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AT BRYAN CAVE, we strongly encourage all of our lawyers

to engage in pro bono work. This commitment reflects one

of our firm’s core values: We make a difference in our com-

munities and society. Regardless of professional prominence

or workload, we believe that pro bono work is a professional

responsibility and can be one of the most rewarding experi-

ences in the life of a lawyer.

Our firm is a charter signatory to the Pro Bono Institute’s

Law Firm Pro Bono ChallengeSM, a unique global aspirational

pro bono standard. Charter signatories acknowledge their

institutional, firmwide commitment to provide pro bono

legal services to low-income and disadvantaged individuals.

Therefore, the priority for Bryan Cave’s pro bono program is

to offer legal services benefiting persons of limited means

and nonprofit organizations servicing those individuals’

needs, and to advocate for civil rights, human rights, civil

liberties and public rights.

Rather than a complete compilation, this report is a snapshot

of the types of pro bono projects the firm handled in 2015

– important work that included civil rights and public rights

law, prisoner cases, asylum cases, child abduction matters,

family law and counseling nonprofit organizations.

Introduction

PRO BONO

Overview of 2014 Pro Bono Projects

Public Policy/Civil RightsFederal Voting Rights LawsuitBryan Cave was engaged as co-counsel on behalf of the NAACP and other interested plaintiffs in a federal vot-ing rights lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The action alleges that African-American voters were improperly removed from the voter rolls in the town of Sparta, Ga. The action was brought against the Hancock County Board of Elections and Registration alleging claims under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and under the U.S. Constitution. Lawyers out of Bryan Cave’s Atlanta office are spearheading this effort.

Amicus Briefs in Support of Missouri State Felon-in-Possession LawBryan Cave, on behalf of our client St. Louis Regional Chamber, and in conjunction with the city of St. Louis, the Archdiocese of St. Louis, SSM Health and the Demetrious Johnson Foundation, filed three amicus briefs with the Missouri Supreme Court seeking to up-hold the Missouri state felon-in-possession law as applied to all previously convicted felons. The law had been chal-lenged in several recent cases, including one in which a St. Louis Circuit Court judge ruled that recently enacted Amendment 5 to the Missouri Constitution invalidated the felon-in-possession law as applied to felons whose un-derlying convictions are deemed not violent in nature. The state appealed that ruling to the Missouri Supreme Court. In early 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that Amendment 5 does not allow nonviolent felons to carry guns. The am-icus briefs were prepared by a cross-office team of Bryan Cave lawyers in St. Louis and San Francisco.

National Center for Transgender EqualityBryan Cave in 2015 completed an important pro bono

project for the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGal). The months-long collaborative project produced the Name and Gender Change Guide for New Jersey Residents, which is expected to form an integral part of LeGal’s weekly New Jersey LGBTQ Pro Bono Legal Assistance Clinic. The guide will be used by the volun-teer attorneys staffing the clinic, as well as members of the LGBTQ community, to assist in navigating the often complex process of changing one’s name or gender on both state and federal identification records. Attorneys in San Francisco and New York handled the work. This proj-ect came to us through our role on NCTE’s Trans Legal Services Advisory Council. Bryan Cave also provided pro bono help to NCTE on other projects.

Chang v. United States, et al.In ongoing work connected with Chang v. United States, et al., Bryan Cave continued its representation of a group of individuals swept up in a mass arrest during the 2002 World Bank/IMF protests in the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs were in Pershing Park when police formed a line and sealed the park. Everyone within the park was handcuffed, transported to detention facilities and held for up to 24 hours. Our work on this case was highlighted by The American Lawyer in its annual edition devoted to pro bono projects.

Prisoner RightsClemency ProjectThrough a partnership with Clemency Project 2014, a con-sortium of organizations working for sentencing reform, our lawyers evaluated or submitted clemency petitions on behalf of individuals who believe they have suffered the injustice of unduly harsh sentences. Twenty-one law-yers firmwide have been trained to identify individuals who likely would have qualified for lower sentences if

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OVERVIEW OF 2015 PRO BONO PROJECTS

sentenced under current law and policies. Many of the offenders were sentenced for crack cocaine-related offens-es before passage of the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act, which lowered the disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for those convicted of crack and powder co-caine-related crimes. During 2015, Bryan Cave attorneys evaluated the cases of 32 prisoners and submitted execu-tive summaries of their candidacies for commutation to Clemency Project 2014. Bryan Cave’s significant pro bono support of the Clemency Project 2014 was highlighted in The American Lawyer. Bryan Cave was featured as a “standout supporter” of the project.

Amicus Brief for Innocence Project Bryan Cave assisted with an amicus brief related to the constitutional rights of criminal defendants in West Virginia v. Buffey. This pro bono amicus brief was written and submitted by former state and federal prosecu-tors, including New York and DC Partner Mary Beth Buchanan, in support of the motion to overturn Joseph Buffey’s conviction, which the West Virginia Supreme Court did on Nov. 10. During the plea bargaining process, prosecutors withheld DNA testing results sug-gesting that Mr. Buffey was probably innocent. The state Supreme Court found this to be a serious violation of the Brady rule, which requires that prosecutors turn over potentially exculpatory information to defendants at criminal trials. In its opinion, the court referenced the amicus brief, which argued that prosecutors have a due process obligation to turn over exculpatory evidence pri-or to a defendant’s pleading guilty.

Transgendered Federal Inmate Our client, a male-to-female transgendered federal in-mate, asserted claims that the Bureau of Prisons failed to protect her from repeated assaults while incarcerated, and failed to provide adequate medical treatment for her gen-der dysphoria. In response to our complaint, the resulting settlement guarantees our client ongoing hormone ther-apy and psychological treatment consistent with best practices, access to female clothing and commissary items, the right to be called by her preferred name and gender pronouns, and commitments to regularly reevaluate her

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housing and medical care to ensure her safety and treat-ment. The Bureau of Prisons also agreed to pay $70,000 in damages. Our settlement received positive feedback from the prisoners’ rights community as an exceptional result that sets a high bar for the standards prisons must follow in the treatment and protection of transgendered inmates. This matter was handled out of Bryan Cave’s Denver office.

Habeas RepresentationsThe Dallas office is representing defendant Gerald Marshall, a death row inmate, in his federal habeas corpus proceeding. Mr. Marshall was convicted in November 2004 and sentenced to death for capital murder. Bryan Cave has acted as co-lead counsel on the habeas matter, working with a team of habeas and criminal-defense spe-cialists in Houston and Austin. In November 2015, the team filed Mr. Marshall’s initial petition for a writ of ha-beas corpus and has continued its efforts in this matter into 2016. In the St. Louis office, attorneys continued to press the courts to consider new DNA evidence from the crime scene and reopen the case of Donald “Doc” Nash, convicted of fatally strangling his girlfriend in 1982. Mr. Nash, now 73, is serving a life sentence. In 2015, Bryan Cave pursued an appeal of the wrongful conviction case to the Eighth Circuit. Work on this matter continues in 2016.

Other Individuals in NeedSyrian Asylum PetitionBryan Cave in St. Louis represented two Syrian sisters for whom the firm filed asylum applications based on their well-founded fears of religious persecution. Both sisters are devout Christians. Because their father is Muslim, however, they are considered apostates – a violation of the version of Sharia Law espoused by many of the warring militias in the Syrian Civil War (ISIS and the Al Nursra Front, among others). The family suffered the execution of family members and the horrific torture and murder of their parish priest was highlighted in a report that was submitted by an NGO to the U.S. Congress. Arguments

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in favor of granting asylum to the sisters had to be made not only with respect to Syria but also with respect to Jordan, by virtue of their father’s nationality, where apos-tates face similar dangers. Despite recent figures that reveal that less than 25 percent of asylum applications are granted by the U.S. and that only 13 people of Jordanian nationality have been granted asylum, both sisters were granted asylum. This allowed them to stay in the U.S.

Asylum Petition for El Salvador YouthAttorneys out of Bryan Cave’s Santa Monica office ob-tained asylum for a 12-year-old pro bono client who fled to the United States alone from El Salvador after members of a notorious gang threatened his life. He was detained when he entered Texas and faced deportation proceed-ings. With Bryan Cave’s help, he was granted asylum and was able to stay with his mother and continue middle school in Los Angeles.

Hague Convention JudgementAttorneys in the firm’s Phoenix office successfully ob-tained a favorable judgment ordering the return of a 10 year-old girl to her mother in Mexico. The girl’s father re-moved her from Mexico to the United States in violation of the mother’s custody rights in November 2014. This victory is part of the firm’s continued participation in the national pro bono Hague Convention Attorney Network in cooperation with the U.S. State Department.

Trust DisputeAttorneys in the Washington office won a jury trial in a pro bono case in Harford County, Md., to recover an orphan’s misappropriated inheritance. Our client was born in China and adopted by a single woman from Baltimore. Her mother died in 2010, leaving $300,000 from life insur-ance policies in a trust. Within two years, the trustee had transferred roughly half of the money to himself and half to his business associates. After a week-long trial, the jury rejected all defenses of the business associates, awarding the full amount of compensatory damages (nearly $150,000), plus $40,000 in punitive damages against each defendant.

We also contacted the local district attorney, leading to the original trustee’s conviction, and sued that trustee, who en-tered a consent judgment to repay the trust.

Custody DisputesAn attorney from Bryan Cave’s Charlotte office volunteered in several cases through the Custody Advocacy Program of the Council for Children’s Rights (CFCR). In many high-ly contested custody cases in Mecklenburg County, family court judges appoint CFCR to represent the best interests of the children. These cases involve high conflicts, sexual or physical abuse allegations, substance abuse allegations or psychological disorders, often making them some of the most difficult cases to resolve. CFCR and its volun-teers play a critical role in not only advising the court but also, in many cases, helping the parties work through their conflicts and reach a settlement. Whether resolution is achieved by trial or settlement, the children benefit from knowing that CFCR is advocating for their best interests.

Nonprofit Organizations +PoolBryan Cave began work with pro bono client +Pool, a New York nonprofit that plans to build a floating swimming pool in the East River. The pool will help filter the water of the East River and act as a symbol for clean waters. Attorneys in our New York office have provided assistance with environmental, regulatory and intellectual property law issues. This project has garnered much media atten-tion, including an article in Architectural Digest.

Rockaway Institute for a Sustainable EnvironmentThe culmination of a Bryan Cave pro bono project that dates back to 2008 was realized in 2015 with the official opening of the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance’s Rockaway Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE). Planners anticipate that RISE will be a hub for community-based programs and cultural activities. Formerly an abandoned

corporate governance matters The Armenian Community aims to promote and encourage fellowship among those of Armenian descent who are residents of Hong Kong and China, as well as those of other ethnic groups.

International Criminal Case against Kenyan OfficialsBryan Cave out of New York assisted in filing

an application – the first of its kind – at the

International Criminal Court (ICC) challenging

the decision by the Office of the Prosecutor

(OTP) to cease active investigation in the case

against high-ranking Kenyan officials, including

President Uhuru Kenyatta. The OTP withdrew

charges of crimes against humanity against

President Kenyatta following a systematic

campaign against the ICC by the Kenyan gov-

ernment. Kenyatta had been charged with

participation in murder, rape, forcible transfer

and other crimes committed against thousands

of Kenyans during the ethnic violence that en-

gulfed Kenya in the wake of the 2007 general

election. The ICC’s constitutive instrument,

the Rome Statute, makes victims active par-

ticipants in and beneficiaries of the ICC justice

process. Kenyan victims of the post-election vi-

olence claimed that without the ability to seek

judicial review of the OTP’s unilateral decision to

cease investigating and prosecuting the crimes

committed against them, this statutory objec-

tive is frustrated. A Bryan Cave team is working

with the ICC lawyer representing the victims in

this ongoing work.

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firehouse, RISE now boasts a gallery to exhibit art and film, and host live performances. The second floor has studio and lab space where emerging artists and scientists will lead community projects, lectures and classes through the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance’s programming for youth and local residents. It is hoped that RISE will help make the Rockaways, still rebuilding from Hurricane Sandy, a public tourist destination for the greater NYC community. This extensive pro bono work was handled out of the New York office. The firm continues to assist the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance in other matters.

Dawson Dance SFBryan Cave’s San Francisco office handled several pro bono contract drafting and review projects for Dawson Dance SF. One such project involved a contract with the producer of a multimedia production and DDSF. The parties had not clearly established the terms and condi-tions of DDSF’s participation in the project prior to the initial performance. Bryan Cave negotiated an agreement clarifying each party’s roles and responsibilities and the compensation structure. The Bryan Cave attorney also reviewed a facility agreement for an auditorium in New York City where DDSF performed.

Work for Nonprofits in International OfficesBryan Cave’s offices regularly aided nonprofit organiza-tions in various international communities. Bryan Cave’s Paris and London offices worked on several pro bono projects for Solidarités International, a humanitarian nonprofit organization that provides aid (namely water, food and shelter) in the event of conflict and natural disasters in countries that need it the most. The firm’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices assisted Foodlink Foundation Limited, a Hong Kong-registered charity founded in 2001. The foundation is dedicated to fighting hunger, building self-sufficiency and fostering nutrition-al wellness among those in need, while simultaneously reducing food wastage in hotels and food and beverage outlets in Hong Kong. Bryan Cave worked closely with the Armenian Community of Hong Kong and China on

Overview of 2013 Pro Bono Projects continuedOverview of 2014 Pro Bono Projects continued

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The Ferguson CommissionIn 2015, Bryan Cave in St. Louis served as legal counsel to the Ferguson Commission – a group of 16 diverse com-munity leaders appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to develop policy recommendations to address the underly-ing root causes that led to the unrest following Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo. The Commission’s efforts involved engaging with St. Louis-area organizations, in-ternationally renowned experts and community members to identify deep divisions within the region and publish a comprehensive report with policy recommendations to heal historic divides and work toward lasting positive change. The Bryan Cave team served as the Commission’s primary pro bono legal counsel. The team advised on Missouri’s sunshine laws by prescribing best practices for records management, public meetings and responses to record requests; advised on procurement laws, which require state entities to follow certain procedures when making purchases or hiring service providers; provided legal assistance for day-to-day operations; and offered general consultation regarding public relations matters.

Bryan Cave attorneys also helped the Commission form certain policy recommendations. They provided advice on the Commission’s recommendations for Missouri Senate Bill 5, which limits the amount of revenue that Missouri municipalities can collect for minor traffic offenses and imposes new requirements on municipal courts to pro-mote transparency, accountability and just administration of law. Throughout the legislative session, they supervised a Yale Law School student, a member of the school’s Legislative Advocacy Clinic, to connect the Commission’s priority policy items with potential legislative outlets. Additionally, they interviewed international experts on police reform and community reconciliation to identify core elements of effective community policing policies, a key part of the Commission’s recommendations.

Beyond the Ferguson CommissionIn connected pro bono matters, Bryan Cave attorneys joined with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s com-munity economic development program to assist small businesses affected by the unrest and riots in Ferguson. The attorneys interviewed affected business owners at several Ferguson small business resource fairs to identify and address their legal needs. This involvement led to several opportunities to serve the Ferguson community on a pro bono basis, including helping a small business owner whose salon was burned and rendered unusable and another small business owner whose landlord refused to make necessary repairs to the premises’ HVAC system.

In another related matter, Bryan Cave commenced pro bono work as local counsel in a civil rights complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the city of Pagedale, Mo. The complaint alleged that the city violated due process and excess-fines protections of the U.S. Constitution by turning code enforcement concerning residences and the municipal court into “revenue-generating machines.” The complaint seeks an injunction against the city’s reliance on such fines to generate revenue. St. Louis attorneys are leading this pro bono representation alongside lawyers from the Institute for Justice, a public-interest orga-nization. Residents in many of St. Louis County’s 90 municipalities have long described a pattern of fines, fees and arrests for traffic-related offenses. Such activities were highlighted in the U.S. Department of Justice report that found Ferguson was using law enforcement to generate revenue to meet its budget.

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The Fight to Achieve Family EqualityBryan Cave is proud to have partnered with Family Equality Council for more than eight years in support of its mission to create a world where all loving families are recognized, respected and protected. We also have been a longtime pro bono partner with Lambda Legal, the nation’s oldest and largest legal organization, in its work for the civil rights of the gay community.

Building on our successful fight for marriage equali-ty, which culminated June 26, 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Constitution guarantees marriage for same-sex couples, a team of Bryan Cave attorneys filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Alabama Supreme Court in a case concerning a non-biolog-ical mother’s adoption of her partner’s biological children. The case, which asked whether and when one state can refuse to acknowledge an adoption granted by another state, has ramifications for adoptive families nationwide, especially families parented by same-sex couples.

Bryan Cave represented Family Equality Council, COLAGE and The Campaign for Southern Equality in filing the amicus brief in support of the petitioner, V.L. The brief featured the perspective of children raised by same-sex couples as to the importance of being able to rely on legal relationships between the child and non-biological parent.

On March 7, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, reversed the Alabama Supreme Court, holding that Alabama was required to give the Georgia adoption judgment full faith and credit.

THE FIGHT TO ACHIEVE MARRIAGE EQUALITY

FIRM RECEIVES RECOGNITION FROM STONEWALL BAR ASSOCIATION

The Stonewall Bar Association presented Bryan Cave with its “Outstanding Service Award” at its annual awards dinner. The firm received the award for its pro bono work with Lambda Legal in bringing a federal action to legalize same-sex marriage in Georgia and overturn the statewide ban on such marriages. The Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia Inc. is a profes-sional association of attorneys, judges, law students, paralegals and other legal professionals who support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and who oppose discrimination based on sex-ual orientation or gender identity.

PRO BONO CLIENT HONORS BRYAN CAVE ATTORNEY, LGBTQ ADVOCATE HIBSHER

New York Senior Counsel William Hibsher was honored with the Hostetter-Habib Family Award by Family Equality Council, Bryan Cave’s signature pro bono client, at its 10th Annual Night at the Pier event. Family Equality Council connects and rep-resents the 3 million LGBTQ parents in this country today and their 6 million children. Hibsher has been a leader and legal mentor in the LGBTQ community for more than 30 years. At Bryan Cave, he organized the firm’s efforts to create Family Equality Council’s 2013 Voices of Children amicus brief, to which Justice Anthony Kennedy referred during oral arguments be-fore the Supreme Court on California’s Proposition 8. Bryan Cave’s attorneys drafted 18 subsequent Voices of Children amicus briefs submitted in marriage cases across the country.

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Love of Justice AwardsLars Lagerman and Megan Irwin, Phoenix, were recognized by the Maricopa County Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Program at the organization’s For the Love of Justice Awards event. Lagerman received the Advocate for Justice Certificate. Irwin received the 2015 Children’s Clinic Attorney of the Year Award.

Bryan Cave Honored with Pro Bono Service AwardIn February 2014, Bryan Cave began a new partnership with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Through membership on a formalized Pro Bono Volunteer Service Panel, Bryan Cave attorneys occasionally were asked to offer pro bono legal help when the court identified an appropriate case, usually indigent parties in civil cases. Since then, the firm has volunteered to take on more of these cases than any other firm in the St. Louis area. Bryan Cave was honored for this work in 2015 with a Pro Bono Service Award from the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

LAX Coastal Area Chamber of CommerceBryan Cave’s Santa Monica office accepted the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce’s Outstanding Service Award in recognition of the firm’s pro bono work and support of the organization.

PRO BONO RECOGNITION 2015

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Ott Named a Top Pro Bono Attorney in ArizonaRodney Ott, Phoenix, was selected as one of the year’s Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys in Arizona by the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education. Ott was specifically nominated by the Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP).

Outstanding Volunteers in Public ServiceLeila Knox, Jessica Mar and Goli Mahdavi, San Francisco, were honored by the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of the Bar Association of San Francisco as Outstanding Volunteers in Public Service for their volunteer work. The JDC has served San Francisco since 1977 by providing pro bono legal services to low-income people and education programs. All three Bryan Cave honorees regularly volunteer with the JDC housing negotiation project; Mar and Mahdavi also provided pro bono full-scope legal representation through the JDC to an indi-gent inmate in federal custody.

Barrie Appointed as Pro Bono Award Committee Chair for ABA Section of TaxationJohn Barrie, in the NY and DC office, has been appointed as chair of the Pro Bono Award Committee for the American Bar Association Section of Taxation. In this role, Barrie will oversee the selection of the recipients of the section’s annual Janet Spragens Pro Bono Award.

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ATTORNEYS WITH 50+ PRO BONO HOURS 2015

Joshua D. AbramJames M. AltmanBieta AndemariamMeridyth M. AndresenGiovanni AnglesIrvin V. BelzerStephen K. BenyiLindsay V. BiesterfeldNigel J. BinnersleyAndrew BleyerNathan M. BoyceStephanie C. BradshawRaymond Joseph Burby IVHarold R. BurroughsJohn C. BushLeslie R. ByrdMichael H. ChaninSean D. ChristyJ. Bennett ClarkTimothy M. ClineLindsay E. CohenDonald A. ColeDaniel P. CraneJovana CrncevicWilliam V. CusterGerard F. DeffenbaughJay M. DormanCatayah A. DuncanRobert T. Ebert, Jr.Lawrence EbinerJessica J. EdwardsRobert J. EndicottAnn Wrege FerebeeLeah Fiorenza McNeillJoshua A. FisherErica R. FormanMica A. GermainJonathan GinsbergVeronica A. GioiaGwendolyn J. GodfreyHeather S. GoldmanBerrie GoldmanSarah M. Good

Roberta G. GordonStephen D. GurrHarold A. HagenTracy R. HancockDavid A. HarfordSarah HartleyCaitlin M. HartsellTimothy J. HaskenDeborah P HealdWilliam J. HibsherKyle S. HirschRobert J. HoffmanWilliam C. HollandLaura U. HughesGregory HummelAileen M. HunterOluseyi IwarereBrian M. JacobsonJoshua A. JamesCraig D. JeffreyDavid J. JoergerLindsay Sklar JohnsonArindam KarPhilip E. KarmelKatherine A. KeatingKeith J. KehrerErin A. KellyLeila C. KnoxSteven D. KorenblatJacob A. KramerLily J. KurlandJane P. KwakMichael B. LanahanAaron M. LangAnna E. LantelmeLuke A. LanttaDon G. LentsNoah M. LermanJay J. LevinMorton Adam LewisDaniel H. LewkowiczEmma LindsayIvan L. London

Helen C. LooneyKathryn Elliott LoveBruce E. LowryRobert John LystadCatesby A. MajorJennifer Kies MammenJessica R. MaziarzRebekah D. McCorveyTiffany N. McKenzieTeresa P. MeeceJason S. MeyerMatthew G. MinderStephanie L. MollThomas E. NanneyKazim A. NaqviAnna NazarenkoRichard C. OchoaConstantino Ochoa Jr.John F. OrbeKevin E. PaganiniDanielle C. ParringtonScott M. PerlovLaura S. PerlovRodney PerryCourtney PetersonCaleb P. PhillipsChristian PolandJonathan B. PottsMarcus A. PowersAlicia E. RagsdaleSimone A. RandolphJoshua G. RicheyEric RiederCarolyn K. Brooks RinconJoseph RobertsonKristin RobinsonShannon I. RogginBeth Romans BowerLogan M. RutherfordStephen D. RynersonThomas J. SchellAlan L. Schilling, Jr.Eric P. Schroeder

Craig K. SchuenemannDaniel C. SchwartzMichael A. SchwartzMariangela M. SealeAdam L. ShawKamao C. ShawLauren K. Shores PelikanPaul E. SmithSteven B. SmithKristi R. SmithStephen R. SnodgrassRandy J. SorianoAndrew G. SpaniolStephen S. SparksMark A. SrereDouglas J. StanleyBarney Stewart IIIKristi L. SwartzMargaret Kane ThiesJigar S. VakilThomas W. Van DykeChristian L. ViehmanEric VintonRosario L. VizzieAlexander WaldenCheryl D. S. WalkerKrishna A. WalkerBrian C. WalshR. Randall WangCourtney B. WarrenCharles A. Weiss Jason B. Werner Shannon M. Wheaton James T. Wicks Amy Taylor Wilson Douglas E. Winter Michael B. Zara Jess F. Zimmerman

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PRO BONOCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ellen Bonacorsi

William Hibsher

Herb Kohn

Luke Lantta

Stuart Lark

Sean McElenney

PRO BONOCOORDINATORS

Atlanta – Jennifer Dempsey

Chicago – Patrick McKey

Dallas – Ed Fields

Denver – Steve Gurr

Irvine – Brett Souza

Kansas City – Staci Schorgl

London – Gary Freer

New York – Tara Newell

Phoenix – Lars Lagerman

San Francisco – Lee Marshall

Santa Monica – Chris Dueringer / Jed White

St. Louis – Ketrina Bakewell

Washington – Dan Schwartz

REPRESENTATIVE PRO BONO CLIENTS AND PARTNERS 2015

Alliance for Children’s Rights

Arch City Defenders

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation

Bar Association of San Francisco

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of DC

charity: water

Chicago Youth Centers

Clemency Project

Cobb Justice Foundation

Colorado Lawyers Committee

Counsel for Children’s Rights

Family Equality Council

Gary Sinise Foundation

Lambda Legal

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Maricopa County Volunteer Lawyers Program

Midwest Innocence Project

National Center for Transgender Equality

Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta

Quad Communities Development Corporation

Truancy Intervention Project

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

YWCA - National Capital Area 45,831TOTAL NUMBER OF PRO

BONO HOURS FOR LAWYERS AND NON-LAWYERS FIRM-

WIDE IN 2015

45.6AVERAGE PRO BONO HOURS PER U.S. ATTORNEY IN 2015

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United Way CampaignsEach year, Bryan Cave’s Kansas City office participates in the United Way Campaign by raising money through spe-cial events and pledges. The campaign takes place during the week of Halloween; in 2015, the theme was “The Wizard of Oz.” Special events included a Halloween cos-tume contest and charity raffle. The office raised $863 from special events and $50,924 from pledges in 2015.

Our San Francisco office is particularly proud of is commit-ment and partnership with the United Way of the Bay Area. The San Francisco office has been named a “Koko” award winner for its fundraising campaign benefitting the United Way of the Bay Area six times, including in 2015. The award is named for Koko, the female gorilla who learned sign lan-guage and had her own pet cat. The Koko Challenge was created more than 20 years ago to offer Bay Area attorneys a direct link to local health and human service philanthropy through an enhanced partnership with United Way.

She’s the First Mentor Breakfast Bryan Cave was a sponsor of the 2nd Annual Mentor Breakfast for She’s the First – the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year, which helps sustain the work of edu-cating girls internationally and domestically. She’s the First, a Bryan Cave pro bono client out of New York, provides scholarships to girls in low-income countries, fostering first-generation graduates and cultivating the next gener-ation of global leaders. Scholars at primary and secondary school levels are identified based on financial need, scholas-tic merit, and their potential to become positive influencers and leaders within their communities. She’s the First raised a record-breaking $186,000 at the New York event.

Food from the BarThe Santa Monica office raised $2,000 and donated 75 pounds of food to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank through the Food From the Bar campaign, an annual, four-week effort led by members of the legal community, focused on providing nutritious meals for children in Los Angeles County. Law firms compete to raise the most donations

and volunteer the most hours, and Bryan Cave was rec-ognized as a “Silver Partner” for our efforts in 2015. The Santa Monica office has participated in Food from the Bar for many years.

Jeans DaysOver the course of 2015, the Santa Monica attorneys and staff donated $5 or more monthly to an office-select-ed charity for the privilege of wearing jeans to work. The office raised nearly $1,000 each month for organizations such as Wildlife Waystation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Union Rescue Mission, the Change Works Foundation, the Charlotte and Gwenyth Gray Foundation, and UCLA’s neurooncology center.

Community & Family CommitteeLed by the office’s Community & Family Committee, Irvine office attorneys and staff raised nearly $2,200 over the course of 2015 for a variety of charities including Habitat for Humanity, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Wounded Warrior Project and Ronald McDonald House, among others. Fundraising events in-cluded a Super Bowl pool, a cookie baking competition, singles and doubles ping-pong tournaments, jeans days, an ice cream party, a Halloween pizza party, a Thanksgiving potluck and a holiday toy drive.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY

IS A COMMITMENT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY AT BRYAN CAVE

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FOCUS ON OUR COMMUNITIES

YWCA “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” Bryan Cave’s St. Louis office participated in “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” to support the YWCA in 2015. Numerous

firm attorneys walked a mile in red high heels for a good cause, while others also walked and cheered them on.

Lake Tahoe Bike Ride for Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyTeam Bryan Cave, which included attorneys, staff and spouses, embarked on a 100-mile ride around Lake Tahoe in 2015 to support the life-saving mission of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Team Bryan Cave received the Top Corporate Fundraiser award for the Midwest region, raising more than $40,000 for blood cancer research and treatment.

Sigel Elementary SchoolSince September 2014, lawyers, legal assistants, secretaries and others in the St. Louis office have had the privilege of working with first- and second-grade students at Sigel Elementary School, which is approximately three miles from our downtown office. As a corporate resident of the city of St. Louis since 1873, Bryan Cave has always looked for ways to serve the city and larger community. Until our partnership with Sigel, though, most of those efforts have been through pro bono legal work. Establishing a tutoring program at Sigel has provided our employees the opportunity to engage with and contribute to the community in a fundamental and personal way.

Welcoming Refugees to GermanyBryan Cave’s offices in Germany organized a fundraiser in September 2015 to help refugees arriving in Hamburg, many of whom came from Syria or other parts of the Middle East. Within days, attorneys and staff collected a room full of toys, clothing, blankets and pillows. A companion drive was organized to collect money to pay for boxes, tape and packing material needed in association with distribution of these donations. Atlanta BeltLine Cleanup ProjectIn March 2015, approximately 20 Bryan Cavers cleaned up an adopted section of the Atlanta BeltLine – a former rail-way corridor around the core of Atlanta under development in stages as a multi-use trail that ultimately will connect 45 neighborhoods.

Annual ServiceJuris DayBryan Cavers joined approximately 400 other volunteers from more than 30 Atlanta law firms and legal services companies on June 20, 2015, for ServiceJuris Day. Bryan Cave volunteers sanded and painted an outdoor classroom on the grounds of Thomasville Heights Elementary School. The annual event is coordinated by Hands on Atlanta and was created to foster interest and involvement from the legal community in a non-legal service project. Over its 15-year history, nearly 6,000 ServiceJuris volunteers have contributed more than 22,000 hours of service.

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