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Pro Bono Bulletin
SUMMER 2014
SPECIAL AWARDS ISSUE
SHOWCASING DLA PIPER’S
2013 NORTH AMERICAN PRO BONO WORK
WELCOME
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Contents
3 TEAM LETTER
4 JUSTICE SEYMOUR SIMON TEAM PROJECT AWARD WINNER
8 PRO BONO AWARD WINNERS
12 JUSTICE SEYMOUR SIMON TEAM PROJECT AWARD NOMINEES
14 PRO BONO AWARD NOMINEES
22 SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTY
26 ADVANCING EDUCATION’S PROMISE
28 SECOND CHANCES FOR JUVENILES
32 ACCESS TO JUSTICE
38 IMMIGRATION
40 ADVOCATES AGAINST INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
42 CIVIL RIGHTS
44 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
46 NEW PERIMETER
50 NORTH AMERICAN PRO BONO COMMITTEE
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ACKNOWLEDGING OUR 2013
PRO BONO ALL-STARS
We are pleased to share with you the 2013 DLA Piper Pro Bon
Pro Bono Bulletin SUMMER 2014 SPECIAL AWARDS IS
WELCOME
1 Contents 3 TEAM LETTER 4 JUSTIC
2 Follow us on Twitter @dlapiperprobono @
ACKNOWLEDGING OUR 2013 PRO BONO ALL-STARS We ar
4 5 successful years Our Baltimore office’s
Justice Seymour Simon Team Project Award Winner G
6 In 2007, DLA Piper introduced a team pro bono a
Did You Know? DLA Piper received The Ame
2013 Pro Bono Awards: In identifying the Pro Bono
9 TIMOTHY BIRNBAUM
Pro Bono Award Winners HILARY GEVONDYAN
11 KAITLYN HARBOUR
12 Justice Seymour Simon Team Project Award Nom
DEFENDING JUVENILES WITH CHICAGO’S DREAM TEAM In
2013 Pro Bono Award Nominees 14
15 ANISA AFNANI
Pro Bono Award Nominees 16 KRISTA
17 ELLEN DEW
Pro Bono Award Nominees 18 ALVIN J
19 SAORI KAJI
Pro Bono Award Nominees 20 AMY REA
ERIC RYAN
22 22 Serving Those Who Serve Our Country DLA
23 DLA Piper ranked 20out200 of firms in Th
24 STAND DOWN DLA Piper began s
25 Did You Know? Our onsite legal clinics, h
14,000+ hours of pro bono work to education suppo
AEP is a single initiative consisting of our work
28 Second Chances for Juveniles Nearly two millio
25 years The firm celebrated 25 years of fighting
30 In California, the state Att
3 Did You Know? The Chicago Goal 1
32 Access to Justice In the US, more than 60 m
33 We helped launch the Virtual Legal Clinic w
34 Photo: Will Byington Photography In addition
the outside world. Moreover, they learned they wo
Did You Know? 36 2010-2013 Pro Bono Clinics Spon
DLA Piper has created clinics that bring legal se
38 207,000+ hours Total hours contributed
ASYLUM SEEKERS Asylum seekers come to the US fro
40 Advocates Against Intimate Partner Violence T
41 Lawyers in DLA Piper’s Bal
42 Nonprofit Organizations The firm’s pro bono s
FORMATION AND GOVERNANCE The backbone of the fir
New Perimeter From Tanzania to Kosovo and Colombi
200+ lawyers from 55 of our global offices worked
46 Founded in 2005 as
When we asked our lawyers, “Provide three words t
48 NORTH AMERICAN PRO BONO COMMITTEE Li
THE PRO BONO TEAM DLA Piper is committed to provi