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4 0 Y E A R S A D VA N C I N G J U S T I C E I N S I L I C O N VA L L E Y In the past 40 years, support from people like you, who are committed to equal justice, has given greater legal protections to our entire community and helped hundreds of thousands of individuals. These are just a few examples of what our shared vision has made possible. Thank you for 40 amazing years!

1974 Law Foundation is born when Santa Clara County Bar funds Public Interest Law Firm to fight poverty and inequality 1994 Law Foundation settles Denny’s racial discrimination lawsuit for $28 million 2009 Law Foundation chosen to represent foster youth in Santa Clara County

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1978 Mental Health Advocacy Project created as part of national disability rights movement 1998 Fair Housing Law Project founded to fight discrimination, early responder to subprime crisis and predatory lending 2011 Law Foundation formalizes pro bono program to expand reach

1988 In response to AIDS epidemic, AIDS Legal Services is formed (becoming HLS in 2009) 2003 Landlords must provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities due to Law Foundation litigation setting 9th Circuit precedent

1990 Legal Advocates for Children & Youth founded in response to county needs assessment, uses unique social worker/attorney pairing model 2009 Law Foundation establishes groundbreaking medical-legal partnerships

2013 Social Security Administration forms national center to accommodate people with disabilities in response to years of Law Foundation advocacy

Dear Friends Our 40th Anniversary year was a momentous one. The Law Foundation celebrated the rich tradition of outstanding legal services to our community, started by innovators whose vision of legal justice laid the foundation for everything that has come since. The Law Foundation is just what our founders envisioned, an organization that has stood the test of time. This was also a year in which we celebrated many firsts. We faced the beginning of the year with a search for a new CEO who would successfully lead the organization into the next phases of our strategic vision. After a nationwide search, the Board found that the best candidate was right here at home – Alison Brunner, who spent 17 years working and leading our programs before taking the helm as CEO.

Brian E. Cabrera Board President

This year, our programs continued to thrive as we responded to emerging community needs with the entrepreneurial spirit that harkens back to our founders. • Fair Housing Law Project jumped in to serve low income tenants whose longtime Section 8 subsidies were threatened by federal sequestration. We helped spearhead a quick response with a collaboration of community partners. • We received a sizable grant from Santa Clara County’s Measure A safety net fund, which will allow us to kick off our first cross-program homeless prevention initiatives.

Alison Brunner

• Law Foundation expanded the breadth and impact of our Pro Bono Program. CEO This year, we saw a three-fold increase in attorney volunteer pro bono hours over last year with 8,894 total hours. This incredible number of donated hours The Law Foundation of represents another first and is a credit to our dedicated Silicon Valley advances the law firm and in-house partners. rights of under-represented At the Board level, we began our 40 for 40 major donor campaign, which represents an investment in our organization at this pivotal 40th anniversary moment. Enormous thanks to our early donors Elisa and Howard Clowes, Jim McManis and Sara Wigh, and David and Maureen Shannon for their generous commitments to the Law Foundation’s financial sustainability! Finally, our Board’s participation and commitment led to the best attended and highest grossing Celebration of Justice dinner throughout our first 40 years.

individuals and families in our diverse community through legal services, strategic advocacy, and educational outreach

The enormous success we saw this year does not happen without supporters like you. We hope you share in this sense of accomplishment as you read through this Annual Report and we look forward to your continued partnership. Best regards,

Brian E. Cabrera Board President

Alison Brunner

CEO

LAW FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY ANNUAL REPORT 2013 · 2014 Letter from the Board President and CEO Our Programs

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Our Clients

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Fair Housing Law Project

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Health Legal Services

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Legal Advocates For Children & Youth

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Mental Health Advocacy Project

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Public Interest Law Firm

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Pro Bono Program

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Our Policy Work

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Donors 12 Volunteers 18 Financials 22 Board of Directors

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Staff 24

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O UR P ROGRAMS FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT Ensuring that everyone can choose a safe, affordable place to live

FHLP works to ensure that all people may freely choose a place to live without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, source of income, disability, operation of a home daycare, or whether they have children in their family.

HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES Working to remove legal barriers to health stability

H LS helps bring stability to the lives of individuals coping with chronic or life-threatening health conditions by providing comprehensive legal services regarding access to healthcare benefits, fair housing and employment-related issues.

LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH Advancing the rights of youth to lead healthy, productive lives

L AC Y advances the legal rights of children and youth, empowering them to lead healthy and productive lives. We listen to, advise and advocate for disadvantaged children and youth to ensure their voices are heard and their rights are protected.

MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT Empowering people with cognitive disabilities to live more secure lives M H A P empowers people with mental health and developmental disabilities to live more independent, secure and satisfying lives through the enforcement of their legal rights and the advancement of their social and economic well-being.

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM Protecting those who are disadvantaged through impact litigation and advocacy P I L F protects the human rights of individuals and groups in the Silicon Valley area who face barriers to adequate representation in the civil justice system.

The Pro Bono Program creates partnerships with private attorneys, law firms, corporations, local businesses, law schools, and universities so that the Law Foundation can fulfill its mission of securing justice for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our community.

LAW FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY has five legal services programs serving particular communities or specializing in areas of public interest law.

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OUR CLIENTS

“ Excellent work, my lawyer really knows the law. ”

– I M E L DA

FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT Imagine coming home to find your front door ripped off its hinges and all of your family’s belongings scattered in the front yard. This is exactly what happened to Imelda and her three children when real estate investors bought their rented home to “flip” it for a quick profit.

FHLP and pro bono co-counsel Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP secured judgments worth more than $1 million for homeowners who were defrauded in a loan modification scheme. IM PACT:

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Unknown to Imelda, her landlord had stopped making mortgage payments, and the house was foreclosed on. The investment company that purchased the house then illegally evicted her family with no notice whatsoever. Imelda and her three children had to sleep in her car for almost a week. Fair Housing Law Project (FHLP) has represented tenants like Imelda and her family in fair housing cases for the past twenty years and has been working in the foreclosure arena since the crisis began in 2007. In this case, FHLP attorneys filed suit against the investors, and JAMS agreed to mediate the case pro bono. A favorable settlement was reached, giving the family money for new housing and the children’s college funds.

HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES A former waste water operator and member of the Teamsters Union, 59-year-old Red found himself on the brink of homelessness when AIDS undermined his health. Red was physically unable to work, and his State Disability Insurance was quickly running out. Without continued benefits, he wouldn’t be able to pay rent, buy food or afford transportation to medical appointments. Benefits appeals can take more than a year, but Red’s need was immediate. The mission of Health Legal Services (HLS) is to ensure that people like Red can access the life-stabilizing benefits they need. Managing a chronic illness is a serious challenge in the best of times. Without a steady income and affordable health care, it’s nearly impossible. Unfortunately, the benefits programs meant to provide a safety net for those in dire straits are complex and hard to access. Many eligible people with serious illnesses are denied just because they can’t fight their way through the maze of red tape. HLS attorneys successfully represented Red through the Social Security appeals process to restore his benefits. HLS also helped him access funds to cover his basic cost of living while waiting on a decision from Social Security. His legal team collected medical records and letters of support from doctors to submit to Social Security as evidence of his disability. Based on this evidence, he was approved for full benefits without a hearing. Red was able to remain in his home and focus on managing his health.

“ You took a backpack of bricks off me.”

– RE D

HLS provided life-stabilizing legal services to 250 low-income individuals living with HIV/ AIDS, diabetes and other chronic illnesses. I M PACT:

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OUR CLIENTS LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH

“ Thanks to this program I have a future ahead of me. ”

– JAV I E R,

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Fifteen-year-old Javier is a client with a harrowing life story that mirrors the experience of many teens who are forced to flee from violence in their homeland. Raised by his grandmother in a gang-controlled slum of Mexico City, Javier left school at the age of ten to help support his family as a manual laborer. At 13, Javier and his cousin ran afoul of the local gang when they tried to protect his younger sister from sexual abuse and harassment by a gang member. Police advised the boys to flee, saying there was nothing they could do to protect them. They didn’t want to leave their family, but after Javier’s cousin was kidnapped and murdered, their grandmother sent Javier and his younger sister across the border to find refuge with his aunt and uncle in the United States. Javier and his sister were separated at the border, and he has not seen her since. Upon reaching the U.S., Javier was detained and then released to his aunt in San Jose. But his quest for asylum wasn’t over. Without the legal help from Legal Advocates for Children & Youth (LACY), Javier would likely have been deported back to the dangerous neighborhood he had just escaped. LACY attorneys obtained a green card for Javier and helped his aunt become his legal guardian. Today, Javier is enjoying high school and looking forward to the future.

LACY stabilized the lives of 291 minors who lacked a safe home by obtaining guardianships with non-parent caregivers. IMPACT:

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MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT Rosalia, a single mother living with chronic depression, was facing the loss of her family home of 14 years due to cuts to her subsidized housing voucher. Her rent suddenly doubled with the loss of the voucher, and she could not afford the increased rent. Rosalia turned to the Mental Health Advocacy Project (MHAP) to help keep her family together. Not only does Rosalia manage the challenge of her own depression, she is the caretaker for her two young adult children, who also have diagnosed mental health conditions. Providing them with a stable home and proper care has always been her top priority.

In a vicious cycle, mental health problems can lead to isolation, poverty and homelessness, putting treatment out of reach. People like Rosalia and her family, who struggle to get by in a region with a high cost of living, are particularly vulnerable. MHAP provides legal help with housing issues, access to mental health services and patients’ rights. MHAP was able to restore Rosalia’s original subsidy, thereby keeping the family together in their established home. During the six-month legal process, MHAP also prevented Rosalia’s eviction and helped her apply for emergency financial assistance.

MHAP served nearly 5,000 individuals living with mental health or developmental disabilities to protect their housing, financial stability and rights in treatment. IMPACT:

“ You gave us hope when we thought we had none. You stood behind us through the whole process. Thank you for caring.”

– ROS A L IA

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OUR CLIENTS

“ Your advice and guidance has been invaluable in our struggle to save our affordable mobile home park from being sold.”

– KE NT

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM Retired teachers Ruth and Kent were all but priced out of the housing market in San Jose, where the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment is around $2,300 a month. Rather than leave their community of many years, they chose one of the few affordable housing options left—the Winchester Ranch Mobile Home Park. They settled into what they thought was their permanent retirement home, building new ties with their neighbors. Then one day, they learned that the park owner was threatening to sell out and close down the park. Residents of the Park took action immediately. They formed a homeowners association, went public via the Internet and media, and invited local politicians to visit the community they are trying to save. Attorneys at the Public Interest Law Firm 8

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(PILF) are diligently working alongside association members to ensure that residents’ due process rights are protected and that no stone is left unturned in the fight to keep the park open. PILF advocates for affordable housing through policy work and litigation. San Jose’s 59 mobile home parks provide a critical source of affordable housing, which is not subsidized by any federal or state program. About 8,000 of San Jose’s mobile home owners are classified as “low” or “extremely low” income. PILF and its clients have proposed a detailed plan to City of San Jose staff and leaders to preserve this form of affordable housing. PILF’s and the association’s efforts are beginning to pay off. The San Jose City Council recently voted 8-3 to prioritize studying amendments to the city’s Mobile Home Conversion Ordinance, with an eye to preserving mobile homes citywide.

PRO BONO PROGRAM Eva, an elderly widow, nearly lost her home of more than 50 years when she was defrauded by predatory lenders. Beginning in 1999, her home loans were refinanced by the same bank six different times with falsified loan applications. Eva receives only $1,000 a month in Social Security benefits and had no means to repay the loans. The Fair Housing Law Project and Scott R. Mosko, partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP filed a lawsuit on her behalf. After six years of litigation, they obtained a settlement that will allow Eva to stay in her home for the rest of her life without making any mortgage payments. Mr. Mosko’s pro bono work on this case was invaluable. Without pro bono partners like Finnegan and Mr. Mosko, the Law Foundation could not fulfill its mission. Through its pro bono program, this past year the Law Foundation enhanced its partnerships with law firms, corporations and members of the private bar to bring expanded services to the community. Our pro bono partners represent individuals and families, educate students about the law and their rights, and co-counsel cases with the Law Foundation team.

In FY 13/14, our Pro Bono Housing Program served 249 low-income tenants and their families with the help of over 75 pro bono volunteers. IMPACT:

“ If it wasn’t for the assistance of the Law Foundation and Finnegan, I would have lost my home of fifty years.”

– EVA

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OUR POLICY WORK FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT The acute need for more affordable housing in Silicon Valley is well known. San Jose historically led the creation of affordable housing in the Bay Area, but it has recently struggled to keep up with the growing need. Among other issues, the state’s elimination of redevelopment funds has posed a major challenge to the city. Several years ago, FHLP and its community partners successfully advocated for a requirement that market-rate developments include a small percentage of affordable homes. However, this ordinance was challenged in court and put on hold. FHLP, non-profit co-counsel the California Affordable Housing Law Project and pro bono co-counsel Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are assisting the City of San Jose in defending this ordinance at the state Supreme Court and are cautiously optimistic about a positive outcome. While this case works its way through the courts, FHLP has continued to work on policies to promote affordable housing. Thanks to the advocacy of FHLP and its non-profit partners, San Jose is considering an impact fee on new market-rate housing and recently completed studies assessing the feasibility of this fee. Housing Impact Fees are based on the fact that residents of market-rate housing need goods and services, which are typically provided by lower-paid workers who cannot afford market-rate housing. Impact fees help provide the funds for more affordable housing to support these workers. San Jose’s study ascertained that a substantial fee would be needed to address affordable housing needs, and that it would not suppress growth. FHLP is urging a City Council vote on the fee by the end of 2014.

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LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH LACY, working with a coalition of child advocacy groups, has ensured that caregivers fostering children who are related to them will receive the same support payments as non-relative care givers, effective January 1, 2015. Under existing law, relatives of foster youth often received significantly smaller support payments than non-relatives, leaving them without the resources necessary to care for nieces, nephews, siblings, or grandchildren. State funds will close the gap. LACY played an integral role in the passage of several bills in the 2014 California legislative session. LACY worked to pass Assembly Bill 2607, which ensures that youth in the juvenile justice system will not have to remain in juvenile hall once a judge has determined their sentence should be served elsewhere. Previously, youth were detained in juvenile hall until probation officers could place them in their new program. Now a judge will be able to order the youth released from juvenile hall while the placement is being established. LACY also worked on legislation mandating youth group homes to establish procedures for behavior management that limit the use of law enforcement and the juvenile justice system.

PILF and FHLP Directing Attorney and 22 year Law Foundation veteran Kyra Kazantzis was named “Professional Lawyer of the Year” by the Santa Clara County Bar Association. IMPACT:

MHAP staff trained hundreds of mental health professionals, law enforcement officers and social services providers about mental health patients’ rights.

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MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT In a groundbreaking step for mental health parity laws, the Affordable Care Act decreed that all health plans must provide mental health and substance use treatment. After many years of advocacy, mental health parity laws now require insurers to provide equal coverage for mental health and physical conditions. In the past, different coverage rules for mental health conditions made services harder to access and marginalized individuals living with mental health disabilities. This past year, MHAP collaborated with several other organizations on a statewide project to enforce mental health parity requirements through training, technical assistance and legal representation. Led by Disability Rights California and funded by the California Mental Health Services Authority (Cal-MHSA), the project involved researching extremely complex parity laws and developing training materials, fact sheets and self-advocacy guides for consumers. MHAP staff conducted almost two dozen trainings to mental health consumers and their families, healthcare providers, social services providers, and other mental health advocates throughout the greater Bay Area. The project also investigated and helped resolve individual parity violation cases and analyzed health plans for potential violations.

HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES

HLS attorneys regularly submit comments on proposed legislation affecting people living in poverty, public benefits recipients and people living with HIV/AIDS. HLS also participates in numerous taskforces and committees and holds an appointed position on the Santa Clara County HIV Planning Council for Prevention and Care. HLS staff participated in work groups focused on eliminating HIV-criminalization laws, which are statutes that enhance certain criminal sentences against people living with HIV/AIDS. These laws increase HIV/AIDS stigma and discourage HIV testing and knowledge of one’s HIV status. HLS monitors the status of these laws across the country and supports ongoing efforts to repeal them in California.

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM In 2014, after years of advocacy and threats of litigation by PILF, MHAP and others, the federal Social Security Administration (SSA) opened a center to ensure that it complies with federal statutes that prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities. Social Security disability benefits are the only thing keeping many people with disabilities from destitution, illness or even death. But many people with disabilities can’t access these benefits without support. For example, a person with brain injuries may need help doing the required paperwork. This assistance from the SSA is called a “reasonable accommodation” and is a right granted by Congress. However, the SSA often fails to provide these accommodations, and many people don’t even know they have a right to them. The establishment of the Center for Section 504 Compliance is a huge step toward ensuring that people with disabilities can access the benefits they are eligible for.

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DONORS We acknowledge and thank the following individuals, companies and organizations for their gifts of over $100 between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

$70,000+

BakerHostetler LLP

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

Sheryl Heckmann

Cooley LLP

The M.A.C. AIDS Fund

Michelle & Peter Detkin Family Foundation

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Fenwick & West LLP

$25,000-$34,999

Christina & Montgomery Kersten

Perkins Coie LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Sobrato Family Foundation

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

State Bar of California

$18,000-$24,999

VMC Foundation Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

$50,000-$69,999 DLA Piper LLP Hewlett-Packard Company Latham & Watkins LLP NVIDIA Corporation

Bella Vista Foundation Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman LLP Elisa & Howard Clowes Gordon Davidson Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson LLP Fish & Richardson P.C. Kirkland & Ellis LLP

FHLP paired eviction prevention services with emergency financial assistance for 294 Section 8 households facing eviction due to the reduction of federal housing subsidies. $692K distributed.

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$12,000-$17,999 Ed Anderson Bingham McCutchen LLP John Carey Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Natasha & Marco Innocenti Intel Corporation Eric Jensen Jones Day Keker & Van Nest Lowenstein Sandler PC Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

$5,000-$11,999 Arnold & Porter LLP Baker & McKenzie LLP Baker Botts L.L.P. Bergeson, LLP Beveridge & Diamond, PC Penelope Blake Brian E. Cabrera Alexis Coll-Very & Lance Very Covington & Burling LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Dechert LLP Erik & Susan Edwards Jim Elacqua

Sidley Austin Foundation

Hongmei Chen & Yabo Lin

Flextronics

Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services

Littler Mendelson

Freitas Angell & Weinberg LLP

Major, Lindsey & Africa

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

McManis Faulkner

Susan Goodhue

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Caz Hashemi

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Hogan Lovells

$35,000-$49,999 Morrison & Foerster Ropes & Gray LLP

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Hopkins & Carley, A Law Corporation

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Eversheds LLP

Integrated Device Technology

Synopsys, Inc.

Robert Fabela

Intellectual Ventures

Veenker Law Offices

Kathy Feldman

Inventus, LLC

Venable LLP

Hon. John A. Flaherty (Ret.)

JAMS

Melanie D. Vinson

Jay & Judy Fowler

K&L Gates LLP

Wells Fargo Foundation

Harrison Frahn

E.A. Lisa Kenkel

Willis Insurance Services of California

Robert Freitas

Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

WilmerHale LLP

Rick Frenkel

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP

David Furbush

Gregory Kisor

$1,000-$4,999

Gregory & Penny Gallo

Lisa Kobialka

Adobe Systems

Vern Granneman

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Hon. Read Ambler (Ret.)

Haynes and Boone, LLP

LinkedIn Corporation

Anonymous

Jake Heath

Scott Maples

Atif Azher

Heritage Bank of Commerce

Jim McManis & Sara Wigh

Hon. Robert A. Baines (Ret.)

Hewlett-Packard PAC

Suzan Miller

Ian Ballon

William Hinman

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Sofia Barreto-Thomas

Holland & Knight

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Edward Batts

Diane Cafferata Hutnyan

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP

Mike Bettinger

Intel Volunteer Grant Program

Norman Blears

Hon. Jamie Jacobs-May (Ret.)

Ashley Brandon

Kirsten Jensen

William Brentani

Michael Kalkstein

Alison Brunner & Andrew Coven

Kevin Kennedy

William Burck

Patrick King

Richard Capelouto

Kerry Konrad

Richardson Oliver Law Group, LLP

Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc.

James Kreissman

Erika Rottenberg

Cedric Chao

Mark Rowland

Law Office of Elisa Clowes

Carrie & Neel Chatterjee

David Shannon

Rachel Leff-Kich

Doug Cogen

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Louis & Lillian Detkin Foundation

Chris Compton

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Jacqueline Mcintyre-Winston

Sean Cunningham

Katharine Moir

Gregory Davidson

Andrea Nieto

Erik Olson Patterson + Sheridan LLP Pepper Hamilton LLP Elizabeth Pipkin PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP QuisLex, Inc.

Stanford Law School

Terry LaPorte

Durie Tangri LLP 13

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Michael Nooney

Jack & Suzanne Yang

Tom DeFilipps

Olander Family Foundation, Inc.

Vanessa Yeh

Michael Devries

Erik Oliver

Catherine Zinn

Tara Dhillon

Rick Ostiller

Debra Zumwalt

Moses Diaz

Jeffrey Ostrow

Zynga, Inc.

Jonathan Dickey

Chris Ottenweller

$250-$999

John Doherty

Laura & Seamus Owen

Glen Abrahams

David Dolkas

Todd Patterson

Richard Abramson

Rhonda Donato

R.R. Donnelley

Paul Allen

David Duperrault

Jerry Roth

Evangelina Almirantearena

Chuck Dyke

Elizabeth Roth

Adam Alper

Hon. Leonard Edwards (Ret.)

Allen Ruby

Christopher Arriola

Darrell Evora

Geoff Rushing

Gary Baum

Stephen Fackler

Chris Schumb

Kelly Baxter

Deborah Fishman

Richard Scudellari

Roy Bennett

Lisa Fontenot

Jim Shaughnessy

Frank Bernstein

Michelle Forrest

Barry Shelton

Karen Boyd

Hon. Catherine A. Gallagher (Ret.)

Sidley Austin LLP

Bright Funds Foundation

Ann & John Gilmour

Chad Skinner

Kevin Brown

Sarah Givan

Christopher Tayback

George Brown

Marissa Glatter

The Sara and Russell Hirsch Fund

David & Sonia Brunner

Google Inc.

Stephanie & Tom Tombrello

Shawn Bunger

Marina Gruber

TSG Reporting, Inc.

John Cabeca

Paul Hagen

Vicki Veenker

Constance Carpenter

Tess Hamilton

Bernard J. Vogel, III

Carpenter and Mayfield

James Hannah

Eric Wang

Laura Champion

Russell Hansen

Gillian Ward

Michael Charlson

Sara Harrington

Wells Fargo Insurance Services

Arthur Cirulnick

Robert Hawk

Barbara & Rick Williams

Lauren Coatney

Roberta Hayashi

Tyson York Winarski

Paul Collins

Dave Healy

Toni Wise

Berdeen & Lee Coven

Hon. John F. Herlihy (Ret.)

Workday, Inc.

Melanie Daraio

John Hogan

Xilinx, Inc.

Stephanie Dauer

Matthew Huerta

David Jakopin

Shailesh Mehra

Hon. Shawna Schwartz

Steven John

Michael & Stella Rosendin Family Trust

Edward Scott

Jennifer Johnson Paige Kaplan Rubina Kazi Christopher Keane

Mindy Morton Vince Murray Alex Myres

Varun Shah Ahsan Shaikh, M.D. James Shaughnessy Ron Shulman

Kathleen Keenaghan David Kennedy Bill & Bonnie Klett Holly Knapp Kevin Knestrick Nichole Kolar

Andrew Cain, a supervising attorney with Legal Advocates for Children and Youth (LACY), won the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division award for Child Advocacy. I M PACT:

Richard Konda Melissa Kosciusko

Rebecca Napolitano

Alan Lagod

Mark Oboyle

Donald Larkin

Beth O'Callahan

Law Offices of Kathryn Schlepphorst

Omidyar Network

Monika Lee Gail Long Hon. Patricia Lucas Josephine Lucey Robert Luft Roy Maharaj Jocelynn Maier Hon. Stephen Manley Hon. John A. Marlo (Ret.) Susan Marsch

Oracle Wayne Osborne Rebecca Pagaza Mark Parnes Richard Pickard Ashurbel Pirayou David Pursley Kathi Rawnsley Anne Rea Michael Reedy

Shawn Sieck Hon. Joe Simitian John Slafsky Pascal Stang Edward Steinman Scott Strickland Andrew Thomases Steven Torgeson Ted Torous Bao-uyen Tran Frank Tsai David Tsai United Health Group Sarah Webb & Siddhartha Venkatesan Vanessa Wells

Brian Martin

Roberta Morris & Philip Bucksbaum

Nancy Martinez

David Roise

Hon. Robert B. Yonts

Mark Massey

Lilia Rose

Stanley Young

Ed Massey

Maggie Brunner Scardigli

Bwo-Han Yung

Joshua Masur

Dale Schane

Amy Van Zant

Shaalu Mehra

Kathryn Schlepphorst

AnnMarie & Ralph Zimmermann

Danielle Van Wert

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DONORS $100-$249

Hon. L. Michael Clark

Suzanne Huesby

Scott Adler

Mark Clews

Rebecca Hunt

Lillian Agliano

Robert Coelho

Andrea Hutchison

Mabell Aguilar-Fabela

Katie Colendich

Carole Leigh Hutton

Wannetta Anderson

Deborah Collins

Steve Jackman

Trisha Anderson

Hon. Dave Cortese

Tracy Johnson

Karen Anderson

Hon. Alden E. Danner (Ret.)

Liz Johnson

Hon. Jacqueline Arroyo

David Deitchman

Alan Johnston Bradley Kancigor

HLS staffed regular onsite legal clinics in partnership with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s social services and diabetes programs.

I M PACT:

Pierre Keeley Hon. James P. Kleinberg Chris Kloes Stephanie Kochhar Hon. Jack Komar (Ret.) Ute Krudewagen

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Chris Banks

Adrienne Dell

Louise Bayles-Fightmaster

Dena Dickinson

Laura Blakely

Tobin Dommer

Hon. Franklin Bondonno

Ausra Dulard

Jim Bower

Angela Dunning

Matthew Brandalise

Margie Edwards

Isaac Brewer

Amy Foley

Tijana Brien

Christina Foley

Cynthia Bright

Judith Gable

David Brightman

Erika Gasaway

Daniel Bromberg

Robin Diane Goldstein

Benjamin Cacao

GoodSearch

Andrew Cain

Catia Hagopian

Lorraine Casto

Steven Haines

Scott Chang

Russ Hansen

Laurie Charrington

Jacob Heath

Charlene Chen

Lawrence Hoenig

AnnaLisa Chung

Curt Holbreich

Ken Kuwayti Lakin-Spears, LLP Renee Lawson Joan Leis Cheri LeRoy John Lo Hon. Richard J. Loftus Holly Long Mara Williams Low Mary Lucas Sandra Madrigal Teresa Malekzadeh Susan Mangum Neda Mansoorian Nicole Marciano Scott Maurer Robert McCafferty Robert McHenry

Caroline McIntyre

John Ryan

Cameron Zinsli

Sally Jeanne McKenna

Rajiv Sarathy

Kevin Zwick

Chas Mercurio

James Scalise

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Lisa Mikkelsen

Lido Scardigli

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Heidi Miller

Matthew Schechter

Ken Miller

Karen Scussel

Ed Anderson: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Hon. Edward Mills

Neda Shakoori

Shawna & Dan Bauhaus

Michele Modena

Thompson Sharkey

Brian E. Cabrera

Michael Moore

Kathie Sheehy

Jesse Ziff Cool

Amy Murthy

Javed Sheikh

Jodi Murthy

Monique Sherman

Michelle & Peter Detkin Family Foundation

Hon. Jerome Nadler (Ret.)

Nicole Singer

Mark Narveson

Suzanne Smith

Wendy Nicholas

Lynne Snyder

Sigrid Nicholas

Patrick Soricone

Michael Nicholas

Sara Stapleton

Christina & Montgomery Kersten

Irvin Nicholas

Marcia Sterling

LexisNexis

John Nieman

Margaret Stevenson

Mel Lindstrom

Megan Olesok

Hon. Jon S. Tigar

Oakland Athletics Baseball Co.

Doug Ott

Hon. Patrick Tondreau

Ron & Janice Naymark

Andrew Patterson

Corinne Tomeo

RR Donnelley

Christopher Payne

Gina Tsai

The Recorder

Christine Peek

Rob Uriarte

David Shannon

Ann Perez

Erika Varga

Jim Shaughnessy

Rebecca Peters

Steve VerSteeg

Silicon Valley Business Journal

Ash Pirayou

Mike Weil

Lydia & Geoffrey Thomas

Meghana RaoRane

Ann Whyte

Vardy's Jewelers

Michael Rawson

Steve Wilson

Melanie D. Vinson

Magan Ray

Marianne Wolf

John Rhine

Patricia Wyrod

Chris Ricci

Yow Yung Yang

Saundra Riley

Anders Yang

Robert Riley

Erika Yawger

Fox Network Group Infinite PR JAMS Eric Jensen

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VOLUNTEERS

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ATTORNEYS

Alexis Coll-Very

Caz Hashemi

Lindsey Adams-Hess

Chris Compton

Robert Hawk

Maureen Alger

Sally Cooperrider

Jacob Marcus Heath

Ed Anderson

Catalin Cosovanu

Derik J. Hilliard

Abbye Atkinson

Nick Crews

Yvonne Ho

Colleen Ball

Allison Davidson

Beth Hopwood

Barbara Barath

Mollie Dent

Elizabeth Howard

Al Bender

Peter Detkin

Felisa Ihly

Josh Benson

Jack DiCanio

Nicole Isger

Alex Binder

Matthew Dolan

David Jakopin

Sarah Binning

Nikki Dossman

Eric Jensen

Norm Blears

Susan Edwards

Merritt Johnson

Lora Blum

Jim Elacqua

Sebastian Kaplan

Katie Boolukos

Jacqueline Esai

Pierre Keeley

Diane Brown

Terrance Evans

E.A. Lisa Kenkel

Debra Burns

Jennifer L. Field

Montgomery Kersten

Rachel Burns

Sarah Finkelstein

Lily Kim

Feb Cabrasawan

Rachel Fischetti

Eunice Kim

Brian E. Cabrera

Sally Fox

Michelle Kim-Szrom

Corina Cacovean

Andrea Fitanides

Roberta Kiphuth

Constance Carpenter

Simon Frankel

Wes Klimczak

Vincent Caruso

James Freedman

Julia Kolibachuk

Diana Chang

Eric S. Geffon

Stacy Kray

Renee Glover Chantler

Manal Georges

Patrick Lai

Lydia Chao

Sarah Ghulamhussain

Eric Lamison

Neel Chatterjee

Ines Gonzales

Terry LaPorte

Pablo Chavez

Susan Goodhue

David Larson

Eric Cheng

Vern Granneman

Blake Lawit

Christina Cheung

Robert Greeley

Linda Lee

Tiffany Cheung

Gary Greenstein

Carrie LeRoy

Anita Choi

Andres Guerra

Michelle Leung

Fred Chung

Tom Hadid

Yabo Lin

Howard Clowes

Tim Hadlock

Maureen Linch

Sara Harrington

Christian Ling

John Lo

Rob Phillips

Stephen Strain

Charlin Lu

Mike Phillips

Ruth Silver Taube

Christina Lum

Elizabeth Pipkin

Jason Tomita

Anthony Luna

Bernie Pistillo

Valerie Tran

Paul Lynd

Matthew Poppe

Christopher Trester

Michelle Ma

David Priebe

James Tsuei

Diana Maltzer

Kira Proehl

Matthew Van Leeuwen

Scott Maples

Priyanka Rajagopalan

Ryan Marton

Melinda Reichert

Denise Miller

Chris Reilly

Zach Miller

David Reyes

Suzan Miller

Hector Ribera

Adam B. Miller-Howard

Carrie Richey

Elise Mitchell

Julia Collins Riechart

Michelle Morin

Andrew Robb

Scott R. Mosko

Ashley Rogers

Jeff Muchmore

Erika Rottenberg

Sadia Mumtaz

Mark Rowland

Eric Adam Naftel

Janisha Sabnani

Usha Narayanan

John F. Schultz

David Nefouse

Michael Scimeca

Patrick Nguyen

Alan Seem

Trina Oettinger

Kela Shang

Erik Olson

David Shannon

Katie O'Malley

Monique Sherman

Eileen O'Pray

Barbara Shufro

Laura Owen

Robyn A. Siers

Thomas Pack

Arielle Singh

Ariane Pannell

Christopher Skelton

Amy Park

Daniel J. Smith

Mark Parnes

Lia Smith

Emily Pence

Ronnie Solomon

Evette Pennypacker

Leslie Sprinkle

Cam Phan

Amir Steinhart

PILF and its community partners persuaded Santa Clara County jail officials to drop a controversial plan to ban jail inmates from receiving letters and photos from their families.

IMPACT:

Anita Vasudevan Vicki Veenker Siddhartha Venkatesan Melanie D. Vinson Christina Vo Hanh Vo Lois Voelz Bernard J. Vogel, III Peng Wang Stephanie Wells Brett White Carrie Williamson Randy Wu Keith L. Wurster Asa Wynn-Grant Brent Yamashita 19

VOLUNTEERS Sruli Yellin

Julia High

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

Stanley Young

Brandi Hines

Charles Adams

Carol Yur

Lani Ho

Amie Aldana

Zhou Zhou

Miles Hunt

Sarah Argenal

Debra Zumwalt

Jasmine Johal

Daniel Baker

Paola Zuni

Jackie Lin

Stephanie Benham

PARALEGALS

Helen Luu

James Brachulis

Christine MacDonald

Marianne Brown

Ryan McCaffrey

Susan Chow

Michelle McClanahan

Amy DeWitt

Juan Montes

Tiffany Do

Lillian Nelson

Karen Dodrill

Jennifer Pham

Tracey A. Fencl

Tracy Pham

Heather Fisher

Sean Piers

Patricia Foley

Ruby Renteria

Grace Forker

Michael Ruiz

Colleen Frank

Adele Schafer

Julia Fuerst

Mariah Snowden

Andrew Hanna

Kelly Temes

Peter Hansen

Sarah Thompson

John Hendricks

Pax Tirrell

Heather Horter

Kate Wieking

Natasha Innocenti

Ryan Young

Morgan Jones

SOCIAL WORK INTERNS

Joshua Jones

Stephanie Ammann

Carla Jones

Sarah Gerhart

Sandhya Kedlaya

Jackie Lin

Sandra Kodani

Kate Mahaley

Carlos Lejarza

Brenda Salas

Calvin Leong

Hannah Toy

Chris Lubaway

Margaret Austin Thomas Camilleri Anthony DeNatale Deborah Dunlop Grace Forker Linda Hellet Amanda Hudson Patricia Johnsen Audrey M. Lin Olga Parra Moira Rueda Janet Sadoff Vibeke Simonsen Ida Soleimani Evelyn Vu Mark Woodside

LAW STUDENTS Sophia Areias Amanda Barbatoe Vasdeva Challa Nicole Chen Tomasine Cole Moira Cullen Ariel Gaknoki Michael Giambona

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Rachel Maples

Darcy Marcellus

Hogan Lovells

Melinda Masters

JAMS

Terry S. Moore

Keker & Van Nest LLP

Danielle L. Moralee

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Greg Neubauer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Rick Ostiller

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Olga Parra

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Christopher Provence

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Marcel Provencher

McManis Faulkner

Sherwin Sabado

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Monica Schreiber

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Ryan Sullivan

Nixon Peabody LLP

Paola Tobias

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP

Jason Troy Jaime Velasquez Hanh Vo Diana Watanabe

Intel Corporation Intellectual Ventures Google, Inc. LinkedIn Corporation Major, Lindsey & Africa Navigant Consulting, Inc. NVIDIA Corporation Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Stanford University Symantec Corporation

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Workday, Inc.

Catherine Zinn

Ropes & Gray LLP

LAW FIRM PRO BONO PARTNERS

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Baker & McKenzie

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Compton Antitrust Law Office

Silicon Valley Law Group

Cooley LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Fenwick & West LLP

Hewlett-Packard Company

Synopsys, Inc.

Karen William

Duane Morris LLP

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

DLA Piper LLP

CORPORATE PRO BONO PARTNERS

Zynga, Inc.

Veenker Law Offices Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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FINANCIALS REVENUE & SUPPORT

ASSETS

2014

2013

$1,664,703

$1,710,167

Cash Held in Trust

156,950

82,096

Accounts Receivable

873,363

823,562

1,882,061

Total Fixed Assets

203,067

163,029

699,502

734,458

Total Other Assets

237,559

196,440

Attorney Fees

186,783

233,454

TOTAL ASSETS

$3,135,642

$2,975,294

Contributions

143,892

188,220

Legal Services Trust Fund

114,602

123,208

LIABILITIES

—

39,861

Accounts Payable

$154,883

$78,726

37,072

6,036

Other Liabilities

591,774

501,372

$11,728,384

$9,295,514

Notes Payable

128,013

146,525

$874,670

$726,623

$2,121,219

$2,134,393

139,753

114,278

2014

2013

Government Contracts

$4,152,380

$3,774,900

Contributions In-Kind

4,251,778

2,313,316

60,332

—

2,082,043

Grants

Contributions In-Kind (Other) Special Events

Cy Pres Awards Miscellaneous TOTAL REVENUE & SUPPORT

Cash & Cash Equivalents

TOTAL LIABILITIES

EXPENSES Program Services Admin., Gen. & Fundraising TOTAL EXPENSES CHANGE IN NET ASSETS

$10,267,489

$8,123,764

1,448,594

1,416,489

$11,716,083

$9,540,253

Temporarily Restricted

$12,301

$(244,739)

TOTAL NET ASSETS

$2,260,972

2,248,671

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS

$3,135,642

$2,975,294

VOLUNTEER IN-KIND

HOURS

VALUE

Attorneys

8,894

$3,140,629

Law Students

4,147

269,549

REVENUE & SUPPORT

NET ASSETS Unrestricted



Government Contracts 56%



Corporations 21%

Social Workers

2,340

234,000



Grants 11%

Paralegals

1,437

352,765



Individuals 9%

Clerical Services

1,020

39,510



Fee Awards 3%

Professional Services

104

35,837

30

9,758

17,972

$4,082,048

Legal Assistants TOTAL VOLUNTEER IN-KIND

EXPENSES

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Programs 83%



Admin., Gen. & Fundraising 17%

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Brian E. Cabrera President

Howard Clowes President-Elect

Alexis S. Coll-Very Secretary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Edward V. Anderson

Scott Maples

Norman J. Blears

Suzan Miller

Brian E. Cabrera

Erik Olson

Neel Chatterjee

Rick Ostiller

Howard Clowes

Laura Owen

Alexis S. Coll-Very

Elizabeth Pipkin

Charles T.C. Compton

Erika Rottenberg

Peter Detkin

Mark Rowland

James Elacqua

John Schultz

Vernon H. Granneman

David Shannon

Caz Hashemi

Vicki S. Veenker

Natasha Innocenti

Melanie D. Vinson

Eric C. Jensen

Bernard J. Vogel, III

E.A. Lisa Kenkel

Catherine Zinn

Montgomery Kersten

Debra Zumwalt

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Sidley Austin LLP NVIDIA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP DLA Piper LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Compton Anti-Trust Law Office Intellectual Ventures Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP Major, Lindsey & Africa Cooley LLP

Fenwick & West LLP Community Leader

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Intel Corporation Morrison & Foerster LLP Navigant

ForeScout Technologies, Inc. McManis Faulkner

LinkedIn Corporation Ropes & Gray LLP

Hewlett-Packard Company NVIDIA

Veenker Law Offices

Richard J. Ostiller Treasurer

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE Honorable Read Ambler (Ret.) JAMS

Harry B. Bremond

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP

Honorable John Flaherty (Ret.) JAMS

John W. (Jay) Fowler Bergeson, LLP

Steve Hallgrimson Berliner Cohen

Allen J. Ruby

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Professor Edward H. Steinman Santa Clara University School of Law

Lawrence Stone

Santa Clara County Assessor

Rick Williams

Sobrato Family Foundation

James T. Danaher In Memoriam

Albert J. Ruffo In Memoriam

Workday, Inc.

Silicon Valley Law Group DLA Piper

Office of the General Counsel

Yabo Lin

Sidley Austin LLP

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STAFF FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT Nadia Aziz

Senior Attorney

Diana Castillo Senior Attorney

Nuemi Guzman

Senior Legal Assistant/Outreach Coordinator

Kyra Kazantzis Directing Attorney

Annette Kirkham Senior Attorney

Teresa Magaña

Senior Office Manager

James Zahradka

Rachel Fightmaster

Samuel Jain

Steve Goetze

Anuja Kumaria

Amy Guy

Denise Miller

Crisanne Hazen

Becky Moskowitz

Julia High

Staff Attorney Staff Attorney Staff Attorney Staff Attorney

Senior Attorney

Kim Pederson Senior Attorney

Kaycie Perez Intake Specialist

Supervising Attorney

Kristen Psaty

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM

Jim Raphael

Kyra Kazantzis Directing Attorney

Teresa Magaña

Senior Office Manager

Melissa Morris Senior Attorney

James Zahradka Supervising Attorney

HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES & MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT

Peer Intern

Senior Advocate

Mahira Siddiqui Advocate, JD

Sarah Webb Senior Attorney

Megan Wheelehan Advocate, JD

LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH Roxanna Alavi Senior Attorney

Chuck Adams

Andrew Cain

Hilary Armstrong

Nora Chung

Marlene Bennett

Carla Rabuy Cox

Ilsa Branch

Adelina Del Real

Jenny Battaroff

Rita Duarte

Molly Brennan

Ben Ebert

Kara Brodfuehrer

Susan Edwards

Lauren Broggini

Melanie Emmons

Katie Camp

Karina Ferreira

Volunteer Intake/Legal Assistant Directing Attorney

Supervising Attorney Supervising Attorney

Contracts Coordinator Senior Attorney Senior Attorney Advocate Advocate

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Taylor Campion

Supervising Attorney Senior Social Worker Senior Attorney

Senior Legal Assistant Senior Social Worker Senior Attorney Volunteer Attorney

Temporary Staff Attorney Legal Secretary

Senior Attorney

Senior Social Worker/Staff Attorney Senior Attorney Supervising Attorney

Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Greenberg Traurig

Maighna Jain Senior Attorney

Patricia Jimenez Senior Social Worker

Jennifer Kelleher Cloyd Directing Attorney

Amanda Kennedy Senior Attorney

Heidi Koh

Senior Attorney

Chantal Kurpiewski Senior Office Manager/ Contracts Coordinator

Karie Lew

Senior Attorney

Gladys Machain

Senior Legal Secretary

Kate Manning Senior Attorney

Neha Marathe Senior Attorney

Ruby Marquez Senior Attorney

Patti Massey Senior Attorney

Jeanine McKelvey Senior Attorney

Xochitl Munoz Social Worker

Tamara Schane Senior Attorney

Barbara Shufro Volunteer Attorney

Bulmaro Tamayo Senior Social Worker

Nathan Thomas

Supervising Social Worker

Hannah Toy

Eva Fong

Vanji Unruh

Jazmin Garcia

Suzanne Yang

Liz Haas

Rhea Yo Staff Attorney

Andrew Lin

PRO BONO PROGRAM

Lilian Lopez

Allison Barnum, Esq.

Elisa Neipp

Social Worker

Senior Attorney Senior Attorney

Pro Bono Manager

Mariel Block

Controller

Receptionist

Events & Communications IT Consultant Receptionist

Human Resources Manager

Staff Attorney

Lisa Breen Strickland

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Frank Tsai

Alison Brunner

Chief Executive Officer

The Law Foundation partnered with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP to educate 2,000 high school students about social media with a new program, “Know Your Rights and Know the Law: Sexual and Social Media Misconduct” IMPACT:

Fund Development Consultant Chief Financial Officer Consultant

Carrie Chung

Senior Accounting / Administrative Assistant

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