq. Wilson M. Brown, III, Esq. James D. Epstein, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Graham Mr. Damon Bryant Michael Epstein, Esq. Audrey L. Greenhall, Esq. Reverend Valeria C. Bullock Mr. Leonard Evelev and Ellen T. Greenlee, Esq. Leonard A. Busby, Esq. Mrs. Helen Evelev Jordana L. Greenwald, Esq. Mr. Joseph J. Buvel and William H. Ewing, Esq. Mr. Paul R. Greenwald and Mrs. Shirley E. Buvel Ms. Stephanie Fedoroff Mrs. Sandra G. Greenwald Stephen J. Buvel, Esq. Helen Feinberg, Esq. Martin Greitzer, Esq. Jay H. Calvert, Jr., Esq. Alan M. Feldman, Esq. Ms. Gloria M. Guard

13 Mr. Louis Gudema Barry D. Kleban, Esq. Daniel C. Moraglia, Esq. Clifford E. Haines, Esq. Ms. Deborah Gordon Klehr Beth E. Moskow-Schnoll, Esq. William T. Hangley, Esq. Alan Klein, Esq. Ms. Jeanne Mueller Ms. Rachel Hannaford Marlene E. Kline, Esq. Mr. Raymond D. Murphy Warren Martin Harrell, Esq. Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq. Alan S. Nadel, Esq. Mrs. Ann Tukey Harrison and Mary Ann Knight, Esq. Ms. Velaine Nagy and Mr. Michael J. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Kobylarz Mr. David B. Nagy Stephen G. Harvey, Esq. Joseph C. Kohn, Esq. Arthur E. Newbold, IV, Esq. Ms. Sharon Harzenski Ms. Deborah Kooperman Carolyn Nichols, Esq. Mr. Bruce P. Hayes and Ms. Kathleen Kozeniewski Ms. Lisa J. Nicholson and Ms. Pat Keating Ms. Janet Kraegel and Mr. Stephen E. Greulich Mrs. Florence C. Hayes Mr. Wilfred Kraegel Mary Noland, Esq. Leslie A. Hayes, Esq. Donald A. Krain, Esq. Ms. Patricia Normile Louise E. Hayes, Esq. David Kraut, Esq. and Ilana Nossel and Jordan Kolar Marilyn Heffley, Esq. Mrs. Marilyn K. Kraut Charles O’Connell, III, Esq. Robert C. Heim, Esq. Ms. Judith A. Kruger Ms. Richelle K. Ogle Jean C. Hemphill, Esq. Ms. Muriel B. Kudera Ms. Jennifer A. O’Leary Theresa J. Henson, Esq. Judah I. Labovitz, Esq. Maureen Olives, Esq. Dorothy Alicia Hickok, Esq. Ms. Rebecca J. Lamb Nicholas E. Orlyk, Esq. Ms. Glenda D. Hicks Mr. Myron Landau Alyson M. Oswald, Esq. Amy Hirsch, Esq. and Ms. Winnie Lanoix and Stanton S. Oswald, Esq. Ms. Jessica Robbins Mr. David Kannerstein R. Michael Owens, Esq. Ms. Stacey Hirsch John P. Lavelle, Jr., Esq. Carl “Tobey” Oxholm, III, Esq. Alison E. Hirschel, Esq. Mr. Lance E. Laver and Ms. Yolanda F. Pagano Jennifer L. Hoagland, Esq. Ms. Mary Laver Dr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Parker, III Ms. Madeline Hoch Laurence M. Lavin, Esq. Ms. Janet Parrish Ronald Hollander and Tsiwen M. Law, Esq. Ms. Neeta Patel Ms. Maureen Martel Jason A. Leckerman, Esq. Ms. Patricia M. Patterson Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Horne Mr. James G. Leipold Luke Pazicky, Esq. Mr. William J. Horoschak Judy L. Leone, Esq. Kevin Peter, CFRE, CAP David M. Howard, Esq. Alan M. Lerner, Esq. Sanford L. Pfeffer, Esq. Mrs. Dawn B. Howard The Honorable Benjamin Lerner Philadelphia Area Combined Mary P. Hugues, Esq. Professor Howard Lesnick Federal Campaign Thomas R. Hurd, Esq. Christine C. Levin, Esq. Philadelphia Human Ms. Leslie M. Hurtig Craig R. Levin, Esq. Relations Commission Mrs. Mary Hurtig Dalia R. Levine and Mr. Mike Weiss Ralph S. Pinkus, Esq. Mr. Thomas R. Hutt Jeffrey S. Lichtman, Esq. Mr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. Joann M. Hyle, Esq. Theodore M. Lieverman, Esq. Carol L. Press, Esq. and David Hyman, Esq. Charisse R. Lillie, Esq. Mr. Edward G. Biester Emmanuel O. Iheukwumere, Esq. Michael D. LiPuma, Esq. Carl S. Primavera, Esq. Ms. Joanne Isaac S. Gerald Litvin, Esq. Mrs. Carolyn Pritchett Mrs. Caroline Isard Mr. Thomas E. Long Wendell Eric Pritchett, Esq. Samuel H. Israel, Esq. Gail K. Lopez-Henriquez, Esq. Anthony B. Quinn, Esq. Job Itzkowitz, Esq. Arline Jolles Lotman, Esq. Honorable Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro Miriam N. Jacobson, Esq. Ms. Mary Anne Lucey Kyle and Michael Rabkin Ms. Sara Jacobson Ms. Betty Lui Mr. Francis Radano John Jamieson, Jr., Esq. and Ms. Irma S. Lustig Ms. Cynthia S. Randall Mr. Dariel I. Jamieson Brendan P. Lynch, Esq. Abraham C. Reich, Esq. Jeffrey S. Gross, Attorney at Law Denise and Kevin Lynch Ms. Victoria A. Reider Carlton L. Johnson, Esq. John A. Macoretta, Esq. Robert J. Reinstein, Esq. Mr. William H. Johnson Stephen A. Madva, Esq. Curtis R. Reitz, Esq. Arnold C. Joseph, Esq. Mrs. Lilyan Maitin Mrs. Dina L. Relles Donald K. Joseph, Esq. Arthur Makadon, Esq. Stephanie Resnick, Esq. Honorable Babette Josephs Joseph G. Maniaci, Esq. Ms. Jodi Reynhout Cary Joshi, Esq. Allan K. Marshall, Esq. David Richman, Esq. Mr. Fnu Junaedi Mr. Steven D. Masters and Leonard Rieser, Esq. and Arthur M. Kaplan, Esq. Ms. Beulah Trey Fernando Chang-Muy, Esq. Jerome Kaplan, Esq. Ms. Mary T. Mc Nichol Mr. Christopher Ritchie Kenneth M. Kapner, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. McCarthy Stephen F. Ritner, Esq. Elkan M. Katz, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDevitt Edward D. Rogers, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Katz Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., Esq. Professor Florence W. Roisman Dr. Richard and Linda Katz Melanie M. McMenamin, Esq. Carmen John Romano, Esq. Mr. Daniel Katzenberg and Charles McNabb, Esq. Ms. Lori J. Rosenkopf Ms. Paula R. Barvin James R. Meyer, Esq. Mr. Herbert Rosenthal and Kirsten Keefe, Esq. Jeffrey Meyers, Esq. Ms. Ruth Rosenthal David Kenty, Esq. Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. Howard A. Rosenthal, Esq. Richard Kessler, Esq. Ms. Regina M. Miller Dan Rosin, Esq. Ms. Helen Kim and Susan and Alan Miller Robert Rosin, Esq. Mr. Noah Leavitt Mark Momjian, Esq. Lewis Rosman, Esq. Ms. Susan J. Kirby Thomas P. Monteverde, Esq. Louis S. Rulli, Esq.

14 Ms. Barbara Ruth Ms. Laurie D. Sustersic and j IN HONOR OF Ms. Lin Saberski Mr. Frank L. Sustersic Abigail Whitt Daniel Safer, Ph.D. Mr. Todd Swanstrom Amy Hirsch, Esq. Marilynn Sager, Esq. Mr. Michael Sweeney Beth Shapiro, Esq. Cerys M. Saint John-Richter, Esq. Robin B. Switzenbaum, Esq. Brendan P. Lynch, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. George Salkin David T. Sykes, Esq. Brian Kabosius Roberta Sampson, Esq. Walter J. Taggart, Esq. Carol Thomson Beth and Andrew Samuelson Ms. Danielle M. Takla Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Ms. Juliet Sarkessian Joseph A. Tate, Esq. CLS Staff Honorable M. Teresa Sarmina Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Taylor Colleen Normile Sarah D. Schlossberg, Esq. Michael L. Temin, Esq. Deborah L. Freedman, Esq. Bella Schnall, Esq. Prince Altee Thomas, Esq. Dennis Suplee, Esq. Howard Schneider, Esq. Ms. Diane A. Thompson Devon Sanders, Esq. Jill Schneider, M.D. Ms. Carol Thomson Edward F. Chacker, Esq. Mr. Norman G. Schneider and Ms. Liz Thul Esther Alvarez Ms. Linda G. Kanefield Eric A. Tilles, Esq. Ezra Malik Katz Love Peter D. Schneider, Esq. Kristy M. Tillman, Esq. George D. Gould, Esq. Dr. and Mrs. Irving Schneider David C. Toomey, Esq. Geremi James Allan Schneirov, Esq. Mr. Raymond J. Torrey Honorable Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro Ms. Toba Schwaber Kerson and Ms. Louise Y. Tukey Sarah Katz, Esq. & family Mr. Lawrence Kerson David Unkovic, Esq. Irv Ackelsberg, Esq. Barry and Myrna Schwartz Paul M. Uyehara, Esq. James O. Freedman Mark S. Schwartz, Esq. Ellen Josephson Vargyas, Esq. Janet F. Ginzberg, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Schwarze Jo-Ann M. Verrier, Esq. John W. Carr, III Ms. Lynda A. Schwechtje Michael L. Wachter, Esq. John S. Whitelaw, Esq. Michael T. Scott, Esq. Ted Walkenhorst, Esq. Jonathan M. Stein, Esq. The Honorable Michael E. Scullin, Esq. Sharon K. Wallis, Esq. Joseph Goldstein Edwin Seave, Esq. Mrs. Patricia A. Walsh Kerry Smith, Esq. Dveera Segal, Esq. Kenneth J. Warren, Esq. Louise E. Hayes, Esq. Nina Segre, Esq. Mr. David B. Webster Marjorie A. Janowski, Esq. Ms. Doris K. Seldin Karen Kress Weisbord, Esq. Maripat Pileggi, Esq. Stefanie Seldin, Esq. Mr. Jonathan A. Weiss and Mary Noland, Esq. Ms. Joanna Settle Ms. Abigail Wolf Mary Richardson Graham Mr. Neal D. Shaffer Ms. Kathryn M. Wellbank Michael Carroll, Esq. Jessica & Mathieu Shapiro Alan M. White, Esq. Michael Hollander, Esq. Ms. Thelma E. Sharp Jeffery W. Whitt, Esq. Michael T. Bowen, Esq. Ms. Corey Shdaimah Lisa K. Whittaker, Esq. Michele Reese Ms. Madeline Shikomba Dr. Richard Whittington and Montgomery Wilson, Esq. Patricia A. Shipman, Esq. Dr. Jane L. Coleman Nanina Takla, Esq. Mr. Christopher T. Showers Mr. David H. Wilderman Orlyk, Hammer, Rakay, Parker, Morris M. Shuster, Esq. Mr. Franklin H. Williams, Jr. Watters, Fedyk, Casselton, and Barbara T. Sicalides, Esq. Ms. Freida A. Williams Walton families Samuel W. Silver, Esq. Ms. Rose M. Williams Peter D. Schneider, Esq. Amy Sinden, Esq. John M. Willis, Esq. Rachel Labush, Esq. Ms. Kathryn T. Sipp and Nia M. Wilson, Esq. Richard P. Weishaupt, Esq. Mr. Nicholas C. Alpers Rhonda H. Wilson, Esq. Sharon M. Dietrich, Esq. Michelle L. Skalsky, Esq. Nancy Winkelman, Esq. Stephan Potts and Petra Stanev John M. Skrocki, Esq. Daryl W. Winston, Esq. Suzanne J. Young, Esq. Bernard W. Smalley, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Witonsky Toby Oxholm Mr. Ralph Smith and Honorable Flora Barth Wolf Wendell Pritchett Mrs. Cookie Smith David J. Wolfsohn, Esq. Mr. Thomas E. Smith and Sara Woods, Esq. j IN MEMORIAM Mrs. Gail Burns Smith Mr. Richard Worley Ezra Malik Katz Love Erica Smith-Klocek, Esq. Shelly D. Yanoff, Esq. James O. Freedman Mr. Henry J. Sommer and Kay Kyungsun Yu, Esq. John W. Carr, III Mrs. Beth F. Sommer Ms. Dari M. Yudkoff Edmund B. Spaeth, Esq. Joanne Zack, Esq. Mr. John Sperger Ms. Merril Zebe Mr. Craig Eisendrath and Thomas E. Zemaitis, Esq. Ms. Roberta Spivek Ms. Sydelle Zove Ms. Naomi M. Stanhaus and Mr. Jim Stanhaus John Stember, Esq. Betsy F. Sternthal, Esq. Mr. Peter L. Stevens Mark S. Stewart, Esq. Mr. Seymour Stotland Sharon L. Suleta, Esq. Joseph A. Sullivan, Esq. Dennis Suplee, Esq.

15 o ARBITRATION DONORS o FOUNDATIONS Community Legal Services thanks Community Legal Services thanks the following attorneys for generously the following foundations for their donating their arbitration fees. generous support.

Janis Brodie, Esq. The Bay Foundation Jacqueline M. Carolan, Esq. Claneil Foundation, Inc. Edward F. Chacker, Esq. Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Francis P. Devine, Esq. Equal Justice America Jennifer Diamantis, Esq. Equal Justice Works Obadiah G. English, Esq. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Lawrence D. Finney, Esq. Green Tree Community Nancy H. Fullam, Esq. Health Foundation Gregory J. Hannon, Esq. The Horace W. Goldsmith Emmanuel O. Iheukwumere, Esq. Foundation Samuel H. Israel, Esq. The Impact Fund Miriam N. Jacobson, Esq. Independence Foundation Kenneth M. Kapner, Esq. Jewish Funds for Justice Mary Ann Knight, Esq. MAZON: A Jewish Response Stuart Leon, Esq. to Hunger Jerry Lyons, Esq. Nonprofit Finance Fund William F. McDevitt, Esq. The November Fund Daniel C. Moraglia, Esq. Oak Foundation Charles O’Connell, Esq. Open Society Institute Michael Pansini, Esq. The Panama Street Fund Peter D. Schneider, Esq. The Patricia Kind Family Foundation Alan Schnoll, Esq. The Peggy Browning Fund Michelle L. Skalsky, Esq. Pennsylvania Interest on David E. Sternberg, Esq. Lawyers Trust Account Board Eric H. Weitz, Esq. The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Bar Foundation o The Philadelphia Foundation CY PRES DONORS Public Welfare Foundation Community Legal Services thanks Schwab Charitable Fund the following law firms for their Skadden Fellowship Foundation generous cy pres donations. Stoneleigh Center United Way of Southeastern Boni & Zack LLC Pennsylvania Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen Valentine Foundation & Young, PC Verizon Foundation Donovan Searles, LLC The William Penn Foundation Lundy, Flitter, Beldecos & Berger, PC Pepper Hamilton LLP Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C.

16 j CLS UNITS The Philadelphia Bar Association established Community Legal Services as an independent, 501(c)(3) organization in 1966 to provide free legal services, in civil matters, to low-income Philadelphians. CLS has served more than one million clients who could not afford to pay for quality legal representation, and who would have faced a variety of devastating ends without dedicated knowledgeable attorneys on their side.

Community Legal Services comprises nine legal units specializing in particular areas of civil poverty law. Each unit represents individual clients, engages in advocacy concerning systemic issues identified through direct client work, and provides community education on relevant legal issues to clients, professionals, and advocates. o Housing Unit o Aging and Disabilities Unit Represents private, public, and subsidized housing Specializes in representing seniors and people tenants in matters involving eviction, illegal lock- with disabilities in a wide range of public benefits outs, and substandard housing. The unit also uses and consumer matters, including challenges to systems advocacy and litigation to address issues denials of Medicaid benefits, decisions by managed ranging from lead paint elimination, to federal care organizations to deny care, and violations of housing policy changes, to tenant eviction laws. residents’ right and quality-of-care requirements in nursing homes and personal care homes. o Public Benefits Unit Counsels clients, provides education and out- o Consumer / Housing Unit reach services, and advocates regionally and Represents homeowners in disputes, residential nationally on welfare, disability, and healthcare mortgage foreclosures, fraudulent consumer issues. The unit also includes the Advocating on practices, and issues with banking or check- Behalf of Children Project, which helps disabled cashing agencies. The unit uses systems children access medical care. advocacy and litigation to address the predatory lending crisis and other fringe banking issues. o Family Advocacy Unit Advocates for parents to keep their children at o Community Economic home or have them returned from foster care to a Development Unit safe home, and provides assistance and training Represents small and start-up community to other family advocates. The unit monitors and associations, faith-based institutions, social advocates for improvements in dependency court service organizations, nonprofits, and businesses and foster care. to improve the quality of life and the economic viability of Philadelphia’s low-income neighbor- o Energy Unit hoods. The Child Care Law Project (CLLP), a Protects the rights of low-income utility special project of the CED Unit, is devoted to customers on service and payment issues, representing child care providers. represents group clients on utility rate change cases and serves as the Public Advocate in o Language Access Project representing all Philadelphia Gas Works Works to ensure that Community Legal Services residential customers. is accessible to Philadelphia communities with limited or no English speaking ability, and that o Employment Unit legal issues specific to this population are Represents clients with employment-related addressed. The illegal failure to provide interpreta- problems, including claims on fair wages, family tion and translation services necessary for these and medical leave, discrimination, and barriers to communities to access public services is an employment. The unit advocates at the national important focus of the project’s work. and state levels on workers’ rights issues such as maintaining the protections of the unemployment compensation system.

17 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Arnold Joseph, Esq. LEGAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Arnold Joseph & Associates MANAGEMENT TEAM Officers Joseph A. Tate, Esq., John P. Lavelle, Jr., Esq. Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Co-chair Barbara T. Sicalides, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Executive Director Dechert LLP President Jason Leckerman, Esq. Michael D. LiPuma, Esq., Ballard Spahr Andrews Carol Horne Penn, Esq. Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., Esq., Vice President & Ingersoll Deputy Director Co-chair Raynes, McCarty, Binder, Arlene Rivera Michael D. LiPuma, Esq. Deborah L. Freedman, Esq. Ross, & Mundy Finkelstein, Esq., Law Offices of Michael LiPuma Director of Advocacy Secretary and Training Yvette Long Michael J. Boni, Esq. Jason Leckerman, Esq., Welfare Rights Organization Sharon M. Dietrich, Esq. Boni and Zack LLC Treasurer Employment and Public Stephen A. Madva, Esq. Edward F. Chacker, Esq. Montgomery, McCracken, Benefits Units Gay, Chacker & Mittin The Honorable Nitza I. Walker & Rhoads, LLP Quiñones Alejandro Katherine Gomez, Esq. Andrew Chirls, Esq. Commonwealth of Thoai Nguyen Family Advocacy Unit Haines and Associates Pennsylvania Southeast Asian Mutual Court of Common Pleas Assistance Association George D. Gould, Esq. Joseph J. Costello, Esq. Coalition, Inc. (SEAMAAC) Public Housing Unit Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Ruth Blair Energy Unit Community Representative Louis S. Rulli Michael D. Epstein, Esq. University of Pennsylvania Beth Goodell, Esq., Montgomery, McCracken, Michael S. Bomstein, Esq. Law School Pinnola & Bomstein Consumer/Housing Unit Walker & Rhoads LLP Mark S. Schwartz, Esq. Amy E. Hirsch, Esq. Alan M. Feldman, Esq. Alan M. Feldman, Esq. Regional Housing Feldman, Shepherd, Feldman, Shepherd, Legal Services Managing Attorney, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Law Center North Central Wohlgelernter & Tanner Weinstock & Dodig Dolores Shaw David Francis Lawrence J. Fox, Esq. Community Representative Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Esq. Finance Director Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP Toll Public Interest Center Madeline Shikomba University of Pennsylvania Community Representative Kevin A. Peter, CFRE, CAP Nancy J. Gellman, Esq. Law School Development Director Conrad, O’Brien, Gellman Barbara T. Sicalides, Esq. & Rohn, PC Brian P. Flaherty, Esq. Pepper Hamilton, LLP Cozen O’Connor William T. Hangley, Esq. Bernard W. Smalley, Sr., Esq. Karen L. Forman, Esq. Hangley Aronchick Segal Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, & Pudlin University of the District Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, PC of Columbia Marilyn Heffley, Esq. David A. Clark School of Law Erica Smith-Klocek, Esq. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Sunoco, Inc. Wayne Jacobs Ex-Offenders for Joseph A. Sullivan, Esq. Alexander Kerr, Esq. Community Empowerment Pepper Hamilton, LLP McCarter and English, LLP Pamela A. James Robin Blumenfeld Roberta D. Liebenberg, Esq. Community Representative Switzenbaum, Esq. Fine, Kaplan, & Black RPC Berger & Montague, PC Carlton L. Johnson, Esq. Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. Archer & Greiner, P.C. Daryl Winston, Esq. Ross Feller Casey, LLP Barbara T. Sicalides, Esq. Pepper Hamilton LLP Joseph A. Sullivan, Esq. Pepper Hamilton LLP Dennis R. Suplee, Esq. Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP Christopher Walters, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

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