Welcome to our 2011 Benefit!Welcome to our 2011 Benefit!Thank you for coming tonightThank you for coming tonight

and supporting us throughout the year.

Joe Joe FiginiFiginiBenefit coBenefit co‐‐chairchair

Tina KearnsTina KearnsBenefit coBenefit co‐‐chairchair

Jones DayJones DayJones DayJones DayChildren’s Pro Bono ChampionChildren’s Pro Bono Championpp

Senator Mary LandrieuSenator Mary LandrieuSenator Mary LandrieuSenator Mary LandrieuDistinguished Child AdvocateDistinguished Child Advocategg

Thank you to our generous yBenefit sponsors

ChampionsChampions

Marcia & Donald Bisenius

GuardiansGuardiansAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPh ld ’ l d lChildren’s National Medical Center

Joe Figini & Jason DenbyFinnegang

General Electric CompanyKnock Out Abuse

May Liang & James LintottMay Liang & James LintottMcKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Steptoe & Johnson LLPWilli & C ll LLPWilliams & Connolly LLP

BenefactorsBenefactorsArnold & Porter LLP

F ddi M F d iFreddie Mac FoundationMichael & Elizabeth Galvin

Stephen A. and Diana L. Goldberg FoundationHunton & Williams LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLPNancy & Simon Sidamon‐EristoffNancy & Simon Sidamon‐Eristoff

Katie & Dick Snowdon

Children’s Law Center Children’s Law Center Children’s Law Center Children’s Law Center represents more thanrepresents more thanrepresents more thanrepresents more than

1,200 children1,200 children every year.every year.1,200 children1,200 children every year.every year.

“The “The Children’s Law Center Children’s Law Center has helped me and my brothers has helped me and my brothers 

stay togetherstay together ””stay togetherstay together..

–– TyneithiaTyneithia

AdvocatesJessica AbrahamsArent Fox LLP

Mark & Cindy AronMark & Cindy AronBNA

BP America Inc. T & K i B ll iTom & Kristy Bulleit

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLPClifford Chance US LLP

Greg Crider & Jule Cahill CriderCrowell & Moring LLP

April McClain Delaney & John DelaneyApril McClain Delaney & John Delaney

AdvocatesElizabeth Downes & A. Patrick Doyle

Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy LLPNina Gross & Steve Asher

Hogan LovellsHolland & Knight LLPHolland & Knight LLP

Jones DayKaye Scholer LLPKi kl d & Elli LLPKirkland & Ellis LLP

Latham & Watkins LLPSylvia Pearson

AdvocatesPEPCO

Thomas Pheasant & Juan Carlos RinconesRichards Kibbe & Orbe LLP

Rick & Ellen RuleSidley Austin LLPSidley Austin LLP

Page & Howard SmithStradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Wiley Rein LLPWilmerHale

Children’s Law Center Children’s Law Center is the is the largest largest

l l dl l dlegal services provider legal services provider in DC.in DC.

MentorsBlank Rome LLP

CityBridge FoundationSteven Cline & Christopher Bolcik

H. Guy CollierCooley LLPyDechert LLP

Delaney McKinney LLPDLA PiperDLA Piper

Evermay Wealth ManagementEvan & Amanda Farber

MentorsFish & Richardson PC

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & JacobsonGeneral Mills

Anthony Herman & Melanie SternHilton Worldwide

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPLocke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Margaret J McKinneyMargaret J. McKinneyJohn &  Jan Purcell

Quadrangle Development Corporation

MentorsRaffa & Associates Financial Services

Judith SandalowSeyfarth Shaw LLP

Spartin Planning PLLCStudleyStudley

Lila & Brendan SullivanVan Ness Feldman PCWhite & Case LLP

Maryelena & Gino ZaccardelliZuckerman Spaeder LLPp

Ab t 2 000 Ab t 2 000 hildhildAbout 2,000 About 2,000 children are children are in foster care in DCin foster care in DCin foster care in DC in foster care in DC at any given timeat any given timeat any given timeat any given time

FriendsRita Bank

Drs. Nathaniel & Lee BeersWilliam & Brigid BrakefieldWilliam & Brigid BrakefieldRobert & Mary Kate Cary

Christianne CejasS i D kSonnie Dockser

Linda & John DonovanJane & Ed EbingerJoanna Edgell

Michael J. FletcherMelissa GalettoMelissa GalettoGeoffrey Gitner

FriendsAndrew Greenfield

Robert Hasty & David GrayJacq enette M HelmesJacquenette M. HelmesPhilip & Roberta HortonChris & Karen Johnsen

The Honorable Gladys KesslerJ. Andrew Keyes

The Honorable Warren King & Joyce DeroyThe Honorable Warren King & Joyce DeroyAlbert Knoll

George LizamaCarmen & Carson McLeanCarmen & Carson McLean

Hattie Ruttenberg & Jon Molot

FriendsAlfred H. Moses

Susan & Mark O’ConnorJack & Lovell OlenderJack & Lovell Olender

Susan, Sarah & Andre OusleyTom Papson & Toby Singer

Toni A. RitzenbergJulie Roberts

David & Mary Ellen RogersDavid & Mary Ellen RogersJessica Rosenbaum

Barbara & Charles RossottiDeborah Sams Sczudlo & Raymond S SczudloDeborah Sams Sczudlo & Raymond S. Sczudlo

FriendsTheresa Shanahan & Herbert Hribar

Silvija StrikisThe Honorable Tommy G ThompsonThe Honorable Tommy G. Thompson

Herb TilleryJulia & Victor Tolkan

Mariella & Michael TragerEileen Shields‐West & Robin West

Janice Savin Williams & Chris WilliamsJanice Savin Williams & Chris WilliamsJoan Geiger Wood & Brad Wood

Heidi Eitel & Brian YourishRobert ZelnickRobert Zelnick

Hundreds of teens Hundreds of teens age outage outHundreds of teens Hundreds of teens age out age out of foster care each yearof foster care each yearof foster care each year of foster care each year 

without permanent familieswithout permanent families..pp

“Fi t thi h“Fi t thi h“First thing he says “First thing he says isis Home Sweet HomeHome Sweet Homeis is Home Sweet Home,Home Sweet Home,

and that really lets me know and that really lets me know yyI did the right thingI did the right thing.”.”

–– Ms. Ms. QuattlebaumQuattlebaumMs. Ms. QuattlebaumQuattlebaum

16,000 16,000 ,,or 10% of DC’s childrenor 10% of DC’s childrenlive in households headed by live in households headed by 

ddgrandparents.grandparents.

Children’s Law CenterChildren’s Law CenterChildren s Law Center Children s Law Center works with works with more than more than

400 pro bono attorneys 400 pro bono attorneys f fi h i if fi h i ifrom firms across the District.from firms across the District.

“They told me what I needed to do, “They told me what I needed to do, they went to court with me … they went to court with me … 

basicallybasically they did everythingthey did everything ””basically basically they did everythingthey did everything.”.”

–– Ms. NorrisMs. Norris

“I l l !”“I l l !”“I love my lawyer!”“I love my lawyer!”

–– KavonKavon

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