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Vicki Jacobs is the n California State Bar Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, 2001
n Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, since 1986 n Northern California Super Lawyers since inception n Best Lawyers in America since inception, recently:
The VLSP Advisory Lawyer of theYou year, Real Estate Litigation, Committee Needs by Vicki Jacobs vagaries of litigation Sacramento, 2014
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Sacramento 2010 of Northern ince the Voluntary Legal Services Program visory Committee include Ann Patterson, Mark Eggleston, u Bet the Company Litigation, 2012, 2013, 2014 California (“VLSP”) was established in 1981, there has Yoshinori “Toso” Himel, Jeff Frost, Anthony Musante, Sarah u Commercial Litigation, 2012, 2013, 2014 been an Advisory Committeeu Litigation-Banking of local attorneys who have Scott, Sarah Huchel, James Reinmiller, John DeRosa, Diand Finance, 2012, 2013, 2014 guided and supported the program. All members of the Adanna Cordova, and Scott Taylor. These attorneys come from u Litigation-Real Estate, 2012, 2013, 2014 visory Committee have something in common: they support a variety of professional backgrounds (private practice, state the provision of pro bono work to low income members of our service, and corporate legal departments), and all bring their community and encourage VLSP to create opportunities for legal experience to help VLSP fulfill its mission. attorneys, law students, paralegals, and interpreters to proIf you are interested in learning more about volunteering vide help with such legal issues as debt collection defense, on the VLSP Advisory Committee, VLSP will be holding an inbankruptcy, unemployment insurance denials, labor commisformational lunch-time open house on Thursday, October 2nd sioner claims, guardianships, and estate planning. at noon. For further information, please email vlsp@vlsp.org. There are currently a few openings on VLSP’s AdvisoAdvisory Committee members also help with the annual ry Committee. The Committee meets six times a year with fundraiser for VLSP, the “Phonathon,” which is held each fall. the Managing Attorney of VLSP and considers such issues as This fundraiser is essential to the operations of VLSP, as it pays oe@GenshleaLaw.com funding opportunities, program policies, and how to allocate O/ (916) 525-8444 C/ (916) 825-9952 F/ (916) 525-8446 for those expenses not typically reimbursed by government resources to help address the many legal needs of the low ingrants such as rent, utilities, malpractice insurance, online lecommunity. Periodically throughout the years, the Adgal research services, and books. This year’s Phonathon will be uite 1750come / Sacramento, CA 95814 www.genshlealaw.com visory Committee has engaged in strategic planning to help held on September 23rd at the offices of Orrick, Herrington & direct the future of the organization. The Advisory Committee Sutcliffe. If you would like to help out at this event, where we is not the Board of Directors of VLSP, but the Committee’s contact members of the legal community seeking donations to recommendations have considerable weight in the operation our program, please email us at vlsp@vlsp.org. We typically of VLSP. call prior donors to our program, as many are accustomed to Some of VLSP’s Advisory Committee members are relour annual call. It’s a fun event and given that you are working ediation atively new to the program; others have been on the Advifor a good cause, it’s not as difficult asking for money than you 1/8 Page Ad: issue sory Committee for many years. In fact, Yoshinori “Toso” might think! Buzz Wiesenfeld ad Himel has been on the Committee since its inception. Mark As Managing Attorney of VLSP, I cannot thank the AdviJuly/Aaugust issue during the Eggleston, the current Chair of the Advisory Committee, hasMAGAZINE sory Committee members enough for2014 their support been on the Committee nearly that long. When asked why 13 years I have been at VLSP. Without the efforts of the Advihe is a Committee member, Mark says that he “joined and sory Committee over the 33 years of VLSP’s existence, VLSP has remained for many years on the Advisory Committee bewould not have been able to help as many clients resolve their Approval is needed to run your ad, cause it provides a fun and engaging way to make a contriproblems and protect themselves against future probplease check appropriate boxlegal below. bution toward justice for all.” Current members of the Adlems as it has.
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