Presidents Reception 2023

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

Please contact Elizabeth Spivak at 202-780-2592 or [email protected] with any questions or corrections.

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
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Williams & Connolly

Gold Benefactor

Allen & Overy LLP
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

ArentFox Schiff LLP
Baker McKenzie
Ballard Spahr LLP
Caplin & Drysdale
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Cooley LLP
Dentons US LLP
Epstein Becker Green
Fenwick & West
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Goodwin Procter LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth 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
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sulllivan & Cromwell LLP
Ullico, Inc.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
White & Case LLP
Wiley Rein LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Pro Bono Partner

Richard & Emily Alexander
Susan M. Allen
Robert B. Barnett
Blake A. Biles & Laura L. Sessums
A. Scott Bolden
J. Penny Clark
Frederick D. Cooke, Jr.
John C. Cruden
Jennifer A. Duane
Marc L. Fleischaker
Nathalie Gilfoyle
Matthew L. Haws
Susan M. Hoffman
Ted & Judy Howard
James W. Jones
Paul F. Khoury
Joseph E. Kolick, Jr.
Paul S. Lee
Andrew Maccabe
Andrew H. Marks & Susan G. Esserman
Kelli & Lionel Neptune
Thomas C. Papson & Toby Singer
Mary Ellen Powers
Bruce E. Rosenblum
Daniel C. & Teresa Moran Schwartz
Mark H. Tuohey III
Kelly D. Voss & Steve Kaplan
Roger E. Warin
Timothy J. Webster

Pro Bono Council

Stephen Anthony
Cecily Baskir & John Freedman
James F. Bendernagel
Brigida Benitez
Catherine “Katie” Bertram
Barry Buchman
David W. DeBruin
John M. Dowd
Matthew M. Duffy
Reid M. Figel
Hamilton Fox, III
David C. Frederick
Elizabeth S. Gere & William F. Causey
Minsuk Han
Mark C. & Anne Hansen
Thomas G. Henthoff
Eric L. Hirschhorn & Leah Wortham
Michael K. Kellogg & Nancy Pugh
Geoffrey M. Klineberg
Michael A. Koch
Carolyn Lamm & Peter Halle
Daniel Hettich
Ira Lechner
Charles C. “Charlie” Lemley
Esther H. Lim & John C. Yang
Charles R. Lowery, Jr.
Carol & Gene Ludwig Family Foundation
Mira N. Marshall
Darryl Maxwell & Janice Bashford
Louis T. Mazawey
Katherine A. Mazzaferri
Erum Z. Mirza
Andrea Agathoklis Murino
Michael Nemeroff
David M. Ogden
Peggy Lansbach O’More & Sean Colm O’More
Aaron M. Panner
William J. Perlstein
Carter G. Phillips
Gregory G. Rapawy & Jessica Sky Boyer
Michael P. Reilly
Jane C. Sherburne
Robert J. Spagnoletti & Bernard Lewis
George P. Stamas
Silvija A. Strikis
Maureen Thornton Syracuse
K. Chris Todd
Joshua Toll
John K. Van De Weert, Jr.
Natalie S. Walker
James M. Webster
David B. Weinberg
Melvin White

Law Firm & Corporate Patron

Alston & Bird LLP
Baker Botts LLP
Banner Witcoff
Beveridge & Diamond
Blank Rome
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Curtin Law Roberson
Dunigan & Salans, P.C.
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert LLP
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Furey Doolan & Abell LLP
Groom Law Group
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Linklaters LLP
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Miller & Chevalier, Chartered
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Sheppard Mullin
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Vedder Price
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
ZwillGen PLLC

Law Firm & Corporate Sponsor

ACC National Capital Region
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
David A. Clark School of Law
Duane Morris LLP
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Fastcase
Fish & Richardson P.C.
GMP LLP
Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
Hollingsworth LLP
Jackson & Campbell, P.C.
KaiserDillon PLLC
Keller and Heckman LLP
Klein Horning LLP
Mintz
Nixon Peabody LLP
O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue LLP
Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
The Piorkowski Law Firm PC
Potomac Legal Group PLLC
Wendy H. Schwartz & Associates, PLLC
Squire Sanders Patton Boggs
Thompson HD
Thompson Hine LLP
Troutman Pepper
Van Ness Feldman
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

Patron

Lise Adams
Hon. Alfonso L. Adderly (ret.)
Daniel R. Barney
Caryl S. Bernstein
Amy L. Bess
Christina Biebesheimer
Mary L. Blatch
Angela Boone
John G. Buchanan, III
Graeme Bush
Paulette Chapman
Vincent J. Colatriano
Ryan C. Compton
William J. Conyngham
Katherine C. Cooper
David J. Cynamon
Michael Day
Peter B. Edelman
Ted & Lee Ellett
Susan & Tim Gibson
Andrew E. Goldsmith
Thomas A. Gottschalk
Adrian Gottshall
Jeffrey T. Green
Richard Grime
Joseph S. Hall
John J. Halloran, Jr.
Shirley Ann Higuchi
Howard Hogan
Regina M. Hopkins & Larry Glenn
Emily P. Hughes
Janene D. Jackson
John R. Jacob
Kim M. Keenan
Laura Klein
June B. Kress
Phillip A. Lacovara
Evan T. Leo
Gabriella Lewis-White
Arthur L. Liberman
Lisa Lipsky
Myles V. Lynk
Yolanda D. McGill
Kris Meade
John M. Nannes
Amy Nelson & Shannon Graving
Karen A. Newton Cole
James T. Phalen
Mark D. Pugliese
John H. Quinn, Jr.
Alexander L. Reid
Joan Rinaldi, in memory of Laura Rinaldi
James E. Rocap, III
Lawrence A. Schneider
Thomas G. Schultz
Jason Schwartz
Hon. Nan R. Shuker (ret.)
Shavon J. Smith
Smollar Kuntz Locey, PLLC
Shaun & Grace Snyder
Annamaria Steward
Anne L. Stone
Amir Tayrani
Brian W. Thompson
Tia Trout-Perez
Hon. Annice McBryde Wagner (ret.)
William D. Wallace
Jay S. Weiss
David B. Witherspoon
Jeremiah M. Wolsk
Charles R. Work & Veronica Haggart
Cynthia G. Wright

Sponsor

Karla Iliana Arias
David Jonas Bardin
David Baron
Bruce H. Bernstein
James D. Bishop
Susan Low Bloch
Katherine S. Broderick
G. Brian Busey
Barbara Butterworth
George R. Clark
H. Guy Collier & Catherine Colyer
Christopher Conte
Walter S. Cowger
Shayan Davoudi
Kathy Downey
Hon. Stephanie Duncan-Peters (ret.)
Marc F. Efron
Robert N. Falk
Holli Jo Feichko
Nicholas W. Fels
Andrea C. Ferster
Alexander Fine
Jeffrey S. Gutman
Theodore Hester
Carl Sai Hung Ho
Elizabeth Ising
Sheila D. Jones
Brian Koosed
Susan M. C. Kovarovics
Mollie Megan Lacchini
Charles W. Lockyer, Jr.
Margarita & Peter Lorenzetti
Andrea Mangones
Thomas B. Mason
John E. McCarthy
Nicholas S. McConnell
M. Elizabeth Medaglia
Fatema Merchant
Steven Miller
Kevin Minsky
Darrell Mottley
Bradley E. Oppenheimer
Ellen Ostrow
Linda E. Perle & Neil Levy
Aryeh S. Portnoy
Ramya Ravindran
David A. Reiser
Pamela Robinson
Richard P. Rome & Demetri Koutrouvelis
Jessica T. Rosenbaum
Judith Sandalow
Lois J. Schiffer
Paul M. Smith
Anita Stephen
Jerry Stouck
Lucy Thomson
Edward G. Varrone
Jeffrey D. Watkiss
Courtney Weiner
Andrea D. Williams