Alan Lieberman, managing partner of Shipman & Goodwin. Courtesy photo.Connecticut Movers: Hartford Firms Renew Community Efforts
Greater Hartford Legal Aid has elected Robinson & Cole lawyer Edward J. Heath to president and chairman of the organization's board of directors.
January 31, 2019 at 04:17 PM
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Shipman & Goodwin Pledges $250,000 To Boys & Girls Club of Hartford
Hartford's Shipman & Goodwin is celebrating its 100th year in business with a series of announcements and events, starting with a pledge of $250,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford toward opening a facility in the city's South End, offering services and after-school programs to 1,500 children.
“There is no more fitting way to begin to commemorate the firm's 100-year legacy than in our hometown with an organization whose history in Hartford is even longer than our own,” said managing partner Alan E. Lieberman. “The firm has sponsored events and volunteered for years at Boys & Girls Clubs in Connecticut and we are thrilled to expand our commitment to the Clubs' endeavors on behalf of our youth.”
In 2016, the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford honored Shipman & Goodwin with its Corporate Partnership Award for the firm's contributions, including devoting an annual lawyer retreat to volunteering at the club, with more than 80 attorneys participating; and sponsoring the annual City Chic Gala, Corporate 5K road race and the Diplomas2Degrees program.
In 2017, more than 90 Shipman & Goodwin attorneys from Connecticut, New York and Washington, D.C., spruced up the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford's Asylum Hill facility in preparation for the club's Summer Fun Camp.
“As the very first Boys & Girls Club in the nation, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford has been opening doors for youth in need since 1860,” said Samuel S. Gray Jr., president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford. “Now, Shipman & Goodwin's generous gift will help us open doors for 1,500 new kids annually in Hartford's South End.”
Additional 2019 celebratory plans for Shipman & Goodwin include a 100 Acts of Kindness campaign, a new Boys & Girls Club day of service and renewed commitment to pro bono service.
Robinson & Cole Lawyer Elected Local Legal Aid President
Greater Hartford Legal Aid has elected Robinson & Cole lawyer Edward J. Heath to president and chairman of the organization's board of directors. Heath chairs Robinson & Cole's business litigation group and leads its government enforcement and corporate compliance teams. Heath has helped international business clients resolve disputes for the past two decades, working on several eight- and nine-figure cases and advising institutional clients in civil and criminal government investigations.
Edward J. Heath of Robinson & Cole.
Heath also chaired the firm's pro bono committee for seven years, helping win more than a dozen awards and citations.
Greater Hartford Legal Aid has been providing services to Hartford residents for 60 years, and Robinson & Cole has been a partner from the beginning in 1958. Managing partner Stephen E. Goldman served as a former GHLA board president, serving from 1997 to 2002.
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