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message from the executive
director and board president
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In 2009, the world-wide economic crisis touched millions
of families in Kentucky. Many local families saw their jobs
eliminated, hours reduced, and benefits cut. Foreclosures
burdened our courts, left families homeless, and depressed
property values, while vacant and abandoned homes
blighted our neighborhoods. As financial pressures in the
home mounted, domestic violence became more common.
Seniors on fixed incomes could not keep pace with
household expenses. Families lost their health insurance
and found themselves deep in medical debt. Predatory
payday lenders kept many families, already subsisting on
the financial edge, trapped in a cycle of debt. A deepening
economic crisis revealed its human dimension.
For 89 years, the Legal Aid Society has offered a helping
hand to families caught in these crises of unfortunate
circumstance. This past year we worked with families who
never imagined they would need our help. They discovered
what so many former Legal Aid clients experienced: that
by reaching out to us, Legal Aid can help identify options,
negotiate solutions, and bring resolution to problems that
would shake most families’ economic stability. This annual
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report chronicles our work with just three of those families in
2009. Thousands more also discovered the promise we make
every day to our donors and to our community of “pursuing
justice and restoring hope” for our most disadvantaged
neighbors.
To extend our work and strengthen the safety net that was so
severely strained by the economic crisis, we forged strategic
partnerships and launched innovative programs in 2009. Our
annual report recognizes those valuable partners who helped
us create lasting change. We also recognize our donors for
their support. In a year in which many could have reduced
charitable giving, our donors were guided by thoughtfulness
and compassion.
On behalf of the board and staff, we thank our many partners
and donors whose support allows us to continue and expand.
Board Chair
Executive Director
Maria A. Fernandez
Jeffrey A. Been
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mission
The mission of the Legal Aid Society is to pursue justice
for people in poverty.
Founded in 1921, the Legal Aid Society is a public interest
law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income
individuals in our community. Our clients seek to escape
domestic violence so they can rebuild their lives; they risk
losing their nursing home beds or medical benefits because of a strained Medicaid budget; they live in homeless shelters because of an insufficient supply of affordable
housing; or, they are threatened with losing their home
because of predatory lending practices that have targeted
the one asset they have worked a lifetime to earn.
The Legal Aid Society plays an essential role in our community and has done so for the last 89 years by making
sure the most vulnerable among us are protected by law.
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family saved from eviction at the holidays
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Job furloughs prompted by a depressed economy had ripple effects on
many family budgets last year. The plans “David” and his family made
for a simple Christmas celebration at their home unraveled when the
local factory where David worked announced it would be instituting an
involuntary furlough for its employees. The loss of David’s job income
during the furlough left the family unable to pay the rent. Served with
an eviction notice, David turned to Legal Aid for help.
Legal Aid’s Tenants-In-Crisis counselor worked with David to secure
emergency financial assistance from a local agency. Meanwhile, a Legal
Aid attorney negotiated with David’s landlord. David was able to apply
the emergency financial assistance toward the rent, and his landlord
agreed to dismiss the eviction and allow the family to stay in their home.
Legal Aid helped David and his family bridge the financial gap caused
by the furlough to avoid the eviction. Not only was David able to keep
his family in their home for Christmas, but after the
holidays David resumed his full-time employment
and was able to pay rent and other household
expenses.
former employee secures unemployment
benefits wrongfully denied
For over two years, “Mark” had been a conscientious employee.
Unfortunately, two unavoidable absences from work caused his employer to fire him. Mark tried to explain the circumstances but his
employer remained unconvinced, so Mark filed for unemployment
benefits.
When the employer challenged Mark’s entitlement to unemployment benefits, Mark sought help from Legal Aid. A Legal Aid attorney represented Mark at an administrative agency hearing and
explained the circumstances which contributed to Mark’s absences.
Mark had sustained injuries in an altercation outside the workplace
which required him to be hospitalized. The police then arrested
Mark, charging him with assault. Upon further investigation, however, the police acknowledged Mark was the victim and dismissed
the assault charge. The hearing officer agreed that Mark’s absences
from the job were beyond his control and did not amount to misconduct that would disqualify him from unemployment benefits.
With Legal Aid’s help, Mark was granted unemployment
benefits that helped him until he secured a job with another employer.
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foreclosure threatens to take a home and a
lifetime of memories
“Edna” and her husband worked all their lives in anticipation of
retirement together. With their joint income, they purchased a
home and raised a family. However, when her husband died
unexpectedly, Edna, age 69, returned to work. When she was
subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, she lost her job and
became unable to make the mortgage payments.
Edna came to Legal Aid with paperwork showing the foreclosure sale had already been ordered by the court, although no
date had been set. A Legal Aid attorney negotiated with an outof-town mortgage company and convinced them to offer Edna
a loan modification and another chance. Edna was offered a
new loan with affordable monthly payments.
Edna’s cancer spread to her vocal cords, preventing
her from working. With Legal Aid’s assistance, Edna
was able to obtain disability income. While her
disability application was pending, Edna received
financial assistance from a Legal Aid employees’
fund which applies employees’ personal donations
to help clients in special need.
Today, Edna receives monthly disability income
and is able to make her mortgage payments. She
lives in the home which she and her husband
worked a lifetime to attain and which holds special memories for Edna.
financial information
28% Other
8% Donated Services
Income
National, State and Local Grants
63%
2,618,697
Donated Services
National, State
and Local Grants
7%
$
Administration
4%
Fund Development
$
366,833
Other
$
1,187,844
Total
$
4,173,374
Expenses
Client Services
3,636,181
$
Administration
$
299,732
Fund Development
$
163,165
8%
4%
88% Client Services
88%
Total
$
Ending Net Assests
$
4,099,078
2,458,794
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service statistics
Number of cases completed
on behalf of clients in 2009:
Housing
1,639
Family Law
737
Government Benefits
222
Consumer
470
Medicaid and Medicare
176
Volunteer Lawyer Program
698
Other
545
Total
4,487
36% Housing
4% Medicaid and Medicare
5% Government Benefits
10% Consumer
15% Volunteer Lawyer Program
16% Family Law
12% Other
funding partners
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Brown-Forman
Coalition for the Homeless
Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps
and VISTA)
Gheens Foundation
Humana Foundation
Internal Revenue Service
IOLTA of the Kentucky Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Foundation
Kentucky Department of Child Support Enforcement
Kentuckiana Regional Planning & Development Agency
(KIPDA)
Kentucky General Assembly
Legal Services Corporation
Lincoln Trail Area Development District
Louisville AIDS Walk and AIDS Service Center
Louisville Bar Foundation
Louisville Metro Government
Metro United Way
Norton Foundation
Pro Bono Net
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United Way of Nelson County
William E. Barth Foundation
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wyatt, tarrant & combs fellowship
The Legal Aid Society is grateful for the generous financial support and
donated services we receive from throughout the community to pursue
justice for our most disadvantaged neighbors. Without our partnerships
with state and local governments, United Way organizations, foundations and bar associations, the Legal Aid Society could not offer the
compassionate and essential services we provide. The legal community
has been particularly generous in its financial support of our mission.
In 2003, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs made a commitment to Legal Aid
to underwrite the full salary and benefits of an attorney to assist
victims of domestic violence. To date, Wyatt Fellows have assisted over
550 Legal Aid clients. The Fellowship is in addition to Wyatt, Tarrant
& Combs’ annual charitable contribution to Legal Aid’s Justice for
All Campaign and demonstrates the firm’s ongoing commitment to
our mission.
“The Wyatt Fellowship allows me to serve in a position that empowers
clients whose safety and stability have been threatened. My experience in public service has afforded me the insight into the importance of Legal Aid’s work and how critical an advocate can be for
a person in poverty,” said Tracey Darbro, Legal Aid’s current Wyatt
Fellow.
sixth annual brush, bottle
and barrel of the bluegrass
Under the leadership of event co-chairs Deena Ombres and
Loren Prizant and committee chairs Laura Berger, Jamey Elliott, Corey Finn, Stevie Finn, Martha Hasselbacher, Wendy
Hyland, Laurie Mayer, Nora Fitzgerald Meldrum, Katie Raines,
Sara Veeneman and Erica Lee Williams, the Legal Aid Society’s
Sixth Annual Brush, Bottle and Barrel of the Bluegrass was an
evening of fun and a great success.
The event was a preview party for the Cherokee Triangle Art
Fair and offered tastings of Kentucky wine, bourbon, beer
and food from local restaurants. The 2009 event raised over
$45,000, an increase of 12 percent in funds raised from the
previous year.
Legal Aid is grateful for the broad community support for this
special event. More than 425 people attended the event, and
fourteen artists, five distilleries, six wineries, three breweries
and one liqueur participated. Forty-five volunteers from across
the community helped organize and staff the event.
We are especially grateful to our host, Louisville Collegiate
School, and the generosity of our event sponsors.
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gold sponsors
Ferreri & Fogle
silver sponsors
Conway & Conway
bronze sponsors
AT&T
Ditsler Insurance
Kaufman, Stigger & Hughes
Kentucky Elderlaw
Morris & Player
Norton Healthcare
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny
Republic Bank and Trust Company
Thompson Miller & Simpson
A special thank you to The Event Company
for providing event design and décor.
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thank you to the following
donors who made our 2009
justice for all campaign
a success.
2009
leadership cabinet
(At least $250 per attorney)
Brite & Butler
Conway & Conway
Dodd & Dodd Attorneys
Dunigan & Gorski
Frost Brown Todd
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
Kentucky Elderlaw
Law Offices of Frank Mascagni
Napier Gault
Rubin & Hays
Sitlinger McGlincy & Theiler
Stites & Harbison
Thompson Miller & Simpson
James R. Voyles Law Office
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
associates for justice
(100 Percent Participation by Law Firm Associates)
Boehl Stopher & Graves
Dinsmore & Shohl
Frost Brown Todd
Fultz Maddox Hovious & Dickens
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
Middleton Reutlinger
Morgan & Pottinger
Stites & Harbison
Stoll Keenon Ogden
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
visionaries ($20,000 or more)
Frost Brown Todd
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
Stites & Harbison
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
guardians of justice
($10,000 to $19,999)
Edward S. and Cornelia Bonnie
Stoll Keenon Ogden
partners for justice
($5,000 to $9,999)
Ferreri & Fogle
Franklin Gray & White
Kevin Hable
Thompson Miller & Simpson
friends of justice
($2,500 to $4,999)
Boehl Stopher & Graves
F. Thomas Conway
Katherine O. Eldred
Marshall P. Eldred
Joseph Charitable Trust
Donna King Perry
R. James Straus
Weber & Rose
executives
($1,000 to $2,499)
AT&T Kentucky
Jeffrey Been and Eric Graninger
Brite & Butler
Sheila Brown
Ditsler Insurance, Inc.
Dodd & Dodd Attorneys
GE Consumer & Industrial
K. Gregory and Sallie Haynes
Timothy and Leslie Hazlett
T. Kennedy Helm III
Eric Ison and Melanie Bootes
Kaufman, Stigger & Hughes
Kentucky Elderlaw
Morris & Player
Napier Gault Keith PLC
Norton Healthcare
Richard and Judith Nowka
Mike and Ellen O’Connell
Kathleen Pellegrino
Honorable John and Eugenia Potter
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny
Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham
Republic Bank
Rubin & Hays
John Selent
Louise Shouse
Sitlinger, McGlincy & Theiler
SWS Charitable Foundation
Cynthia Young
Yum! Brands, Inc.
senior partners
($500 to $999)
Honorable Lisabeth and Leslie Abramson
Shawn Bailey
Rania Basha
James Bolus
Borders & Borders Attorneys at Law
Bethany Breetz and Ronald Loughry
J. Larry Cashen and Susan Turner
James and Anita Cauley
Conway & Conway
John and Linda Cowgill
Ethel O’Brien Field of Interest Fund
Robert Ewald
M. Ashraf and Rafia Farooqui
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Jon Fleischaker
Robert Gatewood
Joseph and Holly Gathright
Sheldon and Nancy Gilman
Eric Haner
Martha Hasselbacher
William Hollander and Lisa Keener
V. Michele Hulsey and Bill Sawyer
James R. Voyles Law Office
John Johnson
Karen Keith
Kentucky Elderlaw
Robert Littlefield
Robert Matthews Jr.
Henry Meigs II
Dulaney Lee O’Roark Jr.
Joanne Oldham
Hans Poppe Jr.
John and Nancy Reed
Robert Sachs
Shelley and John Santry
Deirdre and Stephen Seim
Honorable Paula Sherlock
Jeffrey and Kayleen Wallace
T. Morgan Ward
Frances Wilson
Susannah Woodcock and David B. Tachau
partners
($250 to $499)
Applegate & Fifer
Douglas and Susan Baird
Betty Brown
David and Barbara Brown
Kenneth Burhans
Jeremiah and Shannon Byrne
H. Alexander Campbell
Paul Casi II
Carole and Robert Christian
Richard Clay
Honorable Sheila Collins
Robert and Theresa Connolly
Cotton & Pippin
Charles and Mary Anne Cronan
Honorable Charles L. Cunningham Jr.
Bruce Davis
Mandy Decker
Leanne and Peter Diakov
Laurel Doheny
Thomas Donan
Kevin Duncan and Susan Hanley Duncan
Nicole Elver
Doug and Liza Farnsley
Marjorie Farris
Maria Fernandez and Ray Ganong
Fernandez Haynes & Kohn
Larry Fuller
Thomas and Laura Fulton
Geo. Pfau’s Sons Co., Inc.
Sanjeev Gupte
Bill and Diane Haden
Christopher and Sheldon Haden
John and Morgan Hanley
Frank Heft and Janet Jernigan
Frank Hemko
Sarah Hill
Ronald Hillerich
William Hoge III
Hollie Hopkins
Larry and Jinny Hunt
Wendy Hyland
Nedith Jackson
Jefferson County Teachers Association
Honorable Thomas Knopf
Diane Laughlin and Russ Neill
James Lewis
Tricia Frances Lister
Jann Logsdon
Marcon & Associates
Ronald Marstin and Ellen Joyce
Brian and Nora Meldrum
Francis Mellen and Beverly Glascock
Michael Merrick
Charles Middleton III
Miller & Miller
Elizabeth Monohan and Scott Dyer
John and Tara Olash
Deena Ombres and Matthew Westfall
Bryan Onan
Charles Owen
Delores and William Pregliasco
Stephen Price Sr.
Richard and Janet Rink
Rebecca Schafer
Donna Schneiter
Dan Schwartz
Catherine and Peter Sewell
Honorable Ann Shake
Honorable James Shake
Stephanie and Jonathon Smith
Sheryl Snyder and Jessica Loving
Thomas Speckman
Robert and Mary Ann Stenger
David and Billie Stierle
Stone Law Office
Susan and Lyle Sussman
Walter Swyers Jr.
John and Phyllis Tate
Gerald and Carol Toner
Jane Tyler
Laurie Valentine
Richard and Susan Vance
Donald Vish
Wantland Law Office
Whitney and Aaron Watt
Don and Mary Wells
Kendrick and Claudia Wells
Jack Wheat
Joseph Wimsatt
associates
($100 to $249)
James Adams
Cletus Amlung
Angela Anton
Jeffrey Apperson
Larry Ashlock
G. William Bailey Jr.
R. Lawrence Baird
Mr. and Mrs. John Ballantine
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Jennifer Barber
Jennifer Barbour
Bardenwerper, Talbott & Roberts, PLLC
D. Berry and Courtney Baxter
Katherine Bell
John Berry Jr.
Stephen Berry
Erin Berutti
Robert Biggs
Aline Blizard
James Bondurant
John and Theresa Bondurant
H. Edwin and Marsha Bornstein
Tanya Bowman
C. Craig Bradley Jr.
Glenda Bradshaw
Brammell and Clubb, P.S.C.
Robert Breetz
Douglas and Mary Brent
Victor and Charlotte Brizendine
Bonnie Brown
Vernon Broyles
Dean and Anne Bucalos
Kenneth Burgess
Kevin Butler
Jeffrey Calabrese
Melissa Calabrese
Shawn and Vanessa Cantley
Carole Catalfo and Robert Render
Rocco Celebrezze
Brian Chellgren
Dennis Clare
Justin and Caroline Clark
Thomas Claycomb
Honorable Denise Clayton
Clarice Connelly
Sherry Cooper
Eric and Jennifer Cowden
Jamie Cox
Maureen and Roger Cravens
John Cross
Gordon Davidson
Mark and Kate Davis
William Davis
Carolyn Dean
Lisa DeJaco
Ivan Diamond
Frank and Mary Beth Doheny
Scott Dolson
Jared Downs
Honorable Kelly Easton
James and Mary Eaves
Kathryn Eberle
Philip and Mary Eschels
Christopher Evensen, Evensen Law Office
Denise Everett
Mark Farmer
Mary Farmer
Alfred Fazio
John Fendley
Mark Fenzel
Angela and Robby Fetcher
Joseph and Louise Fineman
Honorable Richard J. Fitzgerald
Jill Force
Julie Foster
Ellen Friedman
Emily Fritts
D. Scott and Mary Furkin
Honorable Eleanore Garber
Larry Garmon
Vincent Giegerich
James and Grace Giesel
Rachael Givens
Seth and Heather Gladstein
Mary Jo Gleason
Kenneth Goff
Matthew Golden
Steven Gossman
Juliet Gray
Lindsay Gray
Beth Haendiges
Mark Hahn
Karen Hale
Joseph and Julie Hardesty
Ted Hathaway
Douglas Haynes
Rebecca and Nicholas Haynes
Christina Heavrin
Louise and Joseph Helm
Steven Henderson
E. Paul and Alice Barns Herrington
Meredith Hettinger
Marsha Hicks
Michael and Serena Hirn
Suzan J. Hixon
Tim Hogan
Demetrius Holloway
Honorable David Holton II
Margaret Hyland
Thomas Ice
Franklin and Jill Jelsma
Julie Johnson
Honorable Edward and Katherine Johnstone
Honorable Martin and Cathy Johnstone
Sherri Jones
Anne and Alfred Joseph III
F. Ryan Keith
Patricia and Mark Kennedy
Mary Keyer
Michael Kim
Kindred Healthcare
Honorable Katie King
Michael Kleinert
Denis and Diane Kline
Jennifer and Chris Kovalcik
Mary Kuhn
Kathy and Lew Lancaster
Robert and Heidi Lanham
Emily Lawrence
David and Phyllis Leibson
Barbara Lewis
N. Scott Lilly
Matthew Lindblom
J. Russell Lloyd
Jane Long
Francis Luallen
Jennifer Luhrs
Annie MacClean
William MacKenzie Jr.
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Doug Magee and Anne Marie Regan
Scott Majors
Samuel Marcosson
Leonard Mariani & Greg Hutcheson
James Martin Jr.
Patrick Martinez
Sharon Mattingly
Anne Maurer
Michael Mazzoli
John McCall
Gerald McDaniel
Julie McDonnell
James McGhee
Neil Mellen
Kathryn Mershon
W. Robert Meyer
Phyllis Morgan
Jesse and Christy Mudd
Jamie Neal and Kevin Hyde
William Nefzger
Jason Nemes
Agnes and Patrick Noonan
Patrick and Margie Northam
William O’Brien
Joshua O’Bryan
Honorable Joseph O’Reilly
John Osborn Jr.
David Owsley II
Rachel Owsley
Emily Pagorski
Homer Parrent III
Karen Paulin
David Perkins
Edwin Perry
Sandra Phillips
Neva-Marie Polley and William Sharp
The Potlatch Foundation, Inc.
Bruce and Ellen Prizant
Loren and Jane Prizant
Carol and Charles Pye
Sean Ragland
Jennifer Raisor
Ronald Ray
D. Gary Reed
Madeline Reno
Paul W. Richwalsky Jr.
Kendrick Riggs
Robert Riley and Nan Kline
Michael Risley
Bissell Roberts
Cooper Robertson
Jeremy Rogers
Camille Rorer
Laura and Mark Rothstein
Christina Ryan
Glenn Schilling
Gregory Schmitt
Lee and Mary Schulz
Richard Seckel
Bill Seiller
Theresa Senninger
Michael Shaikun
Ivana Shallcross
John Shelton
Erwin Sherman
Linda Sholle Cowan
Robb and Anna Shrader
Dan Siebert
Melanie Siemens
Aaron and Edith Silletto
John Simcoe
Kennedy and Sara Simpson
Robert Simpson
Jeffrey B. Skora
Lars and Barbara Smith
Nicole Staffieri Coffey
W. Patrick Stallard
Richard Stearman
Robert Steinmetz
Roosevelt Stennis Jr.
Eleanor Stepusin
John Stewart
Honorable William Stewart and Sarah
Dutton
Lauran Sturm
Maureen Taylor
Carol Teitelbaum
The Progressive Insurance Foundation
Thomas, Dodson & Wolford, PLLC
Justin Tromp
Sara Veeneman
Honorable Daniel Venters
Thomas Volk
Sandra Wagner
James and Ruth Wagoner
Holly Wallace
John Ward
Manning Warren III
Matthew Watkins
Tanner Watkins
Alvin Wax
Diane Webb
Robert Webb
Carl Wedekind
Morris and Terry Weiss
Matthew Welch
James Wells
Donald G. Wenzel Jr.
Katherine Kelly White
Ronda White
Tyler Whitty
Cassandra Wiemken
Honorable Barry Willett and Trinity Potter
Arthur Williams
Ernest and Patricia Williams
Helene Williams
Jason Williams
Matt and Tonya Williams
Ralph Wilson
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Kentucky
Roger Wolford
John and Claudia Woodard
Robert Yang
Sarah Young
Emily Zahn
supporters
Grechen Ackerman
ACLU of Kentucky Foundation, Inc.
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Sarah Adams
Meagen Agnew
Maria Altmann
Christy Ames and Robert Bonar
Larry and Nancy Amos
Carey Arnold
Brittany Asher
Douglas and Mariam Ballantine
Patricia Ballard
Erika Barnes
Timothy Barry
Brent Baughman
Laura E Berger
Nathan Berger
Sanford Berman
Andrew Beshear
John Bilby
Jerry Bizer
Landra Blackwell
Blaine Blood
Judith Boggs
Brian Borellis
Howard Bowles
Laura Boyett
William Bronson
Michael Brooks
Scott Budnick
Mary Bush
Andie Camden
Michael Capiro
Lindsay Capps
Benjamin Carter and Erin McKenzie
Walter Cato Jr.
Daniel Cherry
Kathryn Christopherson
Tara Clayton
Ross Cohen
Justin Cornell
Laurel Cornell
Dario and Madeline Covi
Brennan Cox
James Craig
Travis Crump
Kate Cunningham
Polly Cunningham
Rhonda Curry
Brendan Daugherty
Sara Davis
Carla De La Barra Helstrom
Anne Delahanty
Michael Denbow
Jarrett Dennis
Tracy Desmarais
Judd Devlin
Kristie Dougherty
Andrea and Martin Doyle
Julio Driggs
Lawrence Droege
Melvin Duke
Kent Durning
Robert Durning Jr.
Jonathan and Theresa Dyar
Ann Dyke
Adrienne Earley
George and Jean Edwards
Joseph Elder II
Clinton Elliott
Susan Yates Ely
Robert H. Englert
Charles and Marcia Fassler
Ryan Ferreira
Corey Finn
John Fischer and Jon Hamby
Judith Fischer
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Tricia Fleege
Marvin Fleischman
Kimberly Fogle
Catherine Ford
Justin Fowles
Richard Frank
Dawn Franklin
Mark Franklin
I. Joel Frockt
Lynsie Gaddis
Ingrid Geiser
Ann Geisheimer
Honorable Stephen and Kathy George
Brigid and Wes Gies
Delicesa Gilder
Matthew and Leigh Gillies
Linda Gleis
Rodney Glover
Joe Graffis
Elisabeth Gray
Laura Grubbs
Anne Guillory
Elizabeth Hahn
Janet Hall
Matthew Hallingstad
Taylor Hamilton
James Hancock
Patricia Harmeling
Darlys Harmon-Vaught
Frederic and Mary Ellen Harned
Nicholas Hart
Hidekazu Hayakawa
Dwight Haygood Jr.
Michael Hearon
Hunt Helm
David W. Hemminger
Michael Henry
Michele and Gordon Henry
James and Lindsey Herr
Paul Hershberg
Lisa and Steve Hester
Tanisha Hickerson
Chauncey Hiestand
Scott Higdon
James Highfield
Kristen Holt
Peter and Mary Houck
Stephen Houston
Lisa Hughes
Gretchen Hunt and John Young
Alyssia Jackson
Jane Jenkins
Rebecca Jennings
Eric Jensen
Ben Johnson
Chris Johnson
Donald and Joan Johnson
Christopher Jones
Harrison Jones
LeAnders Jones
William Jones
Elizabeth and Richard Kaukas
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Nicholas and Margaret Kearney
William Keene Jr.
Brad Keeton
Lisa Kilkelly
Eric Killmeier
Joseph Klausing
Joe and Kathy Kremer
Judy Kushner
Carl Lammers
Melony Lane
Patricia L. Larkin
Erik Lattig
George Lee
Jennifer Leibson
Laura Leone
Ruth Lerner
Anne and Tony Lindauer
Joyce Linton
Judith Lippmann
Sara Lopez
Rachel Lord
Michael and Pegge Luvisi
Lynne Lyndrup
Chacey Malhouitre
Peter Manning
Mark and Laura Maraman
Elena Martinez
Serge Martinez
John Matter
Christopher Mayer
Honorable Romano Mazzoli
Belma McClaskey
Ian McClure
Angela C. McCorkle
Gregory McDonald
Brian McGraw
Emily McKinney
Andrew and Gwen McMahon
Chadwick McTighe
Stephen Mercer
Elsabe Meyer
Kristi and Jeff Miller
Gregory and Juliet Miller-Breetz
Eamon Mulvihill
Theodore Myre
Amber Nicely
Honorable Earl O’Bannon Jr.
Brett Odom
Eileen Ordover
Lisa Osanka
John and Lou Peabody
Marcia Pearson
Robert Penta
Michael Perlin and Christine
Perlin-Gump
Christopher M. Piekarski
Jeff Polson
Nathanial Pope
Jason Renzelmann
Charles Ricketts Jr.
Erin and Grant Roark
Rona Roberts and Steve Kay
Chris Robinson
Janet Rockafellar
Robert Rohla
Joshua Rose
Christopher Ruml
William Rump
Darren Sammons
Wade and Jane Sato
Edmund Sauer
Mr. and Mrs. Schecter
Timothy Schenk
Martin Schiller
Louise Schulman
Herbert Segal
Marshall Sellers
Brian Settles
Robert Silverthorn Jr.
Barbara Sinai
Barbara Singer
Brandon Smith
Susan Sobel
Edie Sommer
Taylor Sorrels
Laura Spaulding
Angela Stephens
Jennifer and Scott Stinnett
Whit Stokes and Nancy Rankin
Elwood Sturtevant
Mary Sullivan
Melinda Sunderland
Michael Sutton
Helen Thompson
Stephen Thompson
Peter Thurman Jr.
Scott Townsend
James Traughber
John Trawick and Patricia Clare
Anonymous UPS
Katherine Vesely
Robert and Andrea Vice
Ashley Walker
Ann Warren
David Watson
Benjamin and Jennifer Weigel
Eric Weihe
Scott Weinberg
Amy Wheeler
Geoffrey & Kristin White
Denis Wiggins
Darran Winslow
Malcolm Wintergerst
Anne Wright
Terry Wright Jr
Barry Zalph
Donald Zeller
Martha Ziskind
Brian and Melissa Zoeller
eberthausen fund
Jeff Brown
Carol Dupin
Lea Hardwick
Gwen Horton
Virginia Jordan
Lisa Kilkelly
Kristi Miller
Neva Marie-Polley
Shawna Scheidel
metro united way
donors
John Andris
Wendy Batts
Dawn Bentley
Linda Bruin
Michael Cannon
Martha Clark
Clarice Connelly
Laura Cook
Laura Curry
Jarrett Dennis
Tracy Desmarais
Sara Dobson
Thomes Dodd
Joseph Ford
Sherence Ford
Jeffrey Haeberlin
Connie Halbert
Sharon Harten
Rachel Horton
Jessica Kays
Barbara Kehoe
Laura Kinney
AlexandraLuken
Sherry Marshall
Lori McConnell
Ronald McKenzie
April Mitchell
Kyle Nally
Alicea O’Brien
Margaret Perry-Parshley
Linda Reichenbecher
Lucille Roberts
Janea Smith
Leslie Strassell
Andrew Thomas
Larhanda Trammell
Michael Westmoreland-White
Shaye Wiggington
Cynthia Young
Laura Ekart
Lisa Love
Kristen Miller
Kristy Ohnheiser
Phillip Parker
Nancy Presnell
Sarah Reesor
John Rippy
Lennette Springfield
Nicolas Valenzuela
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thank you to the following legal professionals who donated
their time to legal aid in 2009.
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Lori Arnold Ackerson
James Adams
Jeff Adamson
Barbara Albert
Anna Aleksander
Melissa Allen
Shelly Alvey
Bryan Armstrong
Vickie Arrowood
Douglas Baird
Junis Baldon
Thomas Banks, II
Erica Barnes
Lawrence Belanger
Katherine Bell
Rose Benkert
Laura Berger
Maxine Bizer
John Borders
Carlmann Bowman
Victor W.
Brizendine, III
Lisa Brookes
Denise Brown
Vicki Buba
Cynthia Buttorff
Jeremiah A. Byrne
Amy Cahill
Mark Cambron
Michael Capiro
Napora Chandra
Christopher Coffman
Kristie Daugherty
E. Brian Davis
G. Philip Deeb, Jr.
Timothy Denison
Robert DeWees III
Peter Diakov
Bryan J. Dillon
Allen Dodd
Kevan Doran
Jared Downs
Nellie M.
Draus-Stallings
Julio Driggs
Christine Durrett
James Earhart
Joseph S. Elder, II
Shannon Fauver
Kendra Foster
Justin S. Fowles
Deveney French
Ellen G. Friedman
Mark Gaston
Matthew Gay
Ebony Glenn
Tom Goodwin
Bryan Gowin
Samuel G. Graber
Chad Graham
Lindsay Gray
James E. Groves, Jr.
Mark Hahn
Sarah Haines
Matthew Hallingstad
John E. Hamlet
Chris Harrell
Nicholas Hart
Martha J.
Hasselbacher
Anne Heim
Robert L. Heleringer
John Helmers
Tanisha Hickerson
Andrew J. Horne
Courtney Howell-Kidd
Wendy Hyland
Stephen Imhoff
Elizabeth Jenkins
A. Thomas Johnson
Julie A. Johnson
Christopher Johnson
Janet Johnston
LeAnders Jones
Danny Kang
Scott Karem
Justin Key
Jeremy Kirkham
Steven Kriegshaber
Dennis E. Kurtz
Christopher T. Kurtz
John Lally
Melony Lane
Michael E. Lannon
Erik Lattig
Emily Ledford
Lawrence
Hays Lawson
Tricia Le Meur
Wyatt Lee
Mary Janice Lintner
James T. Lobb
Philip Longmeyer
Dawn Elizabeth
Lonneman Blair
Annie MacLean
H. Douglas Mann
James Martin
Frank Mascagni
Annette Mattingly
Edward A.Mayer
Thomas A.
McAdam, III
Christopher McDavid
Katherine McKune
Sandra McLaughlin
Anne McMillin
Charles Meers
Elizabeth Mendel
Christie Moore
Patrick J. Moran
Mike Morris
Jesse Mudd
Julie Namkin
Jim Nitsche
Barry Norfleet
Victoria Oakley
Josh O’Bryan
D. Steven Parks
Jeffery Parrish
Rod Payne
A. Cary Peter
Hans Pfaffenberger
Jane Prizant
Andrew Pullen
Jennifer Raisor
Kendra Rimbert
Phoebe Riner
James Risch
John RoBards
Cooper Robertson
Josh Rose
Carter Ruml
Thomas Rump
Shelley Santry
Rebecca Schafer
Ivan Schell
Glenn Schilling
Patrick Schmidt
Rebecca Schupbach
Jason Segeleon
James C. Seiffert
Peter J. Sewell
Aaron Silletto
Robert Silverthorn
Larry Simon
Lee Sitlinger
Raymond Smith
Jessica Sorrels
John E. Spainhour
Jeffrey Stamper
James K. Stayton
Joseph Stennis
Eleanor Stepusin
Olu Stevens
Edward Stopher
John L. Tate
Helen Thompson
John Treitz
Mason Trenaman
Michael Troutman
Laurie Valentine
John Valentine
Richard Vance
John Vandertoll
Sara Veeneman
J. Scott Wantland
T. Morgan Ward, Jr.
Louis Waterman
Bernard Watts
Eric Weihe
Sean Weinberg
Louis Winner
Darran Winslow
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Gordon Wright
Emily Zahn
Russell Zaino
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2009 leadership cabinet
Brite & Butler
Conway & Conway
Dodd & Dodd Attorneys
Dunigan & Gorski
Frost Brown Todd
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
Kentucky Elderlaw
Law Offices of Frank Mascagni
Napier Gault
Rubin & Hays
Sitlinger McGlincy & Theiler
Stites & Harbison
Thompson Miller & Simpson
James R. Voyles Law Office
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
Thank you to these generous donors who made a contribution
to the Legal Aid Society of at least $250 per attorney.
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2009 legal aid society board of directors
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Rebecca Belvin
Stanford Obi, Esq.
Multi-County Clients Council
Stanford Law Office PLLC
George Bey
Deena G. Ombres, Esq.
Multi-County Clients Council
ResCare, Inc.
Michael Brooks
Jackie Davis-Patterson
Community Action Agency
NAACP
Mary Bush
Dolores Pregliasco, Esq.
Multi-County Clients Council
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny
Jeremy Chesser, Esq.
Robert A. Riley, Esq.
Nelson County Bar Association
James & Wells, P.S.C.
Louis Cook
Donna A. Schneiter, Esq.— First Vice Chair
Multi-County Clients Council
ResCare, Inc.
Laurel S. Doheny, Esq.
Bill V. Seiller, Esq.— Secretary
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny
Seiller Waterman LLC
Marshall P. Eldred, Esq.
William F. Stewart, Esq.
Frost Brown Todd
Law Office of William F. Stewart
Robert C. Ewald, Esq.
Gordon Stoudemire
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
Multi-County Clients Council
Maria A. Fernandez, Esq. — 2009 Chair
R. James Straus, Esq.
Fernandez Haynes & Kohn
Frost Brown Todd
Martha Hasselbacher, Esq.
Christopher M. Todoroff, Esq.
Louisville Bar Association
Humana, Inc.
Stephen G. Hopkins, Esq.
J. Scott Wantland, Esq.
Breckinridge County Bar Association
Wantland Law Office
George Lee, Jr. — Second Vice-Chair
T. Morgan Ward, Jr., Esq.
Multi-County Clients Council
Stites & Harbison
Donald Jones, Esq.
Carl Wedekind, Esq.
Hardin County Bar Association
ACLU
Rashid McClain
Cynthia W. Young, Esq.
Multi-County Clients Council
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
Professor Richard H. Nowka
Brandeis School of Law
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office locations
Legal Aid Society
416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 584-1254
(800) 292-1862 Toll-free
(502) 584-8014 Fax
www.laslou.org
HIV/AIDS Legal Project
810 Barret Avenue, Suite 301
Louisville, KY 40204
(502) 574-8199
(502) 574-5244 Fax
Nursing Home Ombudsman Program
1013 Woodlawn Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
(800) 292-1862
www.laslou. org
www.laslou.org
Louisville, KY 40202
Suite 300
416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
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