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2014 Annual Report
Equal Justice at Work:
Lawyers Helping Community
Made Possible by You
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Equal Justice at Work: Lawyers Helping Community
Made Possible by You
In 2014, thanks to you, more
than 800 law students and
public interest lawyers
provided crucial legal
assistance to survivors of
domestic violence, veterans,
LGBTQ communities,
individuals with disabilities,
immigrants, families
threatened with foreclosure
and eviction, people seeking
access to healthcare, and
many others.
The Equal Justice Works annual Conference and Career Fair is the largest
national public interest legal career fair in the country. More than 1,200
students from 165 law schools attend for two days of interviews, workshops,
networking and other career opportunities
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Thank you from our
Leadership
Friends of Equal Justice Works,
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communities, individuals with disabilities, immigrants,
families threatened with foreclosure and eviction, people
seeking access to healthcare, and many, many others.
Thanks to the work of one of our Fellows, U.S. Army
veteran Patrick Taylor got his life back. In 2013, Patrick’s
employer wrongfully terminated him. His landlord
We continued to prime the pipeline of public interest
then evicted him without cause, keeping all of Patrick’s
talent by working with our 198 law schools. We reached
personal belongings – including his prized red beret.
32,000 first-year law students, shared information about
Patrick, who suffered serious brain injuries during his
education debt relief through our Huffington Post blog,
10 years of military service, found
published a free e-book on student debt, and
himself homeless and begging for
worked on legislation that would help ensure law
food. He had nowhere to turn – until
students could pursue public service regardless of
In 2014, more
he met Equal Justice Works Fellow
educational debt burdens.
than 200 Equal
Antoinette Balta.
Our success in 2014, described in this report, is due
Justice Works
Antoinette was part of our
our partnerships with the nation’s leading law
Fellows provided to
AmeriCorps-funded Veterans Legal
schools, law firms, corporations, and nonprofit
crucial legal
Corps, which deployed 36 lawyers
organizations that share our commitment to
and 360 law students to help
mobilize the next generation of lawyers committed
assistance to
vulnerable and homeless veterans.
to equal justice.
thousands of
Antoinette took Patrick’s case,
We want to acknowledge the extraordinary
clients.
winning back Patrick’s red beret and
leadership of Laura Stein, who recently concluded
other possessions. She recovered
her service as board chair. During Laura’s
money he was owed, and even
tenure, the organization has grown significantly
helped Patrick secure housing and a
and increased its impact and effectiveness. Laura is a
job.
charismatic and dynamic leader who has inspired our
This case is just one example of the difference made by
board and our staff to set and achieve ambitious goals.
Equal Justice Works’ law students and lawyers.
Most importantly, we want to thank all of our supporters.
In 2014, more than 200 Equal Justice Works Fellows
Without you we could not do this work to help create a
provided crucial legal assistance to thousands of clients,
just society by mobilizing the next generation of lawyers –
including survivors of domestic violence, veterans, LGBTQ
that’s Equal Justice at Work.
As the son of
Mexican immigrants,
I often witnessed
the injustice
that the hardworking immigrant
community, including
my parents, suffered
at the hands of
unscrupulous
employers. Early
on, I developed a
strong desire to
arm myself with the
necessary tools to be
a voice for those in
my community that
would otherwise
be forced to live in
silence.
- Gonzalo Serrano,
Kim Koopersmith
David Stern,
Chair of the Board of Directors
Executive Director
Equal Justice Works Fellow
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Fellowships
Equal Justice Works
or experiencing
housing
discrimination
due to their
perceived sexual
orientation or
gender identity.
W
e continued to grow
the Equal Justice
Works Fellowship
program during 2014, expanding
the delivery of legal services
to those who need it most. All
61 Fellows design and execute
projects on a variety of issues,
including domestic violence,
homelessness, community
economic development,
immigration, civil rights, juvenile
justice, employment rights,
health care, consumer fraud, and
environmental justice. Across the
United States, our Fellows turn
your generous support into real,
meaningful results for thousands
of adults, children, and families.
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Lydia Edwards
Eugene Chen
As an Equal Justice Works Fellow
at the New York Legal Assistance
Group, Eugene provides legal
advocacy, outreach, and education
to low-income LGBT people in New
York City’s communities of color
who are either at risk of eviction
Growth of Fellows 2013-2014
Prior to her Equal Justice Works Fellowship at
Greater Boston Legal Services, Lydia worked
for three years with domestic workers in
Massachusetts as a community advocate and
provided representation through the Brazilian
Immigrant Center’s Domestic Worker Law and
Policy Clinic. She also launched a project to
provide conflict mediation training for domestic
workers and their employers.
Eugene’s
upbringing in
Manhattan’s
Chinatown
during a
period of
rapid and unprecedented
gentrification made him familiar
with housing challenges in
changing communities of color.
He understands that obtaining
housing security is an important
step in ending the cycle of poverty
and homelessness for members
of the LGBT community, including
people of color and those affected
by HIV/AIDS.
Through these experiences, Lydia saw firsthand
how difficult it is for domestic workers to access
legal services. Domestic workers are the second
largest population being trafficked into the United
States, yet few resources are dedicated to their
representation. They are often isolated and easily
hidden by their employers.
Thanks to the generous support
of the Paul Rapoport Foundation,
Eugene is able to represent those
at risk of imminent eviction in
housing court, facilitate litigation
of housing discrimination or
harassment claims with the NYC
Commission on Human Rights,
and educate the LGBT community
about illegal housing practices.
Ensuring fair access to housing
regardless of ethnicity, sexual
orientation, or gender identity –
that’s Equal Justice at Work.
Empowering domestic workers to protect their
rights – that’s Equal Justice at Work.
As an Equal Justice Works Fellow, sponsored
by McDermott Will and Emery, Lydia provides
comprehensive legal services to trafficked
domestic workers, including representation to
file for visas, access public benefits, and ensure
employers pay back wages. Lydia is also creating
legal resources to help domestic workers secure
well paying jobs, regardless of their immigration
status.
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Federal Programs
AmeriCorps Legal
Fellows
E
qual Justice Works
AmeriCorps Legal
Fellowships, along with
AmeriCorps programs across
the country, celebrated
the 20th Anniversary of
AmeriCorps this year. Equal
Justice Works is proud to
partner with the Corporation
for National and Community
Service (CNCS), which
administers AmeriCorps, in
providing critical civil legal aid
to communities in need across
the country.
Over the years, more than 500
Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps
Legal Fellows and thousands of
law students have dedicated their
time, effort, and ideas to projects
that directly assist vulnerable
communities. In the last program
year, our 40 AmeriCorps Fellows
served a staggering 8,524 veterans
and 613 victims of disaster. In all,
AmeriCorps members prepared
4,750 cases and secured almost
$9.5 million in concrete economic
benefits for those who served our
country and for families devastated
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AmeriCorps Legal Fellow Alise Pilson is sworn in by the
Honorable Fanon A. Rucker of the Hamilton County
Municipal Court in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Equal Justice Works was granted
a portion of these funds for legal
Fellowships to work with distressed
and at-risk homeowners in Chicago
and Champaign over a three-year
period.
by natural disaster. In 2014, Equal
Justice Works also launched
three new programs funded by
the CNCS—the Employment
Opportunity Legal Corps, justice
AmeriCorps, and the VISTA
Affordable Housing Preservation
Project.
In the second year of their
Fellowships, the four Equal Justice
Works Illinois Foreclosure Fellows
have joined a network of lawyers
dedicated to helping Illinois – and
the nation – recover from the
foreclosure crisis and prevent
future crises from occurring. With
their organizations, the Fellows
have helped negotiate new
financing terms, defended against
predatory lending practices,
ensured that banks follow
regulations, and helped Illinois’
families keep their homes.
Summer Corps /
“AmeriCorps JD”
More than 370 law students
served veterans and other
communities as part of Equal
Justice Works’ AmeriCorps JD
program over the past year,
making significant impacts
across the country. The 125
AmeriCorps JD members –
more than twice the previous
year – served veterans
exclusively.
AmeriCorps JD members helped
remove employment barriers for
479 veterans and assisted 351 in
obtaining permanent housing.
For instance, one AmeriCorps
JD student serving in Louisville
assisted her client in keeping
their needed monthly benefits
of $1,054.
Alisé Pilson
Illinois Foreclosure
Fellowship Program
In a foreclosure settlement
with five of the nation’s largest
banks in March 2012, the state
of Illinois received a portion
of a $25 billion settlement to
help the state recover from the
foreclosure crisis.
AmeriCorps Legal Fellow Alisé Pilson is helping
veterans at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.
in Dayton, Ohio. Alisé has had a passion for fighting
for the “little guy” since her youth, and during law
school provided legal support to indigent individuals.
Within 3 months of becoming licensed, she got a
job with the Hamilton County Public Defender. As
she became more involved with public interest law,
she discovered the dire need for family law services
among veterans.
Alisé works with veterans through direct legal
representation and educational outreach. Because
veterans often face a unique array of challenges
after deployment – such as mental and emotional
trauma along with prolonged separation from their
families – they need access to an equally unique
array of legal services. Alisé has already helped
her clients secure more than $150,000 in economic
benefits in just over a year of service.
Securing peace of mind for those who fought to
secure peace at home – that’s Equal Justice at Work.
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Department of Justice
- Office on Violence
Against Women
Fellowship
Tram Nguyen
Department of Justice/Office on Violence
Against Women Fellow Tram Nguyen
was born in Vietnam and immigrated to
Massachusetts, where she became the
first member of her family to graduate
college. Inspired by her experience as
an immigrant woman, Tram works with
Greater Boston Legal Services to address
an overwhelming need for bilingual legal
assistance to victims of domestic violence,
stalking, and sexual assault in Boston’s
Vietnamese community.
In only one year, Tram has provided legal
assistance to over 400 clients, helping
many escape abusive relationships and
navigate high-risk housing situations. She
provides critical representation to clients
in custody and divorce proceedings who
do not have access to an interpreter.
Ending the silence around domestic
violence – that’s Equal Justice at Work.
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The Office on Violence Against
Women Fellowship began
in the fall of 2013 through a
Department of Justice grant
awarded to Equal Justice
Works in collaboration
with Greater Boston Legal
Services and the Center for
Community Health Education
Research and Service
(CCHERS).
Equal Justice Works Legal Fellow
Tram Nguyen provides culturally
competent, comprehensive,
bilingual legal assistance to victims
of domestic violence, stalking, and
sexual assault in greater Boston’s
highly underserved Vietnamese
immigrant communities.
This specific project and Fellow
were chosen for their unique
ability to address segments of the
community often denied access to
needed legal aid services because
of language barriers and cultural
differences. These challenges
have resulted in increased risk of
sexual violence among Vietnamese
immigrants. Working closely with
a bilingual domestic violence
and sexual assault advocate from
CCHERS, Tram provides survivors
with services designed to meet the
needs – both legal and non-legal –
of this marginalized population.
Employment
Opportunity Legal
Corps
Many of the 11 million
unemployed Americans will
not even be considered for
scarce jobs due to minor
offenses or the trend of
criminalizing misbehavior in
high schools.
The Employment Opportunity
Legal Corps is an Equal Justice
Works-led initiative funded by
AmeriCorps that puts 40 lawyers
and approximately 100 law
students into service around the
country to work on removing legal
barriers to employment.
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Engagement & Advocacy
T
Student Debt Information to Law Students and Lawyers
he Law School Engagement & Advocacy Unit works
with law school administrators, faculty, and students to
increase awareness of Equal Justice Works’ programs,
advocate for practices that support students’ pursuit of public
service, and expose all students to the rewards of public interest
law. This unit’s work falls within five major programs and
categories:
Employer Presence at Conference and Career Fair
Equal Justice Works’ Conference and Career Fair:
This annual fall event is the largest national public interest legal conference
and career fair, with 1,200–1,300 students, more than 140 public interest
employers, and 120 law school professionals attending from across the
country.
Educational Debt Relief and Outreach:
We advocate for programs like Public Service Loan Forgiveness and provide
law students, law schools, and legal organizations with information on how
those programs can help overcome the student debt burden that often
prevents graduates from pursuing – and remaining in – public interest
careers.
Membership:
Students and graduates of our member law schools have access to Equal
Justice Works’ resources, programming, and Fellowships. We currently have
199 members, including 95 percent of ABA-accredited law schools.
National Advisory Committee:
This 14-person committee of law students and professionals (such as public
interest advisors or administrators) from member schools provides guidance
and feedback as we collaborate to expand public interest opportunities for
law students and lawyers.
Webinars
E-book
Other
Student Engagement:
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Growing employer attendance at our annual Conference and Career Fair.
In a stagnant legal job market, students attending this major event had a
chance to network with 147 public interest legal employers, a 6 percent
increase from 2013. On average, employers offered five candidates an
internship, externship, part-time, or full-time postgraduate position.
These were many attendees’ first legal jobs – and their first steps of long
public interest legal careers.
•
Successfully retooling our student debt offerings to focus on law students
and lawyers. Eight months into FY 2015, over 3,500 law students and
lawyers have viewed our free student debt webinars or downloaded
our free student debt e-book, “Take Control of Your Future: A Guide to
Managing Student Debt.” Well over 6,000 have engaged with us in other
ways, like following us on social media. We successfully moved our
popular student debt blog from U.S. News to the much larger platform
offered by the Huffington Post, and it is already the fourth most popular
source of referral traffic to our website.
The Student Engagement program connects directly with law students, building
support and resources to ensure every student has the opportunity to engage in a public
service experience during law school. We strive to instill the ethic that everyone has
the responsibility to work toward equal justice, as law students and throughout their
careers.
Highlights from the Law School Engagement & Advocacy Unit’s work in 2014 include:
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Reaching thousands of students through innovative programming like virtual panels
and meetings, national student organizing workshops, in-person visits, and pro
bono projects. We reached 32,000 of 37,924 students who started law school in 2014
with information about Equal Justice Works, implemented a three-part webinar
series with special guest speakers to introduce students to careers in public interest
law, and co-hosted a successful Naturalization Clinic for which student sign-ups
exceeded capacity.
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Financials
As of June 30, 2013 - 2014
“I developed a passion to affect positive
change by helping our society’s most
vulnerable populations exercise their rights
and advocate for themselves effectively.”
Assets
Current Assets
2014
2013
Cash and Cash Equivalents
1,808,963
607,526
Grants and Pledges Receivable
3,816,708
3,551,572
Accrued Interest Receivable
18,592
24,185
Prepaid Expenses
779,746
698,573
Total Current Assets
6,424,009
4,898,106
Investments
9,766,391
8,313,714
Property and Equipment, Net
237,556
256,565
Deposits
33,623
49,873
Total Assets
16,461,579
13,502,008
--Anequa Campbell, AmeriCorps Legal Fellow
Liabilities and Net Assets
Total Assets
Current Liabilities
2014
2013
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
505,773
470,039
Accrued Salaries and Benefits
165,874
150,190
Refundable Advances and Sponsorships
1,334,592
856,816
Other Liabilities
37,438
22,945
Total Liabilities
2,043,677
1,499,990
Undesignated
5,974,097
5,652,106
Designated
1,978,767
1,303,904
Total Unrestricted
7,952,864
6,956,010
Temporarily Restricted
6,000,131
4,581,101
Permanently Restricted
464,907
464,907
Total Net Assets
14,417,902
12,002,018
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
16,461,579
13,502,008
Net Assets Unrestricted
2014
39%
60%
1%
0%
Total Current Assets
Investments
Property and Equiptment, Net
Deposits
36%
62%
2%
0%
2013
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“The most meaningful experience has
been the ability to work with and serve
so many refugees who are in dire need
of legal assistance.”
Revenue
2014
2013
Fellowships
5,189,519
4,584,839
Other Grants
15,000
106,667
Federal Grants
1,751,250
2,135,880
Annual Dinner and Events
2,680,447
2,478,309
Membership and Dues
452,875
464,000
Individuals and Other Income
113,991
105,838
Cy Pres
362,854
0
In-Kind Contributions
30,438
45,500
Designated Net Assets Used to Fund Expenses 650,000
650,000
Total Revenue
11,246,374
10,571,033
2014
2013
Fellowships Program
5,928,973
5,346,529
Federal Programs
1,868,501
2,582,163
Law School
800,309
891,426
Fundraising
1,019,205
855,683
Communications
287,468
239,355
In-Kind Contributions
30,438
45,500
Management and General
989,489
683,829
Total Expenses
10,924,383
10,644,485
Change in Undesignated Net Assets
321,991
(73,452)
-Mark Doss, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Revenue
2014
Expenses
46%
0%
16%
24%
3%
2%
3%
0%
6%
Fellowships
Other Grants
Federal Grants
Annual Dinner and Events
Membership and Dues
Individuals and Other Income
Cy Pres
In-Kind Contributions
Designated Net Assets
43%
1%
20%
24%
4%
1%
0%
1%
6%
2013
54%
17%
8%
9%
3%
0%
Fellowships Program
Federal Programs
Law School
Fundraising
Communications
In-Kind Contributions
Management and General
50%
24%
8%
8%
2%
1%
7%
2013
Expenses
2014
9%
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2014 Institutional
Supporters
$1,000,000 +
Corporation for National and
Community Service - AmeriCorps
$500,000 - $999,999
Carnegie Corporation of New York
$100,000 - $249,999
Anonymous
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
LLP
ALM
The Arnold & Porter FoundationArnold & Porter LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Attorney General of the State of
Illinois
The Texas Access to Justice
Foundation
DLA Piper
Baker & McKenzie
Getnick & Getnick LLP
$250,000 - $499,999
Morgan, Lewis & Bockus LLP
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KPMG LLP
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Ottinger Foundation
The Paul Rapoport Foundation
Pfizer Inc
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Foundation - Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman LLP
The Sidley Austin Foundation
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Edison International
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Thomson Reuters
Foley Hoag LLP
Chevron Corporation
The UPS Foundation
FordHarrison
The Chicago Bar Foundation
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women
Gilbert LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
The Humane Society of the United
States
Danaher Corporation
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Intel Corporation
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP
Intellectual Ventures
DuPont
WilmerHale
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Crowell & Moring Foundation Crowell & Moring LLP
Fidelity Investments
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Foundation
The Florida Bar Foundation
Walgreens
Hewlett-Packard
Winston & Strawn LLP
Hogan Lovells
$50,000 - $99,999
21st Century Fox
The Morrison & Foerster
Foundation
Latham & Watkins LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Albert & Anne Mansfield
Foundation
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
Norflet Progress Fund
Alston & Bird LLP
“Through my project, I will have the
opportunity to assist other veterans who
have given so much to their country, and
provide much needed support to resolve legal
challenges that create barriers to success.”
- Kimberly M. Adams, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Jenner & Block LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
The Home Depot
Kaye Scholer LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
The McKenna Long & Aldridge
Foundation
Medtronic
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Foundation - Munger, Tolles &
Olson LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
$25,000 - $49,999
3M
AIG
Animal Welfare Trust
Aon
Apple Inc.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott LLP
Viacom Inc.
Bickel & Brewer
Bill Brockett Public Interest
Fellowship
Biogen Idec
Borden, Ladner, Gervais LLP
Boston Scientific Corporation
BP
The Clorox Company
Cooley LLP
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Day
King & Spalding
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mayer Brown LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
MetLife
Morgan Stanley
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Norton Rose Fulbright
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &
Stewart, P.C.
Oracle Corporation
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Raytheon Company
Ropes & Gray LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Staples
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
University of Washington School
of Law
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Deere & Company
Walmart
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Discover Financial Services
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
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$5,000 - $9,999
Amazon
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
$10,000 - $24,999
“Ultimately, my goal is to
reunite veterans with their
children and see that the
children are provided for.”
Allen & Overy LLP
Arent Fox LLP
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Ballard Spahr LLP
Best Buy
- Rebecca Miller,
AmeriCorps Legal Fellow
Bryan Cave LLP
BuckleySandler LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart
General Electric Company
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
LLP
General Mills, Inc.
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Goodell DeVries
Public Welfare Foundation
Goodwin Procter LLP
RealNetworks
Dechert LLP
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis
LLP
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
L.L.P.
Delhaize Group
Hunton & Williams LLP
Royal Street Corporation
Dentons
Immucor
Schiff Hardin LLP
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
International Paper Company
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Irell & Manella LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton LLP
Facebook
K&L Gates LLP
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
Forman Perry Watkins Kuruz &
Tardy LLP
Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner &
Richeson, LLC
Fox Rothschild LLP
Lane & Waterman LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
LLP
McCarter & English, LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP
Becton Dickinson and Company
Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick &
Pearson LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Conkle, Kremer & Engel, PLC
Northeastern University School
of Law
Conrad O’Brien PC
Plumsea Law Group, LLC
Polsinelli
Sedgwick LLP
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Estrella, LLC
Boston Trust & Investment
Management Company
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
Stanford Law School
Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso
PLLC
Stoel Rives LLP
Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young,
LLP
Hill Wallack, LLP
Texas A&M University School of
Law
Keker & Van Nest LLP
CBS Corporation
Clifford Chance US LLP
Coloplast Corp.
Comcast
CR Bard
Eimer Stahl LLP
Exelon Corporation
Fennemore Craig
Georgetown University Law
Center
The Glover Park Group
jcpenney
Time Warner Inc.
University of Denver Sturm
College of Law
University of North Carolina
School of Law
University of St. Thomas School
of Law
The University of Texas School of
Law
Valparaiso University School of
Law
Van Cott Bagley Cornwall &
McCarthy
Kipling Law Group PLLC
Vista IP Law Group LLP
Squire Patton Boggs
Larson King LLP
St. John’s University School of
Law
Legal Executive Leadership, LLC
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice,
PLLC
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
D’Amato & Lynch
Snyder, Clark, Lesch & Chung
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Counsel on Call
Bookoff McAndrews PLLC
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal
Peisch & Ford, LLP
Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Illinois Institute of Technology
ConocoPhillips
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Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Farney Daniels LLP
Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP
Lavin, O’Neil, Ricci, Cedrone &
DiSipio
Leadership Research Institute
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Maslon Edelman Borman &
Brand, LLP
McVey & Parsky LLC
Morgan, Brown & Joy
Scheer & Zehnder, LLP
Segal McCambridge Singer &
Mahoney
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight,
L.L.C.
T-Mobile
Yum! Brands Inc.
Trop Pruner & Hu, PC
Zeughauser Group
Trout Cacheris, PLLC
Vold & Williamson, PLLC
Tonkon Torp LLP
Loyola University Chicago School
of Law
Troutman Sanders LLP
McKinsey & Company
Venable LLP
Merck & Co., Inc.
Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
Wiley Rein LLP
New York University School of
Law
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Nike, Inc.
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Burnham Brown
$2,500 - $4,999
Wagner Blecher, LLP
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
Worsek & Vihon LLPZeughauser
Group
Equal Justice at Work: Lawyers Helping Community
Made Possible by You
2014 Individual
Supporters
$150,000 +
Anonymous (2)
$75,000 - $100,000
$10,000 - $24,999
Peter M. & Lucy Ascoli
David T. Biderman
David M. Brodsky
Family of Hyman Edelman
FJC A Foundation of
Philanthropic Funds
M. Randall Oppenheimer & Julie
Oppenheimer
$51,000 - $74,999
Anonymous
Amelia Salzman & Randal Milch
Friends & Family of Philip M.
Stern
$25,000 - $50,999
Anonymous (2)
Sheila C. Cheston
Marc Gary
The Honorable Sven Erik Holmes
Michael D. Jones
Kim Koopersmith
Donn P. Pickett
Laura Stein
Mark D. & Rebekah Wasserman
Dan K. Webb
Ivan K. & Sharon Fong
Paul T. Friedman
Mary Rose Alexander & Timothy J.
Gilfoyle
Henry B. Gutman
Tom, Jane & Sean Heiden
David Stern & Tracey Hughes
Anastasia D. Kelly
Kovler Foundation/Peter & Judy
Kovler
Larry D. Kramer
Kelly Bulkeley & Hilary K. Krane
Michael L. Lehr
Rachel Kronowitz & Mark Lewis
Thomas J. Scherer
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Elizabeth Ann & Michael L. Keeley
Laura Gustafson & Richard
Kirkpatrick
Daryl A. Libow
James McKeown
Carol Ann Petren
Teresa Wynn Roseborough
Gregory B. Craig
Gene Assaf & Liz McHenry
Thomas L. Sager
Allen & Linda Saeks Family
Foundation
Jonathan Dickey
R. Bruce McLean
Catherine Samuels
Marc M. Seltzer
Diane & Thomas Donovan
Shailesh Mehra
Jennifer Selendy
David Simmons
Joseph Fleming
Ronald O. Mueller
Spitzer Family Foundation
The Bernard & Anne Spitzer
Charitable Trust
Alexander Forger
James M. & Virginia W. Newmyer
Family Fund
Robert & Lucretia Risoleo
Henry & Paula Stern
Mark Tushnet
$2,500 - $4,999
Andrew T. Bayman
Leonard B. Simon & Candace M.
Carrol
Allen P. Waxman
Peter B. & Marian Wright Edelman
Sean & Anne Coffey
Gregg LoCascio & Amy Dixon
Richard C. Godfrey
Susan J. Hackett & Richard E.
Hagerty
- Kathryn Smolinski, Equal Justice Works Alumnus
John Landis
Michael G. & Linda S. CaudellFeagan
Louis J. Briskman
“I am convinced that legal assistance can be
instrumental in easing the cancer disease burden
and improving quality of life if provided in a
timely, sensitive and competent way.”
David Zapolsky & Lynn Hubbard
Esta Stecher
$5,000 - $9,999
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Maurice Suh
Diana Tabacopoulos
Brian & Marcy Frosh
Pamela B. Gilbert & Charles R.E.
Lewis III
Jack H. Olender
Camille Pannu
Andrew Gilman
Ruth & Stephen Pollak
Jonathan Greenblatt
Phillip Reed
Katherine Borsecnik & Gene Weil
Kevin J. Hamilton
Patricia Reilly
Peter Zeughauser
Clifford M. Sloan & Mary Lou
Hartman
Scott Roberts
Jamie S. Gorelick & Richard E.
Waldhorn
$1,000 - $2,499
Amos Hartston
Robert Helm
James L. Henderson III
Norman Rubenstein
Joan Sabatino
Joel S. Sanders
Daniel B. & Toby S. Edelman
Martha Bergmark & Elliott
Andalman
D. Cameron Findlay
Ramón Arias
Eric A. Kremer
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
Michelle Banks
Nicholas Latrenta
Murray Indick & Jan Lachman
Edward M. Basile
Carol Lee
Gregory P. Landis & Ann LoGerfo
David Bonham
David F. Levi
Irene McPhail
Glenn Campbell
Judith Lichtman
Middle Road Foundation
James Carroll
The Honorable Ann Claire
Williams & Mr. David J. Stewart
Karen & Robert Nagle
Kelly McNamara Corley
The Honorable Consuelo Marshall
Madeleine McDonough
Craig Corbitt & Nancy Stolz
Maureen Kelly
Sheva Sanders
Joseph Tabacco & Peggy Schmidt
Joseph M. Sellers
Dena Sher
The Honorable Samuel Skinner
Emily J. Spitzer
Equal Justice at Work: Lawyers Helping Community
Made Possible by You
2014 Individual
Supporters
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Maureen Del Duca
Ronald Klain
Tisha Schestopol
William C. Silverman
Michael Wagner
Walter Dellinger
Albert H. Kramer
George Schieren
Fredric Singerman
Robert N. Weiner
Michael Dennin
Christopher Landau
Scott Taylor
David A. Wilson
Monica Dixon
Karen Lash
Lawrence S. Ottinger & Cinthia H.
Schuman
Laurence H. Tribe
George C. Wu
David Elson
Judith Dimant Lentz
The Sher Family Foundation
Edwin U
Mary K Young
Andrew Federhar
Peter Lieb
Dean William Treanor
Sarah Fleckner
Mark London
Jonathan P. Graham & Elizabeth
B. Ulmer
Stephen Fraidin
Thomas V. Loran III
Jeanne Van Vlandren
Elizabeth Shea Fries
Joanne Ludovici-Lint
Stuart Funderburg
Tim McNutt
Jim Gillespie
Robert Meadows
Thomas A. Gottschalk
Craig Miles
John Graham
Keith Moheban
Lori Grange
Heidi Murdy-Michael
Joseph & Merna Guttentag
David Nissen
Herbert J. & Jeanne H. Hansell
Kerry O’Brien
Dan Abuhoff
Russell Hansen
Joseph & Margot Onek
William Alderman
Zachary Harmon
Amanda Allexon
Kathleen A. Welch & Shelley
Hearne
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick &
Mrs. Diane Patrick
$1,000 - $2,499
continued
Deanell Reece Tacha
Eugene Tillman & Bonnie
Thomson
Steven M. & Sheila M. Virgil
Darrell Walker
Christopher Wray
$500 - $999
Martin Aron
Barry Boss
Felicia Boyd
Bradley Bugdanowitz
Martin Carmichael
John Cleary
Andrew Clubok
David Cole
Paul Collins
Thomas Cullen, Jr.
H. Henken
James Herschlein
Laura Taylor
Gabriel Holloway
Mark Holscher
Embry Howell
Joan Humes
Robert Kapp
Mary C. Kennedy
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Craig Silliman
Barbara A. Uhler
“Working directly with individuals
is so impacting and so powerful;
to see how the work that I do with
them can actually help to change
their lives for the better.”
- Emile (Milo) Primeaux, AmeriCorps Legal Fellow
Jeffrey Powell
Timothy A. Pratt
Beryl A. Radin
Laura Reiff
Brad Riley
Jeff Rosen
Ezra Rosenberg
Debbie Ruskin
Thomas J. Sabatino Jr.
Joseph F. Savage Jr.
Equal Justice Works Cy Pres Awards
We are grateful to the following
firms for designating Equal
Justice Works as a Cy Pres Award
recipient in 2014:
Mehri & Skalet, PLLC
Scott + Scott LLP
Sprenger + Lang, PLLC
Equal Justice at Work: Lawyers Helping Community
Made Possible by You
Board of
Directors
A
t Equal Justice Works,
we rely on the support
of our board members
as we continue our work to
close the justice gap. Our
board, which includes leaders
from the legal, academic,
corporate, and public sectors,
has the breadth of influence
and experience necessary
to get our work done. From
corporations to nonprofit
organizations, and from law
schools to courtrooms, our
board members represent
diverse backgrounds and
bring a rich variety of
perspectives to Equal Justice
Works.
Margo R. Ahn
Valparaiso University School of Law
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Ivan K. Fong
3M
Paul T. Friedman
Morrison & Foerster
The Honorable Sven Erik Holmes
KPMG LLP
Sherrilyn Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational
Fund, Inc.
Michael D. Jones
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Rachel Kronowitz
Gilbert LLP
The Honorable
Consuelo B. Marshall
United States District Court,
Central District of California
Telana McCullough
Oklahoma City University School of
Law
Kathryn H. Ruemmler
Latham & Watkins LLP
Thomas J. Scherer
AIG Property Casualty
Laura Stein
The Clorox Company
Deanell Reece Tacha
Pepperdine University School of
Law
William M. Treanor
Georgetown University Law Center
Mark D. Wasserman
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Dan K. Webb
Winston & Strawn LLP
Beth A. Wilkinson
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Sheila C. Cheston
Northrop Grumman Corporation
M. Randall Oppenheimer
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
The Honorable Ann C. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th
Circuit
Lauren A. Fisher
University of Houston Law Center
Donn P. Pickett
Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP
Julia R. Wilson
OneJustice
Equal Justice Works Officers
Kim Koopersmith, Chair
Judith L. Lichtman, Secretary
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
National Partnership for Women and Families
Randal S. Milch, Vice Chair
Michael L. Lehr, Treasurer
Verizon
Greenberg Traurig
Equal Justice Works Board of Directors members The
Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall of the United States
District Court, Central District of Columbia; and Paul T.
Friedman of Morrison & Foerster.
Equal Justice at Work: Lawyers Helping Community
Made Possible by You
Thank You /
Coming Attractions
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Thank you
Coming Attractions
E
T
qual Justice Works
could not have achieved
any of the last year’s
accomplishments without the
generous support of partners
and donors like you. Your
contributions made it possible
for our Fellows to change
lives, empower communities,
and make real progress in
the fight for equal access to
justice all across the United
States. From the largest cities
to the most rural counties –
and everywhere in between
– your support allowed us to
put justice within reach for the
most vulnerable among us. We
are truly grateful.
“An advocate who is simply willing to listen
to what is happening in someone’s life can
make a big difference by that act alone.”
- Sparky Abraham, Equal Justice Works Fellow
he beginning of 2015
our history to the biggest
has already seen
audience our student debt
exciting developments,
educational materials have
including the placement
ever seen. Of course, we are
of lawyers working on
also hard at work planning
our newest
for this October’s
programs: justice
annual events –
AmeriCorps, the
The next year has the Conference
VISTA Affordable
and Career Fair,
many milestones
Housing
Annual Dinner,
in store, from
Preservation
and Leadership
the largest
Project, and the
Development
AmeriCorps
Employment
Training – which
JD class in our
Opportunity
promise to
history to the
Legal Corps. We
be even more
biggest
audience
are excited to
rewarding
our
student
debt
begin sharing
than last year.
educational
the preliminary
We anticipate
materials
have
results from our
great things in
ever seen.
Fellows working
2015, and we
in the field right
look forward to
now on these
sharing them
innovative and crucially
with you – the partners,
needed programs. The next
sponsors, and donors who
year has many milestones
continue to make our work
in store, from the largest
possible.
AmeriCorps JD class in