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Special Recognition for our Supporters

We'd like to recognize and thank our supporters. We couldn't do it without you!

2008 Gala Sponsors


Platinum

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Keker & Van Nest LLP
Audet & Partners, LLP Lafayette & Kumagai LLP
Bingham McCutchen LLP Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP
Covington & Burling LLP Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Farella Braun + Martel LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Fenwick & West Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Foley & Lardner Shartsis Friese LLP
Hanson Bridgett LLP Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Heller Ehrman LLP Stein & Lubin LLP
Hemming Morse, Inc. StoneTurn Group, LLP
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, PC Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
K & L Gates Winston & Strawn LLP

Gold

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP  

Silver

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP  

Bronze

Latham & Watkins LLP Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Pewter

BASF Board of Directors Principal Builders
BASF Foundation 2008 Gala Dinner Committee Robert Half Legal
Carroll Burdick & McDonough LLP Roeca Haas Hager LLP
Citi Private Bank Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP
Epstein Becker & Green, PC Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP
JAMS Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht & Schoenberg
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP  

Pearl

Arnold & Porter Jones Day
Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Carlson, Calladine & Peterson, LLP Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson LLP
Chapman Popik & White LLP Long & Levit, LLP
Clarence & Dyer LLP Perkins Coie LLP
Cooper White & Cooper LLP Rosen, Bien, & Galvan, LLP
DLA Piper Priya S. and Michael D. Sanger
Duane Morris LLP Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold LLP
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP Weinberg & Wilder
Huron Consulting Group

Wells Fargo Bank , N.A.

2008 Gala Co-Chairs

Peter Carson
Bingham McCutchen LLP
William Orrick
Coblentz, Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Susan Kumagai
Lafayette & Kumagai LLP
 


2008 Gala Committee Members

Tammy Albarrán  
Covington & Burling LLP
Nicole Harris
Pacific Gas & Electric Company Law Department
Fred W. Alvarez
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Clothilde Hewlett
K&L Gates
William M. Audet
Audet & Partners, Inc.
Gerald M. Hinkley
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Merri A. Baldwin
Chapman, Popik & White
Christopher C. Kearney
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Charles S. Birenbaum
Winston & Strawn LLP
Steven R. Lowenthal
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Jeffrey L. Bleich
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Joe M. Malkin
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Deborah Broyles
Reed Smith LLP
Stephen A. Mansfield
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Laura K. Carter
Winston & Strawn LLP
Raymond C. Marshall
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Kelly M. Dermody
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Peter C. Meier
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Christopher F. Emley
Law Offices of Christopher F. Emley
Richard W. Odgers
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Fey Epling
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Stuart Plunkett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Robert Charles Friese
Shartsis Friese LLP
Neil Popovic
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Kathryn “Kate” Fritz
Fenwick & West, LLP
Russel S. Roeca
Roeca Haas Hager, LLP
Paul E.B. Glad
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Christy Richardson
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Jennifer Golinveaux
Winston & Strawn LLP
Tracy L. Salisbury
Shartsis Friese LLP
Mark L. Hair
StoneTurn Group, LLP
Jonathan S. Storper
Hanson Bridgett LLP

 


Brosnahan Society Donors

PARTNER'S CIRCLE $50,000 ($10,000/year)
Alan Brayton
Brayton Purcell
Jack Londen
Morrison & Foerster LLP
James Brosnahan
Morrison & Foerster LLP
David Mattingly
Mattingly & Minnin LLP
Melvin Goldman
Morrison & Foerster LLP
 

 

COUNSELORS $25,000 ($5,000/year)
William Audet
Audet & Partners, LLP
James M. Finberg
Altshuler Berzon LLP
David Balabanian
Bingham McCutchen LLP
David Honig
Winston & Strawn LLP
Joseph Cotchett
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
 

 

ADVOCATES $10,000 ($2,000/year)
Jeffrey Bleich
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Judith McKelvey
Law Offices of Judith G. McKelvey
James Donato
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Angela L. Padilla
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Jerome Falk
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, PC
Jeffrey Ross
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Sarah Flanagan
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Guy Rounsaville
The Doctors Company                                   
Paul E. B. Glad
Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP
Darin Snyder
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
David Heilbron
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Jon Streeter
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Annette Hurst
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
James C. Sturdevant
The Sturdevant Law Firm, APC
Steven S. Kaufhold and Christy Richardson
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Joseph Tabacco
Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo
John Keker
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Robert Van Nest
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Katrina June Lee
Nossaman LLP
Douglas Young
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Joseph M. Malkin
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Richard Zitrin
Charlotte and Arthur Zitrin Foundation

 

ASSOCIATES $5,000 ($1,000/year)
William Alderman
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Arturo González
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Nicholas M. Baran
The Bar Association of San Francisco
Richard Grosboll
Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Teveia Barnes
Foley & Lardner LLP
Joan Mei Haratani
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Daniel Bookin, O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Anne Bookin

Christopher C. Kearney
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Angela Bradstreet
Labor Standards Enforcement
The Honorable Marla Miller, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco and David Kremer

The Honorable Steven Brick, Alameda County Superior Court and Ann Brick, ACLU
Lorie Nachlis
Nachlis & Fink
Deborah Broyles
Thelen LLP
Susan O'Neill
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Dan Burkhardt
The Bar Association of San Francisco
William Orrick
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Patrick Cafferty, Jr.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Donn Pickett
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Tiela Chalmers
The Bar Association of San Francisco
Stuart C. Plunkett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Mark Chavez
Chavez & Gertler, LLP
Eliza Rodrigues

Nanci L. Clarence
Clarence & Dyer, LLP
Russell S. Roeca
Roeca Haas Hager, LLP
Daralyn J. Durie
Durie Tangri, Lemley Roberts & Kent LLP
Stephanie Powers Skaff
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Joanne Garvey
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Thomas Smegal
The Law Offices of Thomas F. Smegal Jr.
Margaret Hart Edwards
Littler Mendelson
Therese Stewart
Office of the City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco and Carole Scagnetti
Scott A. Fink
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
James Strother
Wells Fargo  & Company Law Department
Paul D. Fogel
Reed Smith LLP
Ragesh Tangri
Durie Tangri, Lemley Roberts & Kent LLP
Robert Friese
Shartsis Friese LLP
James V. Weixel, Jr.
Weixel Law Office
Andrew Giacomini
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Thomas B. Worth, Law Offices of Thomas B. Worth and Amy Worth
Edward T. Goines
Sui Generis, PC
 

 

FELLOWS $1,000 ($200/year)
Michael J. Agoglia
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Daro Inouye
San Francisco Public Defender's Office
Arthur Albrecht
Attorney at Law
Edward Kallgren
Five Bridges Foundation and Joyce Kallgren
Mary E. Alexander
Mary Alexander & Associates, PC
Peter Keane
Golden Gate University
Cristine Arguedas
Arguedas, Cassman & Headley, LLP
Donald E. Kelley, Jr.
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
Merri A. Baldwin
Chapman, Popik & White LLP
Daniel Kelly
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Tracy A. Barrett
Law Office of Tracy A. Barrett
Judith Droz Keyes
Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Alan B. Bayer
Bayer & Borlase
Randall Knox
The Law Office of Randall G. Knox
Laurel Beeler
United States Attorney's Office
Raymond Marshall
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Ruth N. Borenstein
Morrison & Foerster LLP
M. Elizabeth McDanielSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Heather E. Borlase
Bayer & Borlase
Peter Meier
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Peter Boutin
Keesal, Young & Logan PC
Dale Minami
Minami Tamaki LLP
Jerome Braun
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Andrew E. Monach
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Sara Brody
Sidley Austin, LLP
Ann Murphy
The Bar Association of San Francisco
Shawn Christianson, Buchalter Nemer and Philip McLeod, Keesal, Young & Logan, PC
C. Todd Norris
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
William Coblentz
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Tamar Pachter
Office of the Attorney General, State of California
Miles Cooper
The Veen Firm, P.C.
David Pai
California Department of Justice
Craig Corbitt
Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette, LLP
Alfred Pfeiffer
Latham & Watkins LLP
Susan R. Cox
The Bar Association of San Francisco
Edwin Prather
Clarence & Dyer LLP
Joseph De Hope
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Kathi Pugh
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Kelly Dermody
Lieff Cabraser Heimann Bernstein LLP
Daniel E. Purcell
Keker & Van Nest LLP
William Edlund
Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller

Paul Renne
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
S. Fey Epling
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Joshua A. Ridless
The Law Offices of Joshua A. Ridless
Fred Feller
Buresh Kaplan Jang & Feller
Catherine Samuels
Open Society Institute
Robert Feyer
Orrick, Herrington & Sutchliffe LLP
Priya Sanger
Wells Fargo & Company Law Department
Makai Fisher
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
Michael Sears
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Kevin Fong
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
James Seff
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Kirk Freeman
Law Offices of Kirk B. Freeman
Linda E. Shostak
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Furth Family Foundation R. James Slaughter
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Sandra L. Geiger
Russell Investments
Jonathan Storper
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Lawrence Goldberg                              
Robert Thompson
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP
Natalie Gubb
Gubb & Barshay LLP
Michael Traynor
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Melinda Haag
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
L. Julius M. Turman
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sue Hansen
Administrative Office of the Courts
Felicia Vallera
The Law Office of Felicia Vallera
Jonathan Hayden
Lovitt & Hannan, Inc.
The Honorable Rebecca Westerfield (Ret.)
JAMS
Malcolm Heinicke
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Keith Wetmore
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Dennis Herrera
Office of the City Attorney,City and County of San Francisco
The Honorable Garrett L. Wong
San Francisco Superior Court
Clothilde Hewlett
Nossaman LLP
Mary Wright
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, LLP
Peter Huston
Latham & Watkins LLP
The Honorable Carol Yaggy San Francisco Superior Court
Phyllis Jaudes
Morrison & Foerster LLP
 

 

SUPPORTER'S CIRCLE $500 ($100/year)
Julie Bahret
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Commissioner Agatha Hoff (Ret.)
Sean Byrne
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Nan Joesten
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Peter Bothel
Cassidy, Shinko, Dawson, Kawakami
Richard S. Kinyon
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Kevin D. Caton
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
J. Timothy Nardell
Nardell Chitsaz & Alden LLP
Laura Goldin and Tony RothschildRothschild & Goldin
Stacey M. Sprenkel
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Douglas L. Hendricks
Morrison & Foerster LLP   
 



2008 Cy Pres Donors

Anonymous Contributor Robert Mills
The Mills Law Firm
S. Chandler Visher
Law Offices of S. Chandler Visher
 

Anonymous Conitrbutor

Law Firm, Foundation and Corporate Contributors

ACC America Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson PC
Arnold & Porter LLP
LexisNexis
Audet & Partners, LLP
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Littler Mendelson, PC
Bank of America
Long & Levit, LLP
Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP Louis R. Lurie Foundation
Bingham McCutchen LLP Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC
Blattel Communications
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
California Bar Foundation
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Carlson Calladine & Peterson LLP
McCown & Evans LLP
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
Meyer and Friedman Fund
Cartridge Recycling for Environmental Protection (C.REP)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Chapman, Popik & White LLP
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Charlotte & Arthur Zitrin Foundation
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Chevron Corporation
Murray & Murray, APC
Citi Foundation/Citi Smith Barney
Nossaman LLP
Citi Private Bank O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Clarence & Dyer LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Pacific Gas & Electric Company Law Department
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Pantheon Ventures/Russell Investments
Cooper, White & Cooper LLP
Paoli & Geerhart, LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Partners Ending Domestic Abuse Fund of Tides Foundation
Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Dechert, LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
DLA Piper
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Principal Builders, Inc.
Duane Morris LLP
Robert Half International, Inc.
Epstein Becker & Green, PC
Roeca Haas Hager, LLP
Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Rosenthal & Company LLC
Fenwick & West, LLP
San Francisco 49ers Foundation
First Republic Bank
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Fotouhi, Epps, Hillger & Gilroy, LLP Shartsis Friese LLP
Gordon & Rees LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Gross Belsky Alonso LLP
Sideman & Bancroft, LLP
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Heller Ehrman LLP
Stein & Lubin, LLP
Hemming Morse, Inc.
StoneTurn Group, LLP
Hewlett-Parkard Company
SuttleLaw, P.C.
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Target Community Relations
Hopkins & Carley
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, PC
The San Francisco Foundation
Huron Consulting Group
Tipping Point Community
JAMS
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Jones Day Trucker Huss, APC
K&L Gates
Union Bank of California Foundation
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Verizon Wireless
Lafayette & Kumagai LLP
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Latham & Watkins LLP
Weinberg & Wilder
Law Offices of Mary L. Topliff
Wells Fargo Bank & Company Law Department

Law Offices of S. Chandler Visher
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
LECG
Winston & Strawn LLP
Lee and Perry Smith Fund  

 

We would also like to thank the following supporters and partners:

AIDS Legal Referral Panel
JustGive.org
Bay Area Legal Aid
Pro Bono Institute
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Superior Courts of California, County of San Francisco
California Association of Food Banks
The San Francisco Council of St. Vincent de Paul
City and County of San Francisco
The Legal Services Trust Fund Program of
Community Health Charities
The State Bar of California
Equal Justice Works--AmeriCorps
United Way of the Bay Area
Eviction Defense Collaborative
US District Court For The Northern District of California