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ANNUAL SERVANT of JUSTICE AWARDS DINNER Welcome to the 24 TH ANNUAL SERVANT of JUSTICE AWARDS DINNER LW.com Abu Dhabi Barcelona Beijing COVINGTON Latham & Watkins congratulates Boston Brussels Chicago Doha COVINGTON Dubai is proud to support the Frankfurt Hamburg Hong Kong The Servant of Houston BEIJING LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF DC London Los Angeles BRUSSELS Madrid Justice Award and we applaud Servant of Justice Award Milan LONDON Moscow recipients John Payton and Paul Smith for Munich NEW YORK their dedication to ensuring that all persons New Jersey Honorees SAN DIEGO New York have equal and meaningful access to justice. Orange County SAN FRANCISCO Paris Riyadh* SEOUL We also commend the recipients of the Rome SHANGHAI San Diego We are proud to support the Legal Aid Society Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence, San Francisco of the District of Columbia in its commitment SILICON VALLEY Warren T. Allen II, Nicole L. Grimm, and Shanghai Silicon Valley to provide meaningful access to justice for all. WASHINGTON Luke A. Meisner, for their pro bono Singapore Tokyo commitment and leadership. Washington, D.C. * In association with the Law Office of Salman M. Al-Sudairi 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 24th Annual Servant of Justice Awards Dinner Congratulations to this year’s honorees John Payton Making a Difference Awarded Posthumously WilmerHale is proud to join the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia Paul M. Smith in honoring and remembering our partner and friend, John Payton, and his many contributions to the cause of justice. We also salute all of tonight’s Warren T. Allen, II honorees for their efforts to “make justice real.” Nicole L. Grimm We are pleased to support Legal Aid in its steadfast efforts to help thousands Luke A. Meisner of District residents obtain meaningful access to justice. Beijing | Boston | Brussels | Chicago | Frankfurt | Hong Kong | Houston | London Los Angeles | Moscow | Munich | New York | Palo Alto | Paris | São Paulo | Shanghai Singapore | Sydney | Tokyo | Toronto | Vienna | Washington, D.C. | Wilmington wilmerhale.com © 2013 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Making Justice Welcome to the Real TH Founded in 1932, Legal Aid is the oldest and largest general civil legal services program in the District of Columbia. For more 24 than 80 years, Legal Aid lawyers ANNUAL have been making justice real – of in individual and systemic ways SERVANT JUSTICE – for persons living in poverty AWARDS DINNER in D.C. Every year, our lawyers provide high-quality, zealous representation and engage in systemic advocacy in the areas of family law and domestic violence, affordable housing and eviction prevention, public benefits, and consumer law. We also have a nationally-recognized appellate Thursday, April 18, 2013 program, the Barbara McDowell 6:00 pm President’s Reception Appellate Advocacy Project. The 6:30 pm Opening Reception generous support of our donors 7:30 pm Dinner, Awards Program enables us to make justice real & Dessert Reception for thousands of D.C. residents. JW Marriott Hotel On their behalf, we thank you 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. for your support. Washington, D.C. Program Program President’s Welcome Deanne M. Ottaviano Servant of Justice Award ARENT FOX LLP John Payton POSTHUMOUSLY Accepted by r Gay McDougall Presented by Executive Director’s Remarks Elaine R. Jones Eric Angel r r Servant of Justice Award Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence Paul M. Smith JENNER & BLOCK LLP Warren T. Allen, II Nicole L. Grimm Presented by Luke A. Meisner The Honorable Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Presented by r Arlene Fine Klepper Closing Remarks r Deanne M. 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Horton Tangela S. Richter Justice Arnold & Porter LLP Capital One Awards r Each year since 1990, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia has presented the Servant of Justice Dinner Steering Committee Award to individuals or organizations who have demonstrated faithful dedication and remarkable achievement Deborah B. Baum Rainey Hoffman Kurt Richter in ensuring that all persons have equal Pillsbury Winthrop Carlyle Group Cassidy Turley and meaningful access to justice. In Shaw Pittman LLP Dennis M. Kiefer Peter D. Shields some instances, such as this evening, Alex Bourelly Deloitte LLP Wiley Rein LLP the Award has been given posthumously Baker Botts LLP Dionne C. Lomax Leslie K. Smith to recognize the contributions of Steve Brody Vinson & Elkins LLP Chevy Chase Trust individuals we were unable to O’Melveny & Myers LLP honor during their lifetimes. Virginia M. Marra Ronald J. Tenpas John T. Byrnes Exxon Mobil Corporation Morgan, Lewis & Tonight’s honorees made the struggle Dow Lohnes PLLC Bockius LLP Michael E. Nannes for equal justice a core part of their Donna Cooper Dickstein Shapiro LLP Alon Vogel personal and professional identities. Black Entertainment LexisNexis Television, Inc. Deanne M. Ottaviano Please join us in expressing our gratitude Arent Fox LLP for their extraordinary contributions Jack Gocke Marsh & McLennan Kevin L. Petrasic to the cause of access to justice in Companies Paul Hastings LLP the District and beyond. The Servant of Justice Award Accepting the Servant of Justice Award on behalf of John Payton The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is proud to honor John Payton Gay McDougall Posthumously John Payton was the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Gay McDougall served as the first United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and a tireless advocate for justice, equality, and opportunity. from 2005 through 2011. She was Executive Director of the international NGO Global Rights Mr. Payton was the 6th leader of LDF, the nation’s first and preeminent civil rights law firm. from 1994 through 2006. During his tenure, he guided the organization to resounding legal victories, including Among her many international roles, from 1997 to 2001 she served as an Independent Expert Lewis v. City of Chicago, which vindicated the rights of over 6,000 applicants who sought on the UN treaty body that oversees compliance with the International Convention on the to become firefighters in the City of Chicago, and Northwest Austin Municipal Utility Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, during which time she negotiated the District v. Holder, which turned back a challenge to the constitutionality of a core provision adoption of General Recommendation XXV on the Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination, of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. which requires governments to report explicitly on the situation of women impacted by racial discrimination. She played a leadership role in the UN Third World Conference against Racism. A native of Los Angeles and a graduate of Pomona College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Payton forged a career as a corporate attorney at the firm of Wilmer Hale, where he As Special Rapporteur on the issue of systematic rape and sexual slavery practices in armed headed the firm’s Litigation Department. But he also always exercised a deep commitment conflict when she served on the UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human to public service through his pro bono work at the firm. He took leave from Wilmer during Rights (1995-1999), she led that body in calling for international legal standards for the the early 1990s to serve as the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia. He was prosecution of such acts. president of the District of Columbia Bar from 2001 to 2002, a member of the American Law Institute, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a Master in the Edward Coke She was one of five international members of the South African governmental body established Appellate Inn of Court. He also was affiliated with a number of civil rights and human through the multi-party negotiations to set policy and administer the country’s first democratic, rights organizations. non-racial elections in 1994, resulting in the election of President Nelson Mandela and the transition from apartheid. For 14 years prior to that appointment, she served as Director of the Mr. Payton was lead counsel for the University of Michigan, handling two high-profile cases Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where she worked in the trial court and in the court of appeals and arguing Gratz v.
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