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Presidents Reception 2023

The Presidents Reception 2023

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center gratefully acknowledges our loyal donors and friends and colleagues of incoming D.C. Bar President Charles R. Lowery, Jr. who generously contributed to the 2023 Presidents Reception by May 2, 2023. Thank you for supporting the Pro Bono Center as we continue to serve our neighbors in need.

It’s not too late to contribute to the 2023 Presidents Reception and make a difference in the lives of our neighbors. Pledges and contributions received by June 2nd will be recognized in the event program and in the Washington Lawyer. For more information, please contact Angela Boone at [email protected] or 202-780-2733.

Underwriters

Platinum Underwriter

Arnold & Porter
The Steptoe Foundation

Gold Underwriter

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Latham & Watkins LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
WilmerHale

Underwriter

Covington & Burling LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Foundation
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pacesetter

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
DLA Piper LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick, PLLC
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
King & Spalding LLP

Presidents Circle

Hogan Lovells
Jenner & Block
K&L Gates
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Williams & Connolly

Gold Benefactor

Foley & Lardner
Jones Day
Winston & Strawn LLP

Benefactor

Erica J. Dominitz & Yaron Dori
Ron Flagg & Patti Sharin Flagg
Stephen I. Glover
Jamie S. Gorelick
Ellen M. Jakovic & David Lipson
Patrick McGlone & Kevin Taylor
John W. Nields, Jr.
Steve & Ruth Pollak
Martha L. Rees & Frank W. Hobbs, Jr.
James J. Sandman & Elizabeth D. Mullin
Chad & Christina Sarchio

Law Firm & Corporate Benefactor

Baker McKenzie
Ballard Spahr LLP
Caplin & Drysdale
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Epstein Becker Green
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Lathrop GPM Foundation
McKinney Figini LLC
Munger, Tolles & Olson Foundation
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Ullico, Inc.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
White & Case LLP
Wiley Rein LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Pro Bono Partner

Susan M. Allen
Robert B. Barnett
Scott Bolden
J. Penny Clark
Frederick D. Cooke, Jr.
John C. Cruden
Jennifer A. Duane
Matthew L. Haws
Susan M. Hoffman
Ted & Judy Howard
James W. Jones
Paul S. Lee
Andrew H. Marks & Susan G. Esserman
Kelli & Lionel Neptune
Thomas C. Papson & Toby Singer
Mary Ellen Powers
Bruce H. Rosenblum
Mark H. Tuohey III
Kelly D. Voss & Steve Kaplan
Timothy J. Webster

Law Firm & Corporate Patron

Alston & Bird LLP
Banner Witcoff
Beveridge & Diamond
Blank Rome
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans, P.C.
Dechert LLP
Groom Law Group
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl
Linklaters LLP
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sheppard Mullin
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Vedder Price
ZwillGen PLLC

Pro Bono Council

Cecily Baskir & John Freedman
James F. Bendernagel
Brigida Benitez
Catherine “Katie” Bertram
Barry Buchman
David W. DeBruin
Matthew M. Duffy
Reid M. Figel
Hamilton Fox, III
David C. Frederick
Elizabeth S. Gere & William F. Causey
Minsuk Han
Mark C. & Anne Hansen
Eric L. Hirschhorn & Leah Wortham
Michael K. Kellogg & Nancy L. Pugh
Geoffrey M. Klineberg
Carolyn Lamm & Peter Halle
Esther H. Lim & John C. Yang
Charles R. Lowery, Jr.
Mira N. Marshall
Darryl Maxwell & Janice Bashford
Katherine A. Mazzaferri
Erum Mirza
David Ogden
Peggy Lansbach O'More & Sean Colm O'More
Aaron M. Panner
Carter G. Phillips
Gregory G. Rapawy & Jessica Sky Boyer
Jane C. Sherburne
Robert J. Spagnoletti & Bernard Lewis
Silvija A. Strikis
Maureen Thornton Syracuse
K. Chris Todd
Natalie S. Walker
James M. Webster
Melvin White

Law Firm & Corporate Sponsor

Ain & Bank, P.C.
BakerHostetler
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Bernstein & Lipsett, PC
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
The Cochran Firm
Cohen & Gresser LLP
Cozen O'Connor
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Fastcase
Fish & Richardson P.C.
GMP LLP
Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
Hollingsworth LLP
KaiserDillon PLLC
Klein Horning LLP
Mintz
Nixon Peabody LLP
O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP
The Piorkowski Law Firm PC
Potomac Legal Group PLLC
Thompson HD
Thompson Hine LLP
Troutman Pepper
Wendy H. Schwartz & Associates, PLLC
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

Patron

Hon. Alfonso L. Adderly (ret.)
Daniel R. Barney
Caryl S. Bernstein
Amy L. Bess
Christina Biebesheimer
Mary L. Blatch
Angela Boone
Paulette Chapman
William J. Conyngham
Katherine C. Cooper
David J. Cynamon
Peter B. Edelman
Susan & Tim Gibson
Andrew E. Goldsmith
Adrian Gottshall
Jeffrey T. Green
Joseph S. Hall
John J. Halloran, Jr.
Shirley Ann Higuchi
Emily P. Hughes
John R. Jacob
Kim M. Keenan
Laura Klein
June B. Kress
Phillip A. Lacovara
Evan T. Leo
Gabriella Lewis-White
Lisa Lipsky
Myles V. Lynk
John M. Nannes
Amy Nelson & Shannon Graving
James T. Phalen
Mark D. Pugliese
John H. Quinn, Jr.
Alexander L. Reid
James E. Rocap, III
Lawrence A. Schneider
Thomas G. Schultz
Shavon J. Smith
Smollar Kuntz Locey, PLLC
Shaun & Grace Snyder
Annamaria Steward
William D. Wallace
Jay S. Weiss
David Witherspoon
Charles R. Work & Veronica Haggart
Cynthia G. Wright

Sponsor

Karla Iliana Arias
David Jonas Bardin
Bruce H. Bernstein
Susan Low Bloch
Katherine S. Broderick
G. Brian Busey
Barbara Butterworth
George R. Clark
Shayan Davoudi
Kathy Downey
Hon. Stephanie Duncan-Peters (ret.)
Marc F. Efron
Robert N. Falk
Nicholas W. Fels
Andrea C. Ferster
Carl Sai Hung Ho
Sheila D. Jones
Brian Koosed
Susan M. C. Kovarovics
Mollie Megan Lacchini
Carolyn Lerner
Andrea Mangones
Thomas B. Mason
M. Elizabeth Medaglia
Fatema Merchant
Kevin Minsky
Darrell Mottley
Bradley E. Oppenheimer
Ellen Ostrow
Linda E. Perle & Neil Levy
Ramya Ravindran
David A. Reiser
Judith Sandalow
Lois J. Schiffer
Paul M. Smith
Anita Stephen
Jerry Stouck
Edward G. Varrone
Courtney Weiner
Andrea D. Williams

* Past Presidents and Leaders of the Women’s Bar Association and Women’s Bar Association Foundation in honor of Ellen M. Jakovic, the first WBA or WBAF leader to be elected D.C. Bar President.

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