Pro Bono Partnership
10th Anniversary Celebration, March 13, 2008

On March 13, 2008, 300 guests -- attorneys from corporations and law firms throughout the tri-state area,
supporters and clients -- gathered at Skadden Arps in New York City to celebrate the Pro Bono
Partnership's first decade of pro bono legal assistance to the nonprofit community and to recognize a
number of outstanding volunteers.  The Partnership is grateful to our sponsors for helping make this event a
great success:  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (our host); Citi; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; and Axiom.

 

We also honor those corporate program participants and individual attorneys who have received our 1st Decade Awards in recognition of their superlative volunteer commitment over the past ten years.

 

Extraordinary Service Award Winners:  General Electric Corporation and Toni Anne Nichels, Employment & HR Counsel, Xerox Corporation

 

Distinguished Award Winners:  Honeywell International, Inc.; Prudential Financial; Schering-Plough Corporation and Leonard D. Andrew, Retired Associate General Counsel, IBM Corporation; Lee Braem, Senior Corporate Counsel & Deputy Compliance Officer, Evonik Degussa Corporation; Susan Corcoran, Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP; and Anahaita Kotval, Managing Director & General Counsel, RBS Greenwich Capital.

 

Click on the arrows below to scroll through the event photos.  If you would like a copy of any of the photos, please contact Lisa Rosenbloom.

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