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ANNUAL SERVANT of JUSTICE AWARDS DINNER RD welcome to the 23RD ANNUAL SERVANT of JUSTICE AWARDS DINNER Pillsbury proudly supports the Legal Aid Society of DC and congratulates the 2012 Servants of Justice. Your service honors our profession. COVINGTON BEIJING We applaud Servant of Justice Award recipients BRUSSELS Susan M. Hoffman and James vanR. Springer LONDON for their dedication to ensuring that all persons NEW YORK have equal and meaningful access to justice. SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO We also commend Klepper Prize for Volunteer SILICON VALLEY Excellence recipient Jonathan G. Lin for his WASHINGTON commitment to pro bono work and leadership. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW | Washington, DC 20037 | +1.202.663.8000 www.pillsburylaw.com WWW.COV.COM Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Skadden congratulates Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia on its achievements and outstanding commitment to the community and is proud to support its Making a Difference Annual Servant of Justice Dinner Congratulations to this year’s honorees WilmerHale salutes the evening’s honorees Susan M. Hoffman of Crowell & Moring LLP; James vanR. Springer; and Jonathan G. Lin of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. We are proud to support the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia in its efforts to help Susan M. Hoffman thousands of District residents obtain meaningful access to justice for the past 80 years. James van R. Springer Jonathan G. 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A list of partners and their professional qualifications is available for inspection at our UK offices. In Beijing, we are registered to operate as a Foreign Law Firm Representative Office. This material is for general informational purposes only and does not represent our advice as to any particular set of facts; nor does it represent any undertaking to keep recipients advised of all legal developments. © 2012 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP welcome to the 80 Years RD of Making Justice Real Since 1932, Legal Aid has provided a 23 continuum of legal assistance to tens of thousands of individuals living in poverty in the District of Columbia. Legal Aid is the oldest – and currently the largest – general legal services program in D.C. Every year, our lawyers provide high-quality, zealous ANNUAL representation and engage in systemic SERVANT of JUSTICE advocacy in the areas of family law and domestic violence, affordable housing and AWARDS DINNER eviction prevention, public benefits, and consumer law. We also have a nationally- recognized appellate program, the Barbara Thursday, April 26, 2012 McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project. The 6:00 pm President’s Reception generous support of our donors enables us 6:30 pm Opening Reception 7:30 pm Dinner, Awards Program & Dessert Reception to make justice real for thousands of D.C. residents. On their behalf, we thank you for JW Marriott Hotel allowing us to celebrate this important 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. milestone together with you tonight. program program President’s Welcome Deborah B. Baum PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP R Servant of Justice Award Presentation Honoring Executive Director’s Remarks James vanR. Springer Eric Angel Presented by LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Peter B. Edelman DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION & R GEORGETOWNR UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER Keynote Address The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Servant of Justice Award Presentation ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Honoring Susan M. Hoffman R CROWELL & MORING LLP Presented by Dinner David Stern R EQUALR JUSTICE WORKS Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence Presentation Honoring Closing Remarks Jonathan G. Lin Deborah B. 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Horton Servant Black Entertainment Television, Inc. Arnold & Porter LLP ofJustice R Awards Each year since 1990, the Legal Aid dinner steering committee Society of the District of Columbia has Deborah B. Baum Kurt Richter presented the Servant of Justice Award Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Cassidy Turley to individuals and organizations who have demonstrated faithful dedication Steve Brody Tangela S. Richter O’Melveny & Myers LLP Capital One and remarkable achievement in ensuring that all persons have equal and meaningful Steven G. Forsyth Lynda Schuler access to justice. Exxon Mobil Corporation Williams & Connolly LLP Jack Gocke Leslie K. Smith Tonight’s honorees have made the Wells Fargo Chevy Chase Trust struggle for equal justice part of their Dennis M. Kiefer Ronald J. Tenpas personal and professional identities. Deloitte LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP They have demonstrated on a daily basis their commitment to and concern for the Dionne C. Lomax Alon Vogel Vinson & Elkins LLP LexisNexis community of which they are a part. Please join us in expressing our gratitude for their life-long commitment to access to justice. The Servant of Justice Award The Servant of Justice Award The Legal Aid Society of the The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is proud to honor District of Columbia is proud to honor James vanR. Springer Susan M. Hoffman CROWELL & MORING LLP Mr. Springer attended Harvard College and received his LL.B., magna cum laude, Susan M. Hoffman was the first full-time Public Service Counsel at a major law firm from Harvard Law School. He served as President of the Harvard Law Review from in the D.C. area, joining Crowell & Moring LLP in that capacity in 1988, and in 2000 1960 – 1961. Mr. Springer began his legal career in 1961 as a law clerk to Chief becoming the first pro bono professional to be promoted to partner. As Public Service Judge J. Edward Lumbard on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Partner, Ms. Hoffman leads Crowell & Moring’s diverse pro bono practice which ranges before joining the law firm of Covington & Burling. In 1967, Mr. Springer entered from representation of the homeless, elderly individuals, and domestic violence victims government service as Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs at the United to civil rights impact and appellate litigation. Ms. Hoffman serves as President of the States Department of State before becoming a Deputy Solicitor General at the C&M Foundation, a separate nonprofit organization that provides grants to organizations United States Department of Justice in 1968. Over the next four years, Mr. Springer focusing on at-risk youth. presented ten oral arguments in the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1972, Mr. Springer joined the law firm now known as Dickstein Shapiro LLP as a partner Ms. Hoffman began her career as a law clerk to the late U.S. District Judge Harold H. in the general litigation practice and remained with Dickstein for more than three Greene and as a litigator at Hogan & Hartson, working on a variety of pro bono matters. decades until his retirement in 2004. At Dickstein, Mr. Springer was a prominent Ms. Hoffman has represented and supervised representation by other attorneys in her litigator and antitrust lawyer with particular
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