Justice through Education and Advocacy east bay community law center Annual Report 2007-08 EBCLC’s Future: Our Alums
The East Bay Community Law Center’s 20th Anniversary Annual Report is not just an opportunity to thank our remarkable community of supporters, it is also a chance to reflect on the evolution and growth of this outstanding organization. In this report, we highlight EBCLC’s alums, over 1,000 of whom have graduated from our clinical training program since 1988. Law students and recent graduates created EBCLC and have always played a central role in EBCLC’s development. Our students and alums not only make it possible to provide excellent services to more clients, they also infuse EBCLC with their energy, brilliance, and passion for justice.
In this report, you will read about EBCLC alums who came to the law center and never left! Eight of our 15 supervising attorneys are EBCLC graduates. You will also read about alums who work in every sector of the legal profession—from public interest to corporate defense—and for each of them, EBCLC made a significant impact on their lives, careers, or outlooks. We have heard from many alums that EBCLC’s focus on learning through service and reflection created an environment where they could gain skills and substantive knowledge, but also explore issues of professional ethics and personal morals that arise through practicing law. Some alums told us that they were forever changed by working directly with clients and seeing clearly the challenges facing those living in poverty.
EBCLC’s alums are crucial to serving EBCLC’s clients, and YOU are crucial to EBCLC’s ability to provide JUSTICE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. The support of individuals, law firms, corporations, foundations, government agencies, and the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), allows EBCLC to continue providing legal training and services in this time of economic crisis and political uncertainty. I can not thank you enough for your unwavering support.
As we look back on the past 20 years, we are proud of EBCLC’s accomplishments on behalf of low-income clients. As we look forward to the challenges and possibilities ahead, we know it will take all of us—EBCLC, our partners and supporters, our friends and alums—working together to increase justice and to make our communities more secure, productive, healthy, and hopeful. Thank you for your contributions to EBCLC’s efforts. Following are stories about a handful of alums who spent a semester or more working at EBCLC on behalf of low-income clients and communities. More than 1,000 law students have interned at EBCLC during the past 20 years, and we regularly hear from hundreds of alums who keep us updated on their work and whereabouts. From Anchorage to Des Moines, Hawai’i to New York, Denmark to Tanzania, EBCLC alums are scattered far and wide and work in every legal (and non- legal) field imaginable. For many, EBCLC continues to be a touchstone marking a time when they practiced being the advocates that they hoped to become. Our alums were inspired by the clients and inspiring to their supervisors, who are constantly made better teachers and lawyers because of the energy and commitment of EBCLC students. The East Bay Community Law Center is grateful to have been a part of the lives of our alums, and we are even more grateful that our alums are still part of EBCLC. 1
east bay community law center Ann O’Leary is the founding Executive Director of the new Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) at Berkeley Law. Ann previously served as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Francisco, law clerk for the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., legislative director for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and in several capacities in the Clinton White House. Ann sits on the boards of Public Advocates and the Bay Area American Constitution Society Chapter. In law school, Ann was a student in EBCLC’s Income Support Clinic, served as a student representative on EBCLC’s board of directors, and was the 2005 recipient of the Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy, Berkeley Law’s highest clinical honor.
“Before law school, I worked in the Clinton administration and in the United States Senate on children and family policy, including welfare reform. I knew first-hand that the goal of the 1996 welfare reform bill was to help women and families transition from government assistance to meaningful and sustainable jobs. However, my experience with a client in EBCLC’s Income Support practice helped me to understand the unforeseen impact of policy changes on the people those policies are designed to help.
At EBCLC, I worked with a limited English proficient client who was told she was no longer eligible for welfare because she reached the 60-month time limit. She was working at a low-paying factory job while on aid, reporting her income, and receiving minimal cash assistance and health benefits. However, she was told she “timed off” welfare just weeks after she had been laid off from her factory job. Just when she needed welfare benefits the most—to serve as a bridge to securing another job—she found that she was no longer eligible.
Welfare-to-work time limits were not designed to punish those who work to support their families, yet this was what happened to my client. As my supervisor, Ed Barnes, and I worked to save our client’s financial support, we also transformed this case into a legislative effort. Working with a coalition of former welfare recipients, we drafted the CalWORKS Bill of Rights (AB 503, sponsored by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-MountainView). While the political climate was ultimately unfavorable for the bill’s passage, the experience of seeing the full circle of policy reform—from federal legislation to local implementation to individual impact—was eye-opening and has informed my approach at Berkeley CHEFS, where we hope to work with EBCLC to engage the community directly in the creation of policy recommendations in order to identify and problem-solve unintended consequences of policy reforms.” ann o’leary
Purvi Shah grew up in Florida “I knew before going into law school that I would pursue and, after law school, she a public interest legal career working with the diverse returned to her home state community that I was from in Miami. To me, law is a powerful armed with a stellar legal education from Berkeley Law tool that is best used in the service of justice and those and a New Voices Fellowship who have been historically disenfranchised. Working in the to work with low-income Community Economic Justice Practice at EBCLC helped communities on affordable me to focus my efforts by presenting a dynamic model of housing and disaster-related community lawyering. Margaretta Lin (CEJ Practice Director) matters at Legal Services of Florida. In law school, Purvi addressed issues of economic injustice with a collaborative participated in the Community community-empowerment approach that brought together Economic Justice practice disparate partners—community organizers, local government, at EBCLC for four semesters, developers, and residents—to solve problems facing people where she developed legal living in poverty. EBCLC’s clinical teaching component skills and explored problem- solving strategies. Purvi encouraged law students to learn through working on actual also embraced the clinical cases and projects, but also to care about injustice and to education component of commit to finding compassionate and creative solutions to EBCLC’s dual mission. In existing economic disparities. EBCLC served not only as an Florida, Purvi has replicated inspiration for my current work, EBCLC staff have provided EBCLC’s community-based clinical training model, and ample training and teaching materials that have made my she is currently an Adjunct project possible.” Purvi Shah Professor at the University of Miami School of Law’s Community Economic Development & Design Clinic.
east bay community law center Kathi Pugh has been active with EBCLC since the very beginning. As a first-year law student, she was one of a handful of students in cofounding the Berkeley Community Law Center. At the time, Kathi was an elected Commissioner to the City of Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board so she was able to secure the support and some initial funding from the City. Kathi was originally on the first Board of Directors for EBCLC and joined the board again in 2007.
In 1990, Kathi received her joint JD/MBA from Boalt Hall and the Haas School of Business. Since graduating, she has been at Morrison & Foerster where she has been the firmwide Pro Bono Counsel since 1995. In this position, she is responsible for administering all aspects of the firm’s extensive pro bono program. She and her husband, Josh Maddox, live in Berkeley where they enjoy sailing on the San Francisco Bay and bike riding in off-leash dog areas with their two tenacious Terriers, Rosie and Fannie.
“From my experience on the rent board, I knew how vital it was since Berkeley did not have a free legal clinic assisting tenants as well as others in need. I also was appalled at the lack of clinical opportunities for the Boalt law students. I felt like the law school had a moral obligation to give back to the community. I am so proud of how far EBCLC has come in the past 20 years and encouraged that Berkeley Law has now fully embraced the clinical program. It’s a win-win-win—for the people, the community, and the law school.” kathi pugh
Samson Asiyanbi was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, the youngest of five children. At fifteen, his family moved to Houston, Texas, and he later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with bachelor’s degrees in Government and Economics and a minor in African and African-American Studies. Samson began Berkeley Law in 2005, where he was active in Law Students of African Descent, California Law Review, and the Coalition for Diversity. Samson recently began a post-graduate fellowship to work at the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama. In law school, Samson was a member of the Clean Slate Clinic at EBCLC in the spring of 2007. “The clinic reignited my passion to use my law degree to serve others. I have humble roots, but I’ve also been fortunate and had more opportunities than most. Clean Slate reminded me of this fact. The clinic began to teach me how to work with indigent clients, both as an advocate and as an ally. It taught me the value of progressive lawyering and the need to avoid the attendant pitfalls. Our clients helped me understand how thin the line is between a criminal record and a clean one, and that those of us without a record are no more righteous or deserving. EBCLC values relationships with clients, and my supervisors (Margaret Richardson, Eliza Hersh, and River Abeje) never relented in inculcating this value. The seminar allowed the clinical students to grow together and to vet our own beliefs. I am more confident about my lawyering skills because of my EBCLC pedigree.” samson asiyanbi
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Deborah A. Abernathy Lee B. Awbrey Jacqueline M. Brandner Manjari Chawla Fernando L. Delmendo Anne E. Abramowitz Deepika Bains Rosemarie Braz Ching-Tan Chen Melinda Derish Mikael A. Abye Holly M. Baldwin Todd S. Brecher Elaine Chen Kelly M. Dermody Candice Adam-Medefind Maria Banuelos Thomas R. Brida Terri Y. Chen Meredith P. Desautels Jesse C. Adams Daniel L. Barba Gregory P. Brock Pilan Chenhansa Carrie J. Devall Julia M. Adams Nadia O. Bari Debera L. Broderick Douglas Chermak Amy DeVaudreuil Julien A. Adams Diane M. Barker Eric Brooks Adam J. Chester Saneta deVuono-Powell Denise Adamucci Sarah M. Barnes Sheryl D. Brooks Jason D. Cheuk Gurdeep K. Dhaliwal Adeola M. Adeseun Michele D. Barney Angela N. Brown Thea Chhun Matthew T. Dickman Kavon Adli Erica A. Baruch Gillian N. Brown Laura S. Chiera April S. Diez Sally Agel Joana Basulto Jane A. Brown Lin A. Chin Eric L. Dobmeier Cynthia Agmata Zeena Batliwalla Jeannette L. Brown Vina Chin Erin L. Dominguez Girish Agrawal Pouya Bavafa Leslie F. Brown Daina Chiu Ron G. Dor Andrew M. Agtagma Jea H. Beack Regina J. Brown Gary K. Chow Douglas K. Dorst Wynne A. Ahern Jacqueline Beaumont Juliet T. Browne Frank A. Cialone Robert G. Dorton Christopher D. Ahn Marta Y. Beckwith Rebecca B. Brownstone Allison Claire Roger W. Doughty Jayne Ahn Jason B. Belk William J. Bryan Tracy Clements Benjamin E. Douglas Yoomie L. Ahn Sarah A. Benjamin Robert P. Bryant Kevin Cleveland Denise M. Douglas-Baird Ritu Ahuja Tom Bennigson Rafael Buelna Tommy Clifford Catherine Dower Deborah I. Aicardi Kelly E. Benson Tam T. Bui Vickie L. Cochran Ryan C. Downer Stamos T. Akrivos Robert J. Benson Kahla M. Bunde Heather Conger James M. Dubey Muslimah Alabi Linda C. Beresford Kevin P. Bundy Shanna Connor Tavy A. Dumont Barbara C. Alexander Cheryl Dyer Berg Heidi L. Burch Erzulie D. Coquillon Marvin Dunson, III Tazamisha M. Alexander Matthew Berg Paul Burke Juliet E. Cox Aimee E. Durfee David P. Allan Scott A. Berman Malik C. Burroughs Aron Cramer Jonathan J. Duzak- David Allen Sophia F. Bernhardt Susan L. Buseck Daniel J. Cravens Forestier Richard Allen Michael I. Berry Colleen E. Butler Natasha Mercedes Ingrid A. Eberle Lorie E. Almon Diana F. Biason Jeffrey M. Byer Crawford Roxanne E. Eclevia Eden Anderson Ari Biernoff Steven J. Cahill Tim Cremin Keala Ede Kevin K. Anderson Tamar R. Birckhead Sean M. Callagy Christopher Crook William L. Edler Michelle Wilde Anderson Rea E. Bisa Jamie S. Calloway Norman R. Cruz Offer J. Egozy Sean M. Anderson Sonja L. Bjork Elizabeth A. Camacho Kim Cummings Sean Ehrlich Emmanuel Andre Savannah R. Blackwell Kevin Gordon Philip C. Curtis Lara K. Eilhardt Jim Angell Laura Blair Scot A. Candell Emily L. Dahm Shawn Eisele Aram Antaramian Rebecca L. Blank Lemuel A. Carlos Brian J. Daiuto Serena Eisenberg James M. Anthony John W. Bliss Catherine E. Carlson Christopher W. Daley Laura A. Eklund Yolanda T. Anyon Lily T. Blue Erin C. Carroll Moira Daly Elan D. Emanuel Alvaro Arce Prairie A. Bly Arlena V. Carrozzi Theresa Dang Elizabeth H. Eng Veronica Arechederra Geoff A. Boehm Michele A. Casey Erin R. Darling John K. Engstrom Hall Ned Boehme Nery Castillo-McIntyre Bhavna M. Daryanani Noura S. Erakat Anne N. Arkush Jessica Boell Carol M. Chacón Jennifer Dasteel Mara Escowitz Hilary G. Armstrong Sarah H. Bond Mardah Chami Mark T. Davey Sally Espinoza Shona L. Armstrong Gregory L. Bonilla Cecilia C. Chang Micaela Davis Rebecca Estrada Angela M. Arroyo Katina B. Boosalis Heather Chia-Chen Adrianne M. De Castro Fatima Brunson Evans Leo L. Ashley, III Eric M. Borgerson Chang Donald F. de Leon Lara Ewens Samson O. Asiyanbi Neta Borshansky Vivian Chang John B. de Leon N. Kemba Extavour Catherine D. Atkin Barton Bowers Kathy Chao Praveena De Silva Tu Faaleava Elizabeth L. Atkinson Yishai Boyarin Demetrius Chapin- Alaric D. Degrafinried Veronika Fabian Jillian E. Atuegbu Jamaar Boyd Rienzo Mark Del Monte David H. Fallek Alison M. Aubrejuan Olivia J. Bradbury Darius Charney César J. del Peral Thomas A. Faltens Marianna Aue Frederick W. Brand Carlos A. Chavez Elisa Della-Piana Leyla F. Farah
Erin M. Farrell Gabriel Gonzales Carolyn E. Henel Chantal R. Jenkins Parissh A. Knox Rebecca Hilberman JoAnne Gonzales Matthew B. Henjum Jennifer Jeon Yasmin Kok Farrington Susan A. Gonzales- E. Venessa Henlon Christopher J. Jewell Shaun Kong Jaime M. Feder Crandall Leonie M. Hermantin Song Jia Tanya S. Koshy Mark R. Feeser Jose Gonzalez Eliza Hersh Roberto C. Jimenez Miquette C. Kosse Dona Feizzadeh Marc-Tizoc González Ben M. Heuer Torres Sarah A. Krakoff Daniel A. Feldstein Martha R. Gonzalez Justin G. Hewgill Sofia C. Jimenez-Ekman Karen M. Kraus Steven J. Feldstein Thalia N.C. Gonzalez C.J. Higley Raegan J. Joern Caroline E. Kravath Benjamin J. Fenton Hayley Goodson Elisa E. Himelfarb Johanna S. Johannesson Jaime B. Kraybill Donya C. Fernandez Demoya R. Gordon Joan Hintzen Laura S. John Anna M. Krieger Elisa Fernandez Dustin M. Gordon Joey J. Hipolito Daniel F. Johnson Kari Krogseng Rick Fernandez Mark A. Gordon Howard J. Hirsch Guy A. Johnson Scott Kronland Megan Ferstenfeld Heather J. Gould Jane Ho Kenneth W. Johnson Dana R. Kulvin Chandra Fienen Lori Grange Vanessa Ho Kathy Jones Matthew J. Kuykendall Lisa B. Fitzgerald Graham R. Green Roxanne L. Hoegger Margaret Jung Michael S. Kwun Dallan F. Flake Catherine A. Alejandre Loren Attkiss Kabakov Judith Lackey Scott P. Fleming Greensfelder Amanda C. Holder Andrean L. Kalemis Dewitt Lacy Chorisia J. Folkman Sita A. Griffith Cameron L. Holland Dean B. Kamahale Christine S. Lam Sabrina R. Fox Gretchen E. Groggel Atteeyah E. Hollie Joshua M. Kamzan Laura Lane Warren F. Fox Edith Guillen-Nunez Ellen L. Holloway Hilary Kang Jerome LaTorre Rosa M. Fregoso Kaaryn S. Gustafson Abony M. Holmes Jason J. Kang Shannon M. Lau Michael Friedman Irene V. Gutierrez Marianne Hong Amy N. Kapczynski Jeffrey P. Layman Michael R. Froehlich Margarita R. Guzman Yunie Hong Elizabeth A. Kaplan Anhthu H. Le Kimberly D. Fross Stephanie Haffner Justin D. Hoogs Lee Kaplan Brian S. Lee Anya Fuchs Megan Hailey- Christine Hopkins Manel Kappagoda Christine J. Lee John M. Fujii Dunsheath Olivia Horgan Katherine Kasameyer David J. Lee Liam Galbreth Rebecca L. Hall Shonda C. Hornbeck Matthew H. Kasdin Hyun Lee Sean H. Gallagher Kate R. Hallward Sarah E. Hoskinson Mo Kashmiri Jane Y. Lee Genevie Gallegos Claire Hamady Andrew W. Houston Madeline J. Kass John C. Lee Yogeeta N. Gamper Timothy B. Hamlin Madeline S. Howard Mary Beth Kaufman Kevin B. Lee Silvia L. Garcia Karla Hampton Kenneth K. Hsu Lynn F. Kaufmann Laura A. Lee Abe P. Gardner Scott Handleman Queena Hu Patricia M. Keady Nancy M. Lee Roxanne M. Garibay Winter L. Hankins Sally M. Hubbard Tamara H. Keller Sandra S. Lee Charesa Garrett Sandra M. Hanna Carmen V. Huertas Alexis P. Kelly Solyn Lee Yan Ge Sabrina N. Hannam Timothy M. Huet Michael K. Kelly Tienne E. Lee Gary C. Geating Lauren E. Hansen Shirley Huey Jim Kerwin Yong K. Lee Benjamin Geiger Solange Bitol Hansen Kathy M. Huynh Adil M. Khan Sarah A. Leinicke Jennifer K. Gendel Jenny Harbine Jean K. Hyams Kyle D. Kickhaefer Helen T. Lennon J. Scott Gerien Rebecca C. Hardiman Ty Hyderally Cormac F. Kilgallen Natalie R. Lents Aaron P. Gershbock Alexis Harrington Rashad Ibrahim Amy Killelea Elizabeth S. Letcher Alex Giovannotto Lindsay M. Harris Soo H. Im John P. Kilty Jennifer J. Levin Jon Givner Michael R. Harris Jane M. Imholte Joann Kim Tamara A. Levin William F. Glenn, Jr. Wanda B. Hasadsri Anthony C. Infanti Julia Kim Andrew Levine I. Alejandra Góchez Margo E. Hasselman John J. Infranca Susan Kim Evelyn D. Levine Francesca M. Godi Kongsab La Hatlavongsa Brian R. Israel Sarah D. King Joey Levine Shalini Goel Lee C. Hayden Anna V. Itoi Tom F. King Janna S. Lewis Zelig Golden Susan M. Heaney Anthony Iton Lindsay K. Kinneberg June Liang Diane L. Goldman Jennifer A. Heindl Bryan P. Jacobsen Bryan Kirk Monique E. Liburd Helen R. Goldsmith Ruth D. Heintz Noelani J.L. Jai Keri F. Klein Joshua J. Lichtman Taína I. Gómez Janet M. Helson Jennifer A. Jambor Ann B. Kneeland Warren H. Lilien Victor L. Gomez Rachel Helyar Judith Jamison Rachael S. Knight Wendy Lilliedoll
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Adrienne M. Lilly Eric D. McFarland Rashad J. Morris Gauri Paul Jennifer M. Riddle Mai Lin Kevin McFarren Brian Moskal Christine Peetz Susan Ridihalgh Jenny Lin-Alva Tanya M. McGary Christine Mulder Cristina C. Perez Timothy C. Ridolfi Arthur W. Liou Shannon McGriff-Smith Reid P. Mullen Alejandra Perez Orozco Jake Rios Sara J. Lipowitz Joshua J. McGuire Ayako K. Nagano Ronald D. Perez Teresa A. Rioux Natalie J. Lising James P. McHugh Natalie A. Nardecchia Andrew Peternell David J. Ritchie Jennie C. Liu Joseph P. Mcinnis Linda A. Neilan Abram P. Petersen Cathryn Rivera- Michele Liu Maria McLaughlin Zachariah H. Nethercot David J. Petersen Hernandez Abigail W. Lloyd Kate F. McMahon Alex Netick Lisa A. Peterson Michelle L. Roberts Elaina J. Loizou Casey McNamara Pamela A. Neufeld Rachel C. Pfeiffer Michele K. Robichaux Deanne Loonin Christopher S. McNulty Kathryn T. Newell Jessica L. Pfohl Todd E. Robins Lydia H. Lopez Dana B. McPhall Eang L. Ngov Cam Phan James B. Rodriguez Dana Lossia Claudia Medina Caroline M. Nguyen Nicole E. Pierre Jorge I. Rodriguez-Choi Rosa M. Loya Nayantara Mehta Cat Nguyen Melinda F. Pilling Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Stephanie Lucero Ryan Melnick Doan T. Nguyen Nicola Pinson Shauna N. Roitenberg James D. Luhmann Chris Mendez Thai-Hien T. Nguyen Brett A. Pletcher Hillary A. Ronen Tabitha L. Lundberg Jessica Mendoza Viet N. Nguyen Dave Pogrel Anne-Marie S. Rosen Rhonda R. Lunsford Randy Meng Scott W. Nichols Daniel J. Pollack Michael T. Rosen-Molina Lana Lunskaya Natalia M. Merluzzi James A. Nickovich Alison E. Ponder Margot A. Rosenberg Alexander M. R. Lyon Ted Mermin Anne Marie Nicpon LaCheryl E. Porter Katherine R. Rosenfeld Michelle H. Lyu Joli A. Messer-Liebrock Katie Nolan-Stevaux Laura Izon Powell Sunny L. Rosenfeld Roslyn R. Mack Noah T. Metheny Nuri A. Nusrat Maura A. Prendiville Julia R. Rosenthal Heather J. MacKay Naomi A. Meyer Kristin L. O’Hanlon Jeremy D. Price Eric J. Rosenzweig Donna Maeda Katherine Meyers Ann O’Leary Alexander B. Prieto Jennifer Rotman Brett M. Mahoney Morgan Audrey Allen O’Neill Margaret R. Prinzing Laurel J. Rubin Laura Malinasky David J. Michaud Elizabeth M. O’Neill Kathi Pugh Ann G. Rubinstein Jason A. Malinsky Tony W. Miles Richard M. Oberto Erin M. Pulaski Veronica Ruby William G. Mallari Dane P. Miller Jennifer A. Ochs Anna Purinton David Rudolph Bernadette E. Manalo Gilman T. Miller Shu-Yi Oei Linda N. Quash Kirstin L. Ruff Rafael Mandelman Kathryn E. Miller Mark D. Ohre Ashley M. Quigless Marcela M. Ruiz Pablo A. Manga Kirsten L. Miller Skyla V. Olds Daniel C. Quintero Andrea Ruiz-Esquide Elham Marder Marion D. Miller Theotis F. Oliphant Dyanna Quizon Elizabeth B. Rumsey John H. Marlow Reina Milligan Evangeline Nichols Hilda B. Rahmann Caleb A. Rush Edmundo C. Marquez Jeffrey C. Mingo Ordaz Dinah L. Rainey Terry L. Russ Amanda E. Martin James L. Mink Thomas J. Oscherwitz Urmila Rajagopal Trina D. Russell Catherine Lynn Massey Armando M. Miranda Thomas A. Ostly Smriti Rana Nina K. Sachdev Nadine N. Matta David S. Mitchell Michael M. Ostrove Blythe Raphael Michael Sachs Nathan D. Matthews Ayako Miyashita William R. Overend Jesse D. Ratcliffe Bhanu K. Sadasivan Elizabeth D. Mauldin Karen J. Mockrin Teresa C. Panepinto John C. Rayburn, Jr. Yvette M. Saddik Gina M. Mausner Jaimee Arnone Modica Inna Parizher Hadi Razzaq Maria K. Sadowski Margaret G. May Jessica Moment David Park Steven P. Recchia Radhika Sainath Peter L. Maybarduk Megan Monroe Jimmy S. Park Meghana G. Reddy Reem Salahi Margaret E. Mayo John M. Montague Justin T. Park Tanya Reeves Patricia Salazar Liz N. Mazur Noelle Montgomery Sophia J. Park Jennifer A. Reisch Robert A. Salinas Brian B.A. McAllister Alisha A. Montoro Sue Park Amy Resner Lillian D. Salinger Peter McAweeney Felicia S. Moore-Jordan Randy A. Parraz Robert G. Retana Seena Samimi Kristen Blake McCannon Livia R. Morales Dahna S. Pasternak Abigail S. Reyes Jennifer Tomlin Sanchez Melissa M. McDaniel Monique Morales Seema K. Patel Sarah M. Rich Ian K. Sandefer Lea S. McDermid Su-Jin Lee Moreland Seema R. Patel Elizabeth L. Richards Shelley J. Sandusky Matthew C. McDermott Kenneth R. Morris Jamy Patterson Margaret L. Richardson Kyra M. Sanin Ellen F. McDonald Melissa Morris Amy N. Paul Elizabeth A. Richman Sambhav N. Sankar
Loriani M. Santos Moira K. Smith Jennifer E. A. Torbohn Pamela Weiss Tara Sarathy Julia K. Smith-Aman Karl Torke Christopher B. Westberg Sandy L. Sarkon Pooya Sohi Tyreen G. Torner Barbara Liebhardt Anthony J. Saroki Rachel Solomon Lisa Ramos Toro Wester Renée Maria Saucedo Betty M. Song Sylvia Torres-Guillen Robert S. Westley Donald B. Scaramastra Irene Song Jora Trang Joshua E. Whitehair Daniel J. Schacht Nicholas Song Angelique C. Tremble Kristie N. Whitehorse Emily W. Schaeffer Seema N. Sood Christina Y. Tsou Kyle M. Whitman Michael A. Schaps Jacob R. Sorensen Naomi Tsu Daniel B. Williams Fritz J. Scheller Lauren Sorrentino Karen C. Tumlin Raina D. Williams Michael L. Schenkman Miriam R. Spiro Glen E. Turner Tashica T. Williams Rebecca Ann Schleifer Sonya S. Staebell John-Mark Turner Tiffani V. Williams Celina M. Schocken Jennifer A. Stalzer Sara G. Ugaz Luke E. Williams, Jr. Sabine Schoenbach Joshua W. Stanbro Nathan J. Urioste Sara A. Wimberger Allan R. Schroth David L. Staver James J. Varellas, III Dorothy Wisniowski Illise M. Schulman Leo Stegman Meg Vasey Rebecca E. Witherington James M. Schurz Sarah J. Steinheimer Eddie Vasquez Keith D. Wixson Deborah R. Schwartz Robert W. Stephan Jennifer P. Vega Dan Wolk Zachary P. Schwartz Allison J. Stone Mara Velasco Sweet Tova Wolking Kirsten Gibney Scott Scott C. Stratman Sarah E. Veleker Alexander J. Wong Jennifer L. Seidenberg Rebecca J. Strauss Linda W. Verheecke Alvina Wong Andrew Z. Shagrin Jenni Strecker- Nasha Vida Brian J. Wong Anita V. Shah Langenberg Carole Vigne Garrett A. Wright Hina B. Shah Anna Suh Christopher A. Villafuerte Jason C. Wright Purvi N. Shah Mia K. Sullivan Nikki Khanh Vo Grace Yang Clay H. Shevlin Patrick L. Sullivan Quyen Tuong Vo Celia J. Yapita Linda Shih Helen H. Surh Jamey M.B. Volker Brad Yatabe Maria Shih Rachel S. Sussman John Vuong Josephine Yeh Scott A. Shorr Jill Tabachnick Alexandra M. Wagner Pei-yu Yeh Leah Gabriana Shough Crystal Tajalle Thuy N. Wagner Malcolm C. Yeung Daniel B. Shriro Adwait S. Talathi Caroline M. Walters Teresa Yeung Margaret M. Shrout Anne M. Tamar-Mattis Clifford Y. Wang Mark A. Yim Ann R. Shulman John Tanghe Eric H. Wang Joel B. Young Erin Shultz Marc S. Teicholz Lisa H. Wang Nivin T. Youssef Craig O. Sieverding Courtney A. Tellian Olivia T. Wang Sam Yun Sharon D. Silverman Amanda Tenerella-Brody E. Brooke Wanzenberg Jeana Zelan Gail Eve Silverstein Sylvia Tenorio Michael Warburton Heather Zenone Rosanna H. Sim Tanya L. Terry Jeria B. Ward Aren C. Zhitova Shana A. Simmons Barbara P. Texidor Michael S. Ward Sara Zimmerman Brad Simon Brooke E. Thacher Carlie A. Ware Ilana Cutler Zion Alyssa G. Simpson Johanna Thai Van Dat Jessica R. Warner Alex S. Zuñiga Kimber J. Simpson Holly G. Thomas Angela D. Warren Erica K. Zunkel Dionne G. Sinclair Kimberly D. Thomas Douglas B. Warrick Kulvindar K. Singh Tiffany R. Thomas Daniel Wasson Rani K. Singh Lynn Thompson Ryan R. Waterman Lynsay B. Skiba Jon T. Tiongson Heather L. Weaver Sachiel Slavin Margie T. To Lesley Weaver Tatiana A. Small Linette G. Tobin Robert L. Webb Alexa J. Smith Gillien S. Todd Jennifer L. Weck Joel D. Smith Jean Tom C’Reda J. Weeden Michael G. Smith Gina Tomaselli Jeremiah D. Weiner
east bay community law center to our donors: thank you! Firm, Foundation, and Corporate Supporters July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
Founder — $250,000+ Sponsor — $5,000+ Supporter — $1,000+ Government Funders UC Berkeley School of Law California Bar Foundation Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass U. S. Department of Health and (Boalt Hall) Cooley Godward Kronish LLP LLP Human Services Fenwick & West LLP Farella, Braun + Martel LLP U. S. Department of Justice Benefactor — $100,000+ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Fortuna Industries U. S. Social Security The State Bar of California, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Administration Legal Services Trust Fund Howard Rice Nemerovski Borgen & Dardarian County of Alameda Program Canady Falk & Rabkin Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli City of Berkeley Vitamin Cases Consumer Latham & Watkins LLP & Brewer City of Berkeley Rent Settlement Fund Lewis, Feinberg, Renaker & New Belgium Brewing Company Stabilization Board Jackson, P.C. Perkins Coie LLP City of Emeryville Patron — $50,000+ The Links, Inc., Oakland Bay Rudy, Exelrod & Zieff LLP City of Oakland Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Area Chapter Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall Fernandez, Lyons, McDonough Holland & Allen PC Schiff Hardin LLP CY PRES FUNDERS Greenwood & Harley National Jury Project - West Taylor & Co. Law Offices Audet & Partners LLP Foundation, Inc. Y & H Soda Foundation Girard Gibbs LLP Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Advocate — $500+ Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Trustee — $25,000+ Charitable Foundation Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley Borgen & Dardarian Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Kaiser Permanente LLP Hinton, Alfert & Sumner Rosati Foundation Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Reed Smith LLP Charlotte and Arthur Zitrin LLP Vlahos & Rudy LLP Foundation The Partnership Foundation Port of Oakland Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger The San Francisco Foundation Friend — $2,500+ Townsend and Townsend and LLP Crew LLP Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Unitarian Universalist Church of van Löben Sels/RembeRock Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman Berkeley Foundation & Robbins LLP Andrew Wolff, Attorney at Law Covington & Burling Wulfsberg Reese Colvig & Partner — $10,000+ Keker & Van Nest LLP Firstman McKesson Foundation Inc. Bingham McCutchen LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Contributor — Up to $499 Brayton Purcell LLP Munger, Tolles & Olson Heller Ehrman LLP Altshuler Berzon Nussbaum Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation Rubin & Demain Pacific Gas and Electric Reed Smith LLP Bien & Summers LLP Company Silicon Valley Community Law Offices of John L. Burris Roisman Henel LLP Foundation Law Offices of Felipe C. Castillo Shartsis Friese LLP Thelen LLP Crosby & Kaneda Sidley Austin LLP Yahoo! Employee Foundation Law Offices of Linda S. Durston Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht Farallone Pacific Insurance & Schoenberger Services West Berkeley Foundation GIC Real Estate Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP Law Office of Jay B. Koslofsky Lorman Education Services Olive Grove Consulting, LLC Opportunity Capital Partners Peet’s Coffee & Tea Remcho, Johansen & Purcell Riordan & Horgan
10 individual donors July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
Founder — $25,000+ Michael S. Kwun and I. Michael and Elizabeth Heyman Kathy Chao Denise Abrams and Sigrid Anderson-Kwun Andrew James Isbester Jesse H. Choper David Harrington James R. Meehan Aurora Jacobsen Chester S. Chuang Quinn Delaney and Roger Myers and Kathy and Mark Jones Tracy Clements Wayne Jordan Erin McCormick Mary and Tissa Kappagoda Linda DeBene Theotis F. Oliphant Jeff Kelley and Hung Liu David and Cindy Durant Patron — $5,000+ Michael M. Ostrove Bill Kissinger and Jonathan M. Eldan Anonymous Donors Savvas Papaiacovou Ann Cummings David H. Fallek Tim and Camilla McCalmont Kristine A. Poplawski Toni Martin, M.D. and Holly Babe Faust and Jessica Moment Fran Rachel Michael Darby, M.D. Janet Stone Eddie and Amy Orton Tom and Mary Reicher Peter McAweeney and Tod Hill Bruce D. Fong and Virginia Lim Joel S. Sanders and Michelle L. Roberts Walter L. Milliken Laura B. Gowen and Carol G. Bieri Peter Rukin and Sharon Djemal Noelle Montgomery and Roman M. Sydorak, M.D. Pamela Samuelson and Dan Janney Richard A. Gutstadt Trustee — $2,500+ Robert Glushko Ann O’Leary and Goodwin Liu Adam Hellman Michael L. and Michael J. Pietrykowski E. Venessa Henlon Chris Chavez and Dave Davisson Elisa J. Schenkman Margaret R. Prinzing Juliet Huang Frank A. Cialone and Jeff Selbin and Laurel Fletcher Bill and Marion Quinby Anthony C. Infanti Mimi R. Powers Steve Shultz and Tiffani Pierson Bernida Reagan and Sanford H. Kadish Diana Cohen and Bill Falik Sue So James Head Joshua M. Kamzan Michael and Barbara Loeb Stephen D. Sugarman and Ronald Saks Stephen Kaus and Daven G. Lowhurst Karen I. Carlson Kirsten G. Scott Melissa Havilan Samuel R. Miller and Eleanor Swift Kenneth M. Seeger Patricia Kirkpatrick and Maude Pervere Amy and Tri Thornhill Jonathan and Jenny Selbin Sid Wolinsky Toni Rembe and Arthur Rock Duane R. Valz Elisabeth Semel and Leila and Charlie Knox Kathy and Bob Vizas James Thomson Janet Kranzberg Partner — $1,000 Michael S. Ward David E. Smith, M.D. Christine J. Lee Geraldine and Marcus Alexis Christina Spaulding and Lynette J. Lee Caroline D. Avery and Sponsor — $500+ Jonathan Simon Hon. Susan F. Lee and Jon S. Tigar Sally Agel and Norm Carnick Steven M. Tindall and Richard E. Steele David M. and William F. Alderman Jocelin K. Saks Kit Choy Loke Christine V. Balabanian Marice Ashe and Larry Orman Lisa and Luis Ramos Toro Stanley and Judith Lubman Peter Benvenutti and Melvin L. Bacharach Rupert R. Xu Laura Malinasky and Lise Pearlman David A. Borgen Jon Yatabe Robert Tashjian Gillian N. Brown John Branch Douglas R. Young Brian B.A. McAllister Stephen and Marion Bundy Gregory P. Brock Karen Meryash Vivian Chang Susan L. Buseck Friend — $250+ Frank Montes Ernie and Cindy Cortes Craig H. and Letitia W. Casebeer Anonymous Donors Melissa Morris and Robin and Rich Edwards Daina Chiu and Kevin Wong Kenneth J. Adelson Michael Grobis Jeanine Feriancek Christopher and Lynn Crook Barry and Betsy Buchalter Adler Deirdre Mulligan and James M. Finberg Christopher W. Daley Christopher D. Ahn Benjamin Smith Sarah G. Flanagan Linda Dardarian Christine Amatruda and Nilima Muttana Peter and Sandi Goldsmith Hon. Roderic Duncan Eb Luckel Thomas J. Oscherwitz Steven and Rita Harowitz Neil E. Falconer Michelle Wilde Anderson and Amy N. Paul Henry L. Hecht Mark R. and Nadia K. Feeser Sade Borghei Tom Peckham Peter and Cynthia Hecker Paul D. Fogel and Yvette Chalom Lou and Kim Arnone Norman Pine Lawrence A. Hobel and Stan and Mary Friedman Vineet Bhatia Michael J. Plishner Diana H. Staring Francesca M. Godi Alexander L. Brainerd William C. Reuter and Charles and Ellen James Shalini Goel Daniel H. Bromberg Ruth S. Major Joanne and Scott Karchmer Barry and Sandy Goldstein Jeffrey M. and Theresa A. Byer Jennifer M. Riddle Kari Krogseng Robert A. and Susan Goodin David Caron and Susan Spencer Gary Rienzo
east bay community law center 11 individual donors July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Jason M. Cox Jay Hines-Shah Andrea L. Peterson and Nicole M. Ryan Emily L. Dahm Ann-Marie Hogan Michael Rubin Shelley J. Sandusky Hoa Van Dang Joan and David Hollinger John Pinheiro Sue Ann L. Schiff Robert Dang Douglas W. Holt Karen Plaskon Michael L. Schrag and Frances M. Davis Art B. and Edna Hom Cynthia T. Podren Andrea Franchett Joseph G. Davis and Evelyn Loeb Madeline S. Howard Anna Rabkin Howard Skaist Klaus and Jean Dehlinger Martin A. and Ellen S. Jaffe Charles T. Ramsey Linette G. Tobin Melinda Derish and Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn Hon. Henry Ramsey, Jr. Leti Volpp Cassius Scott Dean B. Kamahale Richard W. Raushenbush Chuck Welch Peter and Gretchen Detre Manel Kappagoda and Michael Rawson and John J. Welsh Gilsom and Ralph Djemal Wallace Whittier Connie de la Vega R.C. Wong Anonymous Donor Grigoriy Katsapov Walter E. Rex Anonymous Donor Jo Keller Mack Riddle and Trish Neesen Supporter — $100+ Anne and Peter Dybwad Donald E. Kelley, Jr. Susan Ridihalgh Anonymous Donors Keala Ede Fumi Knox Gina Rieger Brooke Abola Rabbi Serena Eisenberg David H. Kramer John Rivers, Jr. Evan Ackiron Henry M. Elson Stephen M. Kristovich Nina Rivkind and Steven Shatz Janet Adelman Elizabeth H. Eng Scott Kronland Janeen D. Robertson Catherine R. Albiston and Louise and Jacob Epstein Rebecca D. Kruse Charles and Sarah Robinson Marc N. Melnick Robert J. Erickson Tienne E. Lee Dave Rorick Melissa Allain Ann and Mike Faber Robert and Adelle Lemon Louise Rosenkrantz and Ty Alper and Tamar Todd Michael P. Ferro Andrew Levine and Eugene Turitz J. Peter Anderson Robert E. Finkelstein and Heather Prime Amy Roth Elizabeth R. Arnold Lisa Chen Leon and Regina Levintow Marci Rubin Mike and Linda Baker Kathy Fisher and Tom Sinclair Joshua J. Lichtman Marcela M. Ruiz Claudia A. Baldwin Jay Folberg Lynda L. Lodestro Loriani M. Santos James and Jody Balich Steven E. Formaker and Deanne Loonin Masako F. Sato Rick Beal and Andi Biren Laurie Brook-Formaker Hon. Harry W. Low Joseph L. Sax Jacqueline Beaumont Linda Q. Foy Richard Lutton Joel and Marion K. Selbin Paul W. Berning Simon Frankel and Linda C. Lye Patricia and Merrill Shanks Barbara Bernstein Courtney Weaver Hon. Eugene F. Lynch Maureen Sheehy and Anne C. Bernstein Philip P. Frickey Elham Marder Steve Catton Nancy and Peter Bickel Jose Luis Fuentes Carolyn and Jonathon Marley Howard Shelanski and Ari Biernoff Marjorie Gelb and Bruce Maximov and Nicole Soulanille Martin H. Blank, Jr. Mark Aaronson Susan Albert Thomas E. Sherman Patty Blum Margo George and Margaret E. Mayo Scott A. Shorr Victoria Boesch Catherine Karrass Randall R. McCathren Erin and Andrew Shultz Olivia J. Bradbury David R. Gilson Amy E. McFarlane Ralph Silber Hon. Wayne Douglas Brazil Michael Ginther and James P. McHugh Nancy Skinner John David Brewington, Jr. James O’Donnell Joseph P. Mcinnis Dennis R. Slaughter Tangerine Brigham Jon Givner David J. Meadows Paula F. Smith Dale L. Brodsky Andy Gold and Karen Cutler Ted Mermin and Claudia Polsky Sherry and Judd Smith Merle and Addy Brodsky Neil M. Goldstein Katherine Meyers Morgan Ann and Bill Smock Elaine Brown and Rich Shapiro John C. Good, M.D. and Robin Miller and Dan Rossi Yaroslav Sochynsky Gail Brown Janet E. Arnesty, M.D. David B. Mitchell Jacob R. Sorensen and Kevin P. Bundy Julia D. Greer Matthew P. Mitchell E. Anne Hawkins Allison Butler and Richard Peers Timothy S. Griffiths Tia Miyamoto and Bryce Goeking Scott Spear Elizabeth A. Camacho Natalie L. Gubb and Jaimee and Natal Modica Richard Speiglman and Lawrence and Marilyn Capitelli David W. Arpi William K. Muraoka Ellen Bernstein Linda Carloni Sylvia Haddad Karen Musalo and Graydon S. Staring Jim and Ann Carroll Alice L. Hall Richard A. Boswell Eric Steel Claudia Cate Susan and Charles Halpern Noel and Penny Nellis Marian Steen and Rick Knox James B. Chanin Les and Linda Hausrath Frances Newman Sala M. and Alan B. Steinbach Tommy Clifford and John S. Hege, M.D. Anne Joseph and Sean J. Stenstrom Anagha Dandekar Douglas L. Hendricks Jamie O’Connell Carol R. Strand Dick and Kay Cohen Franchesca Herrera John O’Toole and Jean Hom Anna Suh Isaac Cohen James Heslin Christine C. Pagano E. Elizabeth Summers Michael J. Couzens John R. and Anne T. Hetland Muriel Paley Kingsley Taft and Gillien Todd Robert and Carolyn Heywood Andrew Peternell Sam O. and Celeste J. Tamura
12 EBCLC: 20 years of service
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Student 501(c)(3) Bernida Reagan becomes Loma Prieta HIV/AIDS Housing Boalt Budget = Tenant HIV/Homeless Welfare Family Name change: Family Advocacy Bay Area UC Chancellor’s Jeff Selbin becomes HIV/AIDS Worker’s Rights Clean Slate Clinic Medical-Legal Tirien Steinbach Children’s Steering non-profit founding Executive Director Earthquake Law Project Eviction Hall $460,551; Workshops Outreach “Reform” Care East Bay and Services Construction Award second Executive Immigration Collaborative Partnership becomes third Health Justice Committee status Relief study financial staff of 8 Project Network Community Team (FAST) Sector Intervention Director Project Class action with Children’s Executive Director Policy Advocacy (SSC) obtained Berkeley Community Law Homeless support Legal Services Swift Law Center Collaborative Suitcase Clinic Berkeley lawsuit on behalf Hospital Project forms Center (BCLC) opens its Action 100th law Development Community Report 250th law (EBCLC) HIV Back-to- Legal Services ABA Gambrell Budget = Community of low-income Move to new offices at doors September 26 Center student Collaborative Economic to Boalt student Work Initiative AIDS Lanka Project Professionalism Award $1,630,043, Award tenants West Oakland 2921 Adeline Street in 1,000th law trained Development Faculty trained Budget = People’s Credit staff of 21 Train Station Berkeley student trained Services include Housing $924,905; Low Income Regional Nonprofit Union opens State Bar of California Volunteer Kick-off of collaborative assistance and Welfare staff of 13 Eviction Project Pro Bono Initiative Loren Miller Award Income Tax Building for Community Legal Budget = advocacy 500th law student Assistance Justice Campaign Building Access Services Site $2,812,544, trained program campaign raises (CLASS) opens at staff of 29 Budget = $118,314; staff 8-year affiliation $3.25 million old Shattuck Avenue of 3 750th law agreement with location student trained Boalt Hall Purchase and renovation of Victory in Pacific new building Renaissance case
13 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Student 501(c)(3) Bernida Reagan becomes Loma Prieta HIV/AIDS Housing Boalt Budget = Tenant HIV/Homeless Welfare Family Name change: Family Advocacy Bay Area UC Chancellor’s Jeff Selbin becomes HIV/AIDS Worker’s Rights Clean Slate Clinic Medical-Legal Tirien Steinbach Children’s Steering non-profit founding Executive Director Earthquake Law Project Eviction Hall $460,551; Workshops Outreach “Reform” Care East Bay and Services Construction Award second Executive Immigration Collaborative Partnership becomes third Health Justice Committee status Relief study financial staff of 8 Project Network Community Team (FAST) Sector Intervention Director Project Class action with Children’s Executive Director Policy Advocacy (SSC) obtained Berkeley Community Law Homeless support Legal Services Swift Law Center Collaborative Suitcase Clinic Berkeley lawsuit on behalf Hospital Project forms Center (BCLC) opens its Action 100th law Development Community Report 250th law (EBCLC) HIV Back-to- Legal Services ABA Gambrell Budget = Community of low-income Move to new offices at doors September 26 Center student Collaborative Economic to Boalt student Work Initiative AIDS Lanka Project Professionalism Award $1,630,043, Award tenants West Oakland 2921 Adeline Street in 1,000th law trained Development Faculty trained Budget = People’s Credit staff of 21 Train Station Berkeley student trained Services include Housing $924,905; Low Income Regional Nonprofit Union opens State Bar of California Volunteer Kick-off of collaborative assistance and Welfare staff of 13 Eviction Project Pro Bono Initiative Loren Miller Award Income Tax Building for Community Legal Budget = advocacy 500th law student Assistance Justice Campaign Building Access Services Site $2,812,544, trained program campaign raises (CLASS) opens at staff of 29 Budget = $118,314; staff 8-year affiliation $3.25 million old Shattuck Avenue of 3 750th law agreement with location student trained Boalt Hall Purchase and renovation of Victory in Pacific new building Renaissance case 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Student 501(c)(3) Bernida Reagan becomes Loma Prieta HIV/AIDS Housing Boalt Budget = Tenant HIV/Homeless Welfare Family Name change: Family Advocacy Bay Area UC Chancellor’s Jeff Selbin becomes HIV/AIDS Worker’s Rights Clean Slate Clinic Medical-Legal Tirien Steinbach Children’s Steering non-profit founding Executive Director Earthquake Law Project Eviction Hall $460,551; Workshops Outreach “Reform” Care East Bay and Services Construction Award second Executive Immigration Collaborative Partnership becomes third Health Justice Committee status Relief study financial staff of 8 Project Network Community Team (FAST) Sector Intervention Director Project Class action with Children’s Executive Director Policy Advocacy (SSC) obtained Berkeley Community Law Homeless support Legal Services Swift Law Center Collaborative Suitcase Clinic Berkeley lawsuit on behalf Hospital Project forms Center (BCLC) opens its Action 100th law Development Community Report 250th law (EBCLC) HIV Back-to- Legal Services ABA Gambrell Budget = Community of low-income Move to new offices at doors September 26 Center student Collaborative Economic to Boalt student Work Initiative AIDS Lanka Project Professionalism Award $1,630,043, Award tenants West Oakland 2921 Adeline Street in 1,000th law trained Development Faculty trained Budget = People’s Credit staff of 21 Train Station Berkeley student trained Services include Housing $924,905; Low Income Regional Nonprofit Union opens State Bar of California Volunteer Kick-off of collaborative assistance and Welfare staff of 13 Eviction Project Pro Bono Initiative Loren Miller Award Income Tax Building for Community Legal Budget = advocacy 500th law student Assistance Justice Campaign Building Access Services Site $2,812,544, trained program campaign raises (CLASS) opens at staff of 29 Budget = $118,314; staff 8-year affiliation $3.25 million old Shattuck Avenue of 3 750th law agreement with location student trained Boalt Hall Purchase and renovation of Victory in Pacific new building Renaissance case 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Student 501(c)(3) Bernida Reagan becomes Loma Prieta HIV/AIDS Housing Boalt Budget = Tenant HIV/Homeless Welfare Family Name change: Family Advocacy Bay Area UC Chancellor’s Jeff Selbin becomes HIV/AIDS Worker’s Rights Clean Slate Clinic Medical-Legal Tirien Steinbach Children’s Steering non-profit founding Executive Director Earthquake Law Project Eviction Hall $460,551; Workshops Outreach “Reform” Care East Bay and Services Construction Award second Executive Immigration Collaborative Partnership becomes third Health Justice Committee status Relief study financial staff of 8 Project Network Community Team (FAST) Sector Intervention Director Project Class action with Children’s Executive Director Policy Advocacy (SSC) obtained Berkeley Community Law Homeless support Legal Services Swift Law Center Collaborative Suitcase Clinic Berkeley lawsuit on behalf Hospital Project forms Center (BCLC) opens its Action 100th law Development Community Report 250th law (EBCLC) HIV Back-to- Legal Services ABA Gambrell Budget = Community of low-income Move to new offices at doors September 26 Center student Collaborative Economic to Boalt student Work Initiative AIDS Lanka Project Professionalism Award $1,630,043, Award tenants West Oakland 2921 Adeline Street in 1,000th law trained Development Faculty trained Budget = People’s Credit staff of 21 Train Station Berkeley student trained Services include Housing $924,905; Low Income Regional Nonprofit Union opens State Bar of California Volunteer Kick-off of collaborative assistance and Welfare staff of 13 Eviction Project Pro Bono Initiative Loren Miller Award Income Tax Building for Community Legal Budget = advocacy 500th law student Assistance Justice Campaign Building Access Services Site $2,812,544, trained program campaign raises (CLASS) opens at staff of 29 Budget = $118,314; staff 8-year affiliation $3.25 million old Shattuck Avenue of 3 750th law agreement with location student trained Boalt Hall Purchase and renovation of Victory in Pacific new building Renaissance case
east bay community law center 16 Richard S. Taylor Lois S. Brubeck Philip Hwang Jesse D. Ratcliffe Diane Tokugawa Catalina C. Cariaga-Nakamura John J. Infranca Evelyn F. Rice Karl and Rochelle Torke Fritz Casey Tia M. Ingram and Everyone Derry Riedel Hon. Gary B. and Paul S. Chan J. Richard Johnston Linda Rogers Janet Tranbarger Manjari Chawla Marquette K. Jones Stefan M. Rosenzweig and Abigail Trillin and Brian C. Lee Michael Cheng Anne and Stephen Kasdin Claudia B. Jackson Hon. John M. True, III and Douglas Chermak Edith Kasin April Saks and Destin Radder Hon. Claudia A. Wilken Lin A. Chin and Peter Santina Michael Katz Allen Samelson and Arline S. Tyler Richard and Linda Clymer Kareem Kazkaz Judith R. Lieberman Shirley L. Van Bourg Marguerite Conrad Natalia and Brett Kennedy Marc Sapir, M.D. Mark R. Vermeulen Betsy Cotton Thomas J. Kerbs Jack Sawyer Lawrence N. Walker Rubette Cowan Diana Kilsheimer Susan G. Schacher Marshall Wallace Rev. George E. Crespin Rachael S. Knight Susan Schecter Kimberly S. Ware James B. Davis Jerome LaTorre Carole Schemmerling Howard W. Wayne Adrianne M. De Castro Audrey Lawrence Janice L. Schroeder Alan Weathers John B. de Leon Jeanette J. Leach Kirsten Gibney Scott Fred and Dorothy Weiss Claudia Debus Elisa Leberis Kathryn Seligman and Raymond P. Weschler Alaric D. Degrafinried Natalie R. Lents Stephen B. Bedrick Randye West and Robert Wenten William Delgado Paul M. and Sandra L. Little Cindy Shamban and Christina M. Wheeler Kay and Bob Dell Abigail W. Lloyd Marge Sussman Molly Williams Ania Dilmaghani Tracy Loftesness Lucinda Sikes and Warren B. Wilson Patricia Donnelly Ellen Logue Robert Shireman Dorothy Wisniowski Alice Donovan Amy Lowe Eric Skolnick Philip Witte Douglas K. Dorst Heather J. MacKay Helen Smolinski Dan Wolk Denise M. Douglas-Baird and William G. Mallari Theresa Snyder Tom and Amy Worth Kevin Douglas Jeanne C. Margen Rachel Solomon Garrett A. Wright Robert A. Egelko Francisco Marquez Ronald Souza Randall W. Wulff Margaret Elizares Helene M. Maxwell Dwight V. Squire Arnold C. Ellis Matthew C. McDermott Matthew St. Clair Advocate — Up to $99 Robert B. Fearman Anupama Menon Jane Steinberg-Michahelles and Anonymous Donors Sue Ferrera and Ces Rosales Natalia M. Merluzzi Thomas Michahelles Gary S. Abel Greg Fite Anne K. Mester Matilda B. Stewart Gordon Alexandre Teresa Friend Chris Miller Nicholas Subias David P. Allan Jack Funk Adam J. Mizock Mia K. Sullivan Wise E. and Joan K. Allen Theresa Gasman Deborah Moss-West and Daniel O. Suman Lee B. Awbrey Mara Gendell Terrance A. West Peter and Pat Sussman Daska Babcock Robert W. Gerlach Bea Moulton Rachel S. Sussman Hon. Rebecca M. Baker Sue Gershenson Laura Shaw Murra Kimberly M. Ta Van P. Baldwin Miye Goishi and Dara Schur Judy and Roy Nakadegawa Samuel J. Tindall Mark and Emily Balestra Helen R. Goldsmith and Natalie A. Nardecchia Julie Tindall Hon. Gordon Baranco Paul G. Heller Lori and Kay Nelson Dr. Eduardo Troya Stephen R. Barnett Maybelle Gomez James A. Nickovich Rosemary Vimont Joseph W. Bell Hayley Goodson Christine K. Noma Richard A. Walker Judith Bell Kevin Gordon and David Onek and Kara Dukakis Olivia T. Wang Joshua R. Benson Natasha Jackson Venrice R. Palmer Willie Washington Sophia F. Bernhardt Robert A Gordon Inna Parizher Peggy West Eric Biber Orlando Graham Joan Pearlman Trent Wheeler Alberta Blumin Rosann Greenspan Christine Peetz Lisa White Prairie A. Bly Rabbi Chaya Gusfield Patricia Pei Gwen B. and Wallace H. Whittier Stephen Booth Timothy H. Hallahan Abram P. Petersen Joanna Williams Jenifer Botch Kerrie Halmi Nicole E. Pierre Brian J. Wong Chung T. Bothwell Peter Hanauer Harrison Pollack and Gertrude Young Gail Bourque and Jaquie J. Harrison Natalie Friedman Chauniqua Young Steve Paskowitz Wanda B. Hasadsri Maura A. Prendiville Nicky and Jude Yuen Phyllis Bright Bruce Highman Wilma R. K. and Stuart and Eleanor Yuspa Zelda Bronstein Kendolyn Hindsman Stephen D. Rader Erica K. Zunkel Maeve Elise Brown Katharine B. Hsiao Richard Ramos Mary A. Brownstein Tessa Huxley and Patti Randall Andrew Reicher Blythe and Steven Raphael
east bay community law center 17 In 2007-2008, EBCLC’s practice groups worked harder than ever to meet the growing need for services and the increasing desire for hands-on clinical legal education. Over 100 law students worked with clients in one of our six programs, where we served more than 7,000 low-income members of the East Bay community. Following are some of the highlights 1
18 Clean Slate
The Clean Slate Practice provides legal information and assistance to people with prior criminal records who have paid their debt to society and now are trying to successfully reintegrate in the community. Through policy advocacy and direct services, the goal of the program is to reduce recidivism and promote societal reentry by removing civil barriers to jobs, education, housing, and civic participation. This year, practice director Eliza Hersh (Berkeley Law, ’05), along with staff attorney River Abeje, Boalt Bridge Fellow Meredith Desautels (Berkeley Law, ’08), intake specialist Serina Rankins, and their students served clients at our two court-based clinic sites in Oakland and Hayward.
Total served from July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008 = 1,681
east bay community law center 19 Community Economic Justice (CEJ)
The Community Economic Justice Practice works alongside labor, neighborhood, and community groups, organizers, and politicians to bring meaningful, sustainable, and community-centered progressive change to Oakland’s diverse working class communities. Practice director Margaretta Lin (Berkeley Law, ’91), staff attorney John Engstrom, their interns, and pro bono attorneys are currently working on two important collaborative efforts: the Children’s Health Justice Policy Change Project, which will address the socioeconomic roots of children’s ill-health through grassroots policy development, and the 16th & Wood Street Train Station Partnership, a collaboration of community and labor organizations that will redevelop a historic train station and transform it into a community institution serving the needs of West Oakland’s residents, showcase the African American and labor organizing history, provide financial and employment services, and harness the sustainability movement to directly benefit the community.
20 Community Legal Access Service Site (Class)
In August 2007, we launched the Community Legal Access Service Site at our original office at 3130 Shattuck Avenue. Directed by EBCLC attorney Elisa Della-Piana (Berkeley Law, ’02), with assistance from consulting attorney Osha Neumann and project coordinator Jen Neuber, CLASS provides essential tools to enable community members to navigate the legal system, including computer stations, self-help materials, referral guides, and legal forms and instructions. CLASS’s daytime self-help center is staffed by Berkeley Law students supervised by EBCLC staff and volunteer attorneys, and is open several mornings each week. Most evenings, CLASS hosts free legal workshops on topics including: Tenants’ Rights, Workers’ Rights, and Criminal Citation Defense.
Total served from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 = 1,117 clients
east bay community law center 21 Health
The Health Practice is now an umbrella for three distinct projects related to law and health: (1) the HIV/AIDS Law Project, delivering holistic services to low-income, HIV- positive clients throughout Alameda County, including the Family Care Network that focuses on HIV+ women and children; (2) the Medical-Legal Partnership with Children’s Hospital Oakland, serving children and families at a CHO outpatient clinic; and (3) the Health & Immigration Project, helping immigrant clients regularize their legal status to allow them to stabilize their lives and gain access to vital medical care and treatment. Clients are identified and referred by EBCLC’s HIV/AIDS project and the medical- legal partnership. Through the work of director Sheila Hall (Berkeley Law, ’84), staff attorneys Liam Galbreth, Linda Tam, and Yvonne Troya, and their clinical law students, the Health Practice serves as a model for multidisciplinary advocacy for low- income individuals and families.
Total served from July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008 = 452
22 Housing
The Housing Practice, with director Laura Lane (Berkeley Law, ’96), staff attorneys Jaimee Arnone Modica, Sharon Djemal, and Marc Janowitz, contract attorney Phil Rapier, intake specialist Gracie Jones, and student interns, continues to serve hundreds of clients each month through direct representation, at Tenants Rights workshops throughout the East Bay, and at self-help clinics at the Alameda County Courthouse-based Low-Income Eviction Project. Housing Practice attorneys and students have also engaged in community education, media campaigns, and policy advocacy regarding the impact of the current mortgage crisis on Alameda County tenants.
Total served from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 = 3,833
east bay community law center 23 Income Support
The Income Support Practice, after 20 years, continues to serve welfare recipients who are facing reductions in their grants and services by the Social Services agency. The practice maintains a focus on clients with language barriers, particularly within the Southeast Asian community. Director Ed Barnes, staff attorney Luan Huynh, and clinical students have worked with clients to preserve and increase the base income provided by welfare. Additionally, they have advocated for broader policy and practice changes for low-income people, including work to push for state-wide repeal of the law that excludes children from welfare assistance if they were born when a family is already on benefits. Also, Ed Barnes successfully spearheaded an effort to block a reduction of General Assistance in Alameda County — a diminution of already meager cash and employment assistance that would have been devastating to our client community.
Total served from July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008 = 88
24 EBCLC Board of Directors EBCLC STAFF
Michael J. Loeb, Chair Stephen D. Sugarman River Abeje Deborah Moss-West Judicial Arbitration & UC Berkeley School of Law Supervising Attorney, Development Officer Mediation Services (JAMS) (Boalt Hall) Clean Slate Ayana Muhammad Frank A. Cialone, Vice Chair Steven Tindall Ed Barnes Office Manager Shartsis Friese LLP Rukin, Hyland, Doria & Director, Income Support Jen Neuber Tindall LLP Theotis F. Oliphant, Treasurer Martha Brown CLASS Coordinator Capital Window LLC Leti P. Volpp Director, Finance & Osha Neumann UC Berkeley School of Law Administration Denise Abrams, Secretary Consulting Attorney, (Boalt Hall) Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Elisa Della-Piana Community Legal Outreach Lyons, Greenwood & Duane R. Valz Director, CLASS Serina Rankins Harley, PLC Yahoo! Inc. Sharon Djemal Intake Specialist, Clean Slate Eric M. Brooks Supervising Attorney, Student Board Members Phil Rapier US Securities and Exchange Housing Contract Attorney, Housing Commission Matthew B. Henjum (‘09) John Engstrom Tamura Saxton Christine Chavez Supervising Attorney, Joey J. Hipolito (’09) Receptionist Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Community Economic Justice LLP Jennifer A. Stalzer (’09) Tirien Steinbach Victoria Flores Executive Director Daina C. Chiu Contracts Associate McKesson Corporation Linda Tam Liam Galbreth Supervising Attorney, Peter H. Goldsmith Supervising Attorney, Health Health & Immigration Townsend and Townsend and Sheila Hall Crew LLP Yvonne Troya Director, Health Supervising Attorney, Health Henry L. Hecht Eliza Hersh UC Berkeley School of Law Chauniqua Young Director, Clean Slate (Boalt Hall) Development Associate Luan Huynh Michael S. Kwun Carolina Zanni Supervising Attorney, Electronic Frontier Administrative Assistant Income Support Foundation Marc Janowitz Daven G. Lowhurst Supervising Attorney, Thelen LLP Housing James R. Meehan Gracie Jones PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Intake Specialist, Housing Samuel R. Miller Laura Lane Sidley Austin LLP Director, Housing Warrington S. Parker, III Margaretta Lin Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Director, Community LLP Economic Justice Kathi J. Pugh Jonathon Marley Morrison & Foerster LLP Director, Development & Thomas Z. Reicher Planning Cooley Godward LLP Jaimee Arnone Modica Joel S. Sanders Supervising Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Housing
east bay community law center 25 Pro Bono Volunteers 2007-2008
Stephen Abreu, Morgan, Lewis David Foster, Morgan, Lewis & Nick Mascolin, Gibson, Dunn & Joshua Simon, Northern & Bockius LLP Bockius LLP Crutcher LLP California Community Loan Chris Ahearn, Morgan, Lewis & Masamichi Fukui Laura Mask, Gibson, Dunn & Fund Bockius LLP Vince Gibbs Crutcher LLP Daniel Shriro Aisea Alusa Margaret Gordon, West Oakland Eli Miller Craig Small Jillian Ardrey Environmental Indicators Alisha Montoro, Morgan, Lewis Jodi Smith, Paul, Hastings, Peter Bach-y-Rita, Gibson, Project & Bockius LLP Janofsky & Walker LLP Dunn & Crutcher LLP Michelle Hall, Morgan, Lewis & Kate Morin Concepcion Solis Grace Jasmine Bagnulo, Bockius LLP Richard Munziner, Shartsis Andre Spearman, SEIU 1021 University of California, Lindsay Harris, Morgan, Lewis Friese LLP Lynohila Ward Berkeley & Bockius LLP Aaron Myers, Howrey LLP Imani Wesley Julia Barry, Gibson, Dunn & Nancy Harris, Orrick, Tuan Nguyen, Morgan, Lewis & Joel Willard, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Bockius LLP Crutcher LLP Doug Bloch, Change to Win Ann Hatanaka, The Clorox Anwar Nunez-Elizalde Orrian Willis John Brauer, Oakland Company Joe Oddo Maia Winkel Workforce Development Greg Hodge Theo Oliphant, Esq. Alan Yee, Siegel & Yee Collaborative Jumoke Hodge Brie Ortega Cheryl Brice, The Clorox Adam Hollander-Urbach Wesley Ouchi Company Art Hom Benjamin Packard, The Clorox Greta Brodlez, Gibson, Dunn & Lauren Hong Company Crutcher LLP Madeline Howard Anthony Panarese, ACORN Jesse Brooks Jackie Howell, Oakland Private Zachary Pedrazzi Lysle Buchbinder Industry Council David Peterson, The Clorox Toya Carmichael, Morgan, Lewis Phil Hutchings Company & Bockius LLP Tammy Hwang Dawn Phillips, Just Cause Angela Carter Sabreen S. Jalil Oakland Francis Chang Pedram Janati Mike Rawson, California Katharine Chao, Paul, Hastings, Kiosha Jones Affordable Housing Law Janofsky & Walker LLP Professor William Kell, UC Project Chris Chavez, Orrick, Herrington Berkeley School of Law Bernida Reagan & Sutcliffe LLP Tenisha Keys Smita Reddy, Gibson, Dunn & Moniuqe Chenault, Morgan, Robert Kim, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Lewis & Bockius LLP Crutcher LLP Roxanne Romell Wendall Chin, Alameda County Chris Knight Adreana Rotenberry Central Labor Council Rachael Knight Professor Naomi Roth-Arriaza, Thea Chhun Chris Land UC Hastings College of the Ener Chiu, East Bay Asian Local Caitlin Leach Law Development Corp. Lynette Lee, East Bay Asian Camellia Rougeaux Jillian Cook Local Development Corp. Cristina Rubke, Shartsis Friese Jeremy Dancy Gabrielle Lessard, Insight LLP Erin Darling (formerly NEDLC) Jesus Ruiz Cynthia DeNardi Kimberly Lim Christine Safreno, Morgan, David Dologite, East Bay Asian Rebecca Liu Lewis & Bockius LLP Local Development Corp. Kimberly Lynn, Justice Corps Naomi Schiff, Oakland Heritage Robert Edesses, Morgan, Lewis Mia Mallory Alliance & Bockius LLP Hideki Maniwa Russell Schwartz Emily Fedman, Gibson, Dunn & Linda Maranzana, UC Berkeley Sarah Sexton, UC Berkeley Crutcher LLP School of Law School of Law Amie Fishman, East Bay Erika Martin Jaclyn Shull-Gonzalez, Morgan, Housing Organization James Martin, Shartsis Friese Lewis & Bockius LLP LLP
26 Statement of Financial Position Statement of Activities June 30, 2008* for the year ending June 30, 2008*
AssetS Revenue Cash $ 482,640 Grants and contract support $ 1,653,066 Marketable securities 1,105,669 Donations 926,452 Grants and contracts receivable 571,249 Interest and dividend income 62,597 Prepaid expenses 72,512 Fees & miscellaneous income 337,822 Other current assets 27,974 Total revenue 2,979,937 Fixed assets 2,240,560 Less: Pass through grants ($77,500) Other assets 63,841 Net revenue 2,902,437 Total assets 4,564,443
Expenses Liabilities and net assetS Salaries and wages $ 1,547,712 Accounts payable $ 36,001 Benefits and payroll taxes 523,613 Pension plan contribution payable 61,615 Contracted services 101,144 Trust funds payable 31,660 Non-personnel costs 283,812 Accrued vacations 136,676 Other liabilities 20,608 Total expenses 2,456,281
Total liabilities 286,560 Net from operations 446,156
Unrestricted fund balance $ 1,410,732 Other Income & ExpenditureS Temporarily restricted 599,656 Building fund income $ 45,125 Property and HPN fund balance 2,267,496 Realized gains/losses 9,790 Change in value of investments (81,654) Ending fund balance 4,277,883 Depreciation & amortization (75,926) Miscellaneous revenues 20,267 Total liabilities and fund balance 4,564,443 Building account balance (82,398)
Net surplus/(deficit) 363,758
* Unaudited financials. Audited financial statements are available upon request.
east bay community law center 27 A core value of our society is equal access to justice. The complex nature of the legal system limits equal access, especially for people in poverty and those faced with language and cultural barriers. Well-trained legal advocates should be available to all people, regardless of economic status. To that end, EBCLC provides:
1 desperately-needed legal services to the low-income community in the areas of housing, welfare, HIV & health, homelessness and economic development; and 1 hands-on clinical education to law students to make these future lawyers aware of and skilled in addressing the needs of indigent communities.
Since its founding in 1988 by law students at UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), EBCLC has become the largest provider of free legal services in the East Bay and a nationally-recognized poverty law clinic.
EBCLC’s work makes the lives of East Bay community members more healthy, secure, productive, and hopeful.
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