2018 ANNUAL REPORT We the People IN THIS REPORT

1 Mission & Leadership Letter 9 In-House Counsel Drive 23 Financials 3 Impact Advocacy Highlights 10 Pro Bono Partnerships 24 Institutional Support & Community Partners 5 Direct Service Highlights 12 Associates Drive 26 Staff & Volunteers 6 Legal Community Giving 16 Client Stories 27 Corporation 8 2018 By the Numbers 18 Commemorative Gifts 28 Awards 8 Corporate Fund Drive 20 Annual Fund 29 Board of Directors ANNUAL REPORT 2018

LETTER TO OUR SUPPORTERS OUR MISSION We the People Greater Boston Legal Services’ (GBLS’) mission reater Boston Legal Services’ greatest strength is our is to provide free people. From our inspiring clients who demonstrate true civil legal aid to help grit and perseverance in the face of adversity, to our expert individuals and families advocates who fight for justice daily; from the supporters achieve justice and meet Gwho make our work possible, to our dedicated Board of Directors; their basic needs, such from the pro bono volunteers who enhance our ability to serve the community, to our partners in the field, GBLS is about its people. as food, security, safety, The preamble of the United States Constitution starts out with and adequate shelter. “We the People”, a demonstration of the power of a shared vision to GBLS helps vulnerable create and ensure a just society. individuals and families We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect retain affordable housing, Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the gain protection from common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings domestic violence, obtain of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this subsistence income for Constitution for the United States of America. food and necessities, This country’s values are grounded in the ideals set forth in the access health care, seek Constitution; ideals of justice, liberty, and civil rights. GBLS oper- immigration relief, and ates largely under those same ideals – a vision for fairness and civil recover earned wages. justice, freedom from the burdens of poverty, and equal access to opportunities and resources. And we are only able to do so because GBLS accomplishes of our people. these goals through both As you read this 2018 Annual Report, which catalogs GBLS’ individual representation accomplishments this past year, please join us in acknowledging and impact advocacy, some of the many people who helped make those achievements working closely with possible. It is because of our hard-working staff, our generous a wide network of donors and volunteers, our committed Board and Corporation, our community partners. allies, our clients, our community, YOU, that we are able to do this GBLS’ philosophy is that work, to promote the general welfare of everyone in our community, justice should be for all and to establish justice for all. people, not just those with the financial means to pay. Jacquelynne J. Bowman John F. Donohue Executive Director Board President

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2018 Advocacy Highlights

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM TAX RELIEF Years of advocacy by GBLS and Innocent spouses will now get partner organizations led to Gov- tax relief in Massachusetts ernor Baker signing S2371, An thanks to advocacy during 2018 10k Act Relative to Criminal Justice by GBLS’ Low-Income Taxpayer PEOPLE ACROSS DTA RECEIVED Reform, into law in April 2018. Clinic (LITC) and a coalition ACCOMMODATIONS This bill will enable countless of other organizations and the people to return to work, move Legislature’s support, leading to out of poverty, and better support Governor Baker signing into law their families. An Act Providing for Equitable Relief from Liability for Joint + 3 M PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE Filers of Tax Returns in January WILL RECEIVE JOB-PROTECTED LEAVE GBLS was one of four organi- 2019. The law provides expanded zations tasked with reaching tax relief for many spouses, includ- a compromise on paid family ing domestic violence survivors. medical leave (PFML) as part of the Legislature’s so-called “grand PERMANENT RESIDENCE 216 bargain” on PFML, the minimum GBLS’ Immigration Unit, in STATE PUBLIC HOUSING wage, and the sales tax holiday. conjunction with other legal UNITS ARE BEING REBUILT IN Years of effort on multiple fronts services providers and pro bono CLARENDON HILL, SOMERVILLE led to the Governor signing into attorneys, was successful in law H4640, An Act relative to getting the legislature to adopt minimum wage, paid family a state law which gives children suspend third, fourth, and fifth medical leave and the sales a way to obtain permanent graders only for very serious tax holiday, in June 2018. This residence as “special immigrant offenses, e.g., assaulting staff ground-breaking legislation juveniles” under the U.S. members; and 3) agreed to will provide job-protected leave Immigration and Nationality Act. design, in collaboration with with progressive, partial wage community groups, professional replacement for over three EDUCATION development trainings for all million Massachusetts workers In November 2018, GBLS educational staff to increase the who need extended time off reached a settlement with Boston use of non-exclusionary, alterna- from work to attend to their own Public Schools (BPS) in which tive discipline and emphasize the serious health conditions, to BPS agreed to 1) end unlawful impact of exclusionary discipline, bond with a new child, or to care suspensions of kindergartners, particularly on students of color for a seriously-ill family member. first, and second graders; 2) to and students with disabilities. 3 GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES

AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY TENANTS RIGHTS GBLS, the MA Alliance of GBLS’ disability access work Due to GBLS’ advocacy efforts HUD Tenants, City of Boston, has prompted hospitals to when a client was moved into his Boston Housing Authority, acquire much-needed accessible elderly parents’ Boston Housing LIHC Investment Group, and equipment, such as exam tables Authority (BHA) household in U.S. Dept. of Housing and that lower to allow access and order to be their caregiver, BHA Urban Development reached an scales that work for people who agreed to revise its policy when agreement in November 2018 to use wheelchairs. GBLS and remaining members of tenant protect affordable housing in the the Disability Law Center are households can qualify to be the South End. The deal preserves working on behalf of MassHealth tenant to take over the apart- the affordability of over 170 rental members and three independent ment (Residual Tenancy Policy). homes at Concord Houses for at living centers to challenge least the next forty years, a win for MassHealth to require their large TRANSPORTATION current and future tenants, the network of providers to have An Attorney Fellow launched the city, and the owner, that GBLS accessible medical equipment. Rider’s Transportation Access hopes will serve as a model for Group (R-TAG), which will future preservation efforts. TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE work with the Massachusetts In June 2018 alone, 10,000 Bay Transportation Authority PUBLIC HOUSING people across all Department of to offer input on policies and GBLS represented Clarendon Transitional Assistance (DTA) procedures affecting seniors and Residents United, residents of the programs and offices were people with disabilities. state public housing development receiving reasonable accommo- Clarendon Hill in Somerville, in dations, in contrast to only 200 WORKER'S RIGHTS negotiations with the Somerville people over the entire 10-year GBLS worked with the Lynn Housing Authority, Somerville period prior to the GBLS’ federal Worker Center (LWC) and a Community Corporation, civil rights lawsuit Harper v. DTA, coalition to draft the Lynn Wage Preservation of Affordable which was settled in 2013. Theft Ordinance, which was Housing, and a private developer adopted unanimously by the in a relocation agreement to LANGUAGE ACCESS Lynn City Council. facilitate the rebuilding onsite of GBLS secured improved Limited 216 state public housing units, English Proficient (LEP) about 50 moderate-income, and policies at the Cambridge about 300 market-rate units. Housing Authority (CHA). Following GBLS’ advocacy ELDER AFFAIRS on behalf of tenants, the GBLS, in collaboration with CHA agreed to translate other MA legal services vital documents into programs, Volunteer Lawyers three languages. Project, and MA Executive Office  A young resident of of Elder Affairs (EOEA), was Somerville’s Clarendon successful in re-establishing the Hill state public housing development at a Somerville statewide Senior Legal Helpline City Council meeting. to serve elders with intake, Photo courtesy of Somerville advice, and referral to services. Community Corporation

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Direct Services

children – have access to needed health care, transit, education, and employment opportunities. It is through these individual cases that GBLS’ advocates educate and empower our clients, teaching people about the rights and responsibilities afforded to them by law and ensuring that they have the resources they need to meet their basic needs. By serving thousands of clients each year, GBLS helps mothers care for their children, keeps elders in safe and stable housing, and enables people to go to work and provide for their families. Our clients are the heart of GBLS’ work, and their cases provide the foundation for broader impact n 2018, GBLS provided subsistence benefits, unfair work that allows us help even expert legal assistance to debt collection and predatory more people in our community thousands of families and lending practices, and preventing and beyond. individuals through over financial abuse; to household I10,000 cases handled. One of stability through the preservation GBLS’ greatest strengths is the of affordable housing, keeping GBLS helps legal expertise of our staff. As families in their homes, obtaining nationally recognized leaders emergency shelter for families, mothers care for in poverty law, GBLS’ attorneys and protecting tenants’ rights; their children, and paralegals use their deep from preserving safety through knowledge of the civil legal system domestic violence-related family keeps elders in to right wrongs and prevent law, elder abuse prevention, and safe and stable injustices in our community and giving survivors of persecution throughout the Commonwealth. and violence, including housing, and GBLS’ direct services to clients unaccompanied children, a viable enables people range from issues of economic avenue to legal immigration status justice, including protecting the and citizenship; to ensuring that to go to work rights of low-wage workers, the our most vulnerable neighbors and provide for Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, – including elders, people with employment discrimination, disabilities, and families with their families.

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Legal Community Giving

he greater Boston legal community demonstrates FRIENDS LEAGUE a special commitment to GBLS and ensuring equal (up to $249 per Boston attorney) access to civil justice for all. Every year, generous Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman individual attorneys, law firms, and corporate legal & Guekguezian, LLP Tdepartments demonstrate the extent to which they respect and Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC value the legal assistance that GBLS provides to impoverished members of our community by investing in our work. Their Barton Gilman LLP support is provided in a variety of ways – including the annual Bernkopf Goodman LLP Law Firm Drive, Associates Fund Drive, Corporate Fund Drive, Beveridge & Diamond PC In-House Counsel Drive, legal fellowships, and more. We are Burns & Levinson LLP grateful for their support. Casner & Edwards, LLP LAW FIRM DRIVE REGINALD HEBER SMITH LEAGUE Cetrulo LLP ($550 - $699 per Boston attorney) Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP LEADERSHIP LEAGUE Brown Rudnick LLP Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner, PC ($850 or more per Boston attorney) Fish & Richardson PC Davids & Cohen Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, PC Day Pitney LLP Englander & Chicoine PC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Dechert LLP Goodwin Procter LLP Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, PC Goulston & Storrs PC PRESIDENT’S LEAGUE Healy, Fiske, Richmond & Matthew, LLP Hemenway & Barnes LLP ($400 - $549 per Boston attorney) Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, PC Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP McNeill Baur PLLC Hogan Lovells Janet E. Bostwick, PC Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Klein Hornig LLP Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP & Flom LLP and Affiliates Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP Krokidas & Bluestein LLP Sugarman & Sugarman, PC Robinson+Cole LLP Laredo & Smith LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Lathrop Gage LLP SUPPORTER LEAGUE Lawson & Weitzen, LLP ($250 - $399 per Boston attorney) PACESETTER LEAGUE Lee & Rivers LLP Boyle | Shaughnessy Law ($700 - $849 per Boston attorney) McDermott, Will & Emery DLA Piper LLP (US) Foley Hoag LLP Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky Jones Day and Popeo, PC Nixon Peabody LLP Landay Leblang Stern Morrison Mahoney LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Locke Lord LLP Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, PC Sullivan & Worcester LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Murtha Cullina LLP Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP Peabody & Arnold LLP

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Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster Seyfarth Shaw LLP Shaevel, Krems, O’Connor & Jackowitz, LLP Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP Sloane and Walsh, LLP Stoneman, Chandler, Miller LLP Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, PC Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, PC Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC

LAW FIRM FELLOWSHIPS The following firms provided funding to support the salaries of GBLS attorneys. Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Goodwin Procter King & Spalding Ropes & Gray WilmerHale

SUMMER FELLOWSHIP Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, in honor of Joel F. Pierce

CY PRES AND OTHER AWARDS I know the difference We wish to acknowledge the following law firms who facilitated the award of GBLS makes. It fights for class action lawsuit residuals received “ by GBLS in 2018. the underdog and with the Bailey & Glasser, LLP Berman Tabacco underdog, side by side. It Forrest, LaMothe, Mazow, McCullough, Yasi & Yasi, PC levels the playing field.”

Law Office of Nicholas F. Ortiz, PC – MAYOR MARTY WALSH, CITY OF BOSTON

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2018 BY THE NUMBERS Corporate 27% Housing Fund Drive 17% Immigration Income 10 % Maintenance Analog Devices, Inc. Arbella Insurance Foundation Biogen

⬤ 10% Employment ⬤ 4% Social Security/SSI Boston Globe ⬤ 9% Family ⬤ 2% Miscellaneous Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. ⬤ 7% Consumer ⬤ 1% Education Coverys 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 ⬤ 7% CORI and Re-Entry ⬤ < 1% Individual Rights* Delaware North Companies, Inc.

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 ⬤ 5% Health & Disability ⬤ < 1% Juvenile Eastern Bank Corp.

8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 EMD Serono, Inc.

* Includes civil rights, human trafficking, mental health, disability0 rights 1000 Fenway Sports Group/Boston Red Sox

2000

3000 Fidelity Investments/FMR LLC CLIENT GENDER 4000 5000 Fiduciary Trust Company

6000

65% 8,9557000 Floyd Advisory FEMALE IDENTIFIED CLIENTS8000 ASSISTED KL Discovery Liberty Mutual Insurance LPL Financial Holdings Inc. MALE 10,645 35% IDENTIFIED MilliporeSigma TOTAL CASES New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

Primark Corp.

8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 CLIENT ETHNICITY CLIENT AGE Safety Insurance Company, Inc. Santander Holdings USA, Inc. 8000

Hispanic 7000 33% Shire 6000

32% African-American 5000 4000 State Street Bank and Trust Company

White 3000

21% 2000 TripAdvisor 1000

Asian/Pacific Islander 0 11% Update Legal 1% Multiracial 1% Native American 60+ yrs 0-17 yrs 18-59 yrs

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In-House Counsel Drive

Attorneys from the following corporate legal departments participated in the 2018 In-House Counsel Drive.

Anonymous g The Belgrade Group g Biogen g BrightSphere g Eaton Vance g Fidelity Investments

Fiduciary Trust Company g GMO g Harvard Management Company, Inc. g Liberty Mutual Insurance

MFS Investment Management g State Street Bank and Trust Company

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL Judith Hogan Helen Rizos Mariana Contreras DRIVE DONORS Nancy Keating Christopher Sloan* Ethan Corey Employer matches James Kelleher Jill Damon $250 - $499 included in giving level Gordon Lawrence Michael Dube Anonymous (1) where applicable. John Norberg* Russell Gregg Russell Aborn Mark Polebaum Laura Howenstine Thomas Barry $2,500 + Thomas Provost Caroline Jackson Thomas Bridge BrightSphere Meg Rehrauer Natalie Kavanaugh Donald Caiazza Michael* & Berry Cappucci Meaghan Sanders Julie Kelley Kimberly Collins Jonathan Chiel & Galen Lewis Christina Lee Maria Damico William Coffey Stacey Schmidt* Vivian Lui-Somers John Donovan Maureen Gemma Peter Stahl Waiyan Ma Jack Foley Scott Friedman Meagan McKiernan $500 - $999 Alexander Gavis Ramon Herrera Ly Nichols Adam Alden Courtney Gribbon John Hitt* Kevin O’Brien Daniel Barry Mirela Izmirlic Richelle Kennedy Jana Oesterhuis Mark Belanger Elizabeth Kinsman Scott Kirwin Michael Palek Thanda Brassard Ava Lee Karen O’Toole* Marc Randazzo Paola Bronson Diana Lo Anne* & Brian Trinque Julie Richmond Margaret Carey John McGinty $1,000 - $2,499 Susan Roberts Dan Chisholm Nga Nguyen Ira Bieler Catilin Roseen Michael Doore Jennifer Nye Jennifer Boylan* Krista Ryan Lori Doyle-Place Sean Rogers David Carter Matt Teverni Pamela Egleston Samuel Steers Laura Coyne Kelly Towns Pamela Everhart Andria Weil Krista D’Aloia Tengfei Wu Jody Forchheimer Wendy Zazik Nati Davidi Julie Gann Jenny Xie Jonathan Davis Abby Hemani UP TO $249 Huanghui Zeng Ralph Derbyshire Denise Hilger Anonymous (4) Stephen Fisher* Daniel Karnovsky John Basile *In-House Counsel Drive Jay Haines Daniel Bennett Steering Committee Brad Moyer Members and Captains Colleen Hankins Susan Pereira Deanna Berry

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Pro Bono Partnerships

SPOTLIGHT STORY PRO BONO PARTNERS or several years, lawyers from Proskauer We are grateful to the following law firms Rose LLP have partnered with attorneys and in-house legal departments who from Greater Boston Legal Services’ Children’s provided pro bono services to GBLS and our clients in 2018, and to their many individual Disability Project to help children and their attorneys who dedicated their time and Ffamilies appeal wrongful denials of disability benefits. For energy to ensuring civil justice for all. GBLS’ young clients, the financial support received through disability benefits allows them to meet their health and Anderson & Kreiger LLP welfare needs and thrive in their schools and communities. Brown Rudnick LLP Recently, Proskauer’s pro bono attorneys appealed a Citizens Bank denial of SSI (Supplemental Security Income) benefits for GBLS’ client Jameel*, a fourteen year-old boy who suffers DLA Piper from diabetes, depression, and ADHD. Jameel’s father Duane Morris LLP was violent and abusive, and was opposed to any mental Fidelity Investments health treatment or academic supports for Jameel. Despite Floyd Advisory resistance from Jameel’s father, Jameel’s mother pursued Foley Hoag LLP treatment for her son because she knew it was essential to his well-being. Goodwin Procter LLP Eventually, Jameel’s parents divorced, but years of an Goulston & Storrs PC abusive marriage left Jameel’s mother feeling hopeless for Hemenway & Barnes LLP herself and for Jameel. She struggled to manage Jameel’s Hirsch Roberts Weinstein diabetes and to secure the educational accommodations his Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky disabilities require. After Jameel’s claim for benefits was and Popeo PC denied, Jameel’s mother was determined to ensure he had Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP the help he needed, and came to GBLS. A team of pro bono attorneys from Proskauer took on Jameel’s case. Nixon Peabody LLP To prepare Jameel and his mother for the hearing, the Nutter McLennen & Fish LLP team from Proskauer had to consider the many complicating Proskauer Rose LLP factors in their lives: the impact of long-term domestic Thomson Reuters violence; Jameel’s serious physical and mental health Ropes & Gray LLP limitations — which made it difficult for him to participate in his case; and shame about seeking benefits. Jameel’s Santander Bank advocates worked tirelessly with the family to gather Seyfarth Shaw LLP evidence, draft a compelling brief, and thoroughly prepare Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Jameel and his mother for the hearing. Sobosik Law The team’s hard work paid off. The victory resulted in Jameel obtaining the disability benefits that will ensure Sullivan & Worcester LLP that he receives the support he needs to thrive in school Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and beyond. Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks PC

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS PARTICIPATING FIRMS GBLS is grateful to the following firms, whose associates $5,000 and above Patrick Waller raised over $500,000 to support free civil legal assistance for survivors of domestic violence. Thank you! Anonymous (2) James Wirvin Chelsea Loughran $500 - $999 Melissa Tearney Anderson & Kreiger LLP* Locke Lord LLP* Anonymous (24) Barrett & Singal* Manning Gross + $2,500 - $4,999 Daryl Achilles Massenburg LLP* Brown Rudnick LLP Elizabeth Lintz Alexander Adam* McCarter & English, LLP* Leslie McDonell Burns & Levinson LLP* Eric Amundsen McDermott, Will & Emery* Timothy Oyer Anne Bandes Casner & Edwards, LLP* Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Michael Rader Douglas Banghart Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP* Glovsky and Popeo, PC* Maria Trevisan Megan Barriger Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Morgan, Lewis & Brandon Blackwell Peisch & Ford, LLP* $1,000 - $2,499 Bockius LLP Abra Bron Anonymous (4) Cooley LLP* Morse, Barnes-Brown & Ashley Brown Michael Albert Davis, Malm & Pendleton, PC* Steven Browne D’Agostine, PC* C. Hunter Baker Nixon Peabody LLP Kenneth Burdon David Bergers Day Pitney LLP* Nutter McClennen & Sarah Burg Mark Cianci DLA Piper LLP (US)* Fish LLP* James Carroll Elizabeth Foster-Nolan Donnelly, Conroy Peabody & Arnold LLP* Timothy Carter Edward Gates & Gelhaar, LLP* Prince Lobel Tye LLP* Zachary Cloyd Kristin & William Gerber Finnegan, Henderson, Eben Colby Proskauer Rose LLP Angela Gomes Farabow, Garrett & Kevin Conroy Dunner, LLP* Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Robert Hoffman Sullivan, LLP Erin Daley Fish & Richardson* Jason Honeyman Alexa Derkasch* Robinson+Cole LLP* Jeffrey Hsi Foley & Lardner LLP* Rachel Dougnac Ropes & Gray LLP Marc & Melissa Johannes Foley Hoag LLP* Roque El-Hayek Seyfarth Shaw LLP Hunter Keeton Rebecca Ellis Goodwin Procter LLP Thanos Matthai* Sherin and Lodgen LLP* Greta Fails Goulston & Storrs PC Gregory Milmoe Skadden, Arps, Slate, Neil Ferraro Greenberg Traurig, LLP* Jeffrey Mittleman Meagher & Flom LLP David Ferrera Hamilton, Brook, Smith & and Affiliates* Michelle Nunez Mark Finsterwald Reynolds, PC* Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak Michelle Nyein Catherine Fisher Hemenway & Barnes LLP* & Cohen, PC Mark Pearlstein Michael Flannery Sullivan & Worcester LLP* Michael Pomianek Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP Maya Florence Wilmer Cutler Pickering Daniel Riley Hogan Lovells Peter Friedenberg Hale and Dorr LLP* Sarah Rosenbluth Holland & Knight LLP Kathryn Gevitz Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC James Rubens Jones Day* Jonathan Ursprung Michael Gilbert Jeff Goldman Krokidas & Bluestein LLP* John Van Amsterdam * Firm matched its Alexandra Gorman Lando & Anastasi, LLP* associates’ fundraising Robert Walat

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Patricia Granahan Samuel Mullin Daniel Wehner George Blazeski* James Hanifin Vanessa Peck Jennifer Whalen Edward Bloom Kurt & Charlotte Hemr Ellen Peckham Kathryn Wilhelm Elizabeth Boehm Jed Hendrick Bianca Peskin Matthew Bohenek $250 - $499 Ezekiel Hill Rory Pheiffer Humza Bokhari Anonymous (57) Matthew Horvitz Rachel Irving Pitts Darca Boom Stephen Adams Christopher Hurld Randy Pritzker Sam Bossone Emily Andersen Jeffrey Jacobstein Dwight Quayle Charles Bourjaily James Anderson Emily Jennings* John Rearick Joseph Bowler Nathan Anderson Robert Jensen Katherine Reynolds Jordan Bowne* Kevin Angle Oona Johnstone William Roberts Yaw Anim Douglas Brayley Catherine Jones Graham Robinson Timothy Ayotte Samuel Brenner Sara Jones Christina Rodrigo Christina Bailey Vivian Browalski Megan Juel Katrina Rogachevsky Katherine Bailey Kaitlin Brown* David Katz Julia Rosequist* William Baker Noah Brown Laura Knoll Anne Ross* Jason Balich Nathaniel Bruhn Joshua Krumholz Alana Rusin Jessica Ball Emily Bryan* Sardiaa Leney Eric Rutt* Serge Banini* Jessica Caamano Michael Loucks Joseph Ryan Jillian Bargar* Michael Callahan Emily Ma Lori Shyavitz Bethany Bartlett Adam Cambier Richard Manley Michael Siekman Shamis Beckley Eric Carnevale Michael Marcucci Bruce Singal Paul Beckwith Amanda Carney* James McDermott Moshe Spinowitz Meredeth Beers Ryan Carpenter Colin McNiece Heather Sprague Cory Bell Joshua Carroll Matthew McTygue Mark Tang Sara Bellin Courtney Caruso Jennifer Mendonca Julia Twarog Andrew Bellis Tyler Cash Seth Mennillo Jessica Von Reyn Matthew Berntsen Paul Cathcart Mark Michalowski Patrick Walling Sunni Beville Karla Chaffee Katherine Miller Edmund Walsh Elizabeth Bewley Neema Chaiban James Morris Sophie Wang Lachlan Blair Carmen Chan

Pictured here are the 2018 GBLS Associates Fund Drive captains from law firms across the Boston area, along with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

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Gregory Gerstenzang John Kelley The 2018 Associates Fund Laurel Gilbert Meghan Kelly Drive raised more than Hannah Glass David Khrakovsky $500,000 from over 1,500 Joshua Goldstein Katherine Kieckhafer Jennifer Gorman Adam King donors to provide civil Joshua Gray Brian King Daniel Griffith Sarah Kitchell legal aid to survivors of Mary Grinman Jacob Klapholz domestic violence. Yana Grishkan Alexandra Klingenstein Courtney Groh Tiffany Knapp Katherine Guarino* Nathaniel Koslof* Catherine Guzzo Barbara Kroncke Kristen Chassé William Dunham Margot Hammond Jacob Kuipers Tani Chen Brandon Dunn Alison Harrall Rachel Kurlantzick* Eleanor Chu Kenneth Earley Rebecca Harris Michelle Labbe* Molly Chung Jessica Early Martha Harrison William Lahey Rachel Churchill* Joseph Edelstein Nicholas Hasenfus Jessica Lambert Alexander Civetta Alison Eggers Moussa Hassoun Stephanie Lapidus Christopher Clark David Emer Daniel Healy Jenna LaPointe Maria Colella Michael Ercolini Zachary Heath Cassandra LaRussa John Condon Peter Erichsen Douglas Henry Robert Lazar Joshua Coombes Deena Feit Brian Hern* Justine Le John Cosgriff Michael Fencer Brett Heyman* Sydney Leavens Daniel Cowan Jennifer Fenn Laura Hiller Hwi Harold Lee Courtney Cox Joseph Fielding Saqib Hossain David Lefebvre Ryan Crane* Daniel Fine Benjamin Howe Galen Lewis & Meaghan Colleen Creeden Ada Finkel Tarae Howell* Sanders Eric Cunnane Kevin Finnerty Elizabeth Hudson Xiaodong Li Patrick Curran Sarah Fischer Elisabeth Hunt Jacki Lin Paula Curry Katherine Fisher Joseph Hunt David Linhart David Curtis Tara Fisher Katy Hwang Christopher Lisy Alicia D’Alba Deanna FitzGerald Christopher Iaquinto Brendan Lowd Andrea Daley Michael Fitzgerald Katie Insogna Allison Lucier William Dalsen Michael Fitzpatrick* Alex Intile Olivia Luckett Shepard Davidson Emma Follansbee* Sasha Ivanov Julie Lutfi Benjamin Davis Sara Frank* Rebecca Izzo David Lyons Christina Dawson James Fullmer Michelle Janer Steven Maalouf* Paul Decker Mark Gaioni Mark Jensen Jennifer Macarchuk Jason DelMonico Joshua Galgano Chelsea Johnson Kate MacLeman Yuanshu Deng Josefina Garcia Jeana Johnston* Shweta Mahajan Benjamin DiCamillo James Gately Amelia Joiner Christopher Markham Julianna DiGesu Kevin Gaughan Kenneth Kaufman Lauren Martin Laura Diss Sydney Gaylin E. Christopher Kehoe Martha Martir Kristen Dooley Ezra Geggel Jocelyn Keider Anthony Masero Elizabeth Downing Ilana Gelfman Stanley Keller Joshua Matloff Matthew Duffey Ian Gemmell Caroline Kelley* Sara Mattern

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Claudia Matzko Sean O’Neill Amish Shah Susan Tvrdy Meghan McCarthy Courtney Orazio Alexandra Shalom* Emily Unger Christine McCay Adrianne Ortega Jeremy Sharpe Hannah Vail Katherine McDonald Julie Silva Palmer Michael Shiposh Ryan Van Olst Megan McFadden Michael Palmisciano Benjamin Sigel Jeffrey Vigliotti Daniel McGrath Katerina Papacosma* David & Laura Silvian Suzanne Villee Julia McLetchie Janine Pare Jeanna Simeone Kacey Walker Kevin McNiff Lorraine Parent James Smeallie Kathleen Wallace Michael Meidinger Young Park Elizabeth Smith Shaina Wamsley Louis Mercedes Dhara Patel Geoffrey Smith GangQiao Wang Cameryn Mercurio* Jessica Perry Jennifer Sacco Smith Jennifer Wang Andrea Merin Jaclyn Piltch Russell Smith Zakkary Wedemeyer David Michel* Amy Pimentel* Sarah Smith William Weinreb Joshua Miller Nicholas Pisegna Jessica Soto Graham Welch* Micah Miller Jamiel Poindexter Claire Specht Aaron Welo Wells Miller Kathleen Porter Lindsey Spinelli Frank White Elizabeth Mitro Jessica Powell* Tanu Srinivasan Nicole White Donna Mizrahi* Lauren Ramirez Laura Stafford John Whitlock Paul Momnie* John Ramsey Andrew Stark* Erin Whitney Caitlin Monahan Genevieve Aguilar Reardon Lorraine Stark* Kevin Willis Patricia Moran Matthew Reardon Matthew Stayman* Benjamin Wilson Morgan Mordecai Brianna Reed Austin Steelman Lauren Wilson Erin Morley Elissa Reidy Ilenna Stein Harvey Wolkoff Melicia Morris Emily Renshaw Mark Stein Ilan Wong Christopher Morrison Stephanie Richards Alyson Stewart Melissa Wong Eileen Morrison Matthieu Riviere Kate Stewart Emma Wright Paige Moscow* David Rodgers Charlotte Stewart-Sloan Cara Wulf Carla Moynihan Ruben Rodrigues Andrew Strehle Daniel Yanofsky Julie Muller Graham Rogers Stephen Sullivan Emma Yashar Michael Mullins Ryan Rosenblatt Doug Sweeney* Jonathan Young Daniel Murray Sarah Rosenbluth Jessica Taubman Stephen Young Elizabeth Myers Ronald Ruth Alexis Theriault* Megan Yung* John Nagle Isaac Saidel-Goley Vernon Thomas Zachary Zemlin Alisha Nanda Caroline Samp Andrew Tibbetts Zhen Zhang Kenneth Nee Yareni Sanchez George Ticknor Shaobo Zhu Stephanie Neely Michelle Sandals Erika Todd Susan Zhu Melanie Nevin Heath Sargeant Parker Towle David Zimmer* John Nguyen Kevin Sarro Jennifer Tracy Antoinette Nibbs Bradley Schecter Mark Tredinnick* *Associates Fund Drive Kathleen Nichols Jillian Schlotter* Taylor Tremble* chairs and captains Benjamin Niehaus Amy Schnitzer Janet Tse Harvey Nosowitz Jeanette Schroeder Christopher Novak Laura Schumacher Thank you to the many contributors to the Associates Fund Robert O’Connell Claire Schuster Drive who donated up to $249. Please see www.gbls.org for Kevin O’Keefe Erika Schutzman a full list of our donors.

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GBLS helps families and individuals in our community achieve stability and justice. Together, we are making a difference. 32 COMMUNITIES AND TOWNS SERVED

“DIEGO” is a member of the Garifuna ethnic group from Honduras, where he was verbally and physically attacked for his ethnic identity, received death threats from a coworker, and was extorted and threatened by MS-13 gang members at his apartment building. After fleeing Honduras with his family, Diego made it to Massachusetts, where ICE detained him. With GBLS’ representation, Diego was granted relief from deportation and released from detention to rebuild a life with his wife and children.

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After “Alden” was diagnosed with a rare disease that impacted his vision and afflicted him with chronic pain, he became unable to work and fell behind on his student loans and credit card bills. GBLS’ debt collection Attorney for the Day program in the Chelsea District Court got three cases brought against Alden by debt buyers dismissed, saving Alden thousands of dollars. GBLS then got Alden’s student loans out of default and KATIE he went back to school to obtain qualifications in a field he could work in despite his illness; he also began “Katie,” the mother of a receiving federal aid. 2-year-old and an 11-year- old, started receiving notices accusing her of PAT not telling the Dept. of “Pat”, a 65-year-old African American woman, was Transitional Assistance terminally ill and undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. (DTA) when she began to She came to GBLS when her monthly SSI benefits, receive unemployment her only source of income, were terminated due to her insurance benefits, and having too much money in a life insurance policy. Pat claiming she had to repay was unable to pay bills or afford medication and was $938 in TAFDC and $1,094 on the verge of eviction. GBLS helped Pat transfer her in Food Stamps. assets to an irrevocable burial plan and get her much- needed benefits reinstated. GBLS identified multiple problems with DTA’s claims and represented Katie at an administrative Pat was unable to pay bills hearing, getting the alleged overpayment or afford medication and amount reduced to was on the verge of eviction. $447, then successfully advocating to DTA to GBLS helped her get her waive that amount so that Katie can continue to benefits reinstated. provide for her children.

NOTE: All names have EVA been changed to protect client privacy. “Eva”, her domestic partner, and their three children were facing a no-fault eviction from their Chelsea apartment. The new owner of their building, despite the multi-year agreements made between the previous owner and the tenants, tried to evict all of the tenants. Eva’s GBLS attorney negotiated in Chelsea District Court to prevent the family’s eviction.

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Commemorative Gifts

Commemorative gifts were made in honor of:

Charlotte I. Armour Beata Panagopoulos by Anne Armour by Athanassios Panagopoulos Anne Ross and Lizzi Joel Pierce Cantin’s wedding by Maria DeLuzio by Norma Finkelstein and by Janice Bardetta Brian Remlinger by Robert Remlinger John J. Carroll by Lori & Donald Gerokoulis David Rosenberg by Lia & William Poorvu Thomas Crimer by Dennis Crimer Tony Shapiro by Jerry Stern, Thomas M. Sobol Mithra Fernandes-Kan & the Latinas Know Your Rights Bruce Singal Program by Laura Kurzrok by Erin C. Miller John Wilshire Carrera, Nancy Kelly, Brian Flynn Anne Mackin & Jane Rocamora by Anna Marie Ventura by Beth Britz Jeff Friedman Barbara Wright by Jerry Stern by Lauren Wright

Ellen Gabriel Donations were made in memory of: by Susan Beck Sarah Anderson Hatsfield/Austin families by Sally A. Kelly, Betsy Rosenfeld by Jennifer Bram & Gary Kleinman Robert Iuliano Russell K. Dunning by Lawrence Bacow by Katherine Alitz, Margaret Brill, David Coughlan, Ellen Cunniffee, Lydia Dorner, Mason Kortz & Jackie Kung Lawrence M. Field, Heather Gallant, Michael by David Kortz J. Haroz, Jonathan Klein, Nancy MacKay, Rachel Lerner Shari Malyn & Jon Abbott, Elizabeth Meister, by Janelle Leroux and Cathy Pastan, Siv Sandberg, Sarah Sciretta, by Lindsey Gersh Marilyn H. Sharpe, Charles Talanian, Mary Tamulevicz, Katherine Wanderer, Anne Gordon A. Martin Wheelock, and Rosalind Williams by Constance Martin Janiece Dwyer Jim Masterman by David Dwyer by Laura Kurzrok Stanley Lieberson Mithra Merryman by Barbara Hindley, Alan & Esther Pollack, by Jacquelin Apsler and Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Naomi Meyer Bernard Lillianfeld by Deborah A. Frank by Robert Lillianfeld Liz Miller & Andres Saldana Gregory Morin by Ellen Eagleton by Emily Tucker Liz O’Neill Marvin Sparrow by Autumn Cohen by Celeste O’Neill

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GBLS LEGACY SOCIETY Members of the GBLS Legacy Society make a lasting commitment to legal services by including GBLS as a bequest in their will or through another planned giving instrument. John J. Carroll Philip K. Hamilton Julia Huston Richard A. Marks John B. Ward & Joseph F. Miglorie Joseph E. Mullaney Stephen H. Oleskey David W. Rosenberg Robert A. & Sloan K. Sable Richard W. Southgate* Stephen S. Young Albert P. Zabin *deceased

IN-KIND DONATIONS Thank you to the many individuals, companies, and firms who generously donated gifts of goods or services in 2018. Your in-kind support helps GBLS conserve resources and serve as many clients and community members as possible.

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Annual Fund Donors

$50,000 AND ABOVE Stephanie L. Brown Philip & Mary C. Hamilton Joseph R. Fleming Anonymous (2) John J. Carroll Larry & Suzanne Heffernan Angela Gomes The Janey Fund Jonathan & Margot Davis Chelsea Loughran The Irene Greif & Albert Robert K. Kraft Steven S. Fischman Robert W. & Gladys S. Meyer Family Fund Mark A. Ford Meserve Charitable Trust James B. Haines $25,000 - $49,999 Elizabeth S. Fries Joseph J. Mueller David P. Halstead Anonymous Michael & Linda Frieze Ellen Semonoff Sylvia Hammer Thomas J. & Midge John & Audrey Siciliano Jane Harper & Neil Kulick DeSimone Elizabeth Games Jeffrey M. Stoler Len & Peggy Ho John F. Donohue Rhys Gardiner Arthur & Abigail Telegen Christian M. Hoffman David & Cynthia Phelan Megan N. Gates Andrew M. Troop Christopher E. Houston & Edwin Smith Christine Gilman & Thomas Andrews William B. Tyler Stacy Vezina Melissa & Gary Tearney Lena G. & Ronald P. Donald Vaughn & Lee Elizabeth Hurley Goldberg Ridgeway Jeffrey Katz $10,000 - $24,999 Ellen M. Harrington Nalda Vigezzi Michael Kayser Anonymous (6) Geoff & Debbie Howell Edward J. Weiss John & Tappy Kimpel Cynthia M. Clarke David A. Kluft Michael Zarren Patrick King & Sandra Cogan Family Foundation Jim & Carolyn McGarry Moody Martin & Marjorie B. Cohn Samuel B. Moskowitz $1,000 - $2,499 William B. King Sarah & William Connolly Anonymous (8) Edward J. Naughton Martha J. Koster Deirdre M. Giblin & David Susan H. Alexander Anna Kuznetsova-Schafer DuBard Jeffrey Rudin Michael L. Altman Kenneth & Susan Luke Louis A. Goodman & Michael & Jennifer Sexton Kirsten Anderson Phoebe S. Goodman Eve M. Slattery William J. McNally Adrienne M. Baker Robert J. Hildreth Marvin Sparrow Jennifer Mendonca Matthew A. Berlin & Richard A. Marks & Jennifer Marian A. Tse Joseph E. Mullaney Morrison Simone Liebman Steven & Nancy Wilcox Catherine Ng Kim V. Marrkand James J. Berriman Joleen Willis Susan K. O’Connell Robert J. Nagle John E. Bowman Albert P. & Judith Zabin Jennifer Ogan The Penobscot Fund Tom Brown B. Andrew Zelermyer & Kenneth Parsigian & Shay Gregory E. Bulger & Richard Lia & William Poorvu Daniel Romanov Mayer Dix James M. & Cathleen D. C. Whitney Pedersen Robert & Ann Buxbaum Stone Foundation $2,500 - $4,999 Anne L. Peretz Ira Carp Richard & Joanne Anonymous (2) Vincent J. Pisegna Southgate Larry & Christine Carsman Timothy Blank & Patricia Colleen Powell Anne & Henry Zarrow Blank Wendy Cassity Foundation Andrea Geiger Re Stephen J. Brake Eugene Clark Catherine E. Reuben & $5,000 - $9,999 Elaine M. Epstein Susan Donaldson Scott L. Glanzman Anonymous Martha & Timothy Frahm Lee & Nancy Dunham Sarah Rosenbluth Bernard & Bonnie Bonn Halley Gilbert Wildon Farwell Rothstein Foundation

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David Rozenson & Jessica Brian A. & Barbara Davis Meyer Potashman David A. Barry Solodar Rozenson Patrick DiNardo The Raffiani Family Ilan Barzilay Mary K. Ryan Foundation Katherine Dyson Deborah L. Benson Allan Sadun Nicholas K. Reed Sarah Edgecomb Brian A. Berube Jill Schwab & Peter Alpert Lauren Reznick Stephen Elman & Joanne Ann & Donald Berwick Sheldon & Ellen Schwartz D’Alcomo Costa Richard Michelle Blauner & Adam Celia Segal & Kate Segal Alan S. Emmet Rebecca Rogers Ruttenberg Sheel Shah Martin M. Fantozzi David W. & Deirdre Thomas P. Bloch Rosenberg Thomas G. Shapiro Michael P. Flammia Richard M. Bluestein Gared S. Schneberger Jim & Stephanie Sokolove Kyle Freeny Andrew & Jennifer Oren Sellstrom Charlene A. Stern-Dombal Lisa C. Goodheart Borggaard David L. & Jane B. Shapiro H. Michael Stevens Stuart W. Graham Jacquelynne Bowman & Carol Shea David Rentsch Steve & Joan Subrin Kate Haffner Karen Siegel Daniel & Jill Bradford David & Catherine Sullivan Joshua & Helen Hartshorne Robert H. Smith John A. Burgess Michael H. Turk Kay H. Hodge Alexander Solomon Lewis A. Burleigh Scott Webster Brad & Jane Honoroff Norman Stein & Mindy Sarah S. Cabot Deborah Jackson Weiss Joanna Kao Lubber Carolynn A. Cartelli Elizabeth Willey Mitchell H. Kaplan Henry & Pamela Steiner Edmund & Wendy Case Monica A. Wirtz Karl E. Klare Charles Talanian Cameron & Michael Casey John Wolfson Joseph L. Kociubes Bruce I. Tribush Craig Clesson William & Amy Kolb $500 - $999 Jamie L. Wacks Kate Cook Donald G. Leka Anonymous (13) Toni G. Wolfman Robert A. Creamer Mary K. Leonard Ned & Maureen Abelson Douglas Wolfson Roslyn Daum & Andrew Jane K. Lewis Reuben Ackerman Anne Woodrum Nichols Robert Lillianfeld Robert M. Allen Raymond H. Young Katherine Dirks Michelle Anderson Francis Lynch & Sally Mapp Lydia Yu & Timothy Hoitink James DiTullio Walker Anne Armour Rebecca Zeidel Anthony M. Doniger Nicholas Mathewson Elizabeth Armstrong J. Patrick Dowdall Cecelia Michaelis & David $250 - $499 Victor N. Baltera Schlissel Jennifer Effron & Doug Anonymous (4) Arsham Alexander & Cristin Erin C. Miller Canterbury Bagnall Jose Aguiluz Jesse A. Fecker Karen Nelson & Daniel Dinah K. Bodkin Greenberg Richard & Rosemary Allen Michael Feeney William Brack & Jessica Christine M. Netski Katharine Bachman Cara Feldberg Ladd Eric & Shirley Paley Daniel J. Bailey, III Catherine Fisher Margaret Brill Steven P. Perlmutter Arun Balasubramaniam Stephen D. Fisher Patricia Cantor Shirin Philipp & John Richard G. Baldwin Kathleen Fitzgerald Esme Caramello Higgins Cynthia Baran Victoria Fortino Deirdre A. Cunnane Scott D. Pomfret Steven & Martha Barrett Elizabeth R. Freeman

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Devon Freeny Stephen Moeller-Sally Carolyn A. Wiesenhahn ADDITIONAL DONORS Sharon Fry Matt & Amy Mugherini Geoffrey W. Wilkinson & We appreciate the generosity Zelda & Elkan Gamzu Joel David Needleman Sally E. Johnson and support of all of our donors, John T. Williams including our many friends who Nancy Bader Gardiner & Heather Nelson donated up to $249 in 2018. Nathaniel Gardiner Rosalind Williams Julie Nelson Thank you to the many donors Nadia K. Gareeb Pia Owens Steven Willis & Elissa who recommended that GBLS Alan S. Geismer Freud receive a grant from the American Athanassios Panagopoulos Endowment Foundation, Donald W. Glazer Tom & Sue Wintner Nicole L. M. Parsons Boston Foundation, California Michael L. Glenn & Tamara S. Wolfson Community Foundation, Nancy E. Phillips Susan B. Jhirad Caroline Woodward Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Fidelity Charitable, Renaissance Lynn D. Goldsmith & Stephanie M. Poggi Howard G. Zaharoff Charitable Foundation, Schwab Richard L. Alfred Karla Portocarrero Liane Zeitz Charitable, U.S. Charitable Gift Donna Haig Friedman John J. Powers Trust, Vanguard Charitable, or Justin Zucker Mark J. Haroz Frederick & Ruthann Prifty other donor-advised fund or corporate matching program. Susan A. Hartnett Jeffrey & Elizabeth Pyle Merle Hass Yvette & Robert Remlinger While we make every effort to include all of our donors Jill Heine Alan J. Rom in this report, if we have inadvertently omitted any gifts, Steve Henry Regina E. Roman please accept our sincere apologies. Please contact Ana Cruz, Vickie L. Henry & Laurie F. Rubin Director of Development, at (617) 603-1565 or [email protected] Claire E. Humphrey Shirley Rubenstein with any corrections or queries. John Hobgood Sarah Sable Laura G. Hoey Scott A. Samuels Jonathan Hulbert Scott J. Schoen David P. Hutchinson Mike & Peggy Shryne Winston K. Jones Robert S. Silberman & Adam P. Kahn Nancy A. Netzer Susan Kaim Anne C. Speakman Leah S. Kaplan Gary A. Spiess Rudolph & Helen Kass Jerry Stern Sally A. Kelly James A. Swartz Joseph Kriesberg Timothy Syrett & Angela Christopher & Brooks Katherine Laughman Jesse Thaler Regina F. Lee James E. Thomas Patricia Lieberson Constance Toomey Nathan Liskov Deanne & Tom Urmy Natalie Lissy Carol J. Wagner Werner & Carol Lohe Jack Ward & Joe Miglorie Glenn Magpantay Alvin C. Warren George P. Mair Douglas & Judith Cynthia Mark & Weinstock Man Chak Ng Richard & Sally Weitzen Nat Mattison Michele A. Whitham Neil V. McKittrick Daryl Wiesen & Kathleen Barbara Mitchell Lenihan

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2018 Financial Statements

INCOME 2018 2017

Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation 6,005,480 5,524,854

Law Firms and Attorneys 3,356,832 3,804,483

Cy Pres and Other Similar Awards 185,995 101,607

Foundations/Corporations 1,710,623 1,991,370

Government Grants 2,412,376 2,150,070

Individual Contributions 1,036,038 1,108,219

United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley 198,977 355,094

Miscellaneous 1,412,193 878,236

Total income before donated services 16,318,514 15,913,933 Volunteer Services 5,403,941 6,805,385 TOTAL INCOME 21,722,455 22,719,318

EXPENSES 2018 2017

Salary and Benefits Subtotal 12,424,767 12,659,521 Non-Personnel:

Occupancy 468,908 456,874 Equipment and Supplies 518,228 484,285 Contract Services 657,987 404,230 Library and Litigation Expenses 205,809 213,790 Transfer to Capital 866,152 118,909 Miscellaneous 346,512 780,418

Non-Personnel Subtotal 3,063,596 2,458,506

Total expenses before donated services 15,488,363 15,118,027 Volunteer services 5,403,941 6,805,385 Total expenses 20,892,304 21,923,412 Change in net assets 830,151 795,906 CUMULATIVE OPERATING NET ASSETS 7,805,977 6,975,826

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Institutional Support and Community Partners

PRIVATE PARTNERS George H. and Jane A. Mifflin COMMUNITY PARTNERS Memorial Fund Anonymous Asian American Resources Workshop The Baupost Group, LLC Menemsha Family Fund (AARW) Biogen National Network to End Domestic Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Violence (ATASK) The Boston Foundation New Prospect Foundation Boston Center for Independent Boston Bar Foundation Oak Foundation Living Blue Hills Bank Foundation Sailors’ Snug Harbor of Boston Boston College Legal Services LAB Cabot Family Charitable Trust Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation Boston Tenant Coalition (BTC) Cambridge Community Boston University School of Law Foundation PUBLIC SUPPORT Brandeis University – The Sillerman Bushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Center for the Advancement Hall Charitable Fund Massachusetts Legal Assistance of Philanthropy Corporation (MLAC) Jane B. Cook 1992 Charitable Trust Brazilian Women’s Group Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cummings Foundation Brazilian Worker Center Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Department of Public Health Casa Myrna Assistance Fund Department of Revenue Catholic Charities Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation Massachusetts Office for Victim Chelsea Collaborative Assistance (MOVA) Charles H. Farnsworth Chinese Progressive Association Charitable Trust Office of the Attorney General City Mission Fidelity Investments City of Boston City Life/Vida Urbana General Electric Boston Home Center-Foreclosure Coalition for Social Justice Prevention Greater Boston Immigrant Community Action Agency of Defense Fund Commission on Affairs of the Somerville Elderly The Gruber Program for Global Community Labor United Justice and Women’s Rights Department of Neighborhood Community Legal Aid Guardianship Community Trust Development Corporation for National and Hyams Foundation Mayor’s Office of Workforce Community Service − AmeriCorps Development, EDIC Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Dominican Development Center Family Foundation City of Cambridge EMPath Kellogg Foundation City of Somerville Equal Justice America Lawrence Model Lodging Houses Trust U.S. Department of Housing Equal Justice Works and Urban Development Massachusetts Bar Foundation Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps U.S. Department of Justice Martha Mazzone Charitable Guardianship Community Trust Gift Fund U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service David Abraham Grossman Fund McGillicuddy Family Charitable Trust for Social Justice

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Institutional Support and Community Partners

HarborCOV EASTERN REGION Thank you to the many Harvard Legal Aid Bureau PARTNERS additional community-based Hebrew Senior Life DeNovo (formerly Community Legal groups and social service Services and Counseling Center) organizations with whom HomeStart MetroWest Legal Services GBLS partners, and which are Immigrant Worker Center too numerous to list here. We Collaborative Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association appreciate your hard work on Justice At Work behalf of our mutual clients. Massachusetts Alliance of HUD The collaborative work we do Tenants SCHOOL PROGRAMS with partners to remedy critical Fellows and students assisted GBLS’ clients Massachusetts Coalition for the community needs makes a Homeless and staff through programs sponsored by the following school partners. significant impact in the lives MassCOSH Boston College Law School of many. We look forward to Massachusetts Immigrant and continuing to work with you Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Boston University School of Law to find effective solutions and Cornell Law School Massachusetts Law Reform Institute approaches to addressing (MLRI) Harvard Law School emerging issues in the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Loyola Law School communities we serve. Corporation (MLAC) Marquette University School of Law Massachusetts Senior Action Coalition New England Law Matahari Women Workers’ Center Northeastern University School of Law Metrowest Worker Center Suffolk University Law School Minuteman Senior Services Tulane University Law School Mystic Valley Elder Services University of Florida Levin College National Consumer Law Center of Law Northeast Legal Aid University of Massachusetts School Project Hope of Law REACH Beyond Domestic Violence University of New Mexico School Rosie’s Place of Law Somerville Cambridge Elder Services University of Pennsylvania Law School Somerville Homeless Coalition Yale Law School South Coastal County Legal Services South Shore Elder Services United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Urban Edge Viet-AID

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Staff & Volunteers

STAFF Karen Dobak Danielle Johnson Yahaira Ortiz Lauren Shryne Carolina Africano Taramattie Doucette Todd Kaplan Lee Palmer^ Emma Singer* Yanick Aldin Jessica Drew Nancy Kelly Benjamin Pannell Brenda Smith Lourdes Alvarez Lina Duiker^ Roseanne Kiggundu^ Jessica Podesva* Sherry Smith Miriam Aponte Mercer Edwards Brian Kiwanuka Noah Potash^ Lauren Song Valenda Applegarth Janette Ekanem* Linda Lank Audrey Pransky Jovanda Spain* Luz Arévalo Maria Fernandes Patricia Levesh Jeffrey Purcell Quinten Steenhuis Manisha Bhatt Mithra Fernandes- Sarah Levy Pauline Quirion Hannah Tanabe Radhika Kan Bethany Li Martha Ramos Sandra Tavarez Bhattacharya Deborah Filler Lisa Locher Audrey Richardson Beverly Teal Jacquelynne Brian Flynn Bret Thompson^ Bowman Nancy Lorenz Yolanda Rivera John Flynn Jeroboam Tisme Lisa Bradley Anne Mackin Jane Rocamora Mary Frasca Phi Tran Matthew Brooks* Melanie Malherbe Andreina Rojas- Linda Garcia Medina Margaret Turner Jade Brown* Daniel Manning Wynn Gerhard Hernando Romero Priya Vaishampayan^ Dina Brownstein Sandra Manzanares Lizbeth Ginsburg Jay Rose Juan Valdes Andrea Carrillo Sonia Márquez Maritza Gomez Alexa Rosenbloom Sheba Varughese Maria Casas Donna McCormick Melissa González James “Mac” Heather Ross Laticia Walker- Rita Cheresnowsky Yanira González McCreight Constance Rossetti Simpson Ting Chiu Olivia Graffeo- Elizabeth McIntyre Blanca Ruiz Gerald Wall Nadine Cohen Cohen* Naomi Meyer Noriko Saito David White Migdalia Cotto Monica Halas Joey Michalakes Jason Salgado^ Elizabeth Whiteway Betsey Crimmins Colin Harnsgate^ Annery Miranda Eneida Sánchez John Willshire Carrerra Zoe Cronin Shelly Harter Alex Mitchell- Joanne Sanders Ana Cruz Susan Hegel Munevar Ariel Woodard- Levi Sanders Stephens* Francis Czolpinski Abbe Hershberg Margaret Moran Marwa Sayed^ Deena Zakim Ventura Dennis Margaret Jean Maggie Morgan Terry Schnicker^ Barbara Zimbel

* Fellows | ^ Americorps

VOLUNTEERS Sonia Andujar Thomas Gilbert Maureen Serio Lisbeth Britz Simon Klein Pamela Sheldon We are grateful to the following individuals Sean Campbell Robert Lannon Barbara Sullivan who provided Pamela Chamberlain Jurett Mooltrey-Weathers Madhanga Wickramasinghe administrative or other Joanne Daniels-Finegold Wellington Mtshali services during the year. Harrison Fitch William Rosenfeld William Williamson Abigail Geier Jill Schwab

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VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS The following individuals, in addition Michael Altman Jane Gottschalk Ibone Moreno De Aray to many law students, volunteered Richard Bauer Jill Grossberg Hieu Nguyen substantial commitments of time in 2018 Rhonda Berkower John Harrington Richard Rafferty to GBLS and its clients. Their contributions Vali Buland Guenter Hiort Edward Rice are valued at over $5,400,000 in in-kind Jeanne Charn Paula Ho Robert Sable services to GBLS in 2018. We are also very Susan Chimene Harvey Kaplan Jane Smith grateful to the many pro bono attorneys, too numerous to list here, who handled Casey Christo Brian Lin Philip Weinberg GBLS cases at their firms, participated in Judi Diamond Serena D. Madar Toni Wolfman legal clinics, or provided research or other Ellen Gabriel R. Hardin Matthews Albert Zabin legal support. Charley Glerum Margaret Moran Jean Zeiler

Corporation

The GBLS Corporation is comprised of members of the community – including lawyers, clients and interested citizens – who are elected to five-year terms. These individuals serve GBLS by electing the Board of Directors and Officers of the Corporation and by conducting any required business.

Michael L. Altman Michael B. Elefante Daryl J. Lapp Stephen H. Oleskey Paul R. Sugarman Isaac D. Bantu Pamela Feingold Paul W. Lee Rory P. Pheiffer May Takayanagi Carey L. Bertrand Steven S. Fischman William F. Lee Michael N. Rader Melissa B. Tearney Richard M. Bluestein Rhys Gardiner Donald G. Leka David W. Rosenberg Arthur Telegen Bernard J. Bonn Deirdre M. Giblin Chelsea A. Loughran Daniel Routh Jerome B. Tichner John E. Bowman Lena G. Goldberg Alex H. MacDonald David A. Rozenson Anne Trinque Gregory E. Bulger Katherine Haffner Richard A. Marks Mary K. Ryan William B. Tyler Myrnairis Cepeda Philip K. Hamilton Susan A. Maze- Robert A. Sable John B. Ward John F. Cogan Susan A. Hartnett Rothstein Jill Schwab Steven Wilcox Zachary Coseglia Regina Healy Martha A. Mazzone Thomas G. Shapiro Walter A. Winshall Joanne Daniels- Daniel T. Heffernan John T. Montgomery Robert H. Smith John G. Wofford Finegold Robert J. Hildreth Robert J. Muldoon Richard W. Toni G. Wolfman Jonathan G. Davis John J. Hitt Joseph E. Mullaney Southgate Stephen S. Young W. Lee H. Dunham Kay H. Hodge Robert J. Nagle Gary A. Spiess Albert P. Zabin Thomas E. Dwyer David A. Kluft John D. Norberg H. Michael Stevens

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Awards and Honors

RICHARD (DICK) BAUER, a volunteer attorney in CHELSEA LOUGHRAN, Shareholder at the Housing Unit after serving as a GBLS Staff WolfGreenfield and GBLS Board Member, was Attorney and Senior Attorney for nearly 30 years, named one of the 2018 Best Lawyers in America received a Massachusetts Bar Association Access by Best Lawyers, the oldest peer review publi- to Justice Lifetime Achievement Award. Among cation in the legal profession. Chelsea was also other roles, Dick is an Access to Justice Fellow who named one of the 2018 “Top Women of Law” by volunteers on a variety of housing cases with both Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. GBLS and the National Consumer Law Center, where he is Of Counsel and the Project Supervisor ANNE MACKIN, Immigration Unit Senior Attorney, for the HomeCorps Legal Services Program. and YOLANDA RIVERA, Elder, Health and Disability Unit Administrative Secretary/Legal Assistant, VENTURA DENNIS, CORI & Re-Entry Project received Dow-Gardiner-Landrum Awards at GBLS’ Attorney, received the Reginald Heber Smith 2018 Annual Meeting. The award was established Award at GBLS’ 2018 Annual Meeting. The award in 1985 by the Board of Directors in memory of is presented for building community within and three board members: Harry Dow, Bob Gardiner, outside GBLS, innovation and excellence in legal and Lily Landrum. The board created the award to work, and for bringing a fresh perspective to GBLS’ honor staff and board members who demonstrate legal advocacy as an advocate for justice with the same long-term commitment to ensuring that fewer than ten years of experience. poor people have access to justice, as was apparent in the lives of these three board members. TARAMATTIE DOUCETTE, Elder, Health, and Disability Unit Senior Attorney, received a 2018 JENNIFER CAPASSO MENDONÇA, Public Finance Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL) Partner at Locke Lord and GBLS Board Member, Marie Feltin Award. This award honors individu- was named a 2018 Rising Star by The Bond Buyer, als who exemplify the pioneering spirit of the late a national trade newspaper that covers the munic- Dr. Marie Feltin, a tireless advocate for disabled ipal bond industry. The honorees “demonstrated and chronically-ill patients. BCIL described leadership skills, collaboration, innovation and Taramattie as a “most deserving recipient.” creativity in approaching their jobs and have made positive contributions to the community.” JOHN KENNETH FELTER, DONALD LEKA, and RICHARD MARKS, Partner at WS Development, received Board BARBARA SULLIVAN, Consumer Rights Unit President’s Awards at GBLS’ 2018 Annual Meeting. volunteer, received a Richard W. “Archie” The award is presented for outstanding leadership Southgate Volunteer Award at GBLS’ 2018 Annual in service to GBLS and its Board of Directors. Both Meeting. This award is made annually to honor an individuals were long-serving GBLS Board members. outstanding volunteer at GBLS.

BETHANY LI, Asian Outreach/Employment Law ALBERT ZABIN, a long-time GBLS Employment Unit Senior Attorney, received a National Asian Law Unit volunteer attorney following his Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) 2018 retirement from private practice, received a Best under 40 award. The annual award recognizes Massachusetts Bar Foundation President’s Award “talented individuals in the Asian Pacific American for his leading support of MBF and extensive pro legal community who have achieved prominence bono work. and distinction in their respective fields."

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2018-2019 Patrick P. Dinardo David A. Kluft Jeffrey Rudin Sullivan & Worcester LLP Foley Hoag LLP Attorney Yessenia Alfaro Chelsea Collaborative Rita Dixon Paulina Laurency-Mathis John J. Siciliano Community Representative - Mattapan Community Representative Hemenway & Barnes LLP Michael L. Altman - Dorchester Attorney John F. Donohue Eve M. Slattery Arbella Insurance Group Chelsea Loughran Massachusetts State Isaac D. Bantu Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC Ethics Commission Salem District Court Mark A. Ford Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale Traci L. Lovitt Christopher Sloan Richard D. Batchelder and Dorr LLP Jones Day Liberty Mutual Insurance Ropes & Gray LLP Elizabeth Shea Fries Kenneth W. Luke Suzanne Small Tiffany Bentley Sidley Austin LLP Office of the Bar Counsel Erich Lindeman Building Burns & Levinson LLP Todd E. Garcia Michael MacDougall Edwin E. Smith Timothy C. Blank Fish & Richardson, PC EMD Serono, Inc. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Dechert LLP Megan N. Gates Jane Mallei James G. Sokolove Ruth Bodden Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky Community Representative Sokolove Law, LLC Community Representative and Popeo, PC - Canton - Mattapan Beverly Steed Tracy Gibson Elaine Marin-Ruff Community Representative Bernard J. Bonn III Community Representative Community Representative - Roxbury Retired Attorney - Roslindale - Hyde Park Jeffrey M. Stoler John E. Bowman Halley Gilbert Martha A. Mazzone Potomac Law Group Bowman & Penski Fidelity Investments Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Barbara Sullivan Stephen J. Brake Angela Gomes Jennifer C. Mendonca Community Representative Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Locke Lord LLP - Winchester LLP & Affiliates Shaquella Butler Shams Mirza Melissa B. Tearney Community Representative Louis A. Goodman Community Representative Choate, Hall & Stewart - Lynn - Cambridge Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Arthur Telegen LLP & Affiliates John J. Carroll Jurett Mooltrey-Weathers Seyfarth Shaw Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, PC Community Representative Eyette Green Natalicia Tracy Community Representative - Somerville Robert D. Carroll Brazilian Immigrant Center Inc. - Dorchester Samuel B. Moskowitz Goodwin Procter LLP Anne Trinque Dorothea G. Guild Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, PC Myrnairis Cepeda Fiduciary Trust Company Metamorphosis Studio/Gallery Community Representative Timothy W. Mungovan Proskauer Rose LLP Magalis Troncoso Lama - Roxbury Ellen M. Harrington Dominican Development Center Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster Cynthia M. Clarke Robert J. Nagle InterSystems Corporation Andrew M. Troop Wellington Management Co., LLP Catherine Harris Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Community Representative Sarah T. Connolly Edward J. Naughton Pittman LLP - Brookline Brown Rudnick LLP Nixon Peabody LLP Sherri Tucker Lawrence P. Heffernan William J. Connolly Salea Perry Community Representative Robinson & Cole LLP State Street Bank & Trust Company Community Representative - Cambridge Jillian Hirsch - Roslindale Allene Curry Donald E. Vaughan Hirsch Law LLP Community Representative David C. Phelan Burns & Levinson LLP State Street Corporation - East Weymouth Peggy Ho Edward J. Weiss LPL Financial Corporation Joanne Daniels-Finegold Vincent Pisegna Fenway Sports Group Krokidas & Bluestein LLP Community Representative Kay Hideko Hodge Joleen S. Willis - Braintree Stoneman, Chandler & Miller, LLP John J. Powers Santander Bank Citizens Bank Iris Awilda Diaz Geoffrey A. Howell Alma Woodberry Community Representative DLA Piper LLP Alan J. Rom Community Representative - Dorchester Rom Law PC - Mattapan Ronda Jackson William Dillon Community Representative David A. Rozenson B. Andrew Zelermyer Goulston & Storrs - Brookline Rozenson Law Office Attorney

As of December 31, 2018 29 GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES Greater Boston Legal Services 197 Friend Street Boston, MA 02114

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) provides free legal assistance and representation on civil isssues to thousands of legal residents in the city of Boston and 31 surrounding cities and towns.

When they have nowhere else to turn, low-income families and individuals, elders, and people with disabilities look to GBLS for help to secure the most basic necessities of life.

Main Office Cambridge/Somerville Office 197 Friend Street 60 Gore Street, Suite 203 Boston, MA 02114 Cambridge, MA 02141 617-371-1234 617-603-2700 800-323-3205 (TOLL-FREE) 30 WWW.GBLS.ORG