Justice on the Job
109th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
5:30-8:00 P.M.
Legal Aid at Work holds one primary fundraising event each year to provide essential general support for our work on behalf of low-wage workers and their families. Join with community members and public interest leaders who are passionate about social justice as we celebrate our 109th anniversary.
Deadline for recognition in program book: June 3rd
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.
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, Santa Clara County Poet Laureate
Hailing from East San Jose by way of Guerrero, Mexico, Reyes made a name for himself at the age of sixteen, captivating Bay Area audiences with deeply moving spoken word performances.
Thank You to Our Sponsors and Donors
Champion
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
Hunter Pyle Law
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP with Luann L. Simmons
Outten & Golden LLP
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
Sara Brody and Rob Gailey
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
Minami Tamaki LLP
Mintz
Nichols Law, P.C.
Olivier & Schreiber PC
Joshua and Jennifer Peck
Julie M. Riewe
Roberts Disability Law, P.C.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
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
Church State Council
Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee
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
Justice James Lambden
Wilmer J. Harris
William N. Hebert and Lori A. Schechter, In Honor of Joan Graff
Impact Fund
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
TONG LAW, P.C.
Honorable John M. True, III (Ret.)
Ling Yuan
Special thanks to:
Christopher T. Micheletti
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