Annual Event 2024

SAVE THE DATE!

Celebrating Legal Aid at Work’s 108th Anniversary  

We invite you to join us in recognizing the impactful work we do in partnership with our clients and their communities to advocate for justice on the job.

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Four Seasons Hotel
757 Market Street in San Francisco

Deadline for recognition in invitation: May 3
Deadline for recognition in program book: June 3

Questions? Please contact Steve Heimerle at events@legalaidatwork.org or 415-593-0138

Keynote Speaker

Michele Goodwin
Georgetown University Law Center

Michele Bratcher Goodwin is the Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Co-Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. She has a broad range of interests in the spheres of cultural politics, civil liberties, and human rights, and is recognized as a leading expert on the regulation of medicine, science, and biotechnology. We are delighted that Professor Goodwin — a leading scholar, prolific author, passionate advocate, and forceful public commentator across media platforms, including guest appearances on MSNBC, will be in our company.

Mathew O. Tobriner
Public Service Award

Marlene Sanchez
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

The Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service Award will be given to proud San Francisco Native, Chicana, movement leader, organizer, and formerly incarcerated woman, Marlene Sanchez. Her work at the Young Women’s Freedom Center, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), Alliance for Girls, All of Us or None (AOUON); and Ella Baker empowered and supported many vulnerable people. In particular, Marlene has advocated for the rights of the formerly incarcerated, women, and girls.

Lateefah Simon, President of Meadow Fund, will present the Award.

Thank You to Our Sponsors and Donors

Champion


Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Attorneys at Law Logo

Founders


Cooley LLP Logo

Visionary


Latham & Watkins LLP Logo

White & Case LLP 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Patrons


Crowell & Moring LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Hemming Morse, LLP

Hunter Pyle Law

Jones Clifford, LLP

Outten & Golden LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

Supporters


Alexander Morrison + Fehr, LLP

Allred Maroko & Goldberg

Andrus Anderson LLP

Folger Levin LLP

Friedman & Springwater LLP

JAMS

Katz Banks Kumin LLP

Kazan McClain Partners’ Foundation

Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.

Marsili Mediation

Minami Tamaki LLP

Mintz

Nichols Kaster, PLLP

Olivier & Schreiber LLP

Joshua and Jennifer Peck

Julie M. Riewe

Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP

Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP

Kristin and Douglas Snyder

The Villegas Law Firm, APC

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Zelle LLP

Challengers


A & R Advisory Services LLC

Altshuler Berzon LLP

Beneficial State Bank

Cohelan Khoury & Singer

Bob and Ruth Dell

Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP

Christopher T. Heffelfinger

Kaufmann & Gropman LLP 

Patrick and Gwen Mahoney

Louise M. McCabe and Donald T. Gray

Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll

Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak

Roberts Disability Law, P.C.

The Sampath Law Firm

Shartsis Friese LLP

Advocates


Galen Arkush Ages

Beeson, Tayer & Bodine, APC & Dale L. Brodsky

Epiq

Ellen A. Friedman

Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho

Impact Fund

Joan M. Graff

William N. Hebert and Lori A. Schechter

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP

The Honorable Thomas F. Smegal, Jr. (Ret.)

The Honorable John M. True, III (Ret.)

Law Office of Jeannette A. Vaccaro

Lenard G. Weiss

Ling Yuan

Legal Aid at Work Development Committee

Christopher T. Micheletti, Zelle LLP, Co-Chair

Joshua Peck, Sixth Street, Co-Chair

Jennie Lee Anderson, Andrus Anderson LLP

Aelish M. Baig, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Sara B. Brody, Sidley Austin LLP

Michael B. Dell, Shartsis Friese LLP

Nicholas D. Fram, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP

William N. Hebert

Christopher T. Heffelfinger, Berman Tabacco

Matthew S. Kahn, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Hilary C. Krase, Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Laura K. Lin, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Allison B. Moser, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP

John Mullan, Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP

Jahan C. Sagafi, Outten & Golden LLP

Dylan G. Savage, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Eric C. Wiener, Morrison & Foerster LLP