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Congratulations to the 2011 Award Recipients COVINGTON Brooksley E. Born The Honorable Thomas E. Perez Aryeh S. Portnoy BEIJING BRUSSELS DC Fiscal Policy Institute LONDON We applaud Servant of Justice Award NEW YORK recipients, Brooksley E. Born SAN DIEGO and Thomas E. Perez, for their SAN FRANCISCO steadfast commitment to providing legal aid to those in SILICON VALLEY need. WASHINGTON

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WWW.COV.COM Shanghai | Singapore | Sydney | Tokyo | Toronto | Vienna | Washington, D.C. | Wilmington Making Justice Real Legal Aid, the District’s oldest, and largest, general civil legal services program, strives to address the crisis in access to Welcome to the justice facing low-income individuals and families living Thursday, April 28, 2011 in the District. Every year, our N D attorneys provide representation 6:00 pm President’s Reception 6:30 pm Opening Reception and other assistance, and 7:30 pm Dinner, Awards Program, engage in systemic and appellate and Dessert Reception advocacy, in the areas of family JW Marriott Hotel law and domestic violence, ANNUAL 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 22 affordable housing and eviction Washington, D.C. SERVANT of JUSTICE prevention, public benefits, and consumer law. The generous AWARDS DINNER support of our dedicated donors enables us to make access to justice a reality for thousands of clients every year. program program

President’s Welcome Servant of Justice Award Presentation Deborah B. Baum Honoring Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Brooksley E. Born Arnold & Porter LLP

Presented by Marcia D. Greenberger Executive Director’s Remarks National Women’s Law Center Eric S. Angel

Partnership Award Presentation Honoring Servant of Justice Award Presentation DC Fiscal Policy Institute Honoring Presented by The Honorable Thomas E. Perez CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF Eric S. Angel THE United States Department of Justice

Presented by Jonathan M. Smith Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE United States Department of Justice Presentation Honoring Aryeh S. Portnoy Crowell & Moring LLP

Presented by Arlene Fine Klepper Closing Remarks Deborah B. Baum Dinner sponsors sponsors

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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 Brooksley E. Born The Honorable Thomas E. Perez Arnold & Porter LLP CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE United States Department of Justice

Brooksley E. Born is a retired partner of Arnold & Porter LLP where she Thomas E. Perez, nominated by President Obama to serve as the Assistant practiced for more than thirty years. She was head of the firm’s derivatives Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department practice, chaired its pro bono committee, and served on its policy committee. of Justice, was sworn in on October 8, 2009. Since then, Mr. Perez has worked From 1996 to 1999 Ms. Born was chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading to restore and transform the Division, in the spirit of its traditional role as the Commission, the federal agency that oversees futures and commodity option “conscience of the nation,” to further fulfill the promise of our nation’s most markets, and strongly advocated for the need for federal regulation of the treasured laws – advancing equal opportunity, leveling the playing field, and over-the-counter derivatives market. That unregulated market played a protecting the rights of all. significant role in the recent financial crisis. From 2009 to 2011, she served Mr. Perez has spent his entire career in public service. Prior to his nomination, as a Commissioner on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission which issued he served as the Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing a report on the causes of the crisis in January 2011. and Regulation – an agency that safeguards critical consumer and worker protections – and was a principal architect of a sweeping reform package Ms. Born has championed women’s rights, civil rights and the rights of to address his state’s foreclosure crisis. In 2002, he became the first Latino the indigent. She currently chairs the board of the National Women’s Law elected to the Montgomery County Council, serving with distinction until 2006. Center which she helped to found and has served on the boards of a number of other public interest legal organizations. She has also served on the boards Earlier in his career, Mr. Perez spent 12 years in federal public service, mainly of the American Bar Association, the American Bar Foundation, and the as a career attorney in the Civil Rights Division he now leads. In that role, he American Law Institute-American Bar Association, and has chaired a number prosecuted, or supervised the prosecution of, some of the Division’s highest- of ABA entities including the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, profile civil rights cases, including a hate crimes case in Texas involving a group the Women’s Caucus, and the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. of white supremacists who went on a deadly, racially motivated crime spree. Mr. Perez later served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights She has received awards recognizing her public service including the Profile under Attorney General Janet Reno, chairing the interagency Worker Exploitation in Courage Award of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, the American Task Force, which oversaw a variety of initiatives designed to protect vulnerable Lawyer’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Public Interest workers. He also served as Special Counsel to the late Senator Edward Kennedy, Advocate of the Year Award of the National Association of Public Interest Law acting as Senator Kennedy's principal adviser on civil rights, criminal justice, (now Equal Justice Works). and constitutional issues. For the final two years of the Clinton administration, Mr. Perez served as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the United Ms. Born received her law degree from Stanford Law School where she was States Department of Health and Human Services. President of the Stanford Law Review and received the Outstanding Senior Mr. Perez, who has been a law professor at University of Maryland School of Award. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter LLP, she was a law clerk to Judge Henry Law and a part-time professor at the George Washington School of Public W. Edgerton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Health, received a Bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1983, a Master's of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1987, and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1987. Mr. Perez is married to life-long poverty lawyer Anne Marie Staudenmaier, who has been advocating for persons living in poverty in the District of Columbia at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless since 1996. The Partnership Award

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is proud to honor DC Fiscal Policy Institute

The DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) conducts research and public education on budget and tax issues in the District of Columbia, with a particular emphasis on issues that affect low-income and moderate-income residents. By preparing timely analyses that are used by policy makers, the media, and the public, DCFPI informs public debates on budget and tax issues and helps to ensure that the needs of lower-income residents are considered in those debates. DCFPI’s areas of work include: analyzing the impact of tax and other revenue policies on the District’s long-term fiscal health and on the equity of its tax system; working to The ensure that programs serving low- and moderate-income residents are well designed, effective, and adequately funded; and conducting research on income Partnership and poverty trends in the District and on serious problems facing low-income residents, such as the growing shortage of affordable housing.

Award In addition, DCFPI is a leading partner in a local outreach campaign that informs low-income workers about the Earned Income Tax Credit and other tax benefits Legal Aid’s Partnership Award for which they may qualify and highlights opportunities to get free tax prepara- was created to recognize non-legal tion services. Among other initiatives, DCFPI manages the free tax preparation clinic in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. organizations or individuals whose work directly advances our ability DCFPI was established in 2001 by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, to serve our clients. one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working on federal and state issues that affect low- and moderate-income residents. DCFPI is a member of the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative, a network of state-level fiscal policy organizations.

DCFPI’s extraordinary, sustained commitment to providing accurate, detailed, practical, and effective policy analysis on issues affecting Legal Aid’s client community has been invaluable to Legal Aid’s efforts to serve its clients and better protect their rights. One of Legal Aid’s signature advocacy efforts— to preserve and enhance the workings of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program—is one of among many initiatives that has benefited from DCFPI’s work over the past several years. The Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is proud to honor Aryeh S. Portnoy Crowell & Moring LLP

The Aryeh S. Portnoy is a counsel in the litigation group at Crowell & Moring LLP. He specializes in complex domestic and cross-border litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has counseled and represented Klepper corporate, non-profit, and individual clients as well as foreign and domestic for Volunteer government agencies and officials in all phases of litigation in a variety of Excellence areas including white collar and securities, health care, and false claims act Prize and qui tam litigation. Mr. Portnoy has written and presented extensively on litigation involving foreign sovereigns in U.S. courts and has represented The Klepper Prize was created through clients in such matters ranging from complex international commercial disputes to lawsuits on behalf of victims of terrorism. the generosity of Martin and Arlene Klepper in order to recognize an attorney early in her Throughout his career, Mr. Portnoy has maintained an active pro bono practice, representing indigent parents and children in contested custody actions. or his career who has made a significant To date, Mr. Portnoy has handled more than 25 contested custody cases, volunteer contribution to the Legal Aid many of them referred by Legal Aid. Moreover, he has served as a mentor and Society of the District of Columbia. supervisor on additional contested custody cases that Legal Aid has referred to Mr. Portnoy’s colleagues at Crowell. Mr. Portnoy’s expertise has allowed the firm as a whole to take on more custody cases from Legal Aid and to This evening we present the Prize to an tackle more complex cases that are difficult to place with pro bono counsel. individual who has demonstrated a Mr. Portnoy also frequently has been appointed by District of Columbia commitment to the mission of Legal Aid Superior Court Judges to serve as Guardian ad Litem for children at the core of these disputes. Mr. Portnoy has written on the importance of taking through his dedicated pro bono work and on pro bono custody matters and, in 2009, spoke on this topic at the leadership in family law cases on behalf Washington Council of Lawyers’ Pro Bono Fair. of Legal Aid’s client community. In 2008, Mr. Portnoy was recognized by the Washington DC Chapter of City Year as an “Idealist of the Year” for his pro bono custody work on behalf of children in the District of Columbia. In 2009, Mr. Portnoy also was honored by Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County with a Distinguished Service Award. He also has received Crowell & Moring’s George Bailey Pro Bono Award and is a recipient of the firm’s Firm Citizenship Award. Since 2006, Mr. Portnoy has led the firm’s weekly tutoring program with children from the Thurgood Marshall Academy. Servant of Justice Award presenters previous award recipients

Marcia D. Greenberger Servant of Justice National Women’s Law Center Award Described as "guiding the battles of the women's rights movement" by the New York Times, Marcia Greenberger is the founder and 2010 2006 continued Co-President of the National Women's Law Center. She is a recognized expert on women and the law, particularly in education, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. David A. Reiser employment, health, and family economic security. She has been a leader in the passage Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Zuckerman Spaeder LLP of major legislation and counsel in landmark litigation. Examples include the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, restoration of Title IX, the remedies of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 for Florence Wagman Roisman sexual harassment on the job, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and Supreme Court victories Indiana University School of Law – 2005 Indianapolis strengthening protections for students, teachers, and employees against sex discrimination. Katherine S. Broderick She has been recognized by Working Woman Magazine as one of the 25 heroines whose Dean, University of the activities over 25 years have helped women in the workplace, by Washingtonian Magazine 2009 District of Columbia, as one of Washington, D.C.'s most powerful women, by Legal Times and The National Law David A. Clarke School of Law Journal as one of “Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers.” Among other professional Anthony Herman awards, she has received the Woman Lawyer of the Year Award from the D.C. Women’s Bar Covington & Burling LLP Andrew H. Marks Association, the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Arabella Babb Mansfield Award, Crowell & Moring LLP and the William J. Brennan Award from the D.C. Bar. Ms. Greenberger received her B.A. Dean Kurt L. Schmoke and J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Howard University School of Law 2004 2008 Lois G. Williams Jonathan M. Smith Professor Richard L. Roe R. Sargent Shriver CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF Georgetown University Law Center THE United States Department of Justice E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr. Seth P. Waxman A life-long civil rights and anti-poverty advocate, Jonathan M. Smith Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Edgar S. Cahn currently serves as the Chief of the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Jean Camper Cahn In this position, he works on cases that address civil rights violations 2007 posthumously in state run institutions and by police departments; that protect access to reproductive health E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. facilities and to religious institutions; and that ensure religious exercise for institutionalized Hogan & Hartson LLP persons. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Smith served for more than eight 2003 years as the Executive Director of the Legal Society of the District of Columbia. For his work Sidney White Rhyne Peter J. Nickles at Legal Aid, Mr. Smith was selected as a 2009 recipient of the Meyer Foundation Exponent Covington & Burling LLP Award For Leadership and as the 2006 recipient of the Justice Potter Stewart Award from the Council for Court Excellence. Before joining Legal Aid, Mr. Smith served for four years 2006 The Public Defender as Executive Director of the Public Justice Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to this, he Service for the worked for nine years at the D.C. Prisoners’ Legal Services Project, first as a staff attorney Theodore A. Howard Wiley Rein LLP and then as Executive Director. Mr. Smith received his B.A. from the University of Maine at District of Columbia Orono and his Juris Doctorate from Antioch School of Law. continued on next page previous award recipients previous award recipients

Servant of Justice Partnership Award 1998 1994 continued Award continued Eric H. Holder, Jr. Janet Reno 2010 2002 United States Department of Justice Attorney General of the United States Fair Budget Coalition Samuel F. Harahan Francine Salzman Temko Legal Aid Society of the 1993 Council for Court Excellence District of Columbia Justice Thurgood Marshall 2009 Douglas G. Robinson Supreme Court of the United States Skadden, Arps, Slate, 1997 Housing Counseling Services Meagher & Flom LLP Zona F. Hostetler Peter B. Edelman O’Toole, Rothwell, Nassau & Steinbach Georgetown University Law Center 2008 2001 John H. Pickering Timothy J. May Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale Rhonique Shields-Harris, MD, MHA Lynn E. Cunningham Patton Boggs LLP and Dorr LLP George Washington University Children’s National Medical Center Law School 1996 1992 Gloria WilderBrathwaite, MD, MPH John E. Nolan CORE HEALTH Steptoe & Johnson LLP R. Kenneth Mundy Howard C. Westwood Covington & Burling LLP Charles F.C. Ruff Robert L. Weinberg Klepper Prize for Covington & Burling LLP Williams & Connolly LLP D.C. Legal Service Volunteer Excellence posthumously Providers 1995 2000 1991 2010 Willie E. Cook, Jr. Patty Mullahy Fugere Neighborhood Legal Services Program Augustus L. Palmer Randall A. Brater Arent Fox LLP Washington Legal Clinic for Howard University the Homeless David B. Isbell Covington & Burling LLP Barbara M. Rossotti Robert N. Weiner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2009 Arnold & Porter LLP 1994 Julia Judish 1990 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1999 Charles T. Duncan Reid and Priest Earl W. Kintner Blossom Athey Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, LLP 2008 Covington & Burling LLP Stephen J. Pollak Shea & Gardner Charles A. Horsky Melissa K. Bianchi Eldon H. Crowell Covington & Burling LLP Hogan & Hartson LLP Crowell & Moring LLP about us practice areas

The District of Columbia is facing a crisis in access to justice for persons Housing law living in poverty. Poor persons are far more likely than persons of means We represent tenants who need help to avoid eviction or correct serious to encounter the legal system in cases where the stakes are high. housing code violations. Our housing lawyers also assist public housing Currently, one in every five D.C. residents lives at or below the poverty line. tenants to preserve subsidies, fight illegal rent increases, and work to Compounding this issue is the dearth of free or affordable legal services prevent displacement by development. for civil matters. Thus, in case after case about the most fundamental of things – the ability to remain in one’s home, the right to medical care, the Family law capacity to keep a family together, the right to protection from an abuser – low-income D.C. residents find themselves facing the challenges and We work with victims of domestic violence to ensure their safety and intricacies of the court system on their own. work to achieve family stability through child support and custody cases.

At the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, the District’s oldest Public benefits law and largest general civil legal services program, we work each and every We work to ensure that the necessary “safety net” benefits and services day to combat this injustice and ensure that as many people as possible (including health insurance, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security have access to a lawyer. Every year, Legal Aid lawyers assist clients in Income, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) are available thousands of matters in the areas of family, housing, public benefits, and to all who qualify. consumer law. Legal Aid attorneys also help hundreds of others with legal rights education or referrals and seek systemic and appellate change to better protect the rights of people living in poverty. Consumer law Our attorneys provide much-needed representation to help poor and In a city with one of the greatest income differences between rich and low-income homeowners avoid foreclosure and fight foreclosure fraud and poor in the nation, the Legal Aid Society is working to make justice real assist clients with a variety of small claims and other consumer matters. for D.C.’s most vulnerable residents. Photo: Stephanie Wesolwski Photo: Stephanie Wesolwski current projects pro bono

Community Offices Pro Bono Referral Program Through the Southeast Neighborhood Access Project and the Landlord Legal Aid’s Pro Bono Referral Program refers cases to attorneys working Tenant Court Based Legal Services Project, we endeavor to reduce in private law firms and government agencies. Pro bono attorneys barriers to access by collaborating with other legal or social services expand Legal Aid’s capacity to help individuals and families who we providers in locations already frequented by potential clients. Clients otherwise would have to turn away because of limited in-house resources. can receive services in at least one, if not all, of our practice areas at Legal Aid refers cases in the areas of housing law, child custody, child each of these locations. Beginning in May 2011, we will be providing support, public benefits, and consumer law, as well as a limited number same day representation in child support cases through an office at of appellate matters. The matters are screened by Legal Aid staff prior the Paternity and Child Support Branch of the D.C. Superior Court. to referral. For each matter referred, an experienced Legal Aid staff attorney is assigned as a mentor to answer any questions the pro bono Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project attorney may have, provide sample pleadings, discuss relevant case law Legal Aid has established a highly-respected program of appellate and strategy, and offer ongoing guidance as the case moves forward. advocacy. Through this initiative, we pursue appellate litigation that will improve the decisional law across the spectrum of our practice If you would like more information about pro bono opportunities with areas and better protect the rights of persons living in poverty. Legal Aid, please contact: Jodi Feldman Systemic Advocacy and Reform Projects Director of Pro Bono and Intake Programs The integration of systemic advocacy and reform projects with our Phone: (202) 661-5965 individual representation and direct client services is a cornerstone Email: [email protected] of our work on behalf of persons living in poverty. Photo: Stephanie Wesolwski Photo: Stephanie Wesolwski Bronze Patron The 2011 $20,000 – $29,999

Leadership Arent Fox LLP The Neighbors in Need Fund Consumer Health Foundation of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Gilbert LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Latham & Watkins LLP Cabinet Pittman LLP Annual Gift Recognition Program Mayer Brown LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

The Legal Aid Society created the Leadership Cabinet in order to recognize those donors each year that Patron support the organization in significant ways. We are $10,000 – $19,999 proud to recognize our Leadership Cabinet members Arnold & Porter LLP The Morrison & Foerster as of April 5, 2011 for their generous support. Bingham McCutchen LLP Foundation Cleary Gottlieb Steen O'Melveny & Myers LLP Platinum Patron & Hamilton LLP Patton Boggs LLP $75,000 & up Crowell & Moring LLP Sidley Austin LLP and The Sidley Austin Foundation District of Columbia Bar Foundation Dickstein Shapiro LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP Dow Lohnes PLLC Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Gold Patron Exxon Mobil Corporation Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP $50,000 – $74,999 Hogan Lovells Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP LLP Covington & Burling LLP Kelley Drye & Warren Zuckerman Spaeder LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP LexisNexis

Silver Patron In addition to their generous financial contributions, the following firms $30,000 – $49,999 loan an associate to Legal Aid on a full-time basis for 6-month rotations:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Arnold & Porter LLP Alston & Bird LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Equal Justice Works Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP AmeriCorps Legal Fellowship program Steptoe & Johnson LLP Jerry Hartman in Memory of Barbara McDowell McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Legal Aid would also like to thank the District of Columbia's Office of Victim Services and the Office of the Tenant Advocate for their support The Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation of our Family Law and Housing Programs. We would also like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of our 2010 Campaign Co-Chairs:

Amer Ahmed Vadim Schick Williams & Connolly LLP Post & Schell, P.C. Thomas G. Allen BJ Shannon 2010 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Alston & Bird LLP Kavitha Babu Derek Y. Sugimura Generous Arent Fox LLP Gilbert LLP Joanna Giasafakis Briana Thibeau Associates Arent Fox LLP Dow Lohnes PLLC Thomas M. Henry, III Ryan C. Tisch Campaign Jones Day Crowell & Moring LLP Daniel Z. Herbst Daniel Wendt Equal Justice, Reed Smith LLP Miller & Chevalier Chartered Amanda Major Howard A. Wolf-Rodda Equal Responsibility Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Brown Rudnick LLP Reginald B. McKnight Generous associates throughout Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Washington, D.C.’s legal community raised a remarkable $678,000 from their colleagues and firms during last year. Congratulations to all A spirit of friendly competition has long been the hallmark our participants. of the Generous Associates Campaign. The following are the top-contributing firms in each size category: Legal Aid would like to recognize last year’s Honorary Co-Chair: 251+ attorneys 101–150 attorneys Wilmer Cutler Pickering Dow Lohnes PLLC Hale and Dorr LLP $22,304 Michele A. Roberts $66,573 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 51–100 attorneys 201–250 attorneys Miller & Chevalier Chartered Williams & Connolly LLP $20,172 $34,210

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Eric Angel Gregg A. Kelley Jeremy Strauss Monica Bell Executive Director Director of Development Legal Administrative Assistant Yale Law School Arthur Liman Rosanne Avilés Jennifer Klein Tianna Terry Public Interest Fellow Senior Staff Attorney Legal Administrative Assistant Staff Attorney Jennifer Yi Man Cheung Julie Becker Julianna Lee Stephanie Troyer Equal Justice Works Supervising Attorney Senior Staff Attorney Supervising Attorney AmeriCorps Legal Fellow

Gary Cunningham Trisha Monroe Wendy Weinberg Alana Genderson Intake Coordinator/Investigator Supervising Attorney and Supervising Attorney Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Project Director Law Firm Fellow Maggie Donahue Alfonso Wright Staff Attorney Rachel Nadas Controller Savannah Marion Legal Administrative Assistant Steptoe & Johnson LLP Jodi Feldman Andrea Zumbrum Law Firm Fellow Director of Pro Bono and Lucy Newton Intake Coordinator/Investigator Intake Programs Supervising Attorney and Jennifer Ngai Project Director Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Recovery Fellow Beth Mellen Harrison LOANED Supervising Attorney and Andrew Patterson Project Director Staff Attorney ASSOCIATES David Young Ropes & Gray LLP Law Firm Fellow Jennifer Hatton Anna Purinton Sue Atkins Staff Attorney Staff Attorney Steptoe & Johnson LLP Loaned Associate Katherine L. Hays Sandra Read-Brown Chief Operations Officer Development Associate Kevin Henley Arnold & Porter LLP Jeannette Henderson Rachel Rintelmann Loaned Associate Administrative Assistant Staff Attorney Amy Lee Shirley Horng Patricia Roulhac Crowell & Moring LLP Staff Attorney Legal Secretary Loaned Associate

Negar Katirai James van R. Springer Vijay Singh Staff Attorney Volunteer Staff Attorney Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Jack Keeney David Steib Loaned Associate Director, The Barbara McDowell Staff Attorney Appellate Advocacy Project board of trustees board of trustees

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Deborah B. Baum Joyce Trimble Gwadz Philip W. Horton Michael Raibman President Secretary Arnold & Porter LLP Reed Smith LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Dow Lohnes PLLC Daniel G. Jarcho John P. Relman Deanne M. Ottaviano Theodore B. Stone McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC

Vice President Treasurer Arent Fox LLP Ernst & Young LLP Barbara K. Kagan Kurt Richter Steptoe & Johnson LLP Cassidy Turley

Dennis M. Kiefer Tangela Richter Deloitte LLP Capital One MEMBERS Kenneth Klein Henry M. Rivera Donald B. Ayer David S. Dantzic Mayer Brown LLP Wiley Rein LLP Jones Day Latham & Watkins LLP Martin Klepper Leslie K. Smith David R. Berz Jonathan M. Fee Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Chevy Chase Trust Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Alston & Bird LLP Dionne C. Lomax Mary Lou Soller Stephen D. Brody Steven G. Forsyth Vinson & Elkins LLP Miller & Chevalier Chartered O'Melveny & Myers LLP Exxon Mobil Corporation Marc S. Martin Peter S. Spivack Barbara B. Brown Brenda P. Fuller K&L Gates LLP Hogan Lovells Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Sodexo, Inc. Timothy J. May Rebecca K. Troth Graeme W. Bush Scott D. Gilbert Patton Boggs LLP Sidley Austin LLP Zuckerman Spaeder LLP Gilbert LLP John M. Nannes Alon Vogel H. Guy Collier David C. Goldberg Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP LexisNexis McDermott Will & Emery LLP Serco, Inc. Michael E. Nannes Scott L. Winkelman Frank M. (Rusty) Conner Gerald S. Hartman Dickstein Shapiro LLP Crowell & Moring LLP DLA Piper LLP Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Anthony T. Pierce Alan M. Wiseman Donna Cooper John E. Heintz Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Covington & Burling LLP Black Entertainment Television, LLC Dickstein Shapiro LLP Karl A. Racine Robert Cooper Christopher J. Herrling Venable LLP Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP the presidents council

C. Stanley Dees McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Michael S. Helfer Citigroup join us again Michael J. Henke Space Adventures Ltd. Please plan to join Stephen S. Hill Legal Aid next year for the 23rd Servant of Justice Caswell O. Hobbs Awards Dinner, G. Philip Nowak during which we will Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP be celebrating our Thomas C. Papson 80th Anniversary, on McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP April 26, 2012 S. White Rhyne at the JW Marriott Hotel.

Barbara M. Rossotti Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Robert N. Sayler Covington & Burling LLP

Thomas Schattenfield

Daniel W. Toohey