The Skid Row Carnival of Love provided 4,000 homeless people in Los Angeles with a day of entertainment and services, including haircuts, a hot steak meal, medical care and legal services. Litigation practice associate Max Rothman, on the left in the right side photo, works with one client at the Perkins Coie-hosted legal booth.
A Skid Row Carnival of Love EVERY JANUARY FOR the past three years, one of Los Angeles’
most impoverished areas is transformed by the Skid Row Carnival of Love for more than 4,000 homeless people. Founded by actor Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Entertainment Foundation, the carnival brings together over 1,000 volunteers who offer help—food, medical, dental and mental health services and, for the first time this year, legal counsel—right on the streets where the homeless live. After attending the carnival in 2016, Litigation practice associate Oliver Gold came up with the idea to add legal services to the event. Working with Pro Bono Counsel Leah Medway, Gold began preparing in 2016 for our hosted drop-in legal booth at the 2017
carnival, in collaboration with our longtime pro bono partner, Public Counsel. “Looking into our clients’ eyes, you could see the struggles they faced, and it was a privilege and very moving to let them know people care and want to help,” said Gold. PEOPLE: Attorneys Tyler Anthony, Sara Chenetz, Catherine Del Prete, Amir Gamliel, Oliver Gold, Ronald McIntire, Leah Medway, Marlena Moore, Courtney Prochnow, Max Rothman and Katelyn Sullivan; Staff Melanie Duncan, Miranda Shaft, Amy Spach and Rod Wall; Mitra Ahouraian for Wayfarer Entertainment; and Public Counsel attorneys Will Watts and David Daniels OFFICE: LOS ANGELES
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