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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
Paul M. Smith
Warren T. Allen, II
Nicole L. Grimm
Luke A. Meisner
WilmerHale is proud to join the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
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
honorees for their efforts to “make justice real.”
Awarded Posthumously
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of District residents obtain meaningful access to justice.
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Founded in 1932, Legal Aid is
the oldest and largest general
civil legal services program in
the District of Columbia. For more
than 80 years, Legal Aid lawyers
have been making justice real –
in individual and systemic ways
– for persons living in poverty
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
program, the Barbara McDowell
Appellate Advocacy Project. The
generous support of our donors
enables us to make justice real
for thousands of D.C. residents.
On their behalf, we thank you
for your support.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
6:00 pm
6:30 pm
7:30 pm
President’s Reception
Opening Reception
Dinner, Awards Program
& Dessert Reception
JW Marriott Hotel
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Program
Program
President’s Welcome
Deanne M. Ottaviano
Arent Fox LLP
Servant of Justice Award
John Payton
Posthumously
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Executive Director’s Remarks
Eric Angel
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Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence
Accepted by
Gay McDougall
Presented by
Elaine R. Jones
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Servant of Justice Award
Paul M. Smith
Jenner & Block LLP
Warren T. Allen, II Nicole L. Grimm
Luke A. Meisner
Presented by
The Honorable Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Presented by
Arlene Fine Klepper
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Dinner
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Closing Remarks
Deanne M. Ottaviano
Arent Fox LLP
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Each year since 1990, the Legal Aid
Society of the District of Columbia
has presented the Servant of Justice
Award to individuals or organizations
who have demonstrated faithful
dedication and remarkable achievement
in ensuring that all persons have equal
and meaningful access to justice. In
some instances, such as this evening,
the Award has been given posthumously
to recognize the contributions of
individuals we were unable to
honor during their lifetimes.
Tonight’s honorees made the struggle
for equal justice a core part of their
personal and professional identities.
Please join us in expressing our gratitude
for their extraordinary contributions
to the cause of access to justice in
the District and beyond.
The Servant of Justice Award
The Legal Aid Society of the
District of Columbia is proud to honor
John Payton
Accepting the Servant of Justice Award
on behalf of John Payton
Gay McDougall
Posthumously
John Payton was the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and a tireless advocate for justice, equality, and opportunity.
Mr. Payton was the 6th leader of LDF, the nation’s first and preeminent civil rights law firm.
During his tenure, he guided the organization to resounding legal victories, including
Lewis v. City of Chicago, which vindicated the rights of over 6,000 applicants who sought
to become firefighters in the City of Chicago, and Northwest Austin Municipal Utility
District v. Holder, which turned back a challenge to the constitutionality of a core provision
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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
headed the firm’s Litigation Department. But he also always exercised a deep commitment
to public service through his pro bono work at the firm. He took leave from Wilmer during
the early 1990s to serve as the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia. He was
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
Appellate Inn of Court. He also was affiliated with a number of civil rights and human
rights organizations.
Mr. Payton was lead counsel for the University of Michigan, handling two high-profile cases
in the trial court and in the court of appeals and arguing Gratz v. Bollinger in the Supreme
Court. The landmark companion case, Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the Supreme Court
upheld race-conscious admissions in higher education, represented the vindication of a
strategy, devised and implemented over more than six years, to support the educational
benefits of diversity. In 2010, the National Law Journal named Mr. Payton to its list of
“The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” The Washington (D.C.) Bar Association awarded
him the Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit.
Mr. Payton’s early death was a profound loss for the equal access to justice movement. As
President Obama noted at the time of his death, Mr. Payton was a “true champion of equality.”
Mr. Payton died on March 22, 2012 after a brief illness. He was 65.
Gay McDougall served as the first United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues
from 2005 through 2011. She was Executive Director of the international NGO Global Rights
from 1994 through 2006.
Among her many international roles, from 1997 to 2001 she served as an Independent Expert
on the UN treaty body that oversees compliance with the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, during which time she negotiated the
adoption of General Recommendation XXV on the Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination,
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.
As Special Rapporteur on the issue of systematic rape and sexual slavery practices in armed
conflict when she served on the UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights (1995-1999), she led that body in calling for international legal standards for the
prosecution of such acts.
She was one of five international members of the South African governmental body established
through the multi-party negotiations to set policy and administer the country’s first democratic,
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
Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where she worked
with South African lawyers to secure the release of thousands of political prisoners from jail.
Among her recent academic roles have been the Robert Drinan Visiting Professor in Human
Rights at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. (2011-2012);
Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American University Washington College of
Law (2006-2008); and Professor in the annual Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian
Law at the American University.
In 1999 she was a recipient of the coveted MacArthur “Genius” Award. She also has received
the Butcher Medal of the American Society of International Law for outstanding contributions
to human rights law and the Thurgood Marshall Award of the District of Columbia Bar
Association among numerous other national and international awards.
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
honor awarded by the University of Virginia.
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
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
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
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.
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.
“Legal Aid is the best.
We would never have gotten
our rights
without them.”
Julio Figueroa &
Ana Mercedes Ruiz
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
JENNER & BLOCK LLP
Paul M. Smith is a partner in Jenner & Block’s Washington, D.C. office, where he chairs the
firm’s Appellate & Supreme Court Practice. Mr. Smith has argued fourteen Supreme Court
cases, including most recently Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n, involving the First
Amendment as applied to video games, and Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark gay rights case.
He has had an active First Amendment practice for many years, going back to Reno v. ACLU,
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. Smith has also tried and argued many significant cases in the areas of voting rights and
election law. The election law work has included Supreme Court arguments – the Pennsylvania
partisan gerrymandering case (Vieth v. Jubelirer), the Texas redistricting case (LULAC v. Perry)
and the challenges to Indiana’s voter ID law (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board).
Mr. Smith also works on a number of closely watched cases involving the application of
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. Smith graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College and then went to Yale
Law School. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for Judge
James L. Oakes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Supreme Court
Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. He represents the D.C. Bar in the ABA House of Delegates and
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
American Constitution Society. He formerly served for six years on the D.C. Bar Board of
Governors and for seven years on the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal, including two
years as Co-chair of that board. Previously he was a board member and President of the
Washington Council of Lawyers.
In 2003, the Human Rights Campaign gave Mr. Smith its Equality Award. In 2009, he
received the Champion of Freedom Award from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
In 2010, the National Law Journal named him one of the 40 Most Influential Lawyers of the
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 Honorable
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.
Donald Verrilli, Jr. is the 46th Solicitor General of the United States. As Solicitor General,
Mr. Verrilli has argued cases of historic significance, including successfully defending the
constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in National Federation
of Independent Business v. Sebelius as well as, in the current term, arguing in favor of
striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor.
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,
he was a partner at Jenner & Block, and co-chaired the firm’s Supreme Court practice. He has participated or been involved with numerous cases in the Supreme Court, including
MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, which established that companies building businesses based
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
effective assistance of counsel at capital sentencing.
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
the Arthur von Briesen Award from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association in 2004
and the Equal Justice Award from the Southern Center for Human Rights in 2006. He also
taught First Amendment law as an adjunct professor of constitutional law at Georgetown
University Law School from 1992 through 2008.
Mr. Verrilli received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his J.D. from
Columbia Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to the Honorable William J. Brennan, Jr. of the United
States Supreme Court.
On January 26, 2011, President Obama nominated Mr. Verrilli to succeed Elena Kagan as
Solicitor General after she was sworn into the position of Associate Justice on the Supreme
Court. Mr. Verrilli was sworn in as Solicitor General on June 9, 2011.
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
in order to recognize attorneys early in their careers who have made significant
volunteer contributions to the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is delighted to honor Warren T. Allen II,
Nicole L. Grimm, and Luke A. Meisner from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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
housing. Mr. Allen, Ms. Grimm, and Mr. Meisner have taken the lead – under the expert
guidance of Skadden partners Michele Roberts and Saul Pilchen – in implementing the
domestic violence portion of the project in conjunction with Legal Aid.
Mr. Allen, Ms. Grimm, and Mr. Meisner have brought great energy and dedication to the
project. They organized a comprehensive training for the firm’s attorneys and also recruited
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
(CPOs) against their abusers. The Skadden team has committed to handling these cases
soup to nuts, conducting the initial interview with the clients, drafting petitions for CPOs,
and representing clients in both the Temporary Protection Order (TPO) hearings and the
CPO hearings that follow in two weeks. Legal Aid domestic violence attorneys provide
ongoing mentoring and support for the project.
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.
Warren T. Allen, II
is an associate in Skadden’s Litigation
Section where he represents companies and individuals in civil matters
and government investigations. He received his law degree from the
Georgetown University Law Center in 2006 and clerked for the Honorable
Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Prior to attending law school, Warren served six years as a police
officer, including assignment to the detective bureau.
Nicole L. Grimm is a counsel in Skadden’s Litigation Section,
where she represents companies and individuals in connection with
government investigations and related matters. Ms. Grimm received her
law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in
1999. Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. Grimm – who is fluent in Spanish –
worked at a law firm in Santiago, Chile, where she focused on foreign
investment and international transactional matters.
Luke A. Meisner is an associate in Skadden’s International
Trade Section, where he represents U.S. manufacturers in a variety of
trade remedy proceedings and policy matters. He received his law
degree from the University of North Carolina in 2003 and clerked for
the Honorable Eduardo C. Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Previous Award Recipients
Previous Award Recipients
Servant of Justice Award
2012
2005
1998
1992
James vanR. Springer
Andrew H. Marks
Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Crowell & Moring LLP
United States Department of Justice
D.C. Legal Service Providers
2004
Francine Salzman Temko
Lois G. Williams
R. Sargent Shriver
E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr.
Edgar S. Cahn
Jean Camper Cahn, posthumously
1997
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Susan M. Hoffman
Crowell & Moring LLP
2011
Brooksley E. Born
Arnold & Porter LLP
The Honorable Thomas E. Perez
Civil Rights Division of the United States
Department of Justice
2010
Peter J. Nickles
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
2003
Covington & Burling LLP
LLP
Florence Wagman Roisman
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
2009
Anthony Herman
Covington & Burling LLP
Kurt L. Schmoke
Howard University School of Law
2008
Richard L. Roe
Georgetown University Law Center
Seth P. Waxman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2007
E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Sidney White Rhyne
2006
Theodore A. Howard
Wiley Rein LLP
David A. Reiser
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
2005
Katherine S. Broderick
University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clarke School of Law
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Peter B. Edelman
Georgetown University Law Center
Timothy J. May
Patton Boggs LLP
1996
R. Kenneth Mundy
The Public Defender Service for
the District of Columbia
Robert L. Weinberg
2002
1995
Samuel F. Harahan
Willie E. Cook, Jr.
Council for Court Excellence
Neighborhood Legal Services Program
Douglas G. Robinson
David B. Isbell
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
1994
Lynn E. Cunningham
Charles T. Duncan
John E. Nolan
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Charles F.C. Ruff, posthumously
Covington & Burling LLP
2000
Patty Mullahy Fugere
Augustus L. Palmer
Howard University
Barbara M. Rossotti
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
1990
Earl W. Kintner
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC
Charles A. Horsky
Covington & Burling LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP
2001
George Washington University Law School
1991
Reid & Priest
Stephen J. Pollak
Shea & Gardner
Janet Reno
Attorney General of the United States
1993
Justice Thurgood Marshall, posthumously
Klepper Prize for
Volunteer Excellence
2012
Jonathan G. Lin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
2011
Aryeh S. Portnoy
Crowell & Moring LLP
2010
Randall A. Brater
Arent Fox LLP
Supreme Court of the United States
2009
Arnold & Porter LLP
Zona F. Hostetler
Julia Judish
1999
John H. Pickering
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
Robert N. Weiner
Blossom Athey
Covington & Burling LLP
Eldon H. Crowell
Crowell & Moring LLP
O’Toole, Rothwell, Nassau & Steinbach
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
1992
Howard C. Westwood
Covington & Burling LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2008
Melissa K. Bianchi
Hogan & Hartson LLP
About Us
About Us
The District of Columbia continues to face an access to justice crisis for persons living in
poverty. Poor persons are far more likely than persons of means to encounter the legal system
in cases where the stakes are high. Currently, almost one in every five D.C. residents lives
below the poverty line. East of the Anacostia River, one in three residents lives in poverty.
Moreover, the percentage of residents of all ages living in deep poverty, or below half of the
poverty line, has risen by more than 20 percent since the recession hit. Compounding this
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
care, the capacity to keep a family together, the ability to obtain protection from an abuser –
low-income D.C. residents find themselves facing the challenges and intricacies of the court
system on their own. Current Projects
At Legal Aid, our lawyers work each and every day to combat this injustice and ensure that as
many people as possible have access to a lawyer. Every year, Legal Aid lawyers assist clients
in hundreds of matters in the areas of family/domestic violence, housing, public benefits, and
consumer law. Legal Aid attorneys also help hundreds of others with legal rights education or
referrals and seek systemic and appellate change to better protect the rights of persons living
in poverty. In 2012, Legal Aid attorneys were able to provide legal representation and assistance
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 –
we were able to provide full representation to more clients than ever in Legal Aid’s history –
in 875 matters; our quantifiable individual cases alone resulted in more than $4.2 million in
financial benefits to our clients.
• the Landlord Tenant Court-Based Project, which addresses the overwhelming need for
legal representation of tenants in D.C. Superior Court’s Landlord and Tenant Branch;
In a city with one of the greatest income differences between rich and poor in the nation,
Legal Aid is working to make justice real for D.C.’s most vulnerable residents.
Practice Areas
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
subsidies, fight illegal rent increases, and work to prevent displacement by development. Family/Domestic violence law: We work with victims of domestic violence to ensure their
safety and work to achieve family stability through child support and custody cases. Public benefits law: We ensure that the necessary “safety net” benefits and services
(including health care, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families, and Unemployment Insurance) are available to all who qualify. Consumer law: We provide much-needed representation to help poor and low-income
homeowners avoid foreclosure and fight foreclosure fraud and assist clients with a variety of
small claims and other consumer cases.
The Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project, named after the first Director of this
program, renowned Supreme Court litigator Barbara McDowell, litigates important cases
affecting persons living in poverty before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals every year.
This nationally-recognized project was recently described by the National Legal Aid & Defender
Association as a “model of excellence.”
Legal Aid has several court-based projects which locate lawyers at the courthouse in order to
provide same-day legal services, including temporary representation, to some of the District’s
most vulnerable residents.
These projects include:
• the Child Support Community Legal Services Project, which serves some of D.C.’s most
vulnerable families in the D.C. Superior Court’s Paternity and Child Support Branch;
• the Consumer Court-Based Legal Services Project, created in 2012 with support from the
Skadden Foundation to help low-income consumers in debt collection cases; and
• an office at the Domestic Violence Intake Center at the courthouse in Northwest, D.C.,
established in 2012 with funding from the D.C. Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice Grant
Program to expand our domestic violence work.
Legal Aid remains committed to ensuring that our services are accessible to our client
community. In addition to our Northwest office, we have a critically-important partnership at the
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.
New Projects
Legal Aid maintains strong ties to our client communities and continually strives to respond to
their changing needs. This year, Legal Aid is proud to announce several exciting new projects:
•
This year, we will be receiving new funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on
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
in each of our four practice areas to domestic violence clients, we will now, for the first time,
also be able to provide much-needed immigration services to domestic violence survivors.
•
In the coming months, a Skadden Fellow will be starting a new project which builds upon
Legal Aid’s current work with the D.C. Superior Court Housing Conditions Calendar, to assist
low-income tenants in the District to obtain meaningful relief and repairs for poor housing
conditions that threaten their health and safety and deprive them of housing stability.
About Us
Special Collaboration with Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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
which will enable it to establish a new intake center located in Southwest D.C. at Friendship
Baptist Church. This exciting partnership further expands Legal Aid’s presence in underserved
communities, reaching low-income residents in Southwest D.C. who may not otherwise have
access to legal services.
In addition to providing financial support to Legal Aid, Kirkland attorneys will be conducting
initial applicant interviews at the new intake location and providing pro bono representation
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
will serve as the Director of Community Relations for the new intake center.
PRO BONO PROGRAM
Legal Aid’s Pro Bono Referral Program refers cases to attorneys working in private law firms
and government agencies. We have been able to cultivate an incredible base of support for our
strong and well-respected Pro Bono Program. Our current figures indicate that Legal Aid
volunteers devoted more than 34,000 hours – worth more than $16 million – to support making
justice real for our client community in 2012. Pro bono attorneys expand Legal Aid’s capacity
to help individuals and families who we otherwise would have to turn away because of limited
in-house resources.
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
screened by Legal Aid staff prior to referral. For each matter referred, an experienced Legal Aid
attorney is assigned as a mentor to answer any questions the pro bono attorney may have,
provide sample pleadings, discuss relevant case law and strategy, and offer ongoing mentoring
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
or by email at [email protected].
2012
Generous Associates
Campaign
Generous associates throughout Washington D.C.’s legal community raised a
record-shattering $901,000 from their colleagues and firms! Congratulations to
all of our participants.
Legal Aid would like to recognize last year’s Honorary Co-Chair:
Patricia Millett
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
We would also like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of our 2012 Campaign Co-Chairs:
B.J. Shannon
Dan Herbst
Alston & Bird LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Karen Carr
Scott Armstrong
Arent Fox LLP
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Kelli Scheid
Henry Smith
Arent Fox LLP
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Danny Dominguez
Sarah Teich
Latham & Watkins LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP
Marc Bohn
Jeremy Moorehouse
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Thomas Allen
Randall Weinsten
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Timothy J. V. Walsh
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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:
251+ ATTORNEYS
101- 150 ATTORNEYS
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
$90,365
Mayer Brown LLP
$28,555
201- 250 ATTORNEYS
51- 100 ATTORNEYS
Williams & Connolly LLP
$38,450
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
$25,274
151- 200 ATTORNEYS
1 - 50 ATTORNEYS
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
$38,367
Gilbert LLP
$14,210
2012
Leadership Cabinet
Annual Law Firm, Corporation, and Foundation
Gift Recognition Program
Legal Aid created the Leadership Cabinet
in order to recognize organizational donors
each year that support Legal Aid in
significant ways. We are proud to recognize
our 2012 Leadership Cabinet members
for their generous support.
PLATINUM PATRON
$75,000 & up
BRONZE PATRON
$20,000 - $29,999
District of Columbia Bar Foundation
Office of Victim Services of the
District of Columbia
Consumer Health Foundation
Dickstein Shapiro LLP Dow Lohnes PLLC
Gilbert LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP Sidley Austin LLP * The Sidley Austin Foundation Ujala Foundation
United Way
Venable LLP
Wiley Rein LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP
GOLD PATRON
$50,000 - $74,999
Covington & Burling LLP*
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP *
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP*
SILVER PATRON
$30,000 - $49,999
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP* Alston & Bird LLP Arent Fox LLP *
Arnold & Porter LLP *
Crowell & Moring LLP * Hogan Lovells US LLP
Mayer Brown LLP *
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP *
Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
PATRON
$10,000 - $19,999
Bingham McCutchen LLP
BNA
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
BuckleySandler LLP *
Capital Research Global Investors
Cassidy Turley
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Davis & Harman LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
DLA Piper LLP *
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Goodwin Proctor LLP
Ivins, Phillips & Barker Chartered
Jones Day *
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP*
Miller & Chevalier Chartered* Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP The Morrison & Foerster Foundation *
O’Melveny & Myers LLP The Patriot Fund
Patton Boggs LLP Skadden Fellowship Foundation
The Steptoe Foundation * Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP * Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP *
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
* 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
annually recognizing and celebrating those firms that have donated at benchmark levels.
Legal Aid would also like to thank the District of Columbia Council for its support of
the Access to Justice Grant Program and the District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer
Loan Assistance Repayment Program.
Making Justice
Real
Giving Circle
Annual Gift Recognition Program
PHILANTHROPIST
$25,000 & above
Jerry Hartman
in Memory of
Barbara McDowell
BENEFACTOR
$10,000 to $24,999
Philip & Roberta Horton
Martin and Arlene Klepper
Anthony Pierce and
Karen Stevens Pierce
Eric S. Richter
PARTNER
$5,000 to $9,999
Donald B. Ayer
Mark Colley and
Deborah Harsch
David and Martha Dantzic
Eileen Gleimer
John Heintz and
Lynn Ohman
Ricki T. Helfer and
Michael S. Helfer
Kenneth Klein
Patricia Millett
Robert Novick
Abid R. Qureshi
James and Carol Springer
FRIEND
$2,500 to $4,999
Anonymous (3)
James and Michelle Alberg
Richard and Emily Alexander
James H. Barker
Charlene Barshefsky and
Edward B. Cohen
Deborah B. Baum
COLLEAGUE
$1,000 to $2,499
Legal Aid created the Making Justice Real
Giving Circle in order to recognize donors
that support Legal Aid in significant ways.
We are proud to recognize our 2012 Making
Justice Real Giving Circle participants for
their generous support.
Leonard and Joy Baxt
David and Sherry Berz
Wesley D. Bizzell
A. Scott Bolden
David I. Brown
Barbara B. Brown
Russell Bruemmer
Peter Buscemi and
Judith Miller
Graeme Bush and
Wendy Rudolph
John and Kathleen Byrnes
Mary G. Clark and
Craig R. Schaffer
Frank M. (Rusty) Conner
Donna Cooper
Forrest Deegan and
Ryan Richardson
Joe Figini and Jason Denby
Alice S. Fisher
Steven G. Forsyth
Scott and Lauren Gilbert
Jack Gocke
Jamie S. Gorelick
Pat and Mary Grant
Joyce and Robert Gwadz
Patrick Harvey
Emily C. Helms Williams
Ted and Judy Howard
Daniel and Wendy Jarcho
Dennis and Ilene Kiefer
Stephen E. Kitchen
Joel Kleinman and
Mary Patrice Brown
Dionne C. Lomax
Mark H. Lynch
Virginia M. Marra
Joan E. McKown and
James A. Brigagliano
Thomas H. Milch
Steven R. Miles
James R. Murray
Michael and Cheryl Naeve
John and Carole Nannes
Michael E. Nannes and
Nancy E. Everett
Edward J. Newberry
Mark and Jo Ann Newell
Deanne M. Ottaviano
Thomas Papson and Toby Singer
Anthony and Lee Partridge
William and Teresa Perlstein
Woody N. Peterson
Carter Phillips and Sue Henry
Dorthula Powell-Woodson
Michael and Mary Raibman
John P. Relman
Kurt Richter
Tangela Richter
James E. Rocap, III
Richard L Rosen
Barbara M. Rossotti
James Rowe and Lisa Adams
Howard M. Shapiro
Peter D. Shields
Leslie K. Smith
Peter Spivack
Mark A. Srere and Jayne Jerkins
Theodore B. Stone
Thomas Strickland
Ronald J. Tenpas
Steuart H. Thomsen and
Linda Chatman Thomsen
Jennifer S. Van Driesen
G. Duane Vieth
Daniel Volchok
Michael E. Ward
Seth P. Waxman
Harry J. Weiss
Sarah L. Wilson
Scott L. Winkelman
Alan Wiseman
Joseph and Lynda Zengerle
James Edward Anklam
Kavitha J. Babu
James A. Baker, IV
William R. Baker
J. Scott Ballenger
Judith N. Batty
Bruce M. Berman
Kenneth and Sheila Berman
Benjamin Berman
Eric L. Bernthal
Donna A. Boswell
Alex Bourelly
Lance and Catherine Brasher
Randall A. Brater
Matt Brill
Karen Brinkmann
and Fred Johnsen
Stephen D. Brody
Blair Brown and Susan Gerone
William and Heidi Bumpers
David L. Cavanaugh
Ann Claassen
Barton Clark
Carol Clayton and
Jeffrey Watkiss
Cheryl M. Coe
Christopher Davies
Douglas Davison
David Dekker
David T. Della Rocca
Mark and Shari Director
John M. Dowd
Debra A. Drake
John Druva
Jessica L. Ellsworth
Craig Everly and
Chris Spitaleri
Linda R. Fannin
Jonathan and Joan Fee
Denise Fee
Michael and Julie Felty
Jennifer A. Fischer
Miriam L. Fisher
Marc L. Fleischaker
Bradley Gans
Nora E. Garrote
Natasha N. Gianvecchio
Nathalie Gilfoyle
Craig T. Goldblatt
Leon B. Greenfield
Sandra Hallmark
Thomas A. Hanusik
Kevin Henley
Christopher J. Herrling
Todd Hettenbach
Susan M. Hoffman
Rainey Hoffman
Jacqueline M. Holmes
Richard Ifft and Beth Greenfeld
Joel Jankowsky
William and Judith Jeffress
Everett Johnson
Barbara K. Kagan
Joseph Kakesh
Donald A. Kaplan
Theodore Kassinger
Christine N. Kearns
Thomas Knox
Trevor Lain
John Andre Leduc
Susie Lee
Yoon-Young Lee and
Matthew Regan
Jason Licht
Kathryne Love
Claire M. Maddox
Amanda L. Major
Meredith Manning
Marc and Nicole Martin
Thomas J. McCarthy
Walter and Mary McCormick
Kathleen McDermott
William G. McElwain
William McGlone
Christopher Clark McIsaac
Jack and Kathleen McKay
Bill R. McLucas
Kelsey McPherson
Jennifer Mezey and
Jonathan Levy
PJ Mode
Thomas and Kathryn Morgan
Randolph D. Moss
Thomas Mueller
Jonathan Nuechterlein
Scott Parven
David Penna
Kristina Pisanelli
Ruth and Stephen Pollak
Donald R. Pongrace
Kami Quinn
Amy Reich
Melissa G. Reinberg
David Reiser and Irene Huntoon
S. White Rhyne
Mark J. Rochon
Michael Rogan and
Susan Schaffer
Anita Romero
Jessica Rosenbaum
Douglas and
Erica Rosenthal
James M. Rosenthal
John L. Sachs
Steven M. Salky
Ronald A. Schechter
and Susan D. Gilbert
Peter J. Schildkraut
Karen A. Schoen
Steven H. Schulman
Gary P. Seligman
Pat Shannon
William Sherman
Barry Simon
Matthew Slater and
Faith Roessel
D. Joe Smith
Mary Lou Soller
Kathleen Sooy
Danielle Spinelli
Sri Srinivasan
Steven A. and
Marcia J. Stone
James Stuart
William J. Sweet and
Geraldine Mullan
Jeffrey Taft
Edward Takashima
John Martin Taladay
Nina S. Tallon
Kevin Thurm
Ryan C. Tisch
Rebekah Toton
Randall J. Turk
Adam van Alstyne
Charles F. Walker
Roger E. Warin
Amy Wigmore
Mark C. Williams
B. John Williams
Brian Wolfman and
Shereen Arent
Joseph and Susan Wyderko
Michelle A. Zamarin
Richard R. Zaragoza
Anthony J. Zelano
80 80
for
Campaign
In 2012, the Legal Aid Society of the
District of Columbia celebrated its
80th Anniversary – 80 years of Making
Justice Real in the District of Columbia.
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.
Whereas the Giving Circle recognizes those individuals who give each year at levels
of $1,000 and above, the goal of the 80 for 80 Campaign was to seek the support of
at least 80 individuals/couples to give an anniversary gift of $2,500 or more during
calendar year 2012. In 2012, we surpassed this goal – ending the year with a
remarkable 99 participants.
99 PARTICIPANTS
Anonymous (3)
James and Michelle Alberg
Richard Alexander
Donald B. Ayer
James H. Barker
Charlene Barshefsky and
Edward B. Cohen
Deborah B. Baum
Leonard and Joy Baxt
David and Sherry Berz
Wesley D. Bizzell
A. Scott Bolden
Barbara B. Brown
David I. Brown
Russell Bruemmer
Peter Buscemi and
Judith Miller
Graeme Bush and
Wendy Rudolph
John and Kathleen Byrnes
Mary G. Clark and
Craig R. Schaffer
Mark Colley and Deborah Harsch
Frank M. (Rusty) Conner
Donna Cooper
David and Martha Dantzic
Forrest Deegan and
Ryan Richardson
Joe Figini and Jason Denby
Alice S. Fisher
Steven G. Forsyth
Scott and Lauren Gilbert
Eileen Gleimer
Jack Gocke
Jamie S. Gorelick
Pat and Mary Grant
Joyce and Robert Gwadz
Support Legal Aid
January – December 2012
Jerry Hartman in memory of
Barbara McDowell
Patrick Harvey
John Heintz and Lynn Ohman
Ricki T. and Michael S. Helfer
Emily C. Helms Williams
Philip and Roberta Horton
Ted and Judy Howard
Daniel and Wendy Jarcho
Dennis and Ilene Kiefer
Stephen E. Kitchen
Kenneth Klein
Joel B. Kleinman and
Mary Patrice Brown
Martin and Arlene Klepper
Dionne C. Lomax
Mark. H. Lynch
Virginia M. Marra
Joan E. McKown and
James A. Brigagliano
Thomas H. Milch
Steven R. Miles
Patricia Millett
James R. Murray
Mike and Cheryl Naeve
John and Carole Nannes
Michael E. Nannes and
Nancy E. Everett
Edward J. Newberry
Mark and Jo Ann Newell
Robert Novick
Deanne M. Ottaviano
Thomas Papson and
Toby Singer
Anthony and Lee Partridge
William and Teresa Perlstein
Woody N. Peterson
Carter Phillips and Sue Henry
Anthony Pierce and
Karen Stevens Pierce
Dorthula H. Powell-Woodson
Abid R. Qureshi
Michael and Mary Raibman
John P. Relman
Eric S. Richter
Kurt Richter
Tangela Richter
James E. Rocap, III
Richard L. Rosen
Barbara M. Rossotti
James Rowe and Lisa Adams
Howard M. Shapiro
Peter D. Shields
Leslie K. Smith
Peter Spivack
James and Carol Springer
Mark A. Srere and
Jayne Jerkins
Theodore B. Stone
Thomas Strickland
Ronald J. Tenpas
Steuart H. Thomsen and
Linda Chatman Thomsen
Jennifer S. Van Driesen
G. Duane Vieth
Daniel Volchok
Michael E. Ward
Seth P. Waxman
Harry J. Weiss
Sarah L. Wilson
Scott L. Winkelman
Alan Wiseman
Joseph and Lynda Zengerle
Legal Aid raises the majority of its budget through private sources including law firms,
attorneys, corporations, legal support professionals, and foundations. We depend
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.:
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Give through the Generous Associates Campaign this summer.
Contribute to the Annual Appeal at the end of the year.
Sponsor the 25th Annual Servant of Justice Awards Dinner on April 29, 2014.
Designate 8140 in the United Way Campaign or 81566 in the Combined Federal
Campaign.
• Secure a match for your donation. Many employers will match the charitable
contributions of their employees. Contact your Human Resources Department to
learn more.
• Give the gift of stock or securities. It is usually beneficial to give appreciated
securities since you bypass any capital gains tax due had you sold them – and you
receive a charitable deduction for their fair market value.
• Consider adding a bequest to your will that contributes to the sustainable future of
Legal Aid. In the alternative, consider designating Legal Aid as a beneficiary of your
life insurance policy or charitable trust.
For more information about these options, please visit our website at
www.LegalAidDC.org or contact Gregg A. Kelley, Director of Development,
by phone at (202) 661-5964 or by email at [email protected].
Thank You
Tonight’s Servant of Justice Awards Dinner has been made possible by the generosity of
Washington, D.C.’s legal and business communities. Legal Aid is extremely grateful for
their support. In addition, Legal Aid would like to thank those who contributed significant
time, energy, and services in-kind to make this evening such a success:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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Treasurer
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Members
Deborah B. Baum John E. Heintz
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
David R. Berz
Christopher J. Herrling
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Alex Bourelly
Rainey Hoffman
Baker Botts LLP
The Carlyle Group
Steve D. Brody
Philip W. Horton
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Arnold & Porter LLP
Barbara B. Brown
Daniel G. Jarcho
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Graeme W. Bush
Barbara K. Kagan
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
John T. Byrnes
Dennis M. Kiefer
Dow Lohnes PLLC
Deloitte LLP
Donna Cooper
Kenneth Klein
Black Entertainment Television, Inc.
Mayer Brown LLP
Robert Cooper
Martin Klepper
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
David S. Dantzic
Jennifer G. Levy
Latham & Watkins LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jonathan M. Fee
Dionne C. Lomax
Alston & Bird LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Nora E. Garrote
Virginia M. Marra
Venable LLP
Scott D. Gilbert
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Marc S. Martin
Board of Trustees
Michael E. Nannes
Peter D. Shields
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Wiley Rein LLP
Ed Newberry
Mary Lou Soller
Patton Boggs LLP
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Deanne M. Ottaviano
Peter S. Spivack
Arent Fox LLP
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Kevin L. Petrasic
Theodore B. Stone
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Ernst & Young
Anthony T. Pierce
Ronald J. Tenpas
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Michael Raibman
Rebecca K. Troth
Reed Smith LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Michael Paul Reed
Alon Vogel
DLA Piper LLP
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John P. Relman
Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC
Scott L. Winkelman
Cassidy Turley
Crowell & Moring LLP
Tangela S. Richter
Eric Angel
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The Presidents Council consists of all living former presidents of Legal Aid.
Deborah Baum
G. Philip Nowak
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
C. Stanley Dees
Thomas C. Papson
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Michael S. Helfer
Anthony T. Pierce
Citigroup
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Michael J. Henke
S. White Rhyne
Stephen S. Hill
Barbara M. Rossotti
The Law Office of Stephen S. Hill
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Jones Day
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