Justice on the Job
109th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
Event photos by Katelyn Tucker
Thank you to our guests who turned out in support of Justice on the Job, our annual event held on June 26 at the Four Seasons San Francisco, as well as to those who were unable to attend.
We had a wonderful evening complete with excellent hors d’oeuvres, fine wine and craft beer, a live jazz band that set a festive tone and a room full of spirited supporters and friends.
And it was capped by an exceptional program-which included a powerful address by our Mathew O. Tobriner Service Award presenter Bill Ong Hing, an inspiring acceptance speech by the Awardee Maria Hinojosa and highlights of our organization’s meaningful work passionately delivered by our colleague Maria Tapia-Hernandez. Together they created an unvarnished snapshot of where our nation is today in our ongoing struggle for equity, the dignity of work, and the rule of law and by implication how far we must travel to achieve our vision of a just society.
Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service Award
Maria Hinojosa
Maria Hinojosa is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mexican American journalist whose nearly 30-year career includes reporting for PBS, CBS, WNBC, CNN, NPR, and WGBH. She is the anchor and co-executive producer of the Peabody-winning Latino USA, founder and president of Futuro Media Group, an independent, nonprofit organization based in Harlem, and a frequent guest on MSNBC.
Listen to Maria Hinojosa reflect on Latina visibility in media.
Bill Ong Hing
Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service Award presented by Bill Ong Hing, Professor of Law and Migration Studies, and Founding Director of the USF Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
Special Guest
Yosimar Reyes
Yosimar Reyes is the current Santa Clara County Poet Laureate and was named the 2024 Creative Ambassador by the City of San José. A writer, poet, and performer, Reyes is widely recognized for his compelling storytelling and exploration of the undocumented and queer experience.
Thank You to Our Sponsors and Donors
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Founder
Visionary
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pacesetter
Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Patrons
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Hemming Morse, LLC
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP with Luann L. Simmons
Outten & Golden LLP
Hunter Pyle Law
Sidley Austin LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Supporters
Alexander Morrison + Fehr, LLP
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg
Altshuler Berzon LLP
Andrus Anderson LLP
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Sara Brody and Rob Gailey
Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee
Epiq
Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP
Folger Levin LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Friedman & Springwater LLP
JAMS
JND Legal Administration
Jones Clifford, LLP
Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Kazan McClain Partners’ Foundation
Leonard Carder, LLP
Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.
Minami Tamaki LLP
Mintz
Nichols Law, P.C.
Olivier & Schreiber PC
Joshua and Jennifer Peck
Julie M. Riewe
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Roberts Disability Law, P.C.
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP
Trucker Huss, APC
The Villegas Law Firm, APC
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
White & Case LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Zelle LLP
Challengers
Beeson, Tayer & Bodine, APC with Dale L. Brodsky
Beneficial State Bank
Cohelan Khoury & Singer
Robert and Ruth Dell
Joan M. Graff
Rikki Grubb, In Honor of Joan Graff
Christopher T. Heffelfinger
Patrick and Gwen Mahoney
Matern Law Group
Louise M. McCabe and Donald T. Gray
Minnis & Smallets LLP
Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak, A.P.C.
Beth Ross and Laura Trupin
The Sampath Law Firm
Nate & Traci Shafroth
Shartsis Friese LLP
Simpluris, Inc.
Kristin and Douglas Snyder
Swanson & McNamara LLP
Law Offices of Jeannette A. Vaccaro, P.C.
Peter H. Werner
Advocates
Galen Arkush Ages
Berman Tabacco
Juliet Brodie and Jane Schacter
Annette P. Carnegie
Church State Council
Adrianne De Castro, In honor of Mike Gaitley
Engineers & Scientists of California Local 20
Equal Justice Society
Scott Fink and Kathy Klein
Ellen A. Friedman
Wilmer J. Harris
William N. Hebert and Lori A. Schechter, In Honor of Joan Graff
Impact Fund
Justice James Lambden
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
TONG LAW, P.C.
Honorable John M. True, III (Ret.)
Ling Yuan
Special thanks to:
William Alsup
Bar Part Time
Christopher T. Micheletti
The Duckhorn Portfolio
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
San Francisco Giants
Sixth Street and Bay FC
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
Daniel A. Cody, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
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
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