Pro Bono Honoree: February, 2009
Top 2008 Volunteers

Legal Aid is proud to announce that pro bono volunteers, attorneys and non-attorneys, volunteered over 10,000 hours in 2008 to help low-income people get equal access to justice. In January, Legal Aid had 120 pro bono volunteers taking cases; by the end of the year about 280 were working pro bono on Legal Aid cases. A lot of the credit goes to Legal Aid’s Director of Pro Bono, Janet Seldon. She works tirelessly to support and recruit pro bono volunteers. Listed below are our top 21 volunteers in 2008. We would like to thank them for their commitment and hard work in helping the low-income residents of San Mateo County.

Janet Seldon, Director of Pro Bono

Janet is a graduate of New College of California School of Public Interest Law. She has 23 years experience initiating and administering pro bono legal programs and special projects. At Legal Aid, Janet recruits, trains and supervises pro bono attorneys and is a stalwart advocate for Legal Aid clients.

TOP 21 PRO BONO VOLUNTEERS:

Thank you for your commitment to equal access to justice!

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

John Alden

Maureen Alger

Adam Pivovar

Kara Hagen

James Penning

Scott Petersmeyer

Janice Phillips

Meghana Raorane

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Rosanna Lipscomb

Jones Day

Joshua Kim

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lien K. Dang

Andrea L. Groves

Benjamin A. Potter

Legal Aid

James R. Kaspar

Jay White, Emeritus Attorney

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Kate Bartow

McDermott Will & Emery

Daniel Alberti

Thomas Brown

Alexis Garcha

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Darcy Paul

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Julio Avalos