Our Work
Our client and her husband had a profoundly autistic child. Our
client devoted herself to caring for the child. Her husband behaved cruelly
towards his family, though, going so far as to turn off the heat and electricity.
GHLA obtained court orders forbidding the husband from interfering with
the heat and electricity, and ultimately won a dissolution and sole custody of
the child for our client.
GHLA assisted the family of a child with severe anxiety in connecting to resources and advocated for homebound instruction
to help the child to transition back in to a school program.
Initially the child was not able to return to school, but did actively participate
in tutoring. We then advocated for the child to be referred to an out-of
-district therapeutic program to meet her unique emotional/mental health
needs. We urged that the application be sent to a state approved school
that had recently been off the school district’s “radar” for placement. The
school district agreed, and the family and child loved the school. The child
attended regularly and happily, and was even named “Student of the Week”
in June 2015.
GHLA represented a client who worked as a server and cook at
a local restaurant. The employer did not pay her regularly or pay her
wages due. After the GHLA attorney’s demand letter did not result in settlement, the attorney filed a wage complaint at the CT Department of Labor.
Negotiations with the employer’s attorney resulted in the client receiving
thousands of dollars in back pay, a favorable letter of reference from the
employer and her final paycheck for the amount she was lawfully owed.
“The case took a long time (more than 5 years) and GHLA and the attorney
handling my case were always available until the last minute and we won all
the way. I got all the information that I needed to know and this made me
make decisions that made the outcome of the case successful. ”
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UTC Attorneys Team Up to Help Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation
Viet Tran (UTRC), Katherine Lindahl (Pratt & Whitney),Thomas Kasper (GHLAF Board President, Reid & Riege partner),
Jason Weathers (Pratt & Whitney), Charles Gill (Senior Vice President and General Counsel, UTC), Dan Archibald (BIS),
Jamey Bell (GHLA Executive Director), Zack Osborne (Assistant General Counsel, UTC), Kristen Sherman (UTAS)
Thomas Kasper GHLAF Board President and Jamey
Bell GHLA Executive Director at 100 years of Legal
Aid Celebration.
2014-2015 Campaign Report
2014-2015 Campaign Report
2014-2015 Donors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
From The President
as of April 2015
Thomas R. Kasper President
September 2015
Ricardo A. Anzaldúa Vice President
Reid and Riege, P.C.
MetLife, Inc.
Candace Kronholm
United Technologies SecretaryCorporation
Patrick M. Fahey Shipman & Goodwin LLP
Treasurer
Paul N. Belval
Immediate Past President
Day Pitney LLP
Catherine F. Bashaw Attorney
William C. Baskin III
Aetna Inc.
William J. Casazza Aetna Inc.
William H. Champlin, III Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
David W. Cooney Riscassi & Davis, PC
George A. Dagon, Jr.
Murtha Cullina LLP
Michael C. D’Agostino Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP
Evan D. Flaschen Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Stephen E. Goldman Robinson + Cole LLP
Robert J. Gorman, Jr. Krevolin, Feinstein, Gorman &
Herrmann, P.C.
Gail Gottehrer Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
George C. Hastings
Charles Higgins
CIGNA Corporation
Larry M. Klein
HCC Global Financial Products
Mark E. Kovitch
Key Human Services, Inc.
Alan J. Kreczko
The Hartford
Elam Lantz, Jr.
Thomas G. Librizzi
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP
William J. McGrath, Jr. Halloran & Sage LLP
Catherine Mohan
McCarter & English LLP
Zachary Osborne
United Technologies Corporation
Richard C. Robinson
Pullman & Comley LLC
Norman H. Roos
Robinson + Cole LLP
Debra C. Ruel
Rome McGuigan, P.C.
Philip M. Small
Brown Rudnick LLP
Kerry Tomasevich
Eversource Energy
Paul B. Zolan
Rogin Nassau LLC
EX OFFICIO
Kristin Hoffman
Law Offices of
President, GHLA Kristin Hoffmann LLC
Jamey Bell
Executive Director
Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc.
I am pleased to present this 2014-2015 Annual Report on behalf of the Greater
Hartford Legal Aid Foundation (GHLAF). Your generous support helps to
provide comprehensive legal advocacy that strengthens communities and transforms
lives.
2014 marked GHLA’s celebration of 100 years of legal aid in Greater Hartford,
and our ongoing advocacy for clients facing the multilayered challenges of poverty.
Economic instability and opportunity inequality for legal aid’s clients can lead to
homelessness, no chance to escape violence, diminished educational and employment
achievement, and living without basic human necessities such as food and health care.
Your support helped poor people access the legal assistance they needed to meet these
challenges, survive and at times even thrive.
GHLA attorneys’ work touched thousands of people living in poverty. They handled
more than 3,600 cases, assisting approximately 9,400 people in the households of their
clients. Another 3,400 benefitted from GHLA’s community legal education programs.
To maximize its reach, GHLA works with pro bono attorneys, social service providers and other groups within the low-income community, and advocates on the systemic
issues and cases affecting large segments of GHLA’s client population. In one class
action alone (Briggs v. Bremby), GHLA attorneys have asserted the legal rights of about
30,000 individuals.
GHLA is able to provide access to justice because of its vibrant partnership with those
who support our mission –including you, foundations and other funders, and government and community leaders. As sufficient and steady funding for legal aid remained a
challenge, the support from the GHLA Foundation provided crucial stability that helped
to preserve staffing and service levels. The generosity of our individual donors, our
Board members, firms, and community foundations remained strong. We are proud to
report we raised an astonishing total of $472,975.
The Foundation extends special thanks to United Technologies Corporation and its
attorneys, who gave so generously to the Campaign.They once again increased their
donation amount from last year’s outstanding gift, by contributing an inspiring and
record-breaking $195,296, with nearly 100% participation from its Connecticut
attorneys. The Foundation owes enormous gratitude to the ongoing, tremendous generosity of UTC and its attorneys.
Also, we want to highlight and thank the attorneys of Shipman & Goodwin for their
extraordinary gift of $50,000, and the attorneys of Robinson+Cole for their outstanding gift of $34,000. Finally, a heart-felt thanks to our Board members for the work
you provide throughout the Campaign season to secure the firm and corporate donations, and for your personal contributions.
As I pass on leadership of the Foundation to the very capable hands of Ricardo Anzaldúa,
as the incoming President, I want to extend to him my thanks for his outstanding past
service to the Board and for his willingness to continue to serve. It has been my sincere
pleasure to have worked with such a terrific group of people, joining together to provide
some measure of help to Greater Hartford Legal Aid as they tirelessly pursue their mission of justice for those in need.
Very truly yours,
Thomas R. Kasper, President
Firm Stand
for Justice
(Gifts from Law Firms & Corporations)
Gifts from Law Firms
Billable Hour Per Attorney
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Consumer Law Group LLC
Day Pitney LLP
Krevolin, Feinstein, Gorman & Herrmann, P.C.
Robinson + Cole LLP
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
Walsh Woodard LL
$150 or more Per Attorney
Brown Rudnick LLP
Cox & Osowiecki, LLC
Halloran & Sage LLP
Leone, Throwe, Teller & Nagle
McCarter & English LLP
Murtha Cullina LLP
O’Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC
Reid & Riege, P.C.
RisCassi and Davis, P.C.
Other Law Firm Gifts
Bendett & McHugh, PC
BONEEWEINTRAUB LLC
Law Offices of
Nicholas P. Cardwell
Robert M. Cheverie
& Associates P.C.
Conway Stoughton LLC
Czepiga Daly Pope LLC
Falkenstein, Meggers, Paul & Robinson, P.C.
Fallon Law Office, LLC
Fazzano & Tomasiewicz, LLC
Howard, Kohn, Sprague
& Fitzgerald, LLP
The Jorgensen Law Firm LLC
Kenny, Brimmer & Mahoney, LLC
Krasow, Garlick & Hadley, LLC
McGann, Bartlett & Brown, LLC
McMahon Law Offices, P.C.
Michelson Kane Royster
& Barger PC
Nair & Levin, P.C.
Pullman & Comley, LLC
Rogin Nassau LLC
Rome McGuigan PC
Law Offices of
Jan Carol Rosenthal
Swerdloff & Swerdloff
Tomeo Sills, LLC
Zuboff Law Offices LLC
Gifts from Corporations
$25,000 or more
United Technologies Corporation
$4,500 - $24,999
Aetna Inc.
CIGNA Corporation
Eversource Energy
The Hartford
MetLife, Inc.
$1 - $4,499
HCC Global Financial Products
Otis Elevator Co./ NSAA
Legal Dept.
Thank you for supporting the mission of justice.
Matching &
Special Gifts
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Amazon Smile Foundation
Asylum Hill
Congregational Church
CLSJ Foundation
John & Kelly Hartman Foundation
McDonald Family Trust
Reid & Riege Foundation
Stanley Black & Decker
Travelers Community Connections
United Technologies Corporation
United Way of Central and Northeastern CT
The Whittemore Foundation
William A. & Shirley P. Yolles Support Foundation
Gifts from Individuals
Donors of $1,000 or more
Ted Adams & Angela Montemagni
Diane H. & Bruce R. Andrews
Chester Paul Beach, Jr.
& Pamela Beach
The Honorable Stuart Bear
Marvin P. Bellis
Janet & Paul Belval
Johan Bill
Christopher J. Boccaccio
Lisa A. Bongiovi
Charlsa D. Broadus
Christopher T. Calio
Michael J. Camilleri
Nora R. Dannehy
Ariel & Wendy David
Kathleen Eldergill
Christoph T. Feddersen
Alexandra B. Frisbie
Charles D. Gill
Stephen E. Goldman
The Graber-Lipperman Family
Steven & E.J. Greenspan
Peter & Ellen Gundersen
Peter & Cynthia Gutermann
David E. & Amy Hall
Brian J. Hamilla
John M. Healy
Alejandro M. Hernandez
Charles B. Higgins
Charles F. Hildebrand
Kathleen M. Hopko
An-Ping & Sara Hsieh
The Honorable Sheila A. Huddleston & The Honorable Stephen F. Frazzini
Seth L. Huttner
Christine R. Hwang
David M. Jones
Richard M. Kaplan
Les & Janet Katahara
Brian E. Kelleher
Alan J. Kreczko
Candace & Justin Kronholm
Craig & Elke Kulas
Nora E. La Freniere
Theresa MacKinnon &
Elizabeth Garner
Raja Maharajh
Christopher & Michelle McDavid
Edward & Trina McHugh
Alexandra M. McHugh
Diana Z. Morales
Sean & Cara Moylan
Stephen Nightingale &
Vaughan Finn
Sean & Paula O’Brien
Jim & Lori O’Connor
Kathleen & Kevin O’Connor
Robert & Rosanne O’Hara
Zachary R. Osborne
Ted & Alicia Perrault
Emily C. Poulin
Troy S. Prince
M. Adil Qureshi
Bryan D. Rockwell
Jose & Madonna Santos
Anne Scheinfeldt
John A. Schuster
The Honorable Joseph M. Shortall & Sara L. Bernstein
Robert J. Sinnema
Noelle S. Slifka
The Honorable Dominic J. Squatrito & Carla Squatrito
Curtis St. Brice
Anita Stone
The Suffredini Family
Mark G. Thompson
Meghan Q. Toner
Alexander & Maria Tsarouhas
Kevin E. Verge
Thomas K. & Jennifer C. Wedeles
F. Scott Wilson
The Wu Family
Albert Zakarian
Paul Zolan & Kate Steinway
Donors of $500 - $999
Daniel Archibald
Lisa G. Bakanas
Lynn B. Banis
Drew K. Barber
Douglas W. Bartinik
William & Sarah Baskin
Cynthia Bates & Jonathan Russell
Diane C. Bellantoni
Martha S. Berek
Katherine Bertini
Christian & Sandra Bonat
Francis & Mary Brady
William J. Casazza
Charlesa Ceres
David & Joan Cooney
Patrick J. Corcoran
Linda A. Cunha
Stephen Curran
Lucas & Allyson Cussen
George Dagon & Trisha Beatty
Jill E. Danielson
Jill M. Davies
Sean & Jennifer Delaney
Michael W. Dixon
Jeffrey L. Fisher
Tammi T. Flowers
Nicole E. Gathy
Stephanie Gooptu
Robert J. Gorman, Jr.
Gail Gottehrer
Debra F. Guss
Randy G. Henley
Christine L. Hill
Sabrina A. Houlton
Paul A. Hudon
Naomi K. Jackson
Edwin J. Jutila
Thomas R. Kasper
Laurie S. Kaufman
Gretchen & George Kelly
Ginny O. Kim
Larry & Amy Klein
Troy J. La Montagne
Eric & Courtney Lee
Edward N. Lennig
Alan T. Levesque
Jonathan M. Lewis
Katherine Lindahl
Julianne A. Lombardo
Jon P. Martin
William J. McGrath, Jr.
Meite Meshel & Ramon Esponda
Catherine A. Mohan
Andrew D. Moore
F. Tyler & Margaret S. Morrison
James Needham
Thomas H. Osborn
James & Mary Pelletier
James B. & Noreen Pfadenhauer
Bryan K. Pollard
Michael Pych
Luciano Racco
Richard C. Robinson
Christine Rua & Thomas Flynn
Debra & James Ruel
William H. Sawyer
Jason Schroder & Angela Rehm
Margaret J. Sheehan
Kristen Sherman
Todd M. Siegel
Toby W. Smith
Gregory R. Stephenson
Frederic T. Tenney
Richard & Mary Ellen Thibodeau
Viet Tran
Paula-Marie Uscilla
Christopher M. Vetter
Jessica A. Villardi
Nicole Vitrano
Michaelynn Ware
Matthew T. Wax-Krell &
Carrianna K Field
Jason S. Weathers
Stephanie Weissglas
Owen Whitehurst
Andrea P. Yalof
Joseph C. Zemetis
Donors of $200 - $499
Peter Arakas & Karen Kellerman
Jamey Bell
Shirley A. Bendza
John A. Berman
Phillip I. Blumberg
Suzanne S. Bocchini
Donald L. Borod
James E. Bowers
Joyce & Harold Buckingham
Eleanor Caplan
Gretchen A. Carroll
Dennis P. Cawley
Jeffrey Chanin
Ilona T. Crosswhite
Ronald G. Cummings
Nelson DaCunha
Lawrence R. Fish
Eric Glover
Anne M. Hamilton
Robert Harrison III
Marcia & John Hincks
Leonard & Sharon Jacobs
Robert B. Katz
Eric L. Kemmler
Benjamin Kohr
Lewis & Roberta Kurlantzick
Bill Leikin
Ernest J. & Michele M. Mattei
Clare & Paul Meade
Margaret E. Moriarty
Ann Mulcahy
Ilia M. O’Hearn
Richard S. Order
Pels Sweigart Family
David A. Peters
Denise M. Phelan
David Platt
Peter R. Reynolds
Donald P. Richter
Wilfred Rodriguez
Jon Schoenhorn & Susan Creamer
Lee S. Sharp
Natasha A. Sharubina
Michael C. Sorensen
Theodore M. Space
Jennifer L. St Hilaire
Elwira J. Stefens
Robert J. Stillman
Roberta Swafford &
David Hoopes
Dr. Jason &
The Honorable Lois B. Tanzer
Scott A. & Cynthia B. Trenholm
Lyn G Walker
Bryan Watson
Martha Weis & George Podgorski
Thomas W. Witherington
Robert K. Yass
John C. Yavis, Jr
Donors $1 - $199
John E. Ahearn
Deanna & Tokunbo Akinbajo
John J. Alissi
Amy Ames
Kathleen & Sherwood Anderson
Barbara & Raymond Andrews
Staci H. Bachman
The Honorable Herbert Barall & Regina Barall
M. Peter Barry
Jon & Alice Bauer
The Honorable
Robert E. Beach, Jr.
Frank S. Berall
Marshall & Karen Berger
Brenda M. Bergeron
Raymond & Karen Bliss
Louis B. Blumenfeld
Robert H. Boone
Flynn Boonstra
Wendy J. Borawski
Tavares Brewington
Richard & Helen Bridburg
The Honorable Vanessa Bryant
Roger & Judi Bunker
Stephen J. Burnham
Susan V. Busby
Elizabeth A. Bye
David M. & Marian B. Call
Suzanne E. Caron
Ellen M. Carter
Dennis G. Ciccarillo
Glenn E. Coe
Robert & Lynn Coffey
Henry & Linda Cohn
Randall H. Cook
Ryan & Erika Costantini
Frank F. Coulom, Jr.
Timothy & Diane Covello
Elizabeth A. Curry
Lorraine & Ronald Daigle
Eric & Patricia Daniels
William R. Davis
Sandra D. Dawson
Jeannette B. DeJesus
Enelsa Diaz
Joseph Dieso
William C. Doran
Downie/Housum Family
The Honorable
Christina G. Dunnell
The Honorable Sydney W. Elkin
Joel M. Ellis
Joel Emlen
Andrew Erlewein
Thomas O. Farrish
Sam Faulise
Patrick J. & Eileen M. Flaherty
Kathleen M. Flaherty
Monica M Floryan &
Stephen A Armstrong
John & Marilyn Foley
Marc B. Friedman
Alfred J. Garofolo
Susan L. Garten
Jeffrey G. & Marilyn K. Grody
Antonette Guevara
Thomas A. Gugliotti
Michael F. Halloran
Kara & Matthew Hart
Neil A. Hassett
Stephany N. Hebert
Mrs. Maxwell Heiman
Jennifer L. Herazo
Pamela Hershinson &
David L. Coleman
Harvey Hoberman
Donald R. Holtman
Nancy Hronek & Ted Tucci
Laurie J. Hunt
Herbert G. Isaacson
Michael C. Jainchill
Mathew P. & Valerie S. Jasinski
Warren & Ruth Johnson
William J. Kilgallen
Robin Kipnis & Penn Ritter
Thomas A. Klee
Bernard & Gale Kosto
Mark E. Kovitch
Robert J. Krzys
James Kwak
Robert M. Langer
Marvin H. Lapuk
Linda C. Lehmann
Kevin M. Lenehan
Heather Levin
The Honorable George Levine
Thomas G. Librizzi
Lee Lizotte
Aurelle & Arthur Locke
Carol L. Loomis
Karen Renzulli Lynch
H C Macgill & Nancy T. Rankin
Martin J. Magnusson
Ruth H. Mantak
Eva Massimino
Johan Mattsson
Matthew McCaffrey & Sara Lourie
Linda J. McDowell
Kathleen McFadden
Katherine J. McGinnes
John A. McMillan
Bradford Meacham
The Honorable Aaron Ment
& Sheila Ment
David M. Moore
Caroline Morrissey
The Honorable
John F. Mulcahy, Jr.
Brendan Murphy
Geoffrey Naab
Paul W. Orth
Brent M. Owen
Patricia Pac
Linda Pagani & Tim Wolf
Lissa J. Paris
Alan S. Parker
Mitchell & Susan Pearlman
Laura & David Pels
Louis R. Pepe
Marie A. Piccoli
Linda F. Pines
Richard & Lisa Plavin
Kenneth R. Plumb
Raphael L. Podolsky
Elliott B. Pollack
Sarah Poriss
James A. Price
Alice Pritchard
John J. Quinn
James M. Quinn
Robert A. Randich
John Reh
Stephan D. Rice
George W. Ripley III
William G. & Carolyn D. Rock
Stuart D. Rosen
John W. Rossitter
James & Anne Rotondo
Laurence P. Rubinow
Ashley T. Ryan
Kumi Sato
Michael Savicki
Alan & Lea Schmerler
Stephen & Lois Schneeberger
Ted & Ellen See
Richard I. Sellman
Katie L. Sevigny
Larry & Gale Shapiro
Sandra A. Sharr
Giovanna Shay & Joslyn Aubin
Alyse & Jay Sicklick
Heather M. Smith
Michael Smith
Christine M. Stanitski
Leigh A. Newman & Gary S. Starr
Jeffrey & Deborah Stein
Tiffany Stevens
Kevin J. & Christine T. Sullivan
Laurie A. Sullivan
Stephen B. Swigert
James J. Szerejko
James J. Tancredi
The Honorable Samuel H. &
Joan D. Teller
Rhonda J. Tobin & R. Jeffrey Smith
Jane H. Torcia
Kathleen M. Tracy
Sandra L. Tullius
Richard Voigt
Michael S. Wagner
The Honorable Bradford J. Ward
David K. Ware
Robert J. & Kerry A. Wichowski
Thomas & Patricia Wildman
W. Joe Wilson
Allison Wood & Ian Smith
Brian J. Woolf
Martin Zeldis
Jonas S. Zikas
Donna R. Zito
Suzanne Zitser
Tribute Gifts
In Memory of
Judge Maxwell Heiman
(Mrs. Maxwell Heiman)
Arthur Meisler
(Bernard & Gale Kosto)
In Honor of
Robert J. Gorman
(Karen Renzulli Lynch)
Barry Zitser
(Suzanne Zitser)
“My lawyer was always respectful, advised me and made me feel comfortable right away.”
A TRADITION
of JUSTICE Event:
100 Years of Legal Aid
in Hartford
A Special Thank You
To Our Sponsors
Aetna Inc.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Brown Rudnick LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Eversource Energy
Halloran & Sage LLP
City of Hartford
Murtha Cullina
Pullman & Comley LLC
Reid and Riege, P.C.
RisCassi and Davis, P.C.
Robinson+Cole LLP
Rogin Nassau LLC
Rome McGuigan P.C.
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
The Hartford
United Technologies Corporation
“I am so happy
to have this
service provided
for me and other
seniors. Keep up
the good work.
We need you. ”
“Legal aid got
so much done for
us. My son has
come a long way
with their help.”