An Evening with LSC Thursday, May 11, 2017
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Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership An Evening With LSC Thursday, May 11, 2017 Featuring Guest Speaker Steve Phillips Founder of Democracy in Color, national political leader, civil rights lawyer and author of the New York Times bestselling Brown is the New White Pro Bono Leadership Award Honorees Benjamin Craven, Jones Day Tala Hartsough, Attorney at Law Asa M. Wynn-Grant, DLA Piper Cy Pres Award Honoree Adam Belsky, Gross Belsky Alonso LLP Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership EVENT COMMITTEE Puppet Mills Mark Chavez Ann Alpers, Co-Chair Directly, Inc. Chavez & Gertler LLP S.H. Cowell Foundation Laura Ruettgers Lily Colby Carol Morganstern, Co-Chair Severson & Werson National Center for Youth Law Major, Lindsey & Africa Suzanne Stuckwisch Donna Wickham Furth Susan Tunnell, Co-Chair Alvarez & Marsal Disputes Attorney at Law Attorney at Law and Investigations, LLC Mikiko Huang Darren Teshima California Pacific Medical Center Simona Agnolucci Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Scott Karchmer Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP Kim Thompson Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Mark Chavez PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Sharon Meadows Chavez & Gertler LLP Christopher Zand USF School of Law Arthur Cirulnick Brouwer & Janachowski, LLC Puppet Mills Venable LLP Directly, Inc. Nell Clement BOARD OF DIRECTORS John O’Toole Farella Braun + Martel LLP Ann Alpers, Chair Attorney at Law Ashley Vinson Crawford S.H. Cowell Foundation James Schurz Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Kim Thompson, Vice Chair Morrison & Foerster LLP Erin E. Dolly PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Janet Sherwood Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Suzanne Stuckwisch, Treasurer Advokids Sarah K. Hamilton Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Darren Teshima Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Investigations, LLC Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Prophete, LLP Christopher Wu, Secretary Susan Tunnell LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN Mikiko Huang Casey Family Programs Attorney at Law California Pacific Medical Center Christopher Zand Scott Karchmer Simona Agnolucci Brouwer & Janachowski, LLC Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP Bonnie Lau James Bell W. Haywood Burns Institute 2 Dentons Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership TODAY’S PROGRAM Welcome Susan Tunnell, Event Committee Co-Chair Attorney at Law Introduction Abigail Trillin, Executive Director Legal Services for Children Keynote Speaker Steve Phillips Founder of Democracy in Color, national political leader, civil rights lawyer and author of the New York Times bestselling Brown is the New White Leadership Awards Presented by Abigail Trillin and Andrea Del-Pan, LSC Pro Bono Director The Pro Bono Experience Asa M. Wynn-Grant, DLA Piper, 2017 Pro Bono Award Honoree The Client Experience Zahir Mammadzada, Former Client, with introduction from Catherine Seitz, LSC Legal Director and Linn Chiu, LSC Senior Social Worker Farewell Carol Morganstern, Event Committee Co-Chair Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa AN EVENING WITH LSC Susan Tunnell, Event Committee Co-Chair Attorney at Law 3 Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Legal Services for Children (LSC) provides free representation to children and youth to stabilize their lives and realize their full potential. Our team approach utilizes legal advocacy and social work services to empower clients and involve them in critical decisions impacting their lives. Access to Education We believe that school discipline is a major driving force in the inequitable educational outcomes faced by low income children and children of color. We represent Bay Area students in expulsion hearings in order to ensure access to education and to work against educational inequity. Safety and Stability at Home We believe all children deserve safe and stable homes and where they have access to educational and health opportunities. We represent children in guardianship and foster care cases to ensure that they have the stability they need to thrive. Freedom from Deportation We believe that children and youth cannot reach their full potential if they live in fear of deportation. We represent children in immigration cases to ensure that they can remain in a safe place with access to opportunity. Holistic Services LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN We believe that legal interventions alone are ineffective to change the lives of our clients. We use an interdisciplinary approach that includes social work services to ensure that clients’ physical health, mental health, educational, and other needs are met so that they can recover from trauma and truly flourish. 4 Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS Pacesetter Benefactor J.P. Morgan Private Bank Leader Guardian Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations, LLC Cooley LLP Baker McKenzie Jones Day Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP Shartsis Friese LLP Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Dentons Advocate DLA Piper Chavez & Gertler LLP Mechanics Bank Danvera Foundation Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Farella Braun + Martel LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC Hanson Bridgett LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP AN EVENING WITH LSC Latham & Watkins LLP Venable LLP Major, Lindsey & Africa 5 Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Mentor Accelerate Legal, Inc. Alternative Technologies Brouwer & Janachowski, LLC Kroll Associates, Inc. McDermott Will & Emery LLP Novus Law LLC Reed Smith LLP Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP Friend Ad Astra Law Group, LLP American Immigration Lawyers Association Aptus Court Reporting Clyde & Co Fenwick & West LLP Jewell Stewart & Pratt PC Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Northern California Association of Counsel for Children LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 6 Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS Benefactor Ann Alpers & Shawn Hanson Eve Niquette & Charles Pohl Cecily Cameron & Derek Schrier Deborah Rhode Kim Thompson & John Bliss James & Staci Slaughter Susan & David Tunnell Darren & Shannon Teshima Charlotte & Scott Tracy Advocate Christine Laing & Scott Mosher Friend Wendy Webster & Stuart Davidson Colette Brooks & David Harrison Emily & Ken Brakebill Guardian Sarah & Rob Hamilton Mitchell & Susan Cohen Carmen Jimenez-Smith Tracy Edmonson & Wesley Skow Katharine Kates & Jack Andrews Mikiko Huang & Marshall Stoller Lawrence & Ellen Keeshan Scott & Joanne Karchmer Hope Page & Al Norris Joan Lee Carol Morganstern & Thomas Cunningham Susan & Chris Masto Laura and Jessica Ruettgers-Meeks Diana Nelson & John Atwater Cathy Ward for Gerald & Sarah Ward Ed Swanson & Paul Herman Charitable Trust Christopher & Jenny Wu AN EVENING WITH LSC Mentor Christopher Zand Philip Black & Brigitte Sandquist Cynthia Carroll & Woody Marshall Ashley & Scott Crawford Jessica & Stephen Galloway Geoff Howard & Deborah Odier Bonnie Lau Sharon Meadows & Henry Hewitt 7 Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Balloon Surprise Donors Lynda Tranel Vineyards AcroSports Oakland Zoo American Conservatory Theater Panera Bread Amphora Nueva: Berkeley Olive Oil Works Pier 39 Beach Blanket Babylon Planet Granite Berkeley Repertory Theatre Presidio Golf Course Camp Galileo San Francisco Ballet Carel Bertram Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Children’s Creativity Museum Spafinder Wellness 365 Children’s Fairyland St. George Spirits Christie’s Auction House Stanford Athletics Christina Torres The Mindful Body Circus Center Toyboat Cafe City Arts & Lectures Contemporary Jewish Museum LSC gives special thanks to the following for their services. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Miguel Alson & Autumn Press Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards Susan Pinkerton & Pink Design Grand Acupuncture Center Green Dream Tours Habitot Children’s Museum I Touch U, Inc. La Petite Baleen Swim Schools Lesley Evers Livermore Valley Wines LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN Thank you to Neyers Vineyards for donating wine to this evening’s reception. All donors lists as of April 17, 2017. 8 Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety, Community, Generosity, Hope, Opportunity, Justice, Advocacy, Leadership Home, Stability, Family, Respect, Equity, Safety,