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90 Maple Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 • Tel. (914) 949-1305 • www.lshv.org OFFICES: WHITE PLAINS • MOUNT VERNON • YONKERS • PEEKSKILL• NEWBURGH • KINGSTON • POUGHKEEPSIE • SPRING VALLEY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17, 2017

For more information, contact: Tom Gabriel, Chief Development Officer 914-949-1305 ext. 160 or [email protected]

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley 50th Anniversary Celebration, “Equal Access to Justice” Dinner to Honor Three

WHITE PLAINS, NY -- Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV), the only provider of free, comprehensive, civil legal services to those that cannot afford them when their basic human needs are at stake, will hold a 50th Anniversary Celebration on April 6, 2017 at the Ritz Carlton, Westchester in White Plains. The Equal Access to Justice Dinner will be co-chaired by Alfred E. Donnellan, Managing Partner at DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederker LLP, and David Boies, Chairman at Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP.

The event, which will welcome more than 300 community and business leaders as well as local legislators and other officials, is the perfect venue for individuals and organizations to show their support for LSHV’s efforts across the seven counties of the lower and mid-Hudson Valley.

“The work that we do keeps families in their homes, protects survivors of domestic violence, saves children from neglect, defends seniors against abuse, and serves veterans on the home front,” said LSHV CEO, Barbara Finkelstein. “Since our founding in 1967, we have been honored to help hundreds of thousands of our neighbors at the most desperate times in their lives so that they could get back on their feet.” Last year alone the organization handled more than 15,500 cases impacting more than 36,000 household members.

At the Equal Access to Justice Dinner, LSHV will honor the following individuals and businesses for their long-standing commitment to the organization and the promise afforded to all citizens… Justice for All:  Philip M. Halpern, Managing Partner at Collier Halpern Newberg & Nolletti  Lucille Oppenheim, a long-time Board member and retired attorney from Gutterman & Oppenheim  The New York City office of the international law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP All of the proceeds from the April 6th Equal Access to Justice Dinner will benefit the organization’s LET JUSTICE GROW 50th Anniversary Campaign which seeks to “Prevent homelessness for children and families across the lower and mid-Hudson Valley.” LSHV promotes household and community stability by providing legal advice and counsel, and brief or extended representation to homeowners in foreclosure and tax proceedings, as well as tenants in unwarranted eviction cases to help families stay in their homes and remain productive members of society.

Tom Gabriel, LSHV’s Chief Development Officer, said, “The Equal Access to Justice Dinner, as well as the LET JUSTICE GROW 50th Anniversary Campaign will directly impact the work of LSHVs staff attorneys and paralegals who handle, on average, more than 7,000 housing-related cases impacting more than 15,000 family members annually.” A video highlighting the purpose of LSHV’s LET JUSTICE GROW Campaign and what it will benefit can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PE5RwS02RB8.

Tickets to the Equal Access to Justice Dinner start at $325 per person, and sponsorship opportunities and tables start at $3,250. For more information or to contribute to the Equal Access to Justice Dinner on April 6th as well as the LET JUSTICE GROW 50th Anniversary Campaign, please visit www.lshv.org, or contact Tom Gabriel, Chief Development Officer, at 914-949-1305 ext 160.

Photos Included: Philip M. Halpern, Lucille Oppenheim, and Morrison & Foerster LLP (logo)