The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
88th Anniversary Luncheon

THANK YOU!

The Society's annual benefit luncheon on June 9th raised a record-setting amount for our work providing free legal services to working poor families. The event brought together a capacity crowd of more than 860 members of the Bay Area's legal, corporate, and public interest communities, as well as members of the judiciary, to mark the Society's 88th year of service. A succession of inspiring performers, special guests, and honorees helped focus attention on the struggles of the working poor and offered new visions for change. The board and staff extend their deep appreciation to the following firms, individuals, guests, and sponsors who played an essential role in raising critical funding for our programs and made the luncheon a thought-provoking and moving event.

Host Committee Co-Chairs
Jose R. Allen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Mary B. Cranston, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
Robert M. Dell, Latham & Watkins LLP
Robert L. Lieff, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Stephen C. Neal, Cooley Godward LLP
George M. Newcombe, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
James M. Strother, Wells Fargo & Co.
Keith C. Wetmore, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Honorary Committee
Senator Barbara Boxer
Mayor Jerry Brown
Henry Der
Maria Echaveste
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Hon. Joseph Grodin
Kerry Kennedy
Dale Minami
Representative Nancy Pelosi
Carlos and Deborah Santana
Jon Streeter
Kirke Wilson

Guest Presenters
Mayor Jerry Brown
Richard W. Odgers
Hon. Cruz Reynoso
Carlos Santana

2004 Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service Award
Dolores Huerta, civil rights leader

Keynote Speaker
David K. Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Special Presentation
Kirke Wilson, Rosenberg Foundation

Lead Sponsor:



Major Sponsors:







Event Sponsors:

Morrison & Foerster, LLP http://www.mofo.com
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP www.pillsburywinthrop.com

Sponsors:

Cooley Godward LLP www.cooley.com
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP www.hewm.com
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin www.howardrice.com
Latham & Watkins LLP www.lw.com
Wells Fargo www.wellsfargo.com
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati www.wsgr.com

Benefactors:

California Teachers Association
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Visa International
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Winston & Strawn LLP

Patrons:
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Baker & McKenzie
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Cooper, White & Cooper LLP
Covington & Burling
Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
Gordon & Rees, LLP
Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy LLP
Hildebrandt International, Inc.
Hinton, Alfert & Sumner
Jones Day
Kaiser Permanente
Kazan, McClain, Edises, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons & Farrise
Keker & Van Nest LLP
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Piper Rudnick LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
SBC California
Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Silver & Taube
Steefel, Levitt & Weiss
Stoel Rives LLP
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Union Bank of California

Supporters
Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain
Association of Legal Administrators
Friedman Dumas & Springwater
Greene, Radovsky, Maloney & Share, LLP
Jones, Clifford, Johnson & Johnson LLP
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Law Offices of Michael G.W. Lee
McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt LLP
Minami, Lew & Tamaki LLP
Neyhart, Anderson, Freitas, Flynn & Grosboll
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
Rosen, Bien & Asaro
San Francisco Black Fire Fighters Association
Schneider & Wallace
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Siegel Management Strategies LLC
The Sturdevant Law Firm

Organizational Sponsors
Law Schools
Golden Gate University School of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law, Center for Social Justice and Public Service/Alexander Community Law Center

Community Organizations
Koret Foundation
VanLobenSels/RembeRock Foundation

Warm thanks to our many other event donors and guests

To receive an invitation to the Society's future events, e-mail cbartlett@las-elc.org.