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Stephen Duvernay is the president of the Sacramento Law Foundation
Rosalind Olson, Ulises Pizano-Diaz, and Viana Barbu
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Inaugural Party for a Cause Celebrates Pro Bono by Stephen Duvernay
Emily Andrews, Lacey Keys, Rebekah Nesom, and Steve Duvernay
August 28th, the SCBA and the Sacramento Law Foundation held the inaugural Party for a Cause, the SCBA’s signature event celebrating pro bono legal services in the greater Sacramento community. Attendees packed Casa Garden for the cocktail reception and awards presentation, emceed by SCBA President B.J. Susich. “The SCBA is honored to host an event that recognizes such outstanding acts of selflessness,” said Susich, and “we hope that stopping to recognize such efforts will highlight just how important pro bono services are in our community.” The event honored two local attorneys with the inaugural SCBA Pro Bono award. First, Vicki Jacobs, Managing Attorney for the Voluntary Legal Services Program, introduced Danny Moore, highlighting his tireless efforts volunteering for VLSP over the past 12 years. Moore has assisted over 200 of VLSP’s low-income clients with probate and Chapter 7 bankruptcy problems. He has always been available to answer questions by the VLSP staff about bankruptcy matters and has been a mentor and a friend to VLSP’s staff attorney for the Bankruptcy Clinic, Heather Tiffee. Whenever VLSP has needed him, he has been there to help and has never sought any recognition for his generous donation of expertise and time. Then Legal Services of Northern California Executive Director Gary Smith presented the award to John Davis in recognition of his remarkable pro bono work three days a week for LSNC since 2000. Davis’s specialty is transactional work, including real property transactions, and he has been LSNC’s go-to person for every project that involved those type of complex matters. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Legal Services of Northern California. In closing, Justice Arthur Scotland (ret.) gave remarks on the value of pro bono service to the judiciary and courts.
Jeannie Lee Jones, and Sil Reggiardo
Gary Smith, SCBA Pro Bono Award recipients John Davis and Danny Moore, and Vicki Jacobs
The event also featured an MCLE presentation on advanced health care directives, featuring Sil Reggiardo on the legalities of directives and Sutter Ethics Committee Chair Dr. Brian Hatten and Vice Chair Lisa Nordlander discussing real-life situations involving the use of directives. Net proceeds from the event benefitted the Sacramento Law Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to support programs that improve the administration of justice, enhance public confidence in the legal profession, and cultivate an understanding of and respect for the rule of law. Thanks to the organizations and businesses that sponsored Party for a Cause: Benbrook Law Group PC Crowe Horwath LLP Downey Brand LLP Hon. James M. Mize Medina McKelvey LLP CBA Administrative Law, Business Law, Environmental Law, Public Law, and Tax Law Sections Voluntary Legal Services Program/Legal Services of Northern California Special thanks to SCBA Second Vice President Heather Hoganson, SCBA Pro Bono Committee Chair Sil Reggiardo, and SCBA Executive Director Mary Burroughs for their tireless efforts organizing the event. Congratulations to Danny and John—and thanks to all of you in the community who have donated your time and money to pro bono service in the last year. www.sacbar.org | November/December 2014 | SACRAMENTO LAWYER
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