We would like to recognize and thank the following people for their pro bono support:
Atlanta
KINDness Matters Award – Melissa Oellerich New, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Katie Hall, Alston & Bird LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Jennifer Hickey; Sharon Effatt Howard, Esq., The Howard Law Firm, P.C.; Mariana Elisa Rivera
Baltimore
KINDness Matters Award – Michael V. Forlini, Forlini Law Group
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Tim Mulligan
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Aaron Aguilar, Niki Finck, Kristin Herber, John McGrory, Daniel J. Smith, Under Armour, Inc.
Boston
KINDness Matters Award – Leticia C. Pimentel, Robinson & Cole LLP
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Jacob D. Geller, Geller Benjamin, LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Cecilia Amendola, Ariana Campos Serna, Bryan Chegwidden, Karina Gonzalez, Ryan Kramer, Sam Levitt, Keith MacLeod, Misha Spivakovsky-Gonzalez, Adam Zhang, Ropes & Gray LLP
Family Unity
KINDness Matters Award – Melisa Desperak, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Amalea (Amy) Khoshaba, Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Lauren Carasik, John McDonald, Western New England University School of Law
Fresno
KINDness Matters Award – Blake Nordahl, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Max Scott, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Dan Ankenman, Tom Counts, Euiyoung (Ellen) Lee, Matt Monforte, Hayleigh Shobar, Paul Hastings, LLP
Houston
KINDness Matters Award – James Sonnier
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Cullen Pick, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Collin R. Hopkins, Colleen Murphy, Michelle Pector Rice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Los Angeles
KINDness Matters Award – Gracie E. Maynetto, Heather L. Richardson, Emily Sauer, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Alex Cadena, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Rodolfo Munoz, J. Raef Rothschild, Ava Shelby, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
New York
KINDness Matters Award – Brian Wegrzyn, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Susan K. Bloom, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Christopher Isaacs, Oliver Oks, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Newark
KINDness Matters Award – Nichole M. Valeyko, Merck & Co., Inc.
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Laura Raposo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – M. Judy Calderón, Minal Patel, Kara Thomas Beck, DLA Piper; Jennifer E. Connor, Verizon
Northern Virginia
KINDness Matters Award – Hannah Juricic
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Amanda E. Koman, Williams & Connolly LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Ragad Abdulmajeed Alfaraidy, Anna L. Dykema, Ruchi G. Gill, Faiza Hasan, Joseph C. Hudzik, Victor Razon, Kimon Kimball Triantafyllou, Yanyan Yang, Latham & Watkins LLP
Orlando
KINDness Matters Award – Ali Sachoo, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
San Francisco
KINDness Matters Award – Anuradha Farey Lingappa, Prosetta Biosciences, Inc.
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – Jeffery G. Bairey
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Gina Caspersen, Aldo E. Ibarra, Nixon Peabody
Seattle
KINDness Matters Award – Sarah Mohr, Amazon.com, Inc.
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – David Wilson, Microsoft
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – Yejin Kim, Drew Pollom, Ogden Murphy Wallace
Washington, D.C.
KINDness Matters Award – Shirley Brandman
Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award – David Brzozowski, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Pro Bono Team of the Year Award – John Coffron, Svetlanna N. Espinosa-Valdes, Aleeza Kanner, Brighid O’Donoghue, Brian Rubin, Theodore Smith, Julia Webb, Eversheds Sutherland
