The
Legal Project
Pro
Bono Corner
Lisa A. Frisch, Executive Director
11th Annual Pro Bono Reception
There’s still
time to register to attend the 11th Annual Pro Bono Reception,
where The Legal Project honors the volunteers and community partners
who do so much to serve the Capital District. Our 2006 Reception will
be on Thursday, October 26th at the beautiful New York
State Museum Terrace Gallery. Lydia Kulbida of WNYT will be the Mistress
of Ceremonies, and we will have a wonderful Silent Auction filled with
great items—with pottery and other original artwork, antiques
and collectibles, fabulous gift baskets, fun gift certificates, great
children’s items and other items you will definitely want to peruse
for your holiday shopping—or for something for you to
enjoy. You can register by mail or through our secure website at www.legalproject.org.
The honorees at
the Pro Bono Reception this year are:
Barrett
Mack, Esq.
Brigid Nolan
Memorial Award for Pro Bono Service to Victims of Domestic Violence:
This award is presented to an attorney who, through his or her dedication
and pro bono service with The Legal Project, has helped a victim of
domestic violence to begin life anew.
Michelle
Haskin, Esq.
Stanley A. Rosen Memorial Award for Service to Victims of Domestic Violence:
This award is presented to an attorney who has demonstrated an ability
to litigate a matter on behalf of a victim of domestic violence and
shows the utmost professionalism and integrity in their dealings with
the Court, litigants and attorneys, which are qualities exemplified
by Stanley Rosen during his lifetime.
Pamela Robich,
Esq.
The Kurt Clobridge Memorial Award for Pro Bono Service: This award is
presented to attorneys who embody the spirit of pro bono volunteerism
and selflessness that the late Kurt Clobridge, an active participant
in The Legal Project’s programs, exemplified in his life.
Martin,
Harding & Mazzotti, LLP
The Barry A. Gold Law Firm Leadership Award: This award recognizes a
law firm that has made an important difference during the past year
through the generous pro bono work of its partners and associates.
Resource
Advisors
The Swyer Companies Corporate Leadership Award: This award is presented
in recognition of a corporation or philanthropist whose generous support
makes a significant difference in The Legal Project’s ability
to serve the community.
Better Neighborhoods,
Inc.
The Field of Dreams Award: This award is presented to an individual
or organization whose inspiration and efforts resulted in the development
of a new or expanded Legal Project program to meet the needs of lower
income or other underserved people.
Thanks to
our Event Steering Committee!
Each year, we have wonderful guidance from our Board’s Event Committee,
as well as Co-Chairs of our Honorary Committee, in planning the Pro
Bono Reception. This year, as we expand the event and hope to bring
in even more people to discover the work of The Legal Project, we have
convened a Steering Committee to assist us and we’d like to introduce
them and thank them for all of their efforts. We are fortunate to have
the help of the following creative and tireless friends: Marri
Aviza, Tracey Chandler, Jill Dunn, Timothy H. Easley, Paul Harding,
Lisa Norgrove, Eileen Stack and Ed Swyer.
Ed
Swyer, Paul Harding, Jill Dunn, Eileen Stack & Tim Easley
Meet
The Staff: Katie Weinberg
Katie is one of our wonderful Legal Services Coordinators here at The
Legal Project. She coordinates five of our programs; Affordable Housing
Attorney Assistance, Bankruptcy, Legal Clinics, Small Business Legal
Network, and Legally Speaking. She has been with us for about a year
and a half. She loves working here and is especially grateful that she
doesn’t have to wait tables anymore! Outside of work, Katie is
an actress at Albany Civic Theater where she can be seen as the lead
in their most recent production of Murder By Poe. She also is on their
board of directors and runs their box office. In addition to her love
of theater and the arts, Katie enjoys rooting for the Yankees, playing
soccer, and watching Project Runway. Originally from Plattsburgh, NY,
Katie has degrees in Drama and English from Ithaca College.
Thank you
for the Support!
AIG Donates
$25,000 To Legal Project
AIG recently made an extremely generous donation to The Legal Project,
which would help fund our efforts to help victims of domestic violence
that are in need of civil legal services. Thank you, AIG, for your extraordinary
generosity and spirit of giving!
NYSBA Foundation
Awards The Legal Project With $10,000 Grant
The New York State Bar Foundation awarded The Legal Project with a $10,000
grant to support the Domestic Violence Legal Connection program. These
funds will assist us in providing litigation costs and other services
to pro bono clients who are victims of domestic violence, helping us
fill the gap stemming from our loss of federal grant support in 2005-2006.
This grant will help us immeasurably, as did the NYSBA Foundation’s
domestic violence grant to us last year, as well as a $20,000 emergency
grant that they awarded us in 2006. We applaud the NYSBA Foundation
for their support of innovative programs such as The Legal Project,
promoting creative ways to enhance the delivery of legal services in
New York State. Thank you so much for all of your support!
From left:
Legal Project Board Executive Committee Members Martha Gershun,
Michelle Wildgrube, Robin Christenson and Ron Gardner (with Lisa
peeking from behind) and NYSBA Foundation Director of Development
Rosanne Van Heertum and NYSBA Foundation Board Member James B.
Ayers.
Bank
of America Foundation Provides $2,500 Grant to AHAA!
Thank you to the Bank of America Foundation for the support
of the Affordable Housing Attorney Assistance Project (AHAA!). We very
much appreciate their assistance in keeping this wonderful program going
strong. This allows us to continue to provide attorneys at no or low
cost to first time, low-income homebuyers in the Capital District. We
work in coordination with the many affordable housing programs in the
region to make this program a success, and we are always seeking real
estate attorneys, or those interested in learning more about real estate
law, to join our pro bono panel! Please contact us for more information
at kweinberg@legalproject.org.
Thanks to CDWBA &
the Diehard Golfers Out There!
Many
thanks to the CDWBA for donating the proceeds of the Third Annual Golf
Outing to The Legal Project! As many of you know firsthand, September
14th was a soggy, wet, nasty day but the Golf Outing was a tremendous
success, nonetheless! It was my fledgling attempt at golfing, and I
was such a disaster on the golf course that my patient foursome won
an award for “highest score”, apparently not much of a distinction
in golf! (What do I know, I’m a baseball fan…) But it was
a lot of fun anyway, and wonderful to see such great support for The
Legal Project! Thanks to all of you who helped organize the event, played
in the rain, were sponsors or donated prizes and goodie bag items!!
Thanks
for taking cases in September!
Domestic Violence
Legal Connection
Michelle Haskin
Cheryl Hogan
Barrett Mack
AHAA
Kelly Malloy-Pogoda
Pamela Robich-Wright
Kenneth Schwartz
Legal Clinics
YWCA
Coordinator –
Carol Phillips
Barbara King
Unity House
Jill Nagy
Mechanicville
Coordinator – Carla Brogoch
Anne Reynolds Copps
South End
Coordinator
– Vickie Smith-Moyo
Katherine Levitan
John McBride
Meredith Savitt
Saratoga
Coordinator – Jessica Lennon
Laura Greco
Linda Taverni
Equinox
Coordinator – Robin Ferro
David Levy
Joann Sternheimer
Legally
Speaking
Jessica Lennon
Small
Business Legal Network
Coordinators – Carla Brogoch, Katie Weinberg
Nancy DeLain
Janet Kaplan
Amy Monk
HIV/AIDS
Law Consortium Wills & Estates Program:
Margaret Holbritter
Breast Cancer Awareness
Month
Please help us during
Breast Cancer Awareness Month to make a difference. The CDWBA/Legal
Project has a team who will be walking to benefit the American Cancer
Society in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Washington
Park in Albany, Sunday, October 15th. If you would like to join our
team, please contact Gayle Hartz or Lisa Frisch at 435-1770 or if you
would like to sponsor our team, please send or drop off a check made
out to the American Cancer Society to our office at 6 Executive Park
Drive, Albany, NY 12203.
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