City Bar Justice Center Pro Bono Honorees
The City Bar Justice Center presented its annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service on Oct. 23 at the City Bar Association. Held…
October 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM
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The City Bar Justice Center presented its annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service on Oct. 23 at the City Bar Association. Held at the start of National Pro Bono Week, the awards honor exemplary volunteers from each of the City Bar Justice Center's civil justice projects.
Pictured are, back row from left: John S. Kiernan, president of the City Bar Association; Bridget La Rosa of Fox Rothschild; Antonia E. Stolper of Shearman & Sterling; Oscar S. Straus III, solo practitioner; Patrick Turner of CBS Corporation; Matthew C. Lamb of Norton Rose Fulbright; Brenna K. DeVaney of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Kurt M. Denk of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; Robert F. Cusumano, chair of the City Bar Fund Board. Front row, from left: Jasmine M. Campirides of Steptoe & Johnson; Hayley Yandoli and Lauren Manton of DLA Piper; Lynn M. Kelly, executive director of the City Bar Justice Center.
Honorees not pictured are Eric Hochstadt and Jennifer Ramos of Weil, Gotshal and Manges; John Powers of Crédit Agricole CIB; Jessica Winchell of Deutsche Bank and the remaining pro bono team members from the DLA Piper and Norton Rose Fulbright teams.
The City Bar Justice Center presented its annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service on Oct. 23 at the City Bar Association. Held at the start of National Pro Bono Week, the awards honor exemplary volunteers from each of the City Bar Justice Center's civil justice projects.
Pictured are, back row from left: John S. Kiernan, president of the City Bar Association; Bridget La Rosa of
Honorees not pictured are Eric Hochstadt and Jennifer Ramos of
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