PROPRO BONOBONO Review & Recognition ryan Cave strongly encourages all of our lawyers to engage in pro bono work. Pro bono matters are treated with the same care as any others we take on, and the service provided to our pro bono clients is of the same quality delivered to all fi rm clients. BBryan Cave’s pro bono priority is to off er legal services benefi ting persons and organizations of limited means and to advocate for civil rights, human rights, civil liberties and public rights. Bryan Cave’s work includes civil rights and public rights law, asylum and immigration cases, child abduction matters, health law, real estate issues, death penalty and other criminal cases, counseling charitable organizations, and many other areas involving the administration of justice. Referrals from local legal services agencies and work for non-profi t organizations make up much of Bryan Cave’s pro bono time.

Bryan Cave is a charter signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono ChallengeSM, a unique global aspirational pro bono standard. Developed by law fi rm leaders and corporate general counsel, the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge articulates a single, unitary standard for the world's largest law fi rms. Charter signatories acknowledge their institutional, fi rmwide commitment to provide pro bono legal services to low income and disadvantaged individuals and families and non-profi t groups. “Refl ecting one of the long-standing traditions of our profession, Bryan Cave's core values include a commitment to making a diff erence in our communities and society. We have a special obligation to make our professional skills and assistance available to those who cannot aff ord to pay for legal services, and our dedication to providing excellent service extends to all of our clients, including those we represent on a pro bono basis. Our lawyers and staff contribute those things we have in abundance – legal expertise, passion and a deep desire to help meet the needs of underserved people."

- Bryan Cave Chairman Don Lents

Pro Bono By the Numbers

Although the fi rm does not require attorneys to devote a minimum number of hours per year to pro bono matters, Bryan Cave strongly encourages all of its lawyers to engage in pro bono work.

35,872 = Total number of pro bono hours for lawyers and non-lawyers in 2011

39,106 = Total number of pro bono hours for lawyers and non-lawyers in 2012

36 = average pro bono hours per U.S. attorney in 2011 and 2012

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2011-2012 Pro Bono Committee Members

“It is our willingness to collaborate and strategize about new and more eff ective ways to make a diff erence in our communities that truly distinguishes Bryan Cave in our pro bono commitment.”

Ellen Bonacorsi, Senior Counsel, St. Louis – Firmwide Chair

William Hibsher, LeeAnn Jones, Herb Kohn, Partner, New York Counsel, Atlanta Partner, Kansas City

Stuart Lark, Gerry Ortbals, Partner, Colorado Springs Of Counsel, St. Louis

3 2011-2012 Pro Bono Offi ce Coordinators

Gupinder Assi, Ketrina Bakewell, Jennifer Dempsey, Counsel, London Partner, St. Louis Partner, Atlanta

Chris Dueringer, Ed Fields, Alex Grimsley, Partner, Santa Monica Counsel, Dallas Partner, Phoenix

Steve Gurr, Phil Karmel, Tom Kreamer, Partner, Denver Partner, New York Of Counsel, Kansas City

Lee Marshall, Patrick McKey, Dan Schwartz, Partner, San Francisco Partner, Chicago Partner, Washington, D.C.

Brett Souza, Partner, Irvine

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 4 Overview of 2011-2012 Pro Bono Projects

Over the past two years, Bryan Cave has contributed those things the fi rm has in abundance – legal expertise, passion and a deep desire to help meet the needs of underserved people. While it is impossible to describe all of the varied ways in which Bryan Cave has embraced pro bono work, the projects outlined in this report highlight key matters to which Bryan Cave has devoted extensive time and resources.

Joplin, MO Reconstruction

On May 22, 2011, the city of Joplin, MO was struck by a catastrophic tornado. Th e event destroyed signifi cant portions of the town and created the largest insurance event in the state’s history with payouts estimated at roughly $2 billion. Working with the Legal Aid Society of Western Missouri, Bryan Cave immediately dispatched 15 attorneys to the relief center, providing emergency assistance to victims with information ranging from individual landlord tenant issues and matrimonial matters, to real estate and business insurance questions. To provide longer-term assistance to businesses, attorneys worked with civic leaders to create and fund a non-profi t organization, “Joplin Tomorrow,” to aid in reconstruction eff orts. Spearheaded by Partner and former United States Senator John Danforth, the ongoing eff ort has raised more than $1.5 million to revitalize the city. Unhampered by SBA rules, the organization was able to be more generous in lending the working capital needed to navigate through the long recovery period.

5 Missouri Housing Development “Th e Bryan Cave attorneys Commission settled the case in record time. I was very fortunate A team of lawyers from our St. Louis offi ce was instrumental in a landmark to have such an excellent decision by the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC). Eff ective Jan. 1, 2013, the MHDC no longer allows Missouri landlords to team. My call to Bryan increase rent in the middle of a lease term. Th is development will protect Cave was a shot in the tenants in properties receiving tax credits from MHDC – and especially dark. I used to drive a senior citizens and people with disabilities living on fi xed incomes – from unexpected rent increases during the lease. Bryan Cave’s team represented Pepperidge Farm bread seniors living in complexes which had a record of implementing mid-lease truck that made deliveries rent increases. After receiving tenant complaints about mid-lease rent to the Bryan Cave dining increases, the MHDC began requiring that landlords have prospective tenants sign a disclosure form, called Exhibit X “Mid-lease Rent Increase room, so when the time Lease Addendum,” if a landlord wanted to be able to implement mid- came to fi nd a lawyer that’s lease rent increases. However, many senior citizens who live on a fi xed who I called. It certainly income cannot pay for increases in rent that occur during the middle of the lease. Bryan Cave met with MHDC and other interested parties and a paid off .” few months later, the MHDC changed its policy and notifi ed managers of properties receiving MHDC credits that, eff ective January 1, 2013, rents Harold Weintraub, may not be increased during a tenant’s lease term and that Exhibit X can pro bono client in the no longer be used to authorize such increases. MHDC case

Foundation for Innovations in Medical Education

Th e Bryan Cave New York offi ce provided pro bono help to form the Foundation for Innovations in Medical Education at the request of Einstein Medical School Professor Howard Kerpen. Dr. Kerpen was nominated by the New York Medical Society as “Teacher of the Year.” Th e foundation Bryan Cave formed aids with bringing medical research and education into the community. Under one current project, medical residents will teach children and parents in a lower- income school district with a high child obesity rate about healthy eating, exercise and lifestyle.

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 6 Florida vs. U.S.

In May 2011, Florida enacted signifi cant changes to the state’s election code by placing restrictions on organizations’ ability to conduct voter registration drives; reducing the number of days in the state’s early voting period; and eliminating the ability of registered voters who had recently moved between counties to provide notice of their change of address on Election Day and still cast a regular ballot. Because fi ve Florida counties were subject to the 1965 Fedral Voting Rights Act, Florida was required to obtain pre-clearance of the voting law changes and chose to pursue approval of the changes in court. Bryan Cave, as well as the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Brennan Center for Justice, represented the League of Women Voters of Florida and National Council of La Raza, who intervened on the side of the U.S. Justice Department to oppose the controversial new voting law restrictions. In August 2012, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a lengthy decision in the case, which was a signifi cant victory for our clients. In its decision, the Court denied Florida’s request to drastically reduce the opportunities for Florida voters to cast early, in-person votes, concluding that Florida had failed, as we had argued, to carry its burden to establish that such a change was neither enacted with a discriminatory purpose nor would have a discriminatory (or “retrogressive,” in voting rights parlance) eff ect. Th e parties subsequently reached a resolution of all remaining claims that included Florida amending its early in-person voting requirements that preserved previous in-person voting opportunities for the citizens of Florida. In October 2012, the parties entered into a stipulation dismissing all pending claims with prejudice.

Family Equality Council

In 2011 and 2012, the Bryan Cave LGBT lawyers affi nity group continued its ongoing pro bono representation of the Family Equality Council – a national organization that connects, supports, and represents the one million parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in this country and their two million children. During those two years, 40 Bryan Cave lawyers worked on Family Equality Council matters. One specifi c project entailed a comprehensive review and analysis of Department of Homeland Security regulations to identify the regulations that impact LGBT families’ access to benefi ts and

Brenda Shelton Photography programs. Lawyers from across the fi rm worked on the project.

Successful Recovery of Funds for Holocaust Survivor

A team of Bryan Cave lawyers from the Santa Monica offi ce successfully recovered reparations funds on behalf of a holocaust survivor. Th is was our fi rst case with the Bet Tzedek Pro Bono Holocaust Reparations Project. Th e client represented will receive a social security pension from Germany for her “voluntary” work at Nazi-controlled ghettos. Th e entire application process took almost six months. Bank of America and Bryan Cave recently teamed up to handle future cases together. Bet Tzedek is coordinating this project nationwide.

7 George Allen Jr. Exoneration

In collaboration with the Innocence Project, Bryan Cave fi led a habeas corpus petition in Missouri, alleging that a St. Louis man, George Allen Jr., is innocent in the 1982 rape and murder of Mary Bell. Bell, a court reporter who had worked in the same courthouse where Mr. Allen was convicted, was murdered in her home on the morning of February 4, 1982, during what was one of the heaviest snowstorms in St. Louis’ history. Mr. Allen lived 10 miles away. Bryan Cave and the Innocence Project asked the court to overturn Mr. Allen’s conviction and free him from prison. New evidence, including DNA testing, a serology report that was never turned over to the prosecution or defense, and the discovery that a key prosecution witness gave hypnotically- enhanced testimony against Allen at trial, demonstrates that Mr. Allen is innocent of the crimes for which he has spent more than 30 years in prison. Th e parties fi led cross-motions for summary judgment and presented oral argument. On November 2, 2012, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green entered an order granting George Allen’s writ of habeas corpus on the basis that police failed to turn over numerous items of exculpatory evidence. On November 14, 2012, the Circuit Court ordered Mr. Allen Photo by Wiley Price released from custody and he walked out of the Cole County courthouse a free man.

Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Bryan Cave submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the ACLU of the National Capital Area of D.C. in a Fourth Amendment case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and subsequently in the U.S. Supreme Court. Th e case, U.S. v. Jones, presented the question of whether the Fourth Amendment requires police to obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS tracking device to one’s vehicle to track the vehicle for prolonged periods. Th e ACLU, joined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, contended that citizens have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and that the Fourth Amendment therefore requires police to obtain a warrant for GPS tracking. After the ACLU’s position prevailed in the D.C. Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that Americans have constitutional protections against GPS surveillance by law enforcement, holding that GPS tracking is a "search" under the Fourth Amendment. Th e outcome of this case signifi cantly impacts this particular line of police work and will progress the continuing debate over rights to privacy in the digital age.

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 8 Student with Special Needs

Bryan Cave lawyers in our San Francisco offi ce favorably resolved a pro bono matter on behalf of a fi rst grade student who was born with severe cognitive disabilities, a seizure disorder and degenerative hearing loss. Th e student is in a special education classroom in a Northern California public elementary school. In late 2011, the student’s parents sought the advice of Bay Area Legal Aid regarding the inadequacy of their child’s education and onsite medical care. Th e student suff ers from a seizure disorder that requires medication immediately at the onset of a seizure to lessen the adverse health consequences of the seizure. Th e school system, however, would not authorize staff to administer the medication during the three days a week that the school nurse was off duty. Th e student is also deaf, but neither the teacher nor the aids in his classroom knew sign language, leaving the student unable to receive instruction or communicate with his teacher and peers. Th e school system remained adamant that the student’s placement and services were adequate and refused to provide additional services to address his needs. Th rough our team’s eff orts, and the diligence of the student’s parents, this student now receives the medical attention that he needs, as well as the specialized services that allow him to hear and understand what is happening in the classroom.

Human Traffi cking

In the spring of 2009, three Kansas City-based businesses were indicted by federal prosecutors for illegally recruiting foreign workers and turning them into human slaves. Th e victims, primarily from the Dominican Republic and the Philippines, were lured to the U.S. with the promise of good jobs and a better life. Once here, they found themselves subjected to constant threats of deportation and inhumane group living conditions while providing services to businesses in 14 states for little or no wages. Bryan Cave, along with the KC Coalition Against Human Traffi cking, spearheaded the representation of 17 victims in an eff ort to secure non-immigrant T-Visas, which allow victims of human traffi cking and their families to remain in the U.S. for up to four years and to seek permanent resident status. Th e 30 month project involved the work of nearly 31 attorneys and a native Spanish-speaking paralegal. Each application required painstaking detail and lengthy letters, affi davits and exhibits. Over 1000 hours were spent on this case in 2011.

9 Touchdown for Legal Counsel for the Elderly

A team of Bryan Cave attorneys successfully settled a case against the Washington Redskins on behalf of longtime pro bono client Legal Counsel for the Elderly (LCE). LCE’s client, a handicapped Washington-area artist, claimed to have been promised payment by the Redskins for an oil painting the team wished to use to publicize a celebrity golf event. Th e client produced the painting but the team claimed there had been a misunderstanding and refused to pay. Th e team off ered to allow the artist to display the painting at their facility in the hopes that a player or coach might purchase it. Th e painting was damaged by the Redskins at their facility, rendering it unsalable to another buyer. At LCE’s request, a New York Giants fan and an art historian prepared a lawsuit against the Redskins which ended in a suitable settlement for both parties.

Community Sports Club in London

After more than a year of eff ort, London based Bryan Cave attorneys successfully completed a joint venture and lease agreement on behalf of the Hylands Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC), a not-for-profi t organization, with the Albany School, a local secondary school. Th is transaction enabled the CASC and the school to raise some £385,000 in funding to provide facilities for the school, the CASC and the wider community -- including tennis courts and multigames areas for basketball, netball, and football. Our London attorneys compiled a complex multi-phased joint venture agreement and an innovative lease, giving the CASC the security of title it needed to seek funding for the facilities from various organizations. Th e arrangement required approval from the Secretary of State for Education.

Patient Wins Costly Drug Coverage

A team of Bryan Cave lawyers achieved a victory for an individual patient seeking insurance coverage for costly immunosuppressant drugs. In a fi nal hearing and appeal before the Central Laborers’ Pension Funds, Bryan Cave attorneys convinced the Central Laborers’ Pension Funds that it was required to extend benefi ts to an individual who had successfully participated in a islet cell transplant for the treatment of Type I Diabetes. Th e islet cell transplant was part of a FDA clinical trial conducted by the University of Illinois at Chicago. If coverage were not extended to include the immunosuppressant drugs, the client would have been forced to terminate a drug regimen and undergo a pancreas transplant.

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 10 Immigration & Asylum Cases

A pro bono client was granted political asylum at the conclusion of trial in immigration court. Th e client suff ered imprisonment, torture and persecution at the hands of the governing regime in Ethiopia, owing principally to her involvement with the leading peaceful opposition party during the infamous 2005 parliamentary elections. After speaking publicly against the government in 2008, the client was summoned back to the facility where she previously had been imprisoned and tortured in 2005. She fl ed to the U.S., and her application for asylum was referred for adjudication in court. A Bryan Cave attorney received her case by way of Catholic Charities in 2009. Our lawyers provided valuable assistance with witness testimony preparations, execution, exhibit preparation, and country conditions.

A team of Bryan Cave lawyers in Chicago represented Chadian national Souleymane Deye in an asylum hearing before the immigration court. After full presentation of the evidence at trial, including expert testimony regarding the torture Souleymane suff ered, the immigration judge deliberated for only 15 minutes before ruling from the bench and granting Souleymane asylum. Now that Souleymane has been granted asylum and is legally in the United States, he looks forward to being reunited with his wife and four children, who he has not seen in nine years. Th e team continues to work with Souleymane and immigration offi cials to obtain the appropriate documentation necessary for Souleymane’s family to leave Saudi Arabia and receive permanent status in the United States.

With the help of Bryan Cave attorneys, asylum status for a minor, Mohamed Hassan, who fl ed Somalia and made his way to the United States through South America, was successfully obtained. Mohamed was persecuted in Somalia and ultimately forced to leave his mother and sisters after his brother, father and youngest sister were killed. We continue to assist Mohamed with his asylum status, documentation and learning English.

A team of Bryan Cave lawyers in St. Louis, along with our pro bono services partner, the Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants (“ILSI”), obtained approval on a challenging affi rmative asylum case for our client from Peru. Foreign nationals seeking asylum must demonstrate a well-founded fear that if returned home, they will be persecuted based upon one of fi ve characteristics: race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Less than 30% of affi rmative asylum cases are approved. Th is case involved very disturbing evidence of mental and sexual abuse that the client was sure to encounter if she had been forced to return to her home country. Accordingly, in addition to overcoming certain procedural hurdles, Bryan Cave and ILSI lawyers collaborated to research, draft and present a novel but compelling legal argument in favor of granting asylum based upon her persecution as a member of a particular social group.

11 A team of Bryan Cave lawyers in our offi ce advised pro bono client Ali Ashgar as he fought to obtain political asylum in France. Ali fl ed Pakistan after being severely beaten and threatened with death for religious reasons. In addition to physical threats, he faced prosecution for apostasy and blasphemy. His initial petition for asylum was denied. Bryan Cave advised him in connection with an appeal to the French administrative court. Th e court overruled the French immigration authorities and granted Ali asylum in France.

Attorneys from our Washington D.C. offi ce secured a victory for Daniel Oyeniran, who sought reversal of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that denied him relief under the Convention Against Torture. In 2005, Daniel was granted relief from removal under the Convention Against Torture because his father, who is a Christian minister in Nigeria, had been subjected to beatings, intimidation and threats on account of his religious beliefs and activism in a country with Sharia law. Th e immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals made a number of fi ndings that past incidents amounted to torture and entitled Daniel to relief. In 2007, Daniel made a brief trip to Nigeria to visit his mother who had suff ered a stroke. Upon returning to the United States, the government initiated removal proceedings in which the Immigration Court allowed relitigation of the question of whether the past incidents involving Daniel’s father – which formed the basis for granting Daniel relief in 2005 – amounted to torture. Th e immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals held that the facts underlying the 2005 decision could be reevaluated de novo and ultimately found that Daniel was not entitled to relief because those incidents did not amount to torture. After hearing oral argument from Phil during a special sitting of the Ninth Circuit at the University of San Diego School of Law, the court reversed the Board of Immigration Appeals and granted Daniel’s petition for review. Th e court held that the 2005 decision was subject to the doctrine of collateral estoppel and the incidents of torture that formed the basis for that decision could not be relitigated in the later proceeding.

Working with Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, attorneys from Bryan Cave’s Charlotte offi ce and United Airlines won special immigrant juvenile status involving a single parent for an 18-year-old girl living in Charlotte. When the 18-year-old entered the U.S., she left behind a life of abuse in Honduras. She fl ed to escape her father, who had sexually and physically abused her for years, to be reunited with her mother in Charlotte. Safe from her former abuser, she then had to fi nd a way to legally stay in the U.S. with her mother. Th e case successfully resolved and has become a victory for local children involved in special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) cases with a single parent. Our team initially hoped to help by seeking asylum, but soon realized there was another, possibly better way to litigate the case. After helping our client’s mother gain sole custody, we fi led for SIJS citing abuse from only one of her parents. Th is was the fi rst single-parent victory for Legal Services of Southern Piedmont and one of the fi rst for Charlotte. Th is case not only changed the lives our client and her mother but also now serves as an example for how other children in similar crises can be aided in their pursuit of security.

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 12 Bryan Cave Pro Bono Recognition 2011-2012

Bryan Cave was selected by the Missouri/Southern Illinois Anti- Missouri/Southern Defamation League to receive the Torch of Liberty for the fi rm’s pro bono work, led by St. Louis partner Ben Clark and associate Emma Illinois Anti- Harty, on briefs fi led in the Missouri Court of Appeals and Missouri Defamation League Supreme Court on "the case of the anti-Semitic jury", helping make Torch of Liberty Award new law relating to juror bias and the ability of judges to determine whether bias during jury deliberations prohibits a party from receiving a fair trial.

Bryan Cave was honored with the Corporate Service Award for 2011 by Neighborhood Houses, a local charity, for pro bono assistance. Neighborhood Six associates from the St. Louis and Chicago offi ces also were Houses Corporate individually recognized for their pro bono work. Neighborhood Service Award Houses exists to strengthen children, families and communities through neighborhood-centered, faith-based programs that help create hope, health and independence.

Five lawyers in the Bryan Cave Atlanta offi ce were named to the “Pro Bono Honor Roll” by the Georgia Bar Journal. Lawyers selected for Georgia Bar this honor demonstrate their commitment to equal access to justice Journal 'Pro Bono by volunteering their time to represent the indigent in civil pro bono Honor Roll' programs. Th e Georgia Bar Journal is comprised of scholarly articles, feature articles, bar updates, rules changes, notices, classifi ed ads and other pertinent information.

Associate Gustavo “Gus” Schneider was awarded the “New Volunteer Attorney of the Year” award for 2010-2011 by the Volunteer Lawyers Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP). Since October 2010, Mr. Schneider donated more Program 'New than 130 pro bono hours to various cases referred to him by VLP. Volunteer Attorney Founded in 1981, the Volunteer Lawyers Program unites those in need of the Year' with volunteer lawyers whose counsel gives thousands of Arizonans hope for a better life. VLP is co-sponsored by Community Legal Services and the Maricopa County Bar Association.

13 New York Partner Bill Hibsher was honored by Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), a renowned center of social and civil rights activism in the Jewish and LGBT communities. In June 2011, Bryan Cave provided pro Honored by bono legal counsel to CBST to successfully close on the purchase of two Congregation Beit commercial condominium units in the Cass Gilbert Building on West 30th Street in . Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is the world’s largest Simchat Torah predominantly LGBT synagogue.

Atlanta Partner Bill Custer was honored by the Foundation for Improvement of Justice Inc. for his work in freeing pro bono client Joshua Hames from prison. Josh was serving a life sentence after being wrongfully convicted of felony Foundation for murder in the accidental shooting death of his brother Sam while the two were Improvement of Justice hunting on their family farm. Bill was part of a team that fi led a habeas corpus petition and represented Josh in a habeas corpus proceeding before the trial Pro Bono Award court. Th e trial court ruled in favor of Josh, granted the habeas corpus petition and overturned Josh’s murder conviction. Th e court found that the indictment charging Josh was “fatally defective” and found that the state failed to prove Josh had the criminal intent or recklessness necessary for a murder conviction. It also found that Josh had received ineff ective assistance of trial counsel during his trial and appeal. Georgia’s attorney general, representing the warden of the prison, appealed the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision a year later, the Georgia Supreme Court agreed with the trial court that Josh’s conviction should be overturned. Josh was released from prison July 12, 2010. Th e mission of the Foundation for Improvement of Justice is to recognize innovative and eff ective works or programs whose eff orts have made positive diff erences in the United States criminal and civil judicial arenas. Th e foundation recognizes and awards up to seven nominees on an annual basis for successful accomplishments that can serve as models for others.

“Th rough my pro bono involvement, I have had the privilege of working with a number of non-profi t organizations to resolve legal challenges they face. It is such an honor to work with individuals who have dedicated their lives to serving others.“ Amy Grynol Gibbs, Associate, Atlanta

New York Associates Jessica Fischweicher and Liz Kukura received awards at the Legal Services NYC’s Annual Pro Bono Recognition Awards Breakfast for helping to fi ll the legal needs of low-income New Yorkers in 2011. Th e Annual Annual Pro Bono Pro Bono Breakfast is a celebration of the strong partnership between Legal Awards in New York Services NYC and the pro bono bar, which provides high-quality free civil legal services to low-income people throughout New York City.

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 14 Saint Louis University School of Law held its Second Annual Public Interest Law Group Excellence in Pro Bono Awards in March Saint Louis University 2011. Bryan Cave earned “Th e Leaders Award” for leadership in School of Law Excellence providing the highest quality pro bono representation to indigent in Pro Bono Award clients. Among other eff orts, Bryan Cave partnered with the city of St. Louis to be the providers of guardian ad litem services for underprivileged children. Th e Pro Bono Awards recognize partnerships with the private bar and are jointly awarded by the Saint Louis University Legal Clinics and Public Interest Law Group.

Bryan Cave earned recognition from Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants (ILSI) for the fi rm’s assistance in pro bono immigration Interfaith Legal cases. In 2011, Bryan Cave established a partnership with ILSI in Services for Immigrants St. Louis in which our attorneys represent clients referred to the Pro Bono Award fi rm by ILSI. Cases include representing clients in complex asylum matters. Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants is a nonprofi t group that provides aff ordable immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and their families in eastern Missouri.

Partner Megan Lennox and Associates PJ Rivera and Gus Schneider Arizona Foundation in our Phoenix offi ce were selected as recipients of the Arizona for Legal Services & Foundation for Legal Services & Education’s 2012 Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys in Arizona award. Th e foundation recognizes Education’s Top 50 Pro attorneys who have tirelessly given their time and experience to assist Bono Attorneys Arizonans who would otherwise have no legal resources. Megan, PJ and Gus were nominated by the Community Legal Services Volunteer Lawyers Program.

“Bryan Cave’s balanced approach to pro bono work evidences the fi rm’s sincere commitment to both the professional development of its lawyers and the betterment of the communities in which we live. Associates are never forced to do pro bono work. Instead, the fi rm gives us full billable credit for all pro bono hours worked. As a result, pro bono work isn’t something we have to do, it’s something we get to do, and that makes all the diff erence.” Gus Schneider, Associate, Phoenix

15 Focus on Our Communities

We have found that the best way to provide meaningful pro bono work is to focus on our communities. Bryan Cave’s pro bono work is generally directed by individual offi ces, where the attorneys have the ability to decide what are the legal areas of concern that matter most. What matters in Kansas City, for example, might not be a signifi cant problem in New York, Atlanta, or Denver. Bryan Cave’s pro bono work is guided by our local communities – they tell us how best to serve their neighborhoods and help individuals in those communities.

In addition to providing pro bono legal services in our communities, Bryan Cave has a rich history of involvement in public and community service support in a diverse range of charitable endeavors. Many of our lawyers are board members and leaders of non-profi t organizations, area hospitals, colleges and universities, and religious institutions. Our lawyers and staff donate time and resources to a wide range of community, civic, cultural, governmental, and educational organizations. We regularly engage in community service projects such as fi xing up schools, mentoring students, revitalizing community gardens and supporting a wide array of initiatives to improve the lives of the less fortunate. Our individual offi ces adopt families during the holidays, giving employees and their families an opportunity to meaningfully touch the lives of others.

Bryan Cave Pro Bono Review & Recognition 2011-2012 16 Bryan Cave Pro Bono Attorneys 2011-2012

Th e attorneys listed here each recorded more than 50 hours of pro bono work in 2011 and/or 2012.

Hassan Albakri Molly L. Eskay Erik W. Kahn James J. Murphy Stephen R. Snodgrass Mark W. Allen Alec W. Farr Daniel R. Kaplan Angela L. Nadler Ivan J. Snyder James M. Altman Julia L. Fenwick Arindam Kar Ashley H. Nall Andrew G. Spaniol Gupinder Assi Denise F. Fields Philip E. Karmel Th omas E. Nanney Stephen S. Sparks Matthew C. Baisley Leah Fiorenza Stephen S. Kaye Rebecca A. D. Nelson Laura J. Spencer Ian L. Barlow David Firestone Todd M. Kaye Daniel C. Nester Allison L. Spotser John P. Barrie Joshua A. Fisher Keith J. Kehrer Tara B. Newell Douglas J. Stanley Justin S. Barry Blake J. Fix Jason A. Kempf Constantino Ochoa Jr. Todd Hamilton Stanton Kent W. Bartholomew Erica R. Forman V. S. Killingsworth Richard C. Ochoa James M. Staulcup Jr. Philip D. Bartz Renée E. Frost John R. Kindschuh Timothy G. O’Connell Kaye E. Steinsapir Jennifer L. Berhorst Ameer Gado Kenneth A. Kleban Daniel T. O’Connor Amy Marie Stewart Lindsay V. Biesterfeld Megan A. Gajewski Karen A. Knighton John F. Orbe Christopher R. Strianese Christopher M. Blaesing Gita Gandhi Herbert M. Kohn Gerald R. Ortbals Vyas Suresh Stephanie A Blazewicz Michele R. Gardner Steven D. Korenblat Lacey T. Osborn Margaret Kane Th ies Steven D. Bloom Kathryn E. Gebert Leah E. Kraft Amit S. Parekh Tony Tootell Susan G. Blumenthal Ashley N. Gillard Vishant M. Krishnan Danielle C. Parrington Chaeri Tornay Nathan M. Boyce Veronica A. Gioia Elizabeth R. Kukura Matthew Justin Pearce Robert N. Treiman Louis J. Boyd Heather S. Goldman Liz Kuster Catherine M. Pearson Gregory D. Trimarche Norvell E. Brasch Hope Sarah Goldstein Song Kwon James Peiser Brian J. Turoff Amy E. Breihan Brenda Gordon Erika S. Labelle Margery H. Perlmutter Wilhemina J. Tyler William B. Brockman Martin Gordon-Russell Aaron M. Lang Rodney Perry Jena M. Valdetero Erin L. Brooks David A. Greene Chris M. LaRocco Kristin F. Petersen Lynn M. Van Buren Andrew M. Brummel Christopher C. Grenz Mark B. Leadlove Matthew M. Petersen Robert F. Van Voorhees Raymond J. Burby IV John V. Griffi n Pou-I Lee Courtney Peterson Brenton W. Vincent Harold R. Burroughs Mollie R. Grossmann Th omas S. Lee Jonathan B. Potts Rosario L. Vizzie John C. Bush Jamie L. Hais Bradley J. Lefkowitz Daniel I. Prywes Kip F. Wainscott Sara K. Butler Daniel F. Harvath Megan I. Lennox Jesse E. Randolph Krishna A. Walker Carrie E. Byrnes Timothy J. Hasken Katharine F. Lessaris Carolyn K. Brooks Rincon Brian C. Walsh Austin V. Campriello Peter G. Hawkins Jay J. Levin Frederick A. Rispoli R. Randall Wang Michael H. Chanin Michael N. Heaney Carol Huan Li Pedro J Rivera Jordan M. Ware Rocio A. Chavez Brett B. Heger Nicholas A. Lind Brent E. Roam Jay P. Warren Zhengjun Chen Joshua J. Heidelman Bruce E. Lowry Joseph Robertson Charles A. Weiss Cathryn Benedict Chetek Leslie Hecht Helmer Robert John Lystad Kristin Robinson John M. Welge Terrence Allen Childers Carrie E. Herrick Jennifer Kies Mammen Beth Romans Bower Patricia L. Werner Lindsay E. Cohen William J. Hibsher Stanley J. Marcuss Stefani L. Rothermel James G. Wheeler Donald A. Cole Janet Hicks Karl L. Marschel Heather Boelens Rucker Jed P. White Glenn B. Coleman Kyle S. Hirsch Th or Tobin Mathison Adriel F. Sanders Nick E. Williamson Amanda Elaine Colvin Laura A. Hoff stetter James M. Matthews Jacquelyn N. Schell Amy Taylor Wilson Jennifer L. Crowder Rebecca Holdredge Jessica R. Maziarz Th omas J. Schell Katherine M. Windler Val Crozier Whitney Horrell Matthew R. McGraner Gustavo E. Schneider Douglas E. Winter Aaron E. Davis Brent Anderson Howard Tiff any N. McKenzie John J. Schoemehl Kent D. Wittrock Robert S. Davis Th eresa Barrett Hubbard Philip J. Meitl Kevin D. Schopp Keith H. Woffi nden Aurélie de Raphelis Soissan Gregory Hummel Michael D. Mellen Eric P. Schroeder Carolyn Wolff Liz Deighton Carole Lewis Iles Linda S. Mensch Daniel C. Schwartz Erica D. Woods Emma L. Dill Oluseyi Iwarere Megan E. Meyers Mariangela M. Seale Elaine Wright Jay M. Dorman Rebecca R. Jackson Matthew G. Minder Jared A. Seff Amy Wu Robert Dougans Joshua A. James Susannah M. Mitchell Adwoa Seymour James R. Wyrsch Kathryn A. Dugan Christopher C. Javillonar Mary Margaret Moore Dmitry Shifrin Liana W. Yung Catayah A. Duncan Craig D. Jeff rey Maureen M. Muranaka Lindsay J. Sklar David A. Zetoony Robert T. Ebert Jr. Trevor A. Jenkins Caitlin L. Murphy Nicholas S. Sloey Christian M. Zust Jessica J. Edwards Martha Joerger George F. Murphy James D. Smith Jay A. Zweig

17 Representative Pro Bono Clients and Partners 2011-2012

ACLU of the National Capital Area Domestic Violence Clinic of Santa National Center for Law and Monica Economic Justice Alliance for Children's Rights Family Equality Council National Center for Missing and Animal House Fund Exploited Children Habitat for Humanity Anti-Defamation League National Immigration Justice Center Hot Bread Kitchen Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Operation Food Search Foundation Housing Crisis Center Team of Advocates for Special Kids Break the Cycle International HIV/AIDS Alliance Th e Ivey Catholic Charities DC Kids in the Middle Truancy Intervention Project Chicago Legal Clinic Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants Children's Law Center Legal Advocates for Abused Women for the Arts Chicago Youth Centers Legal Aid of Western Missouri Volunteer Lawyers Program of Cross-Lines Cooperative Council Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Maricopa County Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Legal Services of Southern Piedmont YWCA of the National Capital Area Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program Med and Food for Kids

“In Mr. Allen’s habeas corpus matter, a team of Bryan Cave lawyers won Mr. Allen’s release from over 30 years of wrongful incarceration for a crime he did not commit. Th is matter required a sustained eff ort over more than four years and involved a complex area of law outside of our usual expertise. Bryan Cave’s unwavering support for this eff ort refl ects the rm’sfi sincere commitment to doing meaningful pro bono work.”

Ameer Gado, Counsel, St. Louis

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