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.