The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia's

19th Annual Servant of Justice Awards Dinner

 

Opening Reception




Dr. GloriaWilderBrathwaite (Partnership Award Honoree), Charles DeSantis,
Mary Lou Soller, Board Member (Miller & Chevalier Chartered), Jonathan M. Smith, Executive Director


Shirley Horng, Staff Attorney, Julie Becker, Senior Staff Attorney,
Beth Mellen Harrison, Staff Attorney, Rosanne Aviles, Staff Attorney



Michael Bartscherer, Board Member, Amy Bartscherer and
Jodi Feldman, Director of Pro Bono and Intake Programs



Arlene Fine Klepper, Presenter, (Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP) and
Martin Klepper, Board Vice President, (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)



James vanR. Springer, Voluneer Staff Attorney,
Michael E. Nannes, Event Co-Chair and Board Member, (Dickstein Shaprio LLP),
and Barbara B. Brown, Board Member, (Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP)



DC Council Member Carol Schwartz and
Jamie Gorelick, Presenter, (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)




Robert Cooper, Board Member, (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP),
Philip W. Horton, Board Member and Past President, (Arnold & Porter LLP) and
Anothy T. Pierce, Board President, (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)



Arent Fox Guests Karen Carr, Erin Barnes, Randall Brater, and Rania Hago with Jodi Feldman



Opening Remarks by Event Co-Chairs
Joyce Trimble Gwadz (Dow Lohnes PLLC) and Michael Nannes



Parnership Award Honorees Dr. Gloria Brathwaite (CORE HEALTH) and
Dr. Rhonique Shields-Harris (Children's National Medical Center)



Klepper Prize for Volunteer Excellence Recipient Melissa K. Bianchi (Hogan & Hartson)
with Arlene Fine Klepper, Presenter



Servant of Justice Award Recipients Seth P. Waxman (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) and
Richard L. Roe (Georgetown University Law Center)