PROBONO Bulletin - Winter 2008 - (Page 31)

AWARDS AND RECoGNITIoN Firm Honored by Casa Cornelia LA Piper received Casa Cornelia’s La Mancha Award for the work firm lawyers have done representing both adult and juvenile asylees. The award was presented at Casa Cornelia’s 15th Anniversary reception in October. D From left to right: Charlie Deem, Renee Chantler, Brooke Killian, Sue Lake (Casa Cornelia Staff Attorney), Carmen Chavez (Casa Cornelia’s Executive Director) and Ms. Gonzales (a Casa Cornelia client) Academy Thanks Team with Special Dinner A DLA Piper team from the Baltimore, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle offices represented the West Sound Academy in the acquisition and tax-exempt financing of their existing school campus. A few months after the closing, the DLA Piper team was invited to visit the campus to meet the staff and some students. They were met at the ferry across the Puget Sound by Dr. Steve Arnold, the board member who had been their principal contact. After a tour of the campus, they were led to a room in which a team of students had prepared a delicious meal. West Sound Academy is an independent Middle and Senior High School that provides parallel tracks for academic education and instruction in the visual, musical and other arts, one of which, as the team learned at the dinner, includes the culinary arts. The DLA Piper team was presented with photographs of the entire student body and cards featuring the artwork of some of the students. Pamela Westhoff (San Diego) led the team that worked on the West Sound project, with assistance from Kristin Franceschi (Baltimore); Kevin Reisch (San Diego); and Nancy Grauman and Steven Yentzer (both Seattle). DLA Piper lawyers enjoyed the feast prepared for them by students at the West Sound Academy Rick morey (Chicago) Honored orey by the North Lawndale Employment Network n September 10th, Chicago Partner Rick Morey was honored with the North Lawndale Employment Network’s (NLEN) Creating a Community that Works award, for his ongoing legal representation of the organization. The O award is given annually by the board of directors and staff of NLEN to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to his or her community over the past year by providing high quality service, acting as a positive role model and contributing beyond usual expectations to achieve unconventional excellence. According to the selection committee, Rick exemplified all of these qualities, and thus was a perfect candidate for the award! WINTER 2008 | 31

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PROBONO Bulletin - Winter 2008 Contents Cover Story: Digging Deep: DLA Piper’s Signature Project Model CSR Report Feature Story: DLA Piper Assists with German Ghetto Work Payment Program Clinics National News Mapping Impact An Interview With Jeff Coopersmith FourThought New Perimeter Update Awards and Recognition

PROBONO Bulletin - Winter 2008

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