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PAGE 12 Board of Trustees | 2013 – 2014 C OMMUNITY L EGAL SERVICES OF PHILADELPHIA Officers Michael D. LiPuma, President Thoai Nguyen Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Vice President Coalition, Inc. (SEAMAAC) Robin Blumenfeld Switzenbaum, Secretary Louis S. Rulli Dear Friends, Michael S. Bomstein, Treasurer University of Law School When writing to you, I can’t Mark S. Schwartz help but think of gratitude. Regional Housing Legal Services Board Members As Executive Director of Dolores Shaw This year, veterans received the benefits Michael S. Bomstein they deserved. Philadelphia’s oldest and largest Pinnola & Bomstein Barbara T. Sicalides public interest law firm, I have LLP had the privilege of witnessing Ruth Blair tens of thousands of clients helped CLS Executive Director Catherine C. Carr with Capital Bernard W. Smalley, Sr. Campaign Co-Chair Ed Chacker, Merck CEO Edward F. Chacker by our caring, expert staff at Tucker Law Group Ken Frazier, and former PA Governor Ed Rendell Gay Chacker & Mittin, PC Community Legal Services (CLS). Erica Smith-Klocek Arlene Rivera Finkelstein Every day, our clients express gratitude to our attorneys for helping them to keep Covance Toll Public Interest Center, their homes, obtain basic necessities, and take steps towards independence. University of Pennsylvania Law School Joseph A. Sullivan They express gratitude to us, and now I pass on gratitude to you. I know that Pepper Hamilton LLP Brian P. Flaherty these individuals have been helped because of your support. Please accept our Cozen O’Connor Robin Blumenfeld Switzenbaum thanks for giving us the resources to make justice possible for some of the most Berger & Montague, PC Karen Forman vulnerable people in Philadelphia and beyond. David A. Clarke School of Law, Kimberly Takacs Our littlest clients got the care they needed. My gratitude is abundant. On behalf of CLS, I am grateful for the financial University of the District of Columbia ACE Group support that has allowed us to provide free civil legal services for 48 years and for Aquisha Harris Joseph A. Tate the friends and community partners who help us in our mission. I am grateful LLP to the staff members who fight tirelessly for justice, and to our clients, whose Wayne Jacobs strength and determination inspire us all. I am grateful that each day we are able Ex-Offenders for Community Empowerment Thane C. J. Trotman TABLE OF CONTENTS to help our clients enforce their legal rights, and that we are part of a strong CNA Insurance Shubha Jaganath collaborative community, committed to justice for all. Tiffany Watkins Carlton L. Johnson Letter from the Director ...... 1 In this report, you will read the highlights of our last fiscal year. Between the Archer & Greiner, PC Rainie Williams clients we have served directly and the systemic changes we have helped to enact, The Cheyney Foundation John P. Lavelle, Jr. Legal Units ...... 2 we have many great things to tell you. In addition to reading our clients’ stories, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Kay Kyungsun Yu you will hear from some of the people who have helped to make justice possible. Ahmad, Zaffarese & Smyler, LLC Jason Leckerman Awards ...... 3 I hope that this report gives you both a sense of what CLS has accomplished, and LLP a deeper understanding of how our supporters have made CLS a stronger Bar Campaign ...... 4 organization. Michael D. LiPuma Two CLS Board members left the Board in FY14. We wish Law Offices of Michael LiPuma Alan Feldman well in his new role on the Pennsylvania As we approach our 50th anniversary in 2016, I look forward to continuing IOLTA Board, and all the best to The Hon. Marilyn Heffley , Getting Paid for His Work .....6 to communicate with you, not just about what we have accomplished for the Yvette Long who was sworn in as a federal magistrate in May. thousands of clients we serve, but where we are going as an organization. Welfare Rights Organization Safe from Abuse ...... 8 We are grateful to have you come with us on this journey of community. Jacquelyn Moncrief Advocacy Victories ...... 10 Yours very truly,

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Donors ...... 14 Catherine C. Carr Executive Director Financials .....inside back cover

Center City Office: 1424 Chestnut St. | Philadelphia, PA 19102-2505 | Telephone: 215-981-3700 clsphila.org North Philadelphia Law Center: 1410 West Erie Ave. | Philadelphia, PA 19140-4136 | Telephone: 215-227-2400 1 Our Legal Units Awards: July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Awards presented to AGING AND EMPLOYMENT UNIT ENERGY UNIT FAMILY ADVOCACY UNIT Community Legal Services and staff DISABILITIES UNIT Employment Unit represents Energy Unit works to keep the Family Advocacy Unit (FAU) Community Legal Services Aging and Disabilities Unit clients with employment- utilities on for families by represents individual parents, Recognition of work with immigrants specializes in representing related problems, including protecting the rights of low- involved with the Department Presented by Pennsylvania Immigration seniors and people with tackling barriers to income utility customers on of Human Services (DHS), and Citizenship Coalition disabilities in a wide range of employment, seeking unpaid service and payment issues, who are seeking to keep their public benefits and consumer wages, and preserving jobs. representing group clients on children at home or to have CLS' North Philadelphia Law Center matters, including challenges The unit advocates at the utility rate change cases and them returned from foster to denials of Medicaid, national and state levels on serving as the Public Advocate care to a safe home. The FAU and Clemens Construction Company Medicare, or disability low-income workers’ rights in representing all provides assistance and Construction Excellence Award benefits, decisions by managed issues such as preventing Philadelphia Gas Works trainings to community Presented by General Building Contractors Association care organizations to deny overbroad disqualifications of residential customers. groups, organizations and Cathy Carr is honored as a Woman of the Year care, and violations of workers with criminal records. lawyers. The FAU also Catherine C. Carr, Esq. residents’ rights and quality- advocates on the national, by The Legal Intelligencer. of-care requirements in state, and local levels for Woman of the Year nursing homes and personal improvements in child welfare Presented by The Legal Intelligencer care homes. practices, services to families, and the dependency court Louise Hayes, Esq. system. Recognition of Service Presented by Lutheran Settlement House

Nadia Hewka, Esq. Crystal Eastman Award Presented by PhilaPOSH Awards presented by Community Legal Services at our 25th Annual Breakfast of Champions Carol Horne Penn, Esq. Woman of Distinction Award Equal Justice Awards Presented by Barristers' Association of Philadelphia Dennisse Bones, Community Legal Services HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOUSING UNIT LANGUAGE ACCESS PUBLIC BENEFITS UNIT CONSUMER LAW UNIT PROJECT Kerry Smith, Esq. Housing Unit represents Public Benefits Unit James A. Francis, Esq., Francis & Mailman, PC Homeownership and private, public, and subsidized Language Access Project represents clients seeking or Legislative Advocate of the Year Consumer Law Unit housing tenants in matters works to ensure CLS services facing termination of public Presented by National Association of Consumer Advocates The Honorable Marilyn Heffley, United States Magistrate represents homeowners in involving eviction, illegal are available to Philadelphia benefits such as cash Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of disputes, residential mortgage lockouts, and substandard communities with limited assistance, SSI disability, food Rebecca Vallas, Esq.* Pennsylvania foreclosures, fraudulent housing. The unit also uses ability to speak, read, write, or stamps, or health insurance. New Leaders in Advocacy Award consumer practices, and systems advocacy and understand English. The unit The unit provides education Champion of Justice Award issues with banking or check- litigation to address issues addresses legal issues specific and outreach services and Presented by National Legal Aid & Defender Association cashing agencies. The unit ranging from lead paint to this population and advocates for improvements to Alan M. Feldman, Esq., uses advocacy and litigation to elimination, to federal housing collaborates with other units the programs that provide John S. Whitelaw, Esq. address the predatory lending policy changes, to tenant to represent individuals and these benefits at the federal, Suzanne H. Kaye Advocacy Award Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock crisis, abusive mortgage eviction laws. families in challenging state, and local levels. Presented by Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation & Dodig LLP practices, and other banking language barriers to benefits, issues affecting low-income services, and access to justice. PLAN Excellence Award families. Presented by Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network

*Employed by CLS at time of nomination

2 3 2014 Leadership Saul Ewing LLP INDIVIDUAL DONORS Council Members Bar Campaign Donors Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP CLS’ Leadership Council raised more than $360,000 from 109 law firms and Anonymous CHAIR Segal McCambridge Singer & Sara Begley businesses in support of CLS’ Bar Campaign. Donors to the Bar Campaign Mahoney, Ltd. Joseph A. Tate Judy Berkman were honored at CLS’ 25th Annual Breakfast of Champions. Shaffer and Gaier, LLC Dechert LLP Glenn Blumenfeld Sheller, P.C. Andrew Chirls, Esq. MEMBERS Shook, Hardy & Bacon Jim DeCrescenzo LAW FIRMS LLP Laffey, Bucci & Kent, LLP Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, P.C. Sara A. Begley Eva Gladstein Reed Smith LLP Duffy & Partners Langer Grogan & Diver P.C. Silvers Langsam & Weitzman Judith and Palmer Hartl Michael J. Boni ADR Options, Inc. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Leventhal Sutton & Gornstein Soloff & Zervanos, PC Mellott, LLC Donald K. Joseph Boni & Zack LLC Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Steiner, Segal, Mullen & Donan Feldman & Smalley, P.C. Emmanuel Law Firm Berman Eve Klothen Edward F. Chacker Stevens & Lee Alan M. Feldman is named Champion of Justice at Community Legal Services’ 25th Annual Breakfast of Champions. From left, Community Gay, Chacker & Mittin Archer & Greiner, P.C. Feldman & Feldman Linebarger Goggan Blair & Carol Mager Legal Services Deputy Director Debby Freedman; Alan M. Feldman; Sampson, LLP Swartz Campbell LLC Kathryn E. Deal BakerHostetler Feldman & Pinto Allan K. Marshall and Community Legal Services Board Chair Michael LiPuma. Law Office of Michael LiPuma Villari, Brandes & Giannone, P.C. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Ballard Spahr LLP Feldman, Shepherd, Richard F. Michaelson, PC Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Littler Mendelson P.C. Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Stephen J. Driscoll Bazelon Less & Feldman, P.C. Brecher & Miller, P.C. Gloria Watts Saul Ewing LLP Weinstock & Dodig Law Offices of The Beasley Firm, LLC Weber Gallagher Sara Woods Alan M. Feldman Fine, Kaplan & Black, RPC Arline Jolles Lotman Berger & Montague, P.C. Naomi Wyatt Feldman, Shepherd, Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. Margolis Edelstein Welsh & Recker, PC Harold Berk, P.C. Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Flitter, Lorenz, P.C. Markowitz & Richman White and Williams LLP Weinstock & Dodig LLP BUSINESSES Fox Rothschild LLP Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Whiteman, Bankes & Laura A. Feldman Bochetto & Lentz, PC Chebot, LLC Francis & Mailman, PC Coleman & Goggin Feldman & Pinto James DeCrescenzo Reporting, Boni & Zack LLC McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Wilkes & McHugh, PA. Galfand Berger, LLP LLC Nancy J. Gellman Law Offices of Paul Boni, P.C. Carpenter Willig, Williams & Davidson Conrad O'Brien, PC Gay Chacker & Mittin Jenkintown Building Services Briggs Law Office McLaughlin & Lauricella, P.C. Law Office of William T. Hangley Gibbons P.C. Inc. McMonagle, Perri, McHugh & Rhonda Hill Wilson, P.C. Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown The Legal Intelligencer Golomb & Honik, P.C. Mischak, P.C. Winebrake & Santillo & Schiller & Sandler Alice G. Gosfield and Legal Internet Solutions Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Mensing Law, LLC Young Ricchiuti Caldwell & Roberta D. Liebenberg Associates, PC Incorporated Messa & Associates Heller Fine, Kaplan, & Black RPC Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen Precise, Inc. Law Offices of Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan & Pokotilow, Ltd. Law Offices of Maniaci, Ciccotta James A. Francis receives an Equal Justice Award at Community Legal Jeremy D. Mishkin Judy Greenwood, PC Schaer & Toddy, P.C. Rust Consulting Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & & Schweizer Services’ 25th Annual Breakfast of Champions. From left, James A. Montgomery, McCracken, Walker Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin Francis; Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.; Mark D. Mailman. Conboy LLC Tactix Real Estate Advisors & Rhoads LLP & Schiller Law Office of Marilyn Monaco Chimicles & Tikellis LLP John E. Savoth Hannon Law Office Montgomery, McCracken, Walker Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Christie Pabarue & Young & Rhoads, LLP Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. was keynote speaker at CLS’ 25th Breakfast of Bendesky Harkins Cunningham LLP Champions. Pictured here are CLS Leadership Council Chair Joseph A. Tate, Clark Hill Thorp Reed Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Harper & Paul CLS Deputy Director Debby Freedman, Philadelphia Legal Assistance Barbara T. Sicalides Cohen, Placitella & Roth P.C. Pepper Hamilton LLP Executive Director Anita Santos-Singh, and Senator Casey. Pepper Hamilton LLP Harrington & Caldwell, P.C. Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick Hofstein Weiner & Meyer, PC Joseph A. Sullivan & Furman, PC & Raspanti, LLP Pepper Hamilton LLP Law Offices of Thomas More Conrad O'Brien PC Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano William H. Stassen Holland Cozen O'Connor Post & Schell, P.C. Fox Rothschild LLP Huntington National Bank Dashevsky, Horwitz, Kuhn & Raynes McCarty Dennis R. Suplee Jeffrey S. Gross, Attorney at Law Novello, P.C. Reed Smith LLP Schnader Harrison Segal & Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Davis, Parry & Tyler, P.C. Lewis LLP Check, LLP Roach, Leite & Manyin, LLC Dechert LLP Eric A. Tilles Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Rosen, Schafer & DiMeo, LLP Arkema DePasquale Law Offices, LLC Branzburg LLP Ross Feller Casey, LLP Dilworth Paxson LLP CLS Paralegal Dennisse Bones receives an Equal Justice Award at Kovler & Rush, P.C. Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Community Legal Services’ 25th Annual Breakfast of Champions. Donovan Axler, LLC Donald A. Krain P.C., Bendesky, P.C. From Left, CLS Paralegal Diana Espinal; Dennisse’s daughter, Kaylah; Attorney at Law Sandals & Associates, P.C. Dennisse Bones; CLS Managing Attorney Amy Hirsch; CLS Supervising Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attorney Brenda Marrero; CLS Senior Attorney Pam Walz.

4 5 Getting Paid for His Work Protecting Restaurant Workers

LS' Employment Unit has represented Chundreds of restaurant workers over ATHANEAL Rodriquez always had a passion the years, recovering stolen wages and for food. “I grew up in a household where we ages cipe for Fair W enforcing labor laws. The vast majority of were all cooking together,” the 33-year-old Re our clients facing exploitation in the N e for all hours inimum wag says. He honed his cooking skills by working in food •Pay at least m restaurant business have been worked undocumented immigrant workers, services during his time in the Marines. When inflation imum wage to although our clients fit many other Nathaneal came back to Philadelphia, he worked •Index the min for hours demographic profiles. diligently at several restaurants in the city, all under •Pay overtime worked over 40 the same owner. Wage theft is a common practice by n't misclassify •Do employers looking to cut costs in employees as managers this low regulation, low union contractors or THOUGH he started as a dishwasher, Nathaneal worked rcement nd federal enfo density industry. We have helped Step up state a Ahis way up to become operations manager at a thriving • clients with a wide variety of of wage laws Center City restaurant. Suddenly, Nathaneal was unable to issues, including people who were cash his paychecks and soon realized that he wasn’t the only not paid their last few paychecks, one with this problem. “My coworkers were taking these were denied overtime despite checks to banks and check cashing counters all over the city, working more than 40 hours in but no one would accept them,” he says. “[The checks] were a week, had their tips stolen by frauds.” This problem persisted for months, and Nathaneal their employers, had improper deductions from their went without pay. After countless failed attempts to receive In April, Nathaneal faced an even larger problem. “I went paychecks, had to pay for the money he was owed, he decided it was time to leave his to do my taxes and I got a call from the Veterans’ Affairs dine-and-dash customers, employer in February, 2012. Administration saying I was going to lose my benefits suffered discrimination, and because I wasn’t reporting wages.” Again, he requested the were injured on the job but In addition to his passion for food, Nathaneal is also a musician. money he was owed, but he was met with a threat from the not given proper medical owner of the restaurant, who told him it would be a “bad attention. idea to go after him for money.” Afraid to proceed alone for fear of retaliation, he came to CLS in January, 2013. In addition to representing clients, A team from CLS worked collaboratively to help our attorneys have Nathaneal; they wrote a demand letter to the owner of the worked with the US restaurant, filed and prepared for the lawsuit, and Department of Labor, appeared before a judge, where they won Nathaneal more Restaurant than $12,000 in back wages and penalties. Though the Opportunities Center, judgment was a default because the defendants failed to and other community appear in court to defend themselves, Nathaneal says he partners to attempt to wouldn’t have even been able to go to court to receive the address some of the judgment without his CLS attorneys. After winning the rampant abuses in this judgment, CLS negotiated with the owner of the industry in a more systemic manner. restaurant to work out a payment schedule. The owner complied, and Nathaneal finally received the money he was owed. “If CLS didn’t help me,” Nathaneal says, “I’d still be in agony over those four months when I didn’t get paid.”

6 7 Safe from Abuse

T is no secret that violence in the streets is one of Philadelphia’s most pervasive problems. Often 1 “Domestic violence affects individuals from all backgrounds, genders and unseen, however, is the rampant violence hidden within Philadelphia’s homes, despite its widespread, socioeconomic statuses” (WAA) Icross-cultural, and cross-generational presence. 1 2 Over 2,000 visits are made each year to Philadelphia emergency rooms by those who have been assaulted by a partner or ex-partner (WAA) 3 “Victims of domestic violence face elevated risk of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse…” (WAA) 4 National Housing Law Project, VAWA 2013 Continues Vital Housing VEN more unrealized are the collateral effects of sexual When Erica then applied for public housing, she was Protections for Survivors and Provides New Safeguards Eand domestic abuse; victims suffer not only the physical 2 shocked to learn that the Philadelphia Housing Authority and emotional consequences of abuse 3, but also the legal denied her application because of a landlord tenant judgment partnership with these organizations, the number of victims issues that arise, such as denial of housing, or eviction based against her—a judgment she never knew about. Erica’s of domestic and sexual violence that CLS’ housing unit on past incidents of violence. Although more than 100,000 landlord never removed her name from the lease, and her assists has significantly increased, many of them coming domestic violence reports are filed to the Philadelphia Police abuser never paid the rent after she moved out. A year later, as direct referrals from the agencies. Department annually, the city has just two shelters the landlord sued both Erica and her abuser and got a default CLS has also been at the forefront of the local designated for victims of domestic violence, with only 200 judgment against both of them for approximately $10,000 of movement to extend these housing protections to private beds. Housing discrimination, coupled with a crippling lack rent. tenants. CLS has partnered with the Tenant Union of resources for victims of domestic and sexual violence, Erica’s story echoes a problem faced by many of those Representative Network, a local tenants’ rights often leaves the abused with nowhere to turn but the streets. who have experienced domestic and sexual violence: organization; former CLS housing attorney Rue Landau, CLS regularly assists clients who face housing instability victimization that continues after their initial abuse. Erica who currently directs the Philadelphia Commission on due to discrimination based on past incidents of domestic or was victimized not only by her abuser, but also by her Human Relations; and Councilman Greenlee, who was sexual violence. Erica* is one of them. landlord, and by the Housing Authority that denied her active in protecting victims of domestic violence in the workplace. CLS, along with these partners, first worked Like many others access to housing—for which she was otherwise eligible— to classify people who have experienced domestic and in her situation, Erica based on an issue related to domestic violence. sexual violence as a protected class under the was forced to flee her CLS has been assisting people like Erica while serving as Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance in 2011. In 2012, home because of an advocate in the fight to extend housing rights to victims of CLS and its partners were successful in amending violence. She called her sexual and domestic violence. Philadelphia’s Unfair Rental Practices Ordinance to former landlord to let In 2005, Congress amended the Violence Against Women include critical protections for victims of domestic and him know that she Act (VAWA) to include valuable housing protections for sexual violence. wanted her name victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, removed from the CLS’ persistent advocacy and commitment to who are applying for or living in subsidized housing. In 2013, lease. At the time, no providing housing rights for victims of domestic and Congress again amended VAWA to extend these protections to one had told her about sexual violence has yielded meaningful results; in the people who have been sexually assaulted and to individuals the new law that CLS spring of 2014, CLS represented Erica at her admissions applying to or living in all types of federally subsidized had worked with hearing with PHA to appeal the denial of her application. housing. 4 Councilman Greenlee CLS presented VAWA’s Domestic Violence Certification to have passed, which CLS has worked closely with the Philadelphia Housing form in support of Erica’s defense that she cannot be allowed her, as a Authority and other subsidized housing providers to ensure denied admission to public housing due to incidents of domestic violence their compliance with VAWA’s amendments. CLS has also domestic violence. PHA granted Erica’s appeal, and she victim, to legally worked with domestic and sexual violence agencies in now lives in her own public housing unit with her terminate her lease Philadelphia to train staff and clients on VAWA’s housing children. In addition, CLS has worked with many early. protections, and on the steps people who have experienced domestic and sexual violence victims to successfully domestic and sexual violence can take to access and maintain terminate their leases early so that they can move into safe and stable housing for their families. Since CLS began its safe housing.

*Name has been changed. 8 9 Because of our donors...our clients are free to succeed.

Free to thrive Free to nourish CLS advocated at the state and federal levels on behalf of CLS recommended that Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians in need of health care. Advocacy has successfully led to continue its "Heat and Eat" program to the preservation of the Medical Assistance for Workers with prevent significant reductions in monthly Disabilities (MAWD) program, which provides Medicaid benefits to food stamp benefits to thousands of low- approximately income households, including many elderly 36,000 significantly and disabled individuals. A federal law disabled working change had threatened "Heat and Eat," but Pennsylvanians. CLS advocacy was successful in preserving the program.

Free to participate CLS worked with Philadelphia Department of Free to stay healthy Human Services (DHS) and the Philadelphia CLS worked with DPW after we received Prison System (PPS) to launch a pilot many referrals of elderly and disabled program that allows parents incarcerated at clients whose Medicaid in-home long Free to communicate PPS to be video-conferenced into all term care services had been erroneously meetings regarding their children. We also After advocacy by and with technical assistance from CLS and other terminated, often because renewals were continued statewide advocacy aimed at community organizations, the Philadelphia Housing Authority Board of either not being processed on time or improving the engagement of incarcerated Commissioners adopted a strong language access policy in November 2013. were being processed incorrectly. parents in their child welfare cases. Under the policy, PHA will begin routinely identifying the need for and A number of these clients were in their providing appropriate language services in the form of bilingual staff, late 80s or 90s, and were left with no aide interpretation, and translated documents to ensure effective to help them with basic needs like communication with limited English proficient applicants, residents and dressing and preparing food. As a result housing voucher holders. Free to trust of our advocacy, DPW agreed to increase staffing and put protections in place to Free to earn CLS and the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project ensure that appeals are timely processed convinced the Commonwealth Court to CLS released two policy and benefits continued . suspend implementation of a PA Public papers on employment Utility Commission (PUC) order, issues for people with criminal which would have allowed records. One of the papers competitive electricity addressed the Equal Employment suppliers to target low- Opportunity Commission’s updated income customers enforcement guidance governing enrolled in PECO's criminal records, and the other paper customer assistance looked at the impact of criminal program, until the records on young women seeking appeal challenging employment. Both policy papers the legality of the PUC received national attention. order is heard. Free to live well CLS helped create the Philadelphia Hoarding Task Force, which is currently working on creating a resource guide for Free to save a home hoarding services in Philadelphia; CLS worked with Philadelphia City Council to shape, enforce, and expand developing a training module to educate programs to help homeowners with property taxes, including programs that service providers, city agencies and benefit elderly people who are homebound, ill, or who do not speak or read community members about hoarding; English well. Our advocacy worked to ensure that low-income homeowners and creating a screening/assessment were provided a fair opportunity to enter into affordable payment agreements tool to help direct people who hoard to and save their homes. appropriate resources.

Our advocacy reaches the city, state, and beyond. 10 Thanks to our donors, we are free to make a difference. 11 Continuity of Care

ARAH , 24, was first helped by CLS as a child. She was diagnosed with a severe case of sickle cell anemia at a young age. Sarah Squalified for SSI (Supplementary Security Income), and her CLS attorney helped win her case when she was three years old. The SSI support helped Sarah get the medical attention she needed to stay healthy throughout her childhood.

Although Sarah had managed her illness for years, her health suddenly worsened. After being denied three times, Sarah came to CLS for help filing a new disability case. Her attorney was certain that she should qualify for SSI.

Y the time Sarah turned 18, her condition had improved, intensity of her sickness; despite being extremely ill, Sarah Bso she dropped her SSI case. She was even able to pursue fought through the pain and completed her degree, which a nursing degree while working part time. However, her would work against her in demonstrating that her case of health suddenly worsened, and she was often in and out of the sickle cell was severely impacting her life. Sarah’s CLS emergency room. She could not afford the expensive attorney, who was familiar with her history and knew how treatments and medicine to help her properly manage her much she had suffered, was certain that she should qualify sickle cell anemia, so her flare-ups always became critical. for SSI. “At the time I didn’t have health insurance, I was going to Sarah’s attorney pored over her medical records and the hospital, and sometimes they couldn’t see me. I couldn’t discovered—and successfully proved—that she was eligible have a primary care doctor. I couldn’t even go to my under an esoteric Listing of Impairments. “I don’t think the hematology appointments,” Sarah described. “It really average person could get approved without an expert,” Sarah impacted my life tremendously, not being able to see the noted. “When [my attorney] presented my case with all the specialists I needed to see and get my medications.” facts and all my records, they looked at it differently.” After being denied three times, Sarah came to CLS for Sarah was able to get her benefits reinstated and was help filing a new disability case. She worked with the same thrilled to find out that her work history also qualified her attorney who helped win her SSI case when she was a child. for Social Security Disability. Even more importantly, Sarah Sarah’s attorney knew it would be difficult to prove the is now covered by Medicaid and Medicare, which means she can get the costly treatments she needs to avoid the emergency room. “I don’t get many sickle cell crises because I’m Having stable and reliable health insurance has made all able to control it. I have a better grip on the difference in Sarah’s life. “I don’t get many sickle cell my sickle cell, and now it’s well managed. crises because I’m able to control it. I have a better grip on Before I was feeling about a 2, and now my sickle cell, and now it’s well managed,” she said. “Before I’m feeling like a 9.” I was feeling about a 2, and now I’m feeling like a 9.”

12 13 People Who Made Justice Possible Robin B. Switzenbaum, Esq. KML Law Group, P.C. Lisa R. Verges Bonita Blazer, Ph.D. Walter J. Taggart, Esq., and Stuart B. Kurtz and Ms. Abigail Whitt Jonathan Blazer, Esq. Gifts Received July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 Joell Taggart Deborah Gross Kurtz Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Esq. Michael S. Blume, Esq. Ms. Carol Thomson Judy L. Leone, Esq. Daryl W. Winston, Esq. Glenn Blumenfeld, Esq. Suzanne E. Turner, Esq. Andrew J. Levander, Esq. 2 Anonymous Donors Mr. Michael T. Bowen Steven R. Wall, Esq. Jan Levine and Caitlin & Brett Brown Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq. and IMPACT CIRCLE Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Michael Zuckerman Kenneth L. Klothen, Esq. ANNUAL FUND Stephen D. Brown, Esq. Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Brecher & Miller, P.C. S. Gerald Litvin, Esq. Timothy R. Lawn, Esq. DONORS William H. Brown, III, Esq. Feldman & Smalley, P.C. David J. Wolfsohn, Esq. Joseph L. Messa, Jr. Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Jason A. Leckerman and Calvina Browne, Esq. Thomas E. Zemaitis, Esq. Henry N. Nassau, Esq. David F. Abernethy, Esq., and Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C. Jean K. Sbarge Sharon Browning, Esq. G. Daniel O'Donnell, Esq. Phyllis K. Simon Alan M. Feldman, Esq. Charisse R. Lillie, Esq. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Reverend Valeria C. Bullock Dr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Irv Ackelsberg and Michael D. LiPuma, Esq. Francis & Mailman, PC Regina Austin, Esq. Parker, III Patricia Urevick Leonard A. Busby, Esq. Erica J. Smith-Klocek, Esq., and Jeffrey S. Gross, Attorney at Law Michael L. Banks, Esq. Nancy and Kevin Peter Action Alliance of Senior Citizens David J. Caputo, Esq., and Kevin Klocek of Greater Philadelphia Jodi S. Caputo Robert C. Heim, Esq. Wendy Beetlestone, Esq. Peter Pinnola, Esq. Kenneth I. Trujillo, Esq., and John P. Lavelle, Jr., Esq., and Todd M. Berk, Esq. Ernest and Lavida Allen Catherine C. Carr, Esq., Laura L. Trujillo, Esq. David B. Pudlin, Esq. and Louis N. Tannen Colleen F. Coonelly, Esq. Barry H. Boise, Esq. Ms. Amanda Atkinson Dr. Vanessa and Charles B. Casper, Esq. Martin LLC LOYALTY CIRCLE Michael Bomstein, Esq. Mr. Joseph Ragaglia, Esq. Regina Austin, Esq. Susan W. & Cummins Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Esq. Irv Ackelsberg and Mr. Sidney Axinn William H. Brown, III, Esq. Michael H. Reed, Esq. Catherwood, Jr. Nonprofit Finance Fund Patricia Urevick Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bailin Mrs. Esther K. Carr Mary and Patrick Richardson Nancy Cedeño-Rivera American Bar Association Pepper Hamilton LLP Chimicles & Tikellis LLP Graham Michael L. Banks, Esq. Ken Frazier and Temple Law School Dean JoAnne Epps Mr. John Chaney Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano Allen D. Black, Esq. David Richman Mr. Todd I. Baylson Theodore T. Clattenburg, Jr., Esq. Fernando Chang-Muy, Esq., and Michael A. Bloom, Esq. On April 24, Ken Frazier, Chairman, President Abraham C. Reich, Esq., and Joyce A. Cowan, Esq. Ms. Estelle Richman Sara A. Begley, Esq. Leonard Rieser Sherri Reich Catherine C. Carr, Esq., and and CEO of Merck & Co., spoke at an event at Doreen S. Davis, Esq., and Mr. Kenneth Shear Judy F. Berkman, Esq. Chick-fil-A, Inc. CLS' North Philadelphia Law Center, recognizing Joseph A. Sullivan, Esq. Louis N. Tannen Robert Simmons Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Esq. Mr. Richard L. Berkman and Andrew A. Chirls, Esq. Clemens Construction Company, leadership donors to CLS' Capital Campaign. In Willig, Williams & Davidson Dean Roger J. Dennis, Esq. David A. Super, Esq. Ms. Toni Seidl his speech, Mr. Frazier spoke about CLS, social Inc. Dr. Melvin J. Chisum and ADVOCATES CIRCLE Mark S. Dichter, Esq., and Eric A. Tilles, Esq. Norman B. Berlin, Esq., and Dr. Gloria T. Chisum justice, and growing up in North Philadelphia. Conrad O'Brien PC Mrs. Elizabeth Berlin Tobey G. Dichter David Keller Trevaskis, Esq. Dr. Colleen Christian and Sarah Bouchard and Harold Cramer, Esq. Bierstube German Biergarten Dr. Court Schmidt Frank Fesnak Professor JoAnne A. Epps Thane C. J. Trotman, Esq. To read his speech, visit www.clsphila.org/kenfrazier Ethan D. Fogel, Esq., and James D. Epstein, Esq., and Edward G. Biester, Esq. Anna E. Coady Marty Brigham and Sari N. Fogel, M.D. Michael T. van der Veen, Esq. Tom Hickey Dr. Andrew M. Stone and Harriet Rubenstein Ellen Josephson Vargyas, Esq. Mr. John U. Coates Lawrence J. Fox, Esq. Dr. Gene B. Bishop Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Harry and Esther Brown Christopher C. Fallon, Jr., Esq. CAPITAL CAMPAIGN The Hon. Marilyn Heffley Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Charitable Foundation Steven B. Feirson, Esq. DONORS Innova Services Corporation Kimberly C. Oxholm and David L. Cohen, Esq., and Stephen A. Feldman, Esq. Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Esq. Carl Oxholm III Rhonda R. Cohen, Esq. Bruce K. Fenton, Esq. WHY CLS? LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Gordon and Ernest Jones and Rae Scott-Jones Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Esq. “As a volunteer and a human rights advocate, Sheila and Ed Chacker Office of the Budget Gretchen Cooney Howard Lesnick and Michael A. Fitts, Esq. Carolyn M. Schodt I can see, every day, how Community Legal Connelly Foundation Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Joseph J. Costello, Esq. Katherine J. Gomez, Esq. Services (CLS) is fighting injustice and DCED Bennett G. Picker, Esq. Francis P. Devine, III and A. Roy DeCaro, Esq. Elizabeth Goodell, Esq., and poverty in the 21st century in America! CLS is Madeline M. Sherry City of Philadelphia Wendell E. Pritchett, Esq., and John C. Dodds, Esq. Janet Scannell a special place; it is made up of special people, Anne E. Kringel Thomas J. Duffy, Esq. Raynes McCarty Diana S. Donaldson, in memory The Hon. Jane Cutler Greenspan who give their hearts and smarts to protect William P. Quinn, Jr., Esq. Andréa W. Frazier and Barbara T. Sicalides, Esq. of my mother, Jay Mr. Michael N. Hartung the rights of citizens of Philadelphia.” Kenneth C. Frazier, Esq. Michael D. Donovan, Esq. M. Taylor Aspinwall and DIRECTORS CIRCLE Robert J. Reinstein Jean C. Hemphill, Esq. The Horace W. Goldsmith Brian P. Flaherty, Esq. Foundation Feldman, Shepherd, Louis S. Rulli and Robert L. Hickok, Esq. Golomb & Honik, P.C. – Gigi Nikpour Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Carolyn C. Rulli Kline & Specter Amy E. Hirsch, Esq., and Volunteer Paralegal SSI/Public Benefits Unit Harold I. Goodman, Esq. Weinstock & Dodig Bernard W. Smalley, Sr., Esq. Jessica Robbins Community Legal Services The Hon. Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., Stephen and Lizabeth Raynes William T. Hangley, Esq. and Maureen Tate Janet and Seymour Stotland Carol Horne Penn, Esq., and Gigi Nikpour at our Charles P. Hehmeyer, Esq. Kenneth Penn Center City Office Joseph A. and Detta M. Tate Glen R. Stuart, Esq.

14 15 Mr. Paul Coghlan Mr. Richard G. Freeman and Ms. Mary Hurtig Ms. Deborah Mande Ms. Michele F. Cohen and Ms. Noreen M. Shanfelter Mr. Thomas R. Hutt David S. Mandell, Sc.D. and Mr. Marc S. Prizer Carl H. Fridy, Esq. Carolyn E. Isaac, Esq. Ms. Jamie Kudera Mr. Louis Coleman Michael Froehlich and Ms. Joanne Isaac Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marritz Susanna Gilbertson “From helping a family obtain food stamps and John Macklin Coogan Ms. Sara Jacobson Allan K. Marshall, Esq. Ms. Diane Galeone connecting a veteran with medical assistance, Gordon and Gretchen Cooney John Jamieson, Jr., Esq. and Mr. and Mrs. Timothy I. Martin to keeping a family in their home and keeping Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Gibbons David L. Crawford, Ph.D. Ms. Dariel I. Jamieson Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDevitt the lights on for a disabled person, the Joanna K. Darcus, Esq. William E. Gibbons, Esq. Carlton L. Johnson, Esq. Ms. Mary T. McNichol advocates at Community Legal Services save Mr. Scott J. Davis and Mary-Jo B. Gilsdorf, Esq. Ms. Earthen E. Johnson Ms. Carol Meerschaert and change lives every day. They are a force in Ms. Arlene R. Finkelstein Ms. Helen Gindele Mr. Ira Johnson Leslie Miller and Richard Worley our community and beyond. I am proud to support their important work.” Mr. James T. DeCrescenzo Jay H. Ginsburg, Esq. Donald K. Joseph, Esq. Victoria J. Miller, Esq. Ms. Kaitlin B. Decrescio Shirley and David Ginzberg Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Katz Marilyn Monaco, Esq. Harriet Dichter and Ms. Eva Gladstein and Sarah R. Katz, Esq. Mr. Francis Murray and – Michael D. LiPuma John Schapiro Mr. Ben Burenstein Mr. Daniel Katzenberg and Ms. Linda Aveni Murray Chair, CLS Board of Trustees Sharon Dietrich Professors Theresa Glennon and Ms. Paula R. Barvin Jack and Barbara Nagel Jeffrey Dunoff Mike LiPuma with CLS Managing Attorney Amy Hirsch Thomas E. Doran, Esq. Richard Kessler, Esq. and Mr. and Mrs. David B. Nagy and CLS Board Member Ed Chacker Stephen H. Gold, Esq. Mr. Daniel C. Drecksage and Mrs. Doris H. Kessler Benjamin R. Neilson, Esq. Ms. Leslie A. Sudock Mr. Ross Goldberg Michael L. Kichline, Esq. Mr. Thoai Nguyen Louis S. Rulli and Mr. Ward Smith Paul M. Uyehara, Esq. Suzanne J. Young Thomas J. Duffy, Esq. Dr. Jeremiah Goldstein and Barry D. Kleban, Esq. Carolyn C. Rulli Ms. Varley S. Paul Ms. Donna M. Nogowski Ms. Paula Smith Daniel Lisa R. Verges Tom & Jackie Zemaitis Ms. Kelly A. Durand Alan F. Klein, Esq. Daniel Safer, Ph.D. Harold I. Goodman, Esq. Mary Noland, Esq. Erica J. Smith-Klocek, Esq., and Jo-Ann M. Verrier, Esq. Sydelle Zove and Ms. Anna M. Durbin and Marlene E. Kline, Esq. Marilynn Sager, Esq. Kevin Klocek Stephen Kaufman Mr. Peter Goldberger Ruthanne Gordon, Esq., and Ms. Janet Parrish Walter Walkenhorst, Esq. John C. Burroughs Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq., and Ms. Patricia M. Patterson Roberta Sampson, Esq. Henry and Beth Sommer Sharon K. Wallis, Esq. 11 anonymous donors Robert Ebby Kenneth L. Klothen, Esq. Ms. Marita Green Sanford L. Pfeffer, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Samuelson Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Esq. Ms. Jamie M. Ware James Eiseman, Jr., Esq., and Ms. Lauren A. Kobylarz Cynthia J. Eiseman Gloria Guard Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Pinkus Ms. Sandip Sarma Jeremy S. Spiegel, Esq. and Ms. Lisa Washington CY PRES AWARDS Mrs. Janet Kraegel Maia Jachimowicz Mr. Garland Elam Ms. Karen R. Guss and Carol L. Press, Esq. and Mary Gay Scanlon, Esq., Ms. Shenelle Washington Mr. Lewis Rosman David Kraut and Mark S. Stewart, Esq. Ms. Regina M. Stokes-Miller Brodie & Rubinsky James D. Epstein, Esq., and Mr. Edward G. Biester Gloria Watts and Isabelle Johnson Tom Hickey W. Martin Harrell, Esq. Ms. Muriel B. Kudera Mr. Andrew Price Mr. Daniel Schneider and Mr. Carl B. Strehlke Consumer Litigation Associates Ms. Leslie J. Reagan Mr. David B. Webster Mr. Leonard Evelev and Michael Hartung Ms. Beth Labush Carl S. Primavera, Esq. Joseph A. Sullivan, Esq. Donovan Axler, LLC Jill Schneider, M.D. Karen Kress Weisbord Mrs. Helen Evelev Stephen and Marian Harvey Ms. Winnie Lanoix and Dennis R. Suplee, Esq., and Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Ms. Valerie Pringle Mr. Jonathan A. Weiss and William H. Ewing, Esq., and Mr. David Kannerstein Peter D. Schneider and Patricia H. Suplee Tanner Weinstock & Dodig, LLP Mr. Bruce P. Hayes and Michael and Michelle Quirk Susan L. DeJarnatt Ms. Abigail Wolf Anne C. Ewing Ms. Pat Keating Steven and Elizabeth Larin Lisa B. Swaminathan, Esq. Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. Michael & Kyle Rabkin Allan Schneirov, Esq. Ms. Kathryn M. Wellbank Alan M. Feldman, Esq. Mrs. Florence C. Hayes John P. Lavelle, Jr., Esq., and Robin B. Switzenbaum, Esq. Francis & Mailman, PC Colleen F. Coonelly, Esq. Amber Racine, Esq. Mr. Marvin E. Schuman Ralph G. Wellington, Esq. Albert J. Feldman Leslie A. Hayes, Esq. and Joseph A. and Detta M. Tate Langer Grogan & Diver P.C. Jason A. Leckerman and Brad and Joan Rainer William W. Schwarze, Esq. Alan M. White, Esq. Nan E. Felyer, Esq. and Mr. Norman Gross Phyllis and Richard K. Taylor Rust Consulting, Inc. Lisa Shulock Jean K. Sbarge Ms. Cynthia S. Randall The Honorable Michael E. Ms. Cynthia E. White Louise Hayes and David Tukey Mr. Robert H. Taylor Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. Ms. Debra F. Fickler, Esq. and Mr. Jesse M. Lee Michael and Madeline Rausch Scullin, Esq. John S. Whitelaw Ms. Julia E. Heald Michael L. Temin, Esq. Locke Lord LLP Mr. G. S. Russell Kimberly and Josh Leichtner Abraham C. Reich, Esq. and Nina Segre, Esq. Jeffery W. Whitt Ms. Meron Hewis and Prince Altee Thomas, Esq. Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Daniel Fife and Judy L. Leone, Esq. Sherri Reich, Esq. Beth Shapiro, Esq., and Mr. Joseph H. Blum Richard Whittington, M.D. and Cunningham & Coppola LLC Elizabeth Rappaport Curtis R. Reitz, Esq., and Michael Torrey Mr. David Thompson Jane L. Coleman, M.D. Ms. Glenda D. Hicks The Honorable Benjamin Lerner Ms. JoAnne Fischer and Judith Nichols Renzulli Margaret Lenzi & Stan Shapiro Eric A. Tilles, Esq. Mr. David H. Wilderman Amy E. Hirsch, Esq., and Christine C. Levin, Esq. Mr. Eric Hoffman Ms. Melissa Rivera David C. Toomey, Esq. IN MEMORIAM Jessica Robbins Joanne C. Lewers, Esq. Mr. Brian Shaud Ms. Cheron A. Williams Ms. Kathleen M. Fisher Carmen John Romano, Esq. Mr. Raymond J. Torrey Alison E. Hirschel, Esq. Karen Lindell, Esq., and Ms. Madeline Shikomba Nia M. Wilson, Esq. Brian P. Flaherty, Esq. Mr. Mark Charles Rose Mr. John Touhill In Memory of Babette Braunfield Ms. Kathleen E. Hohenadel and Mr. Brad Lindell Ms. Nicole A. Shore Ms. Bethany T. Wong and Dennis R. Suplee, Esq., and Karen L. Forman, Esq. Mr. Andrew Hohenadel Ms. Adrienne M. Logan Ms. Lori J. Rosenkopf Barbara T. Sicalides Joseph Z. Traub and Mr. Alan Wong Patricia H. Suplee Elizabeth W. Fox, Esq. Rachel K. Weiss Mr. Larry Hood Gail K. Lopez-Henriquez, Esq., Dan Rosin, Esq. Sara Woods, Esq. Amy Sinden, Esq. and In Memory of Paul Arthur Brooks Paulette and Lawrence Fox and Theodore M. Lieverman, Harry M. Roth, Esq. Ms. Brenna Herpmann Thane C. J. Trotman, Esq. Naomi Wyatt, Esq. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Horne Ms. Margaret K. Brooks Esq. Kitt Turner, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Fox, Jr. Mary P. Hugues, Esq. Eric J. Rothschild, Esq. Mr. Thomas E. Smith and Shelly D. Yanoff and Carol A. Mager, Esq. Ms. Nancy G. Smith David E. Francis Mr. Adrian Rubin Mr. Chauncey D. Twine, Jr. Gerry Kaufman

16 17 In Memory of Esther Carr Dennis R. Suplee, Esq., and GIFTS IN HONOR Ms. Louise Y. Tukey Ms. Ruth Perlmutter Ms. Margaret Lee Abbate Patricia H. Suplee In Honor of Marilyn Heffley Professor Florence W. Roisman Gaetan Alfano, Esq. Joseph A. and Detta M. Tate In Honor of Robert Ballenger Arline Jolles Lotman, Esq. In Honor of Joe Tate Ms. Michele F. Cohen and David Keller Trevaskis, Esq. Richard and Jane Burks Ms. Susan Petrina Dr. Patrick J. Brennan and Mr. Marc S. Prizer Lisa R. Verges Ms. Ellen Wilson and Ann M. Brennan In Honor of Michael Hollander Colleen Cotter, Esq. Ms. Joan B. Waldbaum Dr. Fredric V. Price In Honor of Carol Thomson Sharon Dietrich 2 Anonymous Donors Ron Hollander and In Honor of Cathy Carr Maureen Martel Mrs. Jane McCarthy Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, In Memory of S. Jay Cooke Sharon Dietrich Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C. Dennis R. Suplee, Esq., and In Honor of Carol Horne Penn In Honor of Thu Tran Alison E. Hirschel, Esq. William P. Fedullo, Esq. and Patricia H. Suplee Mark and Bernice Schwartz Anonymous Rochelle M. Fedullo, Esq. Ms. Sue Osthoff In Memory of James O. Freedman In Honor of Sarah Katz In Honor of Lisa Verges Stephen A. Feldman, Esq. In Honor of Mike Carroll Robert and Caryl Gorman Richard and Linda Katz Anonymous Professors Theresa Glennon Professor Roger S. Clark and and Jeffrey Dunoff In Memory of Sam Gomez Professor Amelia H. Boss In Honor of Sarah Katz and In Honor of Richard Weishaupt David Love George D. Gould, Esq., and Judith Bernstein-Baker, Esq. Aaron Finestone and Harold R. Berk, Esq. Ms. Diane Gallagher Patricia Wright Anonymous Mr. Elias S. Cohen In Memory of Samuel J. Green The Honorable Marilyn Heffley Dr. and Mrs. Raymond S. In Honor of the Hardworking In Honor of Khairi, Amina, John S. McVeigh Amy E. Hirsch, Esq., and Team at CLS Sakina, and Munir Parker, III In Honor of Abbey Whitt Jessica Robbins Sharon Gornstein, Esq. Ms. Shirley Jones Shakur CLS Attorney and Duffy Fellow Jennifer Burdick and Tom Duffy, Esq. In Memory of Louise Ray Keeney Alison E. Hirschel, Esq. Betty-Ann Izenman, Esq. In Honor of CLS’ Work with In Honor of Brendan Lynch Elizabeth Ainslie, Esq. In Honor of Suzanne Young “CLS makes the greatest impact where it is most needed. To be able to partner Sarah R. Katz, Esq. Ex-Offenders Mr. William H. Johnson In Memory of James Lafferty Mr. Stuart R. Bass and with their staff in the work they do so passionately is a privilege.” Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq., and Caterina and John Roman Kevin & Denise Lynch Kenneth L. Klothen, Esq. John S. McVeigh Mrs. Elizabeth Bass In Honor of Community College Stuart B. Kurtz and Kirsten E. Keefe, Esq. In Honor of Gerald A. McHugh, Jr. In Honor of Kay Yu – Tom Duffy, Esq. of Philadelphia Deborah Gross Kurtz Ms. Laura T. McHugh Ms. Linda J. Kligman Founder, Duffy Fellowship In Memory of Angel L. Franqui, Esq. Henry Leone, Esq. Gerald A. McHugh, Sr. In Honor of the Orlyk, Hammer, Mr. James M. Lenaghan In Honor of Sharon Dietrich Michael D. LiPuma Ms. Laura T. McHugh Rakay, Parker, Watters, Fedyk, Mr. Stuart R. Bass and Casselton, and Walton Families The Pew Charitable Trusts Valentine Foundation National Legal Aid and Defender ARBITRATION FEE GRANTS AND Association In Memory of Jerome Shestack, Mrs. Elizabeth Bass Nicholas E. Orlyk, Esq. Pennsylvania Health Law Project The William Penn Foundation Esq. DONORS FELLOWSHIPS Kathy E. Ochroch, Esq., and Mr. Kurt Denke Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers’ Enid H. Adler, Esq. In Honor of Tobey Oxholm Peter Hilton-Kingdon, Esq. Ms. Roberta L. Steele Trust Accounts Board William H. Ewing, Esq., and Paul M. Berman Harry and Esther Brown GIFTS IN KIND Ms. Sue Osthoff In Memory of Susan B. Traiman Philadelphia Bar Foundation John Stember, Esq. Anne C. Ewing Harris T. Bock Charitable Foundation Wesley R. Payne, IV Dennis R. Suplee, Esq., and Center for Responsible Lending Philadelphia Corporation for Ballard Spahr LLP Patricia H. Suplee In Honor of Sharon Dietrich and In Honor of Peter Schneider Edward F. Chacker Philadelphia Bar Association Aging the Employment Unit Irving and Zola Schneider Francis P. Devine Claneil Foundation, Inc. Dr. Colleen Christian and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers In Memory of Joseph Vargyas Anonymous The Philadelphia Foundation Dr. Court Schmidt Emmanuel O. Iheukwumere Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Association Ellen Josephson Vargyas, Esq. In Honor of Beth Shapiro The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Dechert LLP In Honor of Janet Ginzberg Samuel H. Israel Duffy Fellowship Robert V. Racunas, Esq. and Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Beene Foundation In Memory of Joan Wilkinson Equal Justice America Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Ms. Karen S. Racunas Chuck Forer, Esq., and Richard E. Shapiro, Esq. Kenneth M. Kapner Public Welfare Foundation Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Esq., Wendy Peck Samuel S. Fels Fund Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Abraham C. Reich, Esquire and Mary Ann Knight and Thomas G. Wilkinson, Esq. In Honor of Barbara Sicalides Single Stop USA Tanner Weinstock & Dodig, LLP Sherri Reich, Esquire The Horace W. Goldsmith In Honor of George Gould Stuart Leon Stoneleigh Foundation In Memory of David Wycoff Mr. and Mrs. David Bowen Foundation Fineburg Law Associates, P.C. Louis S. Rulli and Harold R. Berk, Esq. Jerry Lyons United Way of Greater Gay Chacker & Mittin Carolyn C. Rulli Diane and Theodore Danoff Green Tree Community Health Professor Florence W. Roisman In Honor of Joe Slaughter and Philadelphia and Southern New Jonathan W. Miller Foundation Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin Lynda Schwechtje and Calvin Deeksha Gaur Jersey In Memory of Marie Yesenko & Schiller Wimbish In Honor of the Haverford House Anonymous Charles A. O'Connell Independence Foundation Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Esq., University of Notre Dame Fellows Matthew Olesh Jenkintown Building Services, Dveera Segal & Bradley Bridge and Thomas G. Wilkinson, Esq. MAZON: A Jewish Response to In Honor of Kerry Smith University of Pennsylvania Inc. Sally Simmons and Ms. Mary Kaye Edwards Jeffrey Rudnick Hunger In Memory of Yunja Yu Mr. and Mrs. Myron Landau The United States Department of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Charles Thrall In Honor of Louise Hayes Peter D. Schneider The November Fund Justice Kay Kyungsun Yu, Esq. Pepper Hamilton LLP Linda and Ernie Sims Mr. Jay R. Franke and In Honor of Jonathan Stein David E. Sternberg Oak Foundation U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Ms. Pamela Baker Harold R. Berk, Esq. Reed Smith LLP Mr. Seymour Stotland and Mark A. Wachlin Open Society Foundations Utility Emergency Services Fund Janet F. Stotland, Esq. Professor Ann E. Freedman Michael and Ann Harrison The Peggy Browning Fund

18 19 Statement of Activities Legal Management July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014

Catherine C. Carr, Esq. Executive Director

Deborah L. Freedman, Esq. Deputy Director of Legal Practice Total Capital General Carol Horne Penn, Esq. Campaign Operations Deputy Director of Operations REVENUE & OTHER SUPPORT Sharon Dietrich, Esq. Litigation Director Contracts & Grants ...... $ 7,648,887 166,413 7,482,474

Charitable Gifts ...... $ 3,890,904 337,080 3,553,824 Michael Froehlich, Esq. Managing Attorney, Homeownership and Kay Kyungsun Yu at the Justice For All 5K Attorney Fees ...... $ 81,218 81,218 Consumer Law Unit “As CLS fights tirelessly for Justice For All, it is an Interest Income ...... $ 59,478 58,335 1,143 honor to support the cause.” Katherine Gomez, Esq. Subtotal Revenue ...... $ 11,680,487 561,828 11,118,659 Managing Attorney, Family Advocacy Unit – Kay Kyungsun Yu Chair of the George Gould, Esq. CLS Justice For All 5K EXPENSES and CLS Board Member Managing Attorney , Energy & Housing Units

Program Services ...... $ 8,706,958 70,152 8,636,806 David E. Francis Finance Director Management and General ...... $ 1,478,804 1,478,804

Amy Hirsch, Esq. Fundraising ...... $ 383,921 383,921 Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin JUSTICE FOR ALL Managing Attorney, North Philadelphia Law & Schiller 5K 2013 SPONSORS Center Total Expenses ...... $ 10,569,683 70,152 10,499,531 Kay Kyungsun Yu Change in Assets ...... $ 1,110,804 491,676 619,128 Ahmad, Zaffarese & Smyler, LLC Law Office of Michael LiPuma Lisa R. Verges Ballard Spahr LLP The Legal Intelligencer Director of Development Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen LexisNexis & Pokotilow, Ltd. Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP NET ASSETS Cavanaugh's Restaurant and Philadelphia Runner Sports Bar Thomson Reuters Beginning of Year, restated ...... $ 9,096,698 4,973,119 4,123,579 Digital Benefit Advisors Veritext Esquire Deposition Solutions End of Year ...... $ 10,207,502 5,464,795 4,742,707 Field House Whole Foods Fracture LLC

20 For almost 50 years, Community Legal Services has provided direct representation, systemic advocacy, and community education to low-income Philadelphians.

Thank you to our donors for making this possible.

Pictured: Community Legal Services advocates conduct a client meeting in the Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Conference Room at the North Philadelphia Law Center.