ANNUAL SERVANT of JUSTICE AWARDS DINNER

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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.

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. Ottaviano Arent Fox LLP Dinner Sponsors Sponsors

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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. Bollinger in the Supreme with South African lawyers to secure the release of thousands of political prisoners from jail. Court. The landmark companion case, Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the Supreme Court Among her recent academic roles have been the Robert Drinan Visiting Professor in Human upheld race-conscious admissions in higher education, represented the vindication of a Rights at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. (2011-2012); strategy, devised and implemented over more than six years, to support the educational Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American University Washington College of benefits of diversity. In 2010, the National Law Journal named Mr. Payton to its list of Law (2006-2008); and Professor in the annual Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” The Washington (D.C.) Bar Association awarded Law at the American University. him the Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit. In 1999 she was a recipient of the coveted MacArthur “Genius” Award. She also has received Mr. Payton’s early death was a profound loss for the equal access to justice movement. As the Butcher Medal of the American Society of International Law for outstanding contributions President Obama noted at the time of his death, Mr. Payton was a “true champion of equality.” to human rights law and the Thurgood Marshall Award of the District of Columbia Bar Association among numerous other national and international awards. Mr. Payton died on March 22, 2012 after a brief illness. He was 65. She received a J.D. from Yale Law School and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has Honorary Doctors of Law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center, the School of Law of the City University of New York and Agnes Scott College. Servant of Justice Award Presenter

Elaine R. Jones

Elaine Jones is President and Director-Counsel, Emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s oldest law firm fighting for equal rights and justice for people of color, women, and the poor. When Ms. Jones took the helm of the Legal Defense Fund in 1993, she became the first woman to head the organization. She brought vast experience as a litigator and civil rights activist, as well as a passion for fairness and equality that dates back to her childhood.

After graduating with honors in political science from Howard University, Ms. Jones joined the Peace Corps and became one of the first African Americans to serve in Turkey. Following her two-year Peace Corps stint, she became the first black woman to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law, and subsequently the first African American to serve on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association.

Ms. Jones turned down an offer from one of Wall Street’s most prestigious firms to pursue the goal she had chosen in her youth and instead joined the Legal Defense Fund. With the exception of two years as Special Assistant to the United States Secretary of Transportation, she has remained with LDF ever since. In her early years at LDF, Ms. Jones continued to blaze trails, becoming one of the first African American women to defend death row inmates. Only two years out of law school, she was a counsel of record in Furman v. Georgia, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that abolished the death penalty in 37 states for 12 years. During this period, she also argued numerous employment discrimination cases, including class actions against some of the nation’s largest employers. Ms. Jones holds fifteen honorary degrees and the Jefferson Medal of Freedom, the highest “Legal Aid is the best. honor awarded by the University of Virginia. We would never have gotten Among the many honors and recognitions she has received, Ms. Jones was the recipient of the JTBF (Just The Beginning Foundation) Trailblazer Legend Award in September 2012; the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award, American Bar Association, Section on Individual our rights Rights and Responsibilities, in August 2011; was inducted into The National Trial Lawyers Association Hall of Fame in April 2011; received the Public Service Award from the National without them.” Association of Women Lawyers in July 2010; was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in April 2010; was inducted Julio Figueroa & into the Washington Bar Association Hall of Fame in 2010; and in December 2000, President William Jefferson Clinton presented her with the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award. Ana Mercedes Ruiz

After a 32-year tenure with LDF, Ms. Jones stepped down on May 1, 2004. Since that time, she has been lecturing, writing, teaching and publicly speaking on legal and related policy issues. The Servant of Justice Award Servant of Justice Award Presenter

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is proud to honor Paul M. Smith The Honorable JENNER & BLOCK LLP Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.

Paul M. Smith is a partner in Jenner & Block’s Washington, D.C. office, where he chairs the Donald Verrilli, Jr. is the 46th Solicitor General of the United States. As Solicitor General, firm’s Appellate & Supreme Court Practice. Mr. Smith has argued fourteen Supreme Court Mr. Verrilli has argued cases of historic significance, including successfully defending the cases, including most recently Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n, involving the First constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in National Federation Amendment as applied to video games, and Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark gay rights case. of Independent Business v. Sebelius as well as, in the current term, arguing in favor of He has had an active First Amendment practice for many years, going back to Reno v. ACLU, striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor. the challenge to the Communications Decency Act in the mid-1990s. And he was one of the lawyers who brought the first major challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act in Gill v. OPM. Mr. Verrilli previously served as Deputy Counsel to President Obama and as an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to his government service, Mr. Smith has also tried and argued many significant cases in the areas of voting rights and he was a partner at Jenner & Block, and co-chaired the firm’s Supreme Court practice. election law. The election law work has included Supreme Court arguments – the Pennsylvania He has participated or been involved with numerous cases in the Supreme Court, including partisan gerrymandering case (Vieth v. Jubelirer), the Texas redistricting case (LULAC v. Perry) MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, which established that companies building businesses based and the challenges to Indiana’s voter ID law (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board). on the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted works can be liable for inducing infringement; and Wiggins v. Smith, a pro bono case that established principles governing the right to Mr. Smith also works on a number of closely watched cases involving the application of effective assistance of counsel at capital sentencing. copyright law to the Internet and other new methods of content distribution. These currently include Viacom v. YouTube, Columbia Pictures v. Fung, and WNET v. Aereo. Mr. Verrilli maintained an active pro bono practice throughout his career in private practice, and received several awards for his contributions to the equal justice community, including Mr. Smith graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College and then went to Yale the Arthur von Briesen Award from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association in 2004 Law School. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for Judge and the Equal Justice Award from the Southern Center for Human Rights in 2006. He also James L. Oakes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Supreme Court taught First Amendment law as an adjunct professor of constitutional law at Georgetown Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. He represents the D.C. Bar in the ABA House of Delegates and University Law School from 1992 through 2008. is a member of the board of directors of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs. He also is a member and former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mr. Verrilli received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his J.D. from American Constitution Society. He formerly served for six years on the D.C. Bar Board of Columbia Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review. Governors and for seven years on the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal, including two He served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of years as Co-chair of that board. Previously he was a board member and President of the Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to the Honorable William J. Brennan, Jr. of the United Washington Council of Lawyers. States Supreme Court.

In 2003, the Human Rights Campaign gave Mr. Smith its Equality Award. In 2009, he On January 26, 2011, President Obama nominated Mr. Verrilli to succeed Elena Kagan as received the Champion of Freedom Award from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Solicitor General after she was sworn into the position of Associate Justice on the Supreme In 2010, the National Law Journal named him one of the 40 Most Influential Lawyers of the Court. Mr. Verrilli was sworn in as Solicitor General on June 9, 2011. Past Decade. That same year, he received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities in recognition of his work promoting civil rights and civil liberties. In 2012, he received the D.C. Bar’s own Thurgood Marshall Award in recognition of the same work. The Klepper Prize The Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence for Volunteer Excellence The Klepper Prize was created through the generosity of Martin and Arlene Klepper Warren T. Allen, II is an associate in Skadden’s Litigation in order to recognize attorneys early in their careers who have made significant Section where he represents companies and individuals in civil matters and government investigations. He received his law degree from the volunteer contributions to the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. Georgetown University Law Center in 2006 and clerked for the Honorable Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is delighted to honor Warren T. Allen II, Prior to attending law school, Warren served six years as a police Nicole L. Grimm, and Luke A. Meisner from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP officer, including assignment to the detective bureau. for their extraordinary contributions in implementing the “Impact Project,” designed to provide desperately needed pro bono legal assistance on a broad scale to help low-income children and families in Washington, D.C. The Impact Project focuses Skadden’s resources on three areas of specific need: domestic violence, guardians ad litem for children, and Nicole L. Grimm is a counsel in Skadden’s Litigation Section, housing. Mr. Allen, Ms. Grimm, and Mr. Meisner have taken the lead – under the expert where she represents companies and individuals in connection with guidance of Skadden partners Michele Roberts and Saul Pilchen – in implementing the government investigations and related matters. Ms. Grimm received her domestic violence portion of the project in conjunction with Legal Aid. law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in 1999. Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. Grimm – who is fluent in Spanish – Mr. Allen, Ms. Grimm, and Mr. Meisner have brought great energy and dedication to the worked at a law firm in Santiago, Chile, where she focused on foreign project. They organized a comprehensive training for the firm’s attorneys and also recruited investment and international transactional matters. in-house lawyers from corporate clients such as Northrop Grumman to staff the project. In a short period of time, the three have built collaborative relationships with other domestic violence advocates to establish a regular presence for Skadden attorneys at the Domestic Violence Intake Center (DVIC) at the D.C. Superior Court. There, they meet with potential clients, often on the heels of an abusive incident, to help them secure Civil Protection Orders Luke A. Meisner is an associate in Skadden’s International (CPOs) against their abusers. The Skadden team has committed to handling these cases Trade Section, where he represents U.S. manufacturers in a variety of soup to nuts, conducting the initial interview with the clients, drafting petitions for CPOs, trade remedy proceedings and policy matters. He received his law and representing clients in both the Temporary Protection Order (TPO) hearings and the degree from the University of North Carolina in 2003 and clerked for CPO hearings that follow in two weeks. Legal Aid domestic violence attorneys provide the Honorable Eduardo C. Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the ongoing mentoring and support for the project. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Allen, Ms. Grimm, and Mr. Meisner handled the first several cases, orienting themselves to the DVIC and learning the procedure, strategy, and dynamics involved in assisting victims of domestic violence navigating the TPO/CPO process. They also have accompanied other Skadden attorneys who have taken on a CPO matter in connection with this project and have quickly developed the knowledge and skills required to provide quality supervision and mentorship. The Skadden team already has spent hundreds of hours helping survivors of domestic violence through this project. The commitment to this project on the part of the firm and the individual attorneys involved is exceptional, making them truly deserving of this year’s Klepper Award for Volunteer Excellence. Previous Award Recipients Previous Award Recipients Servant of Justice Award 2012 2005 1998 1992 James vanR. Springer Andrew H. Marks Eric H. Holder, Jr. D.C. Legal Service Providers Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia Crowell & Moring LLP United States Department of Justice Susan M. Hoffman Francine Salzman Temko 1991 Crowell & Moring LLP 2004 Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia Augustus L. Palmer 2011 Lois G. Williams Howard University R. Sargent Shriver 1997 Brooksley E. Born Barbara M. Rossotti Arnold & Porter LLP E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr. Peter B. Edelman Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Georgetown University Law Center The Honorable Thomas E. Perez Edgar S. Cahn Timothy J. May 1990 Civil Rights Division of the United States Jean Camper Cahn, posthumously Department of Justice Patton Boggs LLP Earl W. Kintner 2010 2003 1996 Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC Peter J. Nickles Charles A. Horsky Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Covington & Burling LLP R. Kenneth Mundy Covington & Burling LLP Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP The Public Defender Service for Robert L. Weinberg Florence Wagman Roisman the District of Columbia Williams & Connolly LLP Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis 1995 2009 2002 Samuel F. Harahan Willie E. Cook, Jr. Klepper Prize for Anthony Herman Council for Court Excellence Neighborhood Legal Services Program Covington & Burling LLP Volunteer Excellence Douglas G. Robinson David B. Isbell Kurt L. Schmoke Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Covington & Burling LLP Howard University School of Law 2012 2008 2001 1994 Jonathan G. Lin Lynn E. Cunningham Charles T. Duncan Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Richard L. Roe George Washington University Law School Georgetown University Law Center Reid & Priest John E. Nolan 2011 Seth P. Waxman Stephen J. Pollak Steptoe & Johnson LLP Shea & Gardner Aryeh S. Portnoy Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Charles F.C. Ruff, posthumously Janet Reno Covington & Burling LLP 2007 Attorney General of the United States 2010 E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. 2000 Randall A. Brater Hogan & Hartson LLP 1993 Patty Mullahy Fugere Arent Fox LLP Sidney White Rhyne Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Justice Thurgood Marshall, posthumously Supreme Court of the United States 2009 2006 Robert N. Weiner Arnold & Porter LLP Zona F. Hostetler Julia Judish Theodore A. Howard O’Toole, Rothwell, Nassau & Steinbach Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Wiley Rein LLP 1999 John H. Pickering 2008 David A. Reiser Blossom Athey Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Zuckerman Spaeder LLP Covington & Burling LLP Melissa K. Bianchi 1992 Hogan & Hartson LLP 2005 Eldon H. Crowell Crowell & Moring LLP Howard C. Westwood Katherine S. Broderick Covington & Burling LLP University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law About Us About Us

The District of Columbia continues to face an access to justice crisis for persons living in Current Projects poverty. Poor persons are far more likely than persons of means to encounter the legal system The Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project, named after the first Director of this in cases where the stakes are high. Currently, almost one in every five D.C. residents lives program, renowned Supreme Court litigator Barbara McDowell, litigates important cases below the poverty line. East of the Anacostia River, one in three residents lives in poverty. affecting persons living in poverty before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals every year. Moreover, the percentage of residents of all ages living in deep poverty, or below half of the This nationally-recognized project was recently described by the National Legal Aid & Defender poverty line, has risen by more than 20 percent since the recession hit. Compounding this Association as a “model of excellence.” issue is the dearth of free or affordable legal services for civil matters. In case after case about the most fundamental of things – the ability to remain in one’s home, the right to medical Legal Aid has several court-based projects which locate lawyers at the courthouse in order to care, the capacity to keep a family together, the ability to obtain protection from an abuser – provide same-day legal services, including temporary representation, to some of the District’s most vulnerable residents. low-income D.C. residents find themselves facing the challenges and intricacies of the court system on their own. These projects include: At Legal Aid, our lawyers work each and every day to combat this injustice and ensure that as • the Landlord Tenant Court-Based Project, which addresses the overwhelming need for many people as possible have access to a lawyer. Every year, Legal Aid lawyers assist clients legal representation of tenants in D.C. Superior Court’s Landlord and Tenant Branch; in hundreds of matters in the areas of family/domestic violence, housing, public benefits, and • the Child Support Community Legal Services Project, which serves some of D.C.’s most consumer law. Legal Aid attorneys also help hundreds of others with legal rights education or vulnerable families in the D.C. Superior Court’s Paternity and Child Support Branch; referrals and seek systemic and appellate change to better protect the rights of persons living • the Consumer Court-Based Legal Services Project, created in 2012 with support from the in poverty. In 2012, Legal Aid attorneys were able to provide legal representation and assistance Skadden Foundation to help low-income consumers in debt collection cases; and in more than 2,800 matters, directly benefitting more than 7,000 individuals. Although so much of our work is unquantifiable – you cannot put a price tag on obtaining custody of your child – • an office at the Domestic Violence Intake Center at the courthouse in Northwest, D.C., we were able to provide full representation to more clients than ever in Legal Aid’s history – established in 2012 with funding from the D.C. Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice Grant in 875 matters; our quantifiable individual cases alone resulted in more than $4.2 million in Program to expand our domestic violence work. financial benefits to our clients. Legal Aid remains committed to ensuring that our services are accessible to our client In a city with one of the greatest income differences between rich and poor in the nation, community. In addition to our Northwest office, we have a critically-important partnership at the Legal Aid is working to make justice real for D.C.’s most vulnerable residents. Domestic Violence Intake Center at the United Medical Center Hospital in Southeast, D.C., and a stand-alone office located at the “Big Chair” building in Anacostia. Practice Areas New Projects Housing law: We represent tenants who need help to avoid eviction or have serious housing code violations corrected. Our housing lawyers also assist public housing tenants to preserve Legal Aid maintains strong ties to our client communities and continually strives to respond to subsidies, fight illegal rent increases, and work to prevent displacement by development. their changing needs. This year, Legal Aid is proud to announce several exciting new projects:

Family/Domestic violence law: We work with victims of domestic violence to ensure their • This year, we will be receiving new funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on safety and work to achieve family stability through child support and custody cases. Violence Against Women, which will allow us to expand the provision of holistic legal services to domestic violence survivors. While Legal Aid already provides legal services Public benefits law: We ensure that the necessary “safety net” benefits and services in each of our four practice areas to domestic violence clients, we will now, for the first time, (including health care, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for also be able to provide much-needed immigration services to domestic violence survivors. Needy Families, and Unemployment Insurance) are available to all who qualify. • In the coming months, a Skadden Fellow will be starting a new project which builds upon Consumer law: We provide much-needed representation to help poor and low-income Legal Aid’s current work with the D.C. Superior Court Housing Conditions Calendar, to assist homeowners avoid foreclosure and fight foreclosure fraud and assist clients with a variety of low-income tenants in the District to obtain meaningful relief and repairs for poor housing small claims and other consumer cases. conditions that threaten their health and safety and deprive them of housing stability. 2012 About Us Generous Associates

Special Collaboration with Kirkland & Ellis LLP Campaign Just in time for this year’s Servant of Justice Dinner, Legal Aid is delighted to announce it will receive an extraordinary, multi-year donation from the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP Generous associates throughout Washington D.C.’s legal community raised a which will enable it to establish a new intake center located in Southwest D.C. at Friendship record-shattering $901,000 from their colleagues and firms! Congratulations to Baptist Church. This exciting partnership further expands Legal Aid’s presence in underserved all of our participants. communities, reaching low-income residents in Southwest D.C. who may not otherwise have access to legal services. Legal Aid would like to recognize last year’s Honorary Co-Chair: In addition to providing financial support to Legal Aid, Kirkland attorneys will be conducting Patricia Millett initial applicant interviews at the new intake location and providing pro bono representation Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to clients referred to the firm through Legal Aid’s Pro Bono Program. The Reverend J. Michael Little, Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, was instrumental in the creation of the project and We would also like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of our 2012 Campaign Co-Chairs: will serve as the Director of Community Relations for the new intake center.

B.J. Shannon Dan Herbst PRO BONO PROGRAM Alston & Bird LLP Reed Smith LLP

Legal Aid’s Pro Bono Referral Program refers cases to attorneys working in private law firms Karen Carr Scott Armstrong and government agencies. We have been able to cultivate an incredible base of support for our Arent Fox LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP strong and well-respected Pro Bono Program. Our current figures indicate that Legal Aid Kelli Scheid Henry Smith volunteers devoted more than 34,000 hours – worth more than $16 million – to support making Arent Fox LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP justice real for our client community in 2012. Pro bono attorneys expand Legal Aid’s capacity Danny Dominguez Sarah Teich to help individuals and families who we otherwise would have to turn away because of limited Latham & Watkins LLP Williams & Connolly LLP in-house resources. Marc Bohn Jeremy Moorehouse Miller & Chevalier Chartered Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Legal Aid refers cases in the areas of housing, child custody and child support, public benefits, and consumer law, as well as a limited number of appellate matters. The matters initially vare Thomas Allen Randall Weinsten screened by Legal Aid staff prior to referral. For each matter referred, an experienced Legal Aid Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP attorney is assigned as a mentor to answer any questions the pro bono attorney may have, Timothy J. V. Walsh provide sample pleadings, discuss relevant case law and strategy, and offer ongoing mentoring Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as the case moves forward.

For more information about pro bono opportunities with Legal Aid, please contact Jodi Feldman, Director of Pro Bono and Intake Programs, by phone at (202) 661-5965 A spirit of friendly competition has long been the hallmark of the Generous Associates Campaign. The following are the top-contributing firms in each size category: or by email at [email protected]. 251+ ATTORNEYS 101- 150 ATTORNEYS Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Mayer Brown LLP $90,365 $28,555

201- 250 ATTORNEYS 51- 100 ATTORNEYS Williams & Connolly LLP Miller & Chevalier Chartered $38,450 $25,274

151- 200 ATTORNEYS 1 - 50 ATTORNEYS Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Gilbert LLP $38,367 $14,210 2012 Leadership Cabinet Annual Law Firm, Corporation, and Foundation Gift Recognition Program

Legal Aid created the Leadership Cabinet PLATINUM PATRON BRONZE PATRON Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in order to recognize organizational donors $75,000 & up $20,000 - $29,999 Davis & Harman LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP each year that support Legal Aid in District of Columbia Bar Foundation Consumer Health Foundation DLA Piper LLP * significant ways. We are proud to recognize Office of Victim Services of the Dickstein Shapiro LLP Exxon Mobil Corporation our 2012 Leadership Cabinet members District of Columbia Dow Lohnes PLLC Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Gilbert LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP for their generous support. GOLD PATRON Latham & Watkins LLP Goodwin Proctor LLP $50,000 - $74,999 Sidley Austin LLP * Ivins, Phillips & Barker Chartered The Sidley Austin Foundation Covington & Burling LLP* Jones Day * Ujala Foundation Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP * Kelley Drye & Warren LLP United Way Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP* Venable LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP* Miller & Chevalier Chartered* Wiley Rein LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP SILVER PATRON Williams & Connolly LLP The Morrison & Foerster Foundation * $30,000 - $49,999 O’Melveny & Myers LLP PATRON The Patriot Fund Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP* $10,000 - $19,999 Patton Boggs LLP Alston & Bird LLP Bingham McCutchen LLP Skadden Fellowship Foundation Arent Fox LLP * BNA The Steptoe Foundation * Arnold & Porter LLP * Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Crowell & Moring LLP * BuckleySandler LLP * Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP * Hogan Lovells US LLP Capital Research Global Investors Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Mayer Brown LLP * Cassidy Turley Zuckerman Spaeder LLP * McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP * Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

In addition to their generous financial contributions, the following firms loan an associate to Legal Aid on a full-time basis for four- or six-month rotations:

Arnold & Porter LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Legal Aid would also like to thank the District of Columbia Council for its support of * Represents firms participating in the D.C. Access to Justice Commission’s Raising the Bar in D.C. Campaign. The Campaign’s goal is to substantially increase financial support to the District’s legal services community by establishing benchmarks for law firm giving and the Access to Justice Grant Program and the District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer annually recognizing and celebrating those firms that have donated at benchmark levels. Loan Assistance Repayment Program. COLLEAGUE Todd Hettenbach Erica Rosenthal $1,000 to $2,499 Susan M. Hoffman James M. Rosenthal Making Justice Rainey Hoffman John L. Sachs Legal Aid created the Making Justice Real James Edward Anklam Jacqueline M. Holmes Steven M. Salky Giving Circle in order to recognize donors Kavitha J. Babu Richard Ifft and Beth Greenfeld Ronald A. Schechter that support Legal Aid in significant ways. James A. Baker, IV Joel Jankowsky and Susan D. Gilbert William R. Baker William and Judith Jeffress Peter J. Schildkraut Real J. Scott Ballenger Everett Johnson Karen A. Schoen We are proud to recognize our 2012 Making Judith N. Batty Barbara K. Kagan Steven H. Schulman Giving Circle Justice Real Giving Circle participants for Bruce M. Berman Joseph Kakesh Gary P. Seligman Kenneth and Sheila Berman Donald A. Kaplan Pat Shannon Annual Gift Recognition Program their generous support. Benjamin Berman Theodore Kassinger William Sherman Eric L. Bernthal Christine N. Kearns Barry Simon Donna A. Boswell Thomas Knox Matthew Slater and PHILANTHROPIST Leonard and Joy Baxt John and Carole Nannes Alex Bourelly Trevor Lain Faith Roessel D. Joe Smith $25,000 & above David and Sherry Berz Michael E. Nannes and Lance and Catherine Brasher John Andre Leduc Wesley D. Bizzell Nancy E. Everett Randall A. Brater Susie Lee Mary Lou Soller Jerry Hartman A. Scott Bolden Edward J. Newberry Matt Brill Yoon-Young Lee and Kathleen Sooy in Memory of David I. Brown Mark and Jo Ann Newell Karen Brinkmann Matthew Regan Danielle Spinelli Barbara McDowell Barbara B. Brown Deanne M. Ottaviano and Fred Johnsen Jason Licht Sri Srinivasan Russell Bruemmer Thomas Papson and Toby Singer Stephen D. Brody Kathryne Love Steven A. and BENEFACTOR Peter Buscemi and Anthony and Lee Partridge Blair Brown and Susan Gerone Claire M. Maddox Marcia J. Stone $10,000 to $24,999 Judith Miller William and Teresa Perlstein William and Heidi Bumpers Amanda L. Major James Stuart Graeme Bush and Woody N. Peterson David L. Cavanaugh Meredith Manning William J. Sweet and Philip & Roberta Horton Wendy Rudolph Carter Phillips and Sue Henry Ann Claassen Marc and Nicole Martin Geraldine Mullan Martin and Arlene Klepper John and Kathleen Byrnes Dorthula Powell-Woodson Barton Clark Thomas J. McCarthy Jeffrey Taft Anthony Pierce and Mary G. Clark and Michael and Mary Raibman Carol Clayton and Walter and Mary McCormick Edward Takashima Karen Stevens Pierce Kathleen McDermott John Martin Taladay Eric S. Richter Craig R. Schaffer John P. Relman Jeffrey Watkiss Frank M. (Rusty) Conner Kurt Richter Cheryl M. Coe William G. McElwain Nina S. Tallon Donna Cooper Tangela Richter Christopher Davies William McGlone Kevin Thurm PARTNER Forrest Deegan and James E. Rocap, III Douglas Davison Christopher Clark McIsaac Ryan C. Tisch $5,000 to $9,999 Ryan Richardson Richard L Rosen David Dekker Jack and Kathleen McKay Rebekah Toton Bill R. McLucas Randall J. Turk Donald B. Ayer Joe Figini and Jason Denby Barbara M. Rossotti David T. Della Rocca Kelsey McPherson Adam van Alstyne Mark Colley and Alice S. Fisher James Rowe and Lisa Adams Mark and Shari Director Jennifer Mezey and Charles F. Walker Deborah Harsch Steven G. Forsyth Howard M. Shapiro John M. Dowd Jonathan Levy Roger E. Warin David and Martha Dantzic Scott and Lauren Gilbert Peter D. Shields Debra A. Drake PJ Mode Amy Wigmore Eileen Gleimer Jack Gocke Leslie K. Smith John Druva Thomas and Kathryn Morgan Mark C. Williams John Heintz and Jamie S. Gorelick Peter Spivack Jessica L. Ellsworth Randolph D. Moss B. John Williams Lynn Ohman Pat and Mary Grant Mark A. Srere and Jayne Jerkins Craig Everly and Thomas Mueller Brian Wolfman and Ricki T. Helfer and Joyce and Robert Gwadz Theodore B. Stone Chris Spitaleri Jonathan Nuechterlein Shereen Arent Michael S. Helfer Patrick Harvey Thomas Strickland Linda R. Fannin Scott Parven Joseph and Susan Wyderko Kenneth Klein Emily C. Helms Williams Ronald J. Tenpas Jonathan and Joan Fee David Penna Michelle A. Zamarin Patricia Millett Ted and Judy Howard Steuart H. Thomsen and Denise Fee Kristina Pisanelli Richard R. Zaragoza Robert Novick Daniel and Wendy Jarcho Linda Chatman Thomsen Michael and Julie Felty Ruth and Stephen Pollak Anthony J. Zelano Abid R. Qureshi Dennis and Ilene Kiefer Jennifer S. Van Driesen Jennifer A. Fischer Donald R. Pongrace James and Carol Springer Stephen E. Kitchen G. Duane Vieth Miriam L. Fisher Joel Kleinman and Daniel Volchok Marc L. Fleischaker Kami Quinn Mary Patrice Brown Michael E. Ward Bradley Gans Amy Reich FRIEND Dionne C. Lomax Seth P. Waxman Nora E. Garrote Melissa G. Reinberg $2,500 to $4,999 Mark H. Lynch Harry J. Weiss Natasha N. Gianvecchio David Reiser and Irene Huntoon S. White Rhyne Anonymous (3) Virginia M. Marra Sarah L. Wilson Nathalie Gilfoyle Mark J. Rochon James and Michelle Alberg Joan E. McKown and Scott L. Winkelman Craig T. Goldblatt Michael Rogan and Richard and Emily Alexander James A. Brigagliano Alan Wiseman Leon B. Greenfield Susan Schaffer James H. Barker Thomas H. Milch Joseph and Lynda Zengerle Sandra Hallmark Anita Romero Charlene Barshefsky and Steven R. Miles Thomas A. Hanusik Jessica Rosenbaum Edward B. Cohen James R. Murray Kevin Henley Douglas and Deborah B. Baum Michael and Cheryl Naeve Christopher J. Herrling January – December 2012 Support Legal Aid for In 2012, the Legal Aid Society of the 80 80 District of Columbia celebrated its 80th Anniversary – 80 years of Making Legal Aid raises the majority of its budget through private sources including law firms, Justice Real in the District of Columbia. attorneys, corporations, legal support professionals, and foundations. We depend Campaign heavily on the D.C. legal community’s generosity. There are many ways to support Legal Aid’s effort to make justice real for persons living in poverty in D.C.: In honor of this significant milestone, Legal Aid launched the 80 for 80 Campaign to complement the Making Justice Real Giving Circle annual gift recognition program. • Give through the Generous Associates Campaign this summer. Whereas the Giving Circle recognizes those individuals who give each year at levels • Contribute to the Annual Appeal at the end of the year. of $1,000 and above, the goal of the 80 for 80 Campaign was to seek the support of • Sponsor the 25th Annual Servant of Justice Awards Dinner on April 29, 2014. at least 80 individuals/couples to give an anniversary gift of $2,500 or more during • Designate 8140 in the United Way Campaign or 81566 in the Combined Federal calendar year 2012. In 2012, we surpassed this goal – ending the year with a remarkable 99 participants. Campaign. • Secure a match for your donation. Many employers will match the charitable contributions of their employees. Contact your Human Resources Department to 99 PARTICIPANTS Anonymous (3) Jerry Hartman in memory of Carter Phillips and Sue Henry learn more. James and Michelle Alberg Barbara McDowell Anthony Pierce and • Give the gift of stock or securities. It is usually beneficial to give appreciated Richard Alexander Patrick Harvey Karen Stevens Pierce securities since you bypass any capital gains tax due had you sold them – and you Dorthula H. Powell-Woodson Donald B. Ayer John Heintz and Lynn Ohman receive a charitable deduction for their fair market value. James H. Barker Ricki T. and Michael S. Helfer Abid R. Qureshi Charlene Barshefsky and Emily C. Helms Williams Michael and Mary Raibman • Consider adding a bequest to your will that contributes to the sustainable future of Edward B. Cohen Philip and Roberta Horton John P. Relman Legal Aid. In the alternative, consider designating Legal Aid as a beneficiary of your Deborah B. Baum Ted and Judy Howard Eric S. Richter life insurance policy or charitable trust. Leonard and Joy Baxt Daniel and Wendy Jarcho Kurt Richter David and Sherry Berz Dennis and Ilene Kiefer Tangela Richter Wesley D. Bizzell Stephen E. Kitchen James E. Rocap, III For more information about these options, please visit our website at A. Scott Bolden Kenneth Klein Richard L. Rosen www.LegalAidDC.org or contact Gregg A. Kelley, Director of Development, Barbara B. Brown Joel B. Kleinman and Barbara M. Rossotti by phone at (202) 661-5964 or by email at [email protected]. David I. Brown Mary Patrice Brown James Rowe and Lisa Adams Russell Bruemmer Martin and Arlene Klepper Howard M. Shapiro Peter Buscemi and Dionne C. Lomax Peter D. Shields Judith Miller Mark. H. Lynch Leslie K. Smith Graeme Bush and Virginia M. Marra Peter Spivack Wendy Rudolph Joan E. McKown and James and Carol Springer John and Kathleen Byrnes James A. Brigagliano Mark A. Srere and Mary G. Clark and Thomas H. Milch Jayne Jerkins Thank You Craig R. Schaffer Steven R. Miles Theodore B. Stone Mark Colley and Deborah Harsch Patricia Millett Thomas Strickland Tonight’s Servant of Justice Awards Dinner has been made possible by the generosity of James R. Murray Ronald J. 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