NOVEMBER 11, 2015. The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation expands public access to the justice system in central Virginia by facilitating the delivery

WELCOME TO THEGREATER RICHMOND BAR FOUNDATION

ANNUAL PRO BONO RECEPTION

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Premier Sponsors

Our Mission

The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation expands public access to the justice system in central Virginia by facilitating the delivery of pro bono legal services and service projects.

Pro Bono Clearinghouse

Matches nonprofit organizations to volunteer attorneys

Helps create a stronger community

With a virtual law firm of 350 attorneys from 75 different firms, the Clearinghouse connects the nonprofit community to a pro bono volunteer who can assist with that specific need.

Giving Good Advice To Those Doing Good

Pro Bono Clearinghouse

Since 2001, we have matched 530 nonprofit organizations to our volunteer attorneys, and resolved over 1,000 legal transactions, including:

o Employment Matters

o Lease Negotiations

o Bylaw & Articles of Incorporation

o Merger Assistance

o Liability Protection

o Trademark & Copyright Issues

Solving legal issues, so nonprofits can focus on charitable missions…

Giving Good Advice To Those Doing Good

We help nonprofit organizations invest dollars in charitable missions, instead of in legal fees.

With over $2.5 million in legal services provided pro bono

We have helped 530 nonprofit organizations, like

Southside Child Development Center

Armed Services Arts Partnership

Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence

Heart Havens

Free legal help so nonprofits can assist our community with basic needs

Helping nonprofit organizations foster and strengthen our future leaders

2015 Benjamin Rice Lacy, IV Pro Bono Clearinghouse Volunteer

• Recently retired Shareholder and member of the Local Government and Employment groups at Sands Anderson

• Over 30 years experience representing and advising clients in employment law issues

• Served as County Attorney for Brunswick, Dinwiddie, New Kent and Powhatan Counties

• Prior to Sands Anderson, served as General Counsel to William & Mary, to Mary Washington University and the Virginia Department of Education

• Led the Virginia Department of Employee Relations Counselors, with appointments by three Governors.

Phyllis C. Katz


Phyllis C. Katz

• Phyllis has served as a volunteer and champion for the nonprofit sector since her early career.

• She has spent decades serving on various Board of Directors of nonprofit organizations, including:

• Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)• Institute of Philanthropy, University of Richmond School

of Continuing Studies• Commonwealth Catholic Charities• American Cancer Society• YWCA of Richmond

• After her own fight with cancer, Phyllis co-founded the nonprofit Legal Information Network for Cancer (LINC) to help those battling for their lives easily connect to lawyers to handle the legal issues.


Phyllis C. Katz

Some of Phyllis Katz’ other recognitions and honors:

YWCA, Outstanding Women (1994)

Richmond Bar Association, Pro Bono Publico Award (2000)

Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association, Woman of Achievement (2004)

Virginia State Bar, Lewis B. Powell, Jr. Pro Bono Award (2008)

Virginia Law Foundation Fellow, Class of 2009

Virginia Lawyer Weekly, Influential Women of Virginia (2015)

Congratulations: Phyllis Katz

Veterans Initiative

Since 2014, we have partnered with the Virginia Bar Association to manage a Veteran’s legal case placement process. Connecting Veterans, service members and their families to pro bono attorneys.

Today, we honor three attorneys who have shown great initiative, determination and leadership in creating organized opportunities for the legal community to serve our Veterans.

Robert J. Barrett (“Bob”)Matthew A. Kapinos (“Matt”)

Heather H. Lockerman

Congratulations for becoming the first recipients of the

George H. Hettrick Leadership Award

2015 George H. Hettrick Leadership Award

“Whenever we reach out to help someone else, to provide our talent, our skills, to another human being who needs it, and we do that without expectation of anything in return, we grow spiritually. And for that, we are better people.”

—Hunton & Williams Pro Bono Partner George Hettrick when he accepted the American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Awardfor Pro Bono Service


This year, GRBF created and named this Leadership award after George H. Hettrick to honor all his work in the pro bono service arena. Some highlights of his contributions: Created a pro bono office for Hunton Williams in Church

Hill, Charlottesville and Atlanta. Created Pro Bono associate positions to assist Legal Aid. Led Hunton & Williams to surpass the Pro Bono

Challenge of 3% of professional hours of the entire firm as pro bono, including having years of 100% participation

Founding member and Past President of the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation


Robert J. Barrett (“Bob”) Assistant General Counsel with Suez

Treatment Solutions North America Graduate of the United States

Military Academy at West Point Served as Army Infantry Captain

with over five years of active duty Co-creator of the Veterans Initiative

program of the VBA Tireless advocate for creation of

Veterans Court


Matthew A. Kapinos (“Matt”) McGuireWoods attorney on Energy team Graduate of the United States Military

Academy at West Point Served in U.S. Army in the 82d Airborne

Division and the 3rd U.S Infantry Regiment

Graduate of U.S. Army Airborne, Ranger and Jumpmaster schools

Recipient of the Combat Infantryman’s badge and two Bronze Stars

Co-creator of the Veterans Initiative program of the VBA


Heather H. Lockerman Senior Assistant Attorney General and Section

Chief of Financial Law & Government Support Provides counsel to Department of Veterans

Services Volunteer since 2013 for the Veterans Initiative

program of the VBA Champion for new Veterans Village program

throughout the Commonwealth which will provide pro bono services in variety of critical needs, including legal

Provided pro bono legal assistance to ChildSavers, Greater Richmond SCAN, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) and clients of the Legal Information Network for Cancer

Premier Sponsors

2015 Good Works Sponsors

Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, PCMidkiff, Muncie & Ross

Setliff & HollandSpotts Fain PCKalbaugh Pfund

To support the critical needs of our community, GRBF urges firms and law departments to join the Pro Bono Promise with a pledge to commit a percentage of time to the provision of pro bono legal services to the disadvantaged, and/or to include financial support of the legal service entities each year.

When a culture of pro bono service is fostered, then pro bono service can truly make a difference.

We applaud the dedication of our Pro Bono Promise participants!

Capital One

Dominion Resources

Inc.

Hirschler Fleischer

Hunton & Williams

McCandlish Holton,

P.C.

These firms and law departments prioritize pro bono service as a workplace value. Together, they make pro

bono happen. McGuireWoods LLP

Thompson McMullan, P.C.

Troutman Sanders

Williams Mullen

Thanks to years of collaboration with CVLAS, LAJC & Capital One, JusticeServer™ is used in central Virginia as an all-inclusive case

management system for pro bono services.

• Reduces costs for legal service organizations.

• Increases efficiency for Legal Aids in providing client service.

• Grants Access to a growing pool of volunteers:

Over 800 Volunteers

• Provides private attorneys an easy to use website for finding and handling pro bono cases

As of November 2015, JusticeServer has helped serve over 37,000 individuals, families, Veterans and nonprofit organizations with critical legal needs.

THANK YOU

JusticeServer and its potential impact on the Access to Justice Gap has garnered national attention.

In a pool of over 140 international & domestic nonprofits, the JusticeServer project is in the

TOP 8 for this year’s FORCE FOR CHANGE grant.

Next week, the team presents in San Francisco to support an award for national expansion.

Thank you to the Core Team members at Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Capital One & Legal Aid

Justice Center.

We all appreciate the support of the Virginia Law Foundation, Firms In Service – Richmond, Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, The Community

Foundation, and all our Volunteers.

… OF PRO BONO.

CONNECT. COUNSEL. SERVE.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015. The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation expands public access to the justice system in central Virginia by facilitating the delivery