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The Campaign to Grow our Workers’ Rights Clinic
Putting Justice to Work
FRESNO
Founded 2012
Host Central California Legal Services
Frequency 3rd Tuesday of each month
Staffing Lang, Richert & Patch and other local volunteer attorneys
Collaborator Consulate of Mexico in Fresno (translation, host)
Clients Agricultural, such as farm, cannery and packing workers
Putting Justice to WorkThe Campaign to Grow Our Workers’ Rights Clinic
SAN FRANCISCO
Founded 1988
Host Hastings College of the Law
Frequency Monday and Wednesday evenings
Staffing Hastings students (fall/spring), LAS-ELC Law Clerks (summer)
Supervision Volunteer attorneys
Clients Widest variety of all clinics: manufacturing, transportation, domestic and restaurant workers
EAST PALO ALTO — NEW
Founded 2015
Host Stanford Community Law Clinic
Frequency 2nd Wednesday of each month
Staffing Stanford Law School students
Supervision
DAVIS/SACRAMENTO
Founded 2014
Host Center for Workers’ Rights
Frequency Alternate Wednesdays
Staffing UC Davis School of Law students (fall/spring), McGeorge School of Law students
Supervision Local volunteer attorneys
Clients Truck drivers, building trades, janitorial
BERKELEY
Founded 1995
Host East Bay Community Law Center Neighborhood Justice Clinic
Frequency Thursday evenings
Staffing Berkeley Law students (fall/spring/summer)
Supervision Volunteer attorneys
Clients Manufacturing, transportation, domestic and restaurant workers
WATSONVILLE
Founded 2013
Host Watsonville Law Center
Frequency 2nd Tuesday of each month
Staffing Watsonville Law Center
Supervision California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) attorneys via Skype
Clients Agricultural, such as farm, cannery and packing workers, hotel workers
SANTA ANA
Founded 2012
Host The Legal Aid Society of Orange County
Frequency 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings of each month
Staffing UC Irvine School of Law students (fall/spring)
Supervision
Clients Service workers, such as parking attendants, hotel, car wash and nail salon workers
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Putting Justice to WorkThe Campaign to Grow Our Workers’ Rights Clinic
CLIENT STATISTICS 2014
RACE
n Asian / Pacific Islander
n African American
n Caucasian
n Hispanic / Latino
n Other / Middle Eastern / Mixed / Native American
n Decline / Unknown
AGE
n 17–59
n 60–99
n No data / Unknown / Decline
FIRST LANGUAGE
n English
n Spanish
n Cantonese / Mandarin
n Other / Arabic / Korean / Russian / Tagalog / Vietnamese / No data
DISABILITY
n Mental
n Physical
n Mental & Physical
n None
n No data / Unknown / Decline
3% 4%
15%
30%
12%
20%
77%
7%
12%
43%59%
7%
11%
69%
8%4%
13%
6%
As of August 17, 2016
We are grateful to the following generous individuals and firms who have made inaugural commitments to The Campaign to Grow Our Workers’ Rights Clinic. $100,000 and above
Elizabeth J. Cabraser Robert and Ruth Dell William Hebert and Lori A. Schechter $50,000 and above
Cooley LLP Anne and Buzz Frahn Kenneth and Lana Guernsey Douglas and Terry Young $25,000 and above
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP Farella Braun + Martel LLP Fenwick & West LLP Scott Fink and Kathy Klein Christopher T. Heffelfinger Michael L. and Susan M. Wachter
In Honor of Our Friendship with Joan Messing Graff $10,000 and above
Craig C. Corbitt Hanson Bridgett LLP In Memory of Gerald D. Marcus Joshua G. Konecky Marc A. Lackner Law Offices of Michael G. W. Lee In Honor of Joan Messing Graff Jack W. Londen and Kathleen A. Blamey Larry Organ, California Civil Rights Law Group Richard R. Patch Laurence F. Pulgram and Kathleen A. Murray Sundeen Salinas & Pyle Bryan Schwartz Steven G. Zieff and R. Elaine Leitner $7,500 and above
Christopher T. Micheletti Ellen A. Friedman
$5,000 and above
Chavez & Gertler LLP Linda Dardarian & Terry Carroll In Honor of Mike Gaitley James M. Finberg and Melanie M. Piech Folger Levin LLP Todd F. Jackson and Stefanianna Moore Aaron Kaufmann & Anne Schmitz Jack W. Lee and Deborah A. Ching Mark and Gail Levie Louise M. McCabe and Donald T. Gray Rachael Meny and Matthew Hinsch Mark S. Rudy Karen E. Silverman Lisa and Mark van Krieken Zelle LLP $3,000 and above
Kevin M. Fong and Rosalia Ting David Kaufman Felicia M. Medina Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld Joel S. Sanders and Carol G. Bieri Peter A. Wald and Christina Hall $1,000 and above
James H. Abrams Arnold & Porter LLP Daniel Feinberg and Holly Scheider John R. Foote Michael J. Loeb Samuel R. Miller and Maude Pervere Roxane A. Polidora Wondie Russell Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP $500 and above
Claire and Darin Snyder
Officers
William N. Hebert, Chair
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Vice Chair
Harrison “Buzz” Frahn, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Vice Chair
Laurence F. Pulgram, Fenwick & West LLP, Vice Chair
The Honorable James L. Warren (Ret.), JAMS, Vice Chair
James M. Finberg, Altshuler Berzon LLP, Secretary
James H. Abrams, Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP, Treasurer
Directors
Annette P. Carnegie, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Madeline Chun, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Douglas J. Clark, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Kevin B. Clune, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP
Craig C. Corbitt, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP
Peter L. Crudo, Gilardi & Co., LLC
Linda M. Dardarian, Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho
Thad A. Davis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Ana I. de Alba, Lang, Richert & Patch
Robert M. Dell (Ret.), Latham & Watkins LLP
Jack P. DiCanio, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Daniel Feinberg, Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP
Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
John R. Foote, Nixon Peabody LLP
Ellen A. Friedman, Friedman & Springwater LLP
David F. Gross, DLA Piper LLP (US)
Kenneth L. Guernsey, Cooley LLP
Kenneth G. Hausman, Arnold & Porter LLP
Christopher T. Heffelfinger, Berman DeValerio
David Kaufman, Nixon Peabody LLP
Aaron Kaufmann, Leonard Carder, LLP
Joshua G. Konecky, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP
Marc A. Lackner, Reed Smith LLP
Jack W. Lee, Minami Tamaki LLP
Michael G.W. Lee, Law Offices of Michael G.W. Lee
Mark R. Levie (Ret.), Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Barry S. Levin, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Jack W. Londen, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Steven R. Lowenthal, Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Louise M. McCabe, Troutman Sanders LLP
Felicia M. Medina, Sanford Heisler, LLP
Rachael E. Meny, Keker & Van Nest LLP
Christopher T. Micheletti, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP
Samuel R. Miller (Ret.), Sidley Austin LLP
Jacqueline Mottek, Epiq
Richard R. Patch, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Roxane A. Polidora, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Rosemarie T. Ring, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Wondie Russell, Tides Center Consumer Bankruptcy Counseling Project
Stanley D. Saltzman, Marlin & Saltzman, LLP
Richard Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, Inc.
Lori A. Schechter, McKesson Corporation
James M. Schurz, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Bryan Schwartz, Bryan Schwartz Law
Nathan E. Shafroth, Covington & Burling LLP
Mary Jo C. Shartsis, Shartsis Friese LLP
Karen E. Silverman, Latham & Watkins LLP
Michael D. Singer, Cohelan Khoury & Singer
The Honorable Thomas F. Smegal, Jr., Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO
Darin Snyder, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Lisa McCabe van Krieken, Folger Levin LLP
Lenard G. Weiss, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Mark S. Zemelman, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Steven G. Zieff, Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP
100th Anniversary Committee
William N. Hebert, Co-Chair
Bryan Schwartz, Bryan Schwartz Law, Co-Chair
Robert M. Dell (Ret.), Latham & Watkins LLP
Scott A. Fink (Ret.), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher*
Buzz Frahn, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kenneth L. Guernsey, Cooley LLP
Christopher T. Heffelfinger, Berman DeValerio
David Kaufman, Nixon Peabody LLP
Louise M. McCabe, Troutman Sanders LLP
Felicia M. Medina, Sanford Heisler, LLP
James M. Schurz, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Mary Jo C. Shartsis, Shartsis Friese LLP
Karen E. Silverman, Latham & Watkins LLP
Lisa M. van Krieken, Folger Levin LLP
The Honorable James L. Warren (Ret.), JAMS
Special thanks to for donating this space.
FOUNDED 1916
CO-CHAIRSJosé R. Allen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPElizabeth Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLPRichard W. Odgers, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP James Strother, Wells Fargo & Company
COMMITTEE MEMBERSRussell Bertuccelli, Huron Consulting GroupJohn Foote, Nixon Peabody LLPJoan Graff, The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law CenterKenneth Guernsey, Cooley Godward Kronish LLPMichael G.W. Lee, Law Offices of Michael G.W. LeeGeorge M. Newcombe, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPJames Roethe, J. Roethe ADR ServicesMary Jo Shartsis, Shartsis Friese LLPThe Honorable James L. Warren, JAMS Lenard G. Weiss, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
HONORARY COMMITTEEDavid M. BalabanianThe Honorable Jerry BrownNanci M. ClarenceThe Honorable William P. ClarkWilliam K. CoblentzQuinn DelaneyLia EppersonJames M. FinbergPeter M. FolgerJames C. GaitherWilliam B. Gould, IVThe Honorable Joseph R. GrodinMaryellen C. HerringerEdward E. KallgrenMichael T. LuceyMelvyn I. MarkWilliam H. OrrickThe Honorable Charles B. RenfrewThe Honorable Cruz ReynosoThe Honorable Fern M. SmithJon B. StreeterFrank D. “Sandy” Tatum, Jr.Joyce M. TaylorMichael C. TobrinerThe Honorable Daniel WeinsteinKeith C. WetmoreBobbie Jean WilsonKirke Wilson
LAW FIRMS
$200,000 AND ABOVESkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
$150,000 AND ABOVELatham & Watkins LLP
$100,000 AND ABOVECooley Godward Kronish LLP
In Honor of Frank D. “Sandy” Tatum, Jr.
Heller Ehrman LLPIn Honor of Charles H. Clifford
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
In Honor of Richard W. Odgers
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP
$75,000 AND ABOVEBingham McCutchen LLPDLA Piper
$50,000 AND ABOVEAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFriends of the Workers’ Rights Clinic
In Honor of The Honorable John M. True, III & Michael T. Gaitley
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPThe Morrison & Foerster FoundationO’Melveny & Myers LLPTownsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
$25,000 AND ABOVEFarella Braun + Martel LLP
In Honor of Douglas R. YoungFenwick & West LLPFolger, Levin & Kahn LLPGordon & Rees, LLPHanson Bridgett LLPHinton, Alfert & Sumner
In Honor of Michael Gaitley & The Direct Legal Services Programs
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPIn Honor of Lenard G. Weiss
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPNixon Peabody LLP
In Memory of Ira S. Lillick & Allan E. Charles & In Honor of Graydon S. Staring
Shartsis Friese LLPIn Honor of Mary Jo Shartsis
Sidley Austin LLP
$10,000 AND ABOVEBuchalter NemerCalvo & Clark LLPCovington & Burling LLPRopes & Gray LLP
UP TO $10,000Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & DardarianReed Smith LLP
CY PRES DISTRIBUTIONSChavez & Gertler LLP
COMMUNITY BUSINESSES
$75,000 AND ABOVENavigant Consulting, Inc.
With Paul & Amy Meyer and Avram Tucker & Diane Bostick
$50,000 AND ABOVEBruce F. Deal
Of Analysis Group
$10,000 AND ABOVEAdministar Services Group LLC, Computershare & GeorgesonOnPoint Analytics, Inc.Watson Wyatt Worldwide
UP TO $10,000AnonymousCiti Private Bank/Law Firm GroupCombs Reporting, Inc.Cornerstone Research
With Its Officers, Principals & Staff
Alan CoxOf NERA Economic Consulting
Huron Consulting GroupNERA Economic Consulting
Friends of the Workers’ Rights ClinicEVENT SPONSORSBoxer & Gerson, LLPChavez & Gertler LLPCity National BankGoldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & DardarianGross & Belsky LLPHinton, Alfert & SumnerLeonard Carder, LLPLewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLPMcCarthy Johnson & Miller Law CorporationMinami Tamaki LLPMoscone Emblidge & Quadra LLPKarl Olson Law Offices of Jeremy PasternakRighetti Law Firm, P.C.Rosenthal & Company LLCRudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLPRukin Hyland Doria & Tindall LLPSchneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLPSettlement Services, Inc./Tommy WarrenSiegel & LeWitter Sundeen Salinas & PyleTalamantes/Villegas/Carrera, LLPThe National Jury Project/WestTrucker Huss, APCZelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP
VISIONARIESCarol Mondry Fine & Howard F. FineScott A. Fink & Kathy KleinGail & Dick OdgersJim & Nita RoetheMark L. Perry & Melanie P. PeñaGuy Rounsaville, Jr.Lori A. Schechter & William N. HebertPeter A. Wald & Christina Hall
$10,000 AND ABOVEGregg Alton & Caroline LoewyGordon C. AtkinsonRichard F. Beal & Andrea Biren
In Honor of the StaffJeff & Becky Bleich
In Honor of the Staff
The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center wishes to thank the many members of our community who contributed generously to the JUSTICE FUND and to acknowledge the philanthropic spirit that marked this groundbreaking campaign. This successful initiative will help to ensure that our organization is able to maintain its 93-year tradition of providing free legal aid to those in need, and in particular representing clients in important cases that address significant issues of social justice.
THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE JUSTICE FUND
INDIVIDUALS
$5,000 AND ABOVEMark A. ChavezJohn R. FooteRobert C. FrieseKenneth Hausman & Ellyn LazarusC. Bradford JeffriesJames C. Kitch Hilary K. Krane & George E. BulkeleyBill Lann LeeHarvey L. LeidermanJohn P. LevinMichael T. LuceyKirk E. MillerFred T. MutoMark H. PenskarMark B. PitchfordLaurence Pulgram & Kathleen Ann MurrayPaul A. RenneCharlene S. ShimadaThe Honorable Fern M. SmithRobert & Charlotte UramPaul W. VapnekChristopher A. Westover
$2,500 AND ABOVEKenneth J. AdelsonMadeline ChunGary M. Cohen & Elizabeth NicholsRobert J. EricksonKevin M. FongDonald R. ShareNancy J. SiegelRay L. Wong
$1,000 AND ABOVEKara M. AndersenFrederick D. Baron
Peter J. Benvenutti & Lise PearlmanMichael Bien & Jane Kahn
In Honor of Claudia CenterNorman J. BlearsStephen V. BomseRobert E. BortonJodie M. BourdetCurtis M. & Robin N. CatonJohn CrittendenJohn C. DwyerMichael R. FaberKeith A. FlaumJames & Jessica FlemingPeter M. FolgerWilliam S. FreemanCarol Frizzell & Don Spirlock
In Honor of J. Carlisle Phillips, Jr.
James C. GaitherJoanne M. GarveyBob & Wendy GibneyAnthony C. GilbertJoseph & Janet GrodinRobert C. HarrisMaryellen C. HerringerRobert A. & Judy S. HuretCarl B. JohnsonMichael A. KahnEdward E. & Joyce K. KallgrenSusan Kutner, MD
In Honor of Richard BealMarc A. LacknerMatthew L. LarrabeeBarry S. LevinDavid M. MadridAlexander P. MehranRachael E. MenyBarbara Saarni de Oddone
In Honor of Joan GraffRichard A. PeersThomas M. PetersonDonn M. Pickett
CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE CAMPAIGN INDIVIDUALS
$500,000 AND ABOVEElizabeth J. Cabraser
$150,000 AND ABOVERobert & Ruth Dell
$100,000 AND ABOVEArthur Rock & Toni Rembe
$50,000 AND ABOVEJosé R. Allen & Irvenia E. WatersKenneth & Lana GuernseyGeorge & Joan NewcombeLenard G. Weiss
$25,000 AND ABOVEJames M. Finberg & Melanie M. Piech
CIRCLE OF FRIENDSM. Laurence PopovskyThe Honorable Charles B. RenfrewRobert A. RosenfeldWondie RussellDouglas M. SchwabThomas F. Smegal, Jr.Graydon S. & Joyce L. StaringThe Teece Family FoundationJames B. WrightThomas H. ZellerbachCynthia L. Zollinger
$500 AND ABOVEAlexander AganinPaul AlexanderAlexander L. BrainerdBrian P. Brosnahan John H. CutlerGrant P. FondoRichard H. FrankCharles FreibergCatherine J. GalleyRichard J. GuggenhimeJonathan P. HaydenPeggy HernandezTimothy G. HoxieDavid J. KalmickAaron Kaufmann & Anne SchmitzTerry M. Kee & Debra Bellings-KeeJames Wesley KinnearBobby C. LawyerMike LittleJames K. MalerneeLaura McCreaK. William NeumanJessica S. PersWalter J. RobinsonRoselyne C. SwigRoderick & Deborah Thompson
In Honor of Dick Odgers
Michael TraynorIn Honor of Frank D. “Sandy” Tatum, Jr.
Robert B. YoshitomiStanley Young
UP TO $500Maria D. AcunaE.J. Bernacki, IIIRobert M. BodzinRichard J. DeNatalePreston P. DuFauchard, Jr.Robert A. EpsenJames C. FranklinIlene S. FriedlandBeth M. GoldmanDavid M. GoldsteinDavid B. GoodwinPaul R. GriffinElaine M. HarwoodVictor A. HebertCarlyn IrwinBruce W. JennettMichael & Jocelyn KelleherMatthew P. LambertLisa LeungJoyce S. LiWeyman I. LundquistWilliam R. MackeyRobert H. MillerWilliam C. Miller Marissa A. PikeLori PloegerPaul RamseyVijyaya P. ReddyJeffrey S. RossNicole M. RyanRaymond H. SheenBrian D. SmithRobert S. VenningLaurence A. Weiss
Douglas J. ClarkLinda M. Dardarian & Terry CarrollRobert P. DotyEllen A. FriedmanDavid F. GrossKirke & Nancy HassonHarvey & Peggy HinmanDavid A. HonigMichael G.W. LeeMark R. LevieJohn P. LevinJack W. LondenJoel S. SandersMary Jo C. ShartsisTherese M. Stewart & Carole M. Scagnetti
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY–EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 600 Harrison Street, Suite 120, San Francisco, California 94107 tel: 415-864-8848 fax: 415-864-8199 WWW.LAS-ELC.ORG
James M. StrotherRobert A. ThompsonLisa McCabe van KriekenDouglas R. YoungJames B. Young
FOUNDATIONS & INSTITUTIONS
$20,000 AND ABOVEThe Herbst Foundation, Inc.Koret FoundationThe Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation
In Honor of Charles H. Clifford
$15,000 AND ABOVEKaiser Permanente
“The core of a free and democratic society lies in full and equal access to the courts.”The late Honorable Mathew O. Tobriner
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court (1962 – 1982)Former President, Board of Directors, The Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center