President's Pro Bono Service Awards

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Award recipients must either be:

A. Lawyers who provided pro bono legal services from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and

1. are members of the State Bar of California;
2. were not employed on a full-time basis, during the period when the pro bono work was done, by an organization that has as its primary purpose the provision of free legal services to the poor (as defined by current federal poverty guidelines) unless the legal services staff attorney provided the pro bono work outside the scope of his/her employment;
3. have voluntarily contributed a significant amount of time, with no expectation of being paid by the client or receiving attorney fees (unless they have agreed in advance to donate all fees received) to providing or enabling the delivery of legal services in civil or criminal matters for a client, client group or charitable organization (whose primary purpose is to provide services to the poor and that does not have the resources to pay for services);
4. have made such contribution independently or preferably through organized pro bono programs, including legal services programs, legal aid societies, local bar association-sponsored pro bono programs, lawyer referral services' no fee panels or other organizations whose primary purpose is to serve the poor, and
5. whose voluntary contributions have resulted in increased access to legal services for the poor; or,

B. Law firms, teams of lawyers, associations of California lawyers, California law schools accredited by the American Bar Association or State Bar of California, and law students currently enrolled in those law schools who did not receive any form of compensation, clinical or other academic credit for doing pro bono work, and the work was not public service (e.g. building houses for Habitat for Humanity, serving meals in a soup kitchen).

Members of the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (SCDLS) are ineligible to receive an award during their service on the committee, and for one year following their departure from the committee.

FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED

• the breadth and impact of the nominee's work
• the nominee's practice setting
• obstacles or challenges to doing pro bono work (including but not limited to geography)
• pro bono activities of law firms, law schools and governemnt and corporate legal departments in relationship to the size of the entity
• the nature of the pro bono program through which the work was done
• evidence of the nominee's continuing commitment to pro bono work
• the nature of services contributed, such as: direct representation, impact litigation, appellate work, mentoring, mobilization of other to do pro bono work, provision of volunteer lawyer training, emergency, difficult or unpopular cases, advice and counsel, co-counseling, pro per assistance, organization of pro bono activities, organization of a new project or delivery service, client or public education, innovative or unique approaches

AWARD CATEGORIES

Please note that no more than a total of nine (9) awards may be given in all of the five categories combined. The number of awards in a particular category may vary from year to year.

1. Individual:
   • Solo Practitioner: attorney in his or her own practice
   • Recently Admitted: attorney is in his or her first four years of practice (please note that this definition is different from that used for the Jack Berman Award of Achievement sponsored by the California Young Lawyers Association)
   • Limited Active Practice: attorney enrolled in the State Bar's Pro Bono Practice Program, or who took time off from pacticing law for compensation and performed substantial pro bono work
   • Law Firm: attorney from a firm with two or more California attorneys
   • Government: attorney employed by a city, county, state or federal government agency
   • Corporate: attorney employed by a corporation
   • Law School Faculty Member: pro bono service was contributed by an attorney outside the scope of his or her employment with the law school
   • Law Student: currently enrolled in a law school accredited by the American Bar Association or State Bar of California and did not receive any form of compensation, clinical or other academic credit for pro bono work.
2. Law Firm: A firm of two or more attorneys, a California branch office of a law firm, or team of California lawyers employed by the firm. (Please note that this category includes all law firm sizes. If you are nominating a firm with multiple branches, please indicate whether you are nominating the entire firm, or just one branch office).
3. Corporate of Government Legal Department: Entire legal department or team of California lawyers employed by a corporation or city, county, state or federal government agency.
4. Law School: A law school accredited by the American Bar Association or State Bar of California, project of the law school, team of law students, or partnership of law students and other segments of the legal community. Note: This award is for pro bono service that is performed voluntarily and not for clinical or academic credit, or any form of compensation.
5. Distinguished Pro Bono Service: Pro bono effort that is innovative, collaborative, and/or went "above and beyond the call of duty" and is deserving of special recognition, including team of California lawyers from different law firms or offices.

NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS - DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM

• Self-nominations are accepted.
• Repeat nominations are accepted with updated information for calendar year 2012.
• The nomination form which is available on the State Bar of California’s website, and nominee’s current resume or biography with work history and dates are required and must be submitted electronically as Word documents.
• Letters of support and additional supporting material must be submitted with the nomination form and resume as individual PDF files, except for articles which can be submitted via live URL links. Video web links, CDs and DVDs will not be accepted.
• Letters of support should be addressed to the “Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services”.
• All attachments must be itemized in the body of the e-mail message.
• The total size of all documents attached to a single e-mail cannot exceed 10 MB. If necessary, send remaining documents in a second e-mail.
• The page limit on letters of support and additional supporting materials (not including the resume) is 15 pages.
• Nomination materials should be emailed to the attention of Kimberly Warmsley at LorenMillerandProBonoAwards@calbar.ca.gov by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, March 15, 2013.
• The e-mail subject line should include “2013 Pro Bono Awards” and the nominee’s name. If attachments are submitted in two e-mails, please add “(1 of 2)” and “(2 of 2)” to the subject line.
• Please do not include more than one nomination per e-mail.
• Nominations will only be accepted electronically. If it is a hardship to submit a nomination electronically, please contact Ms. Warmsley at the e-mail address above, or 415-538-2176 about an alternative method for submission.
• Nominators will receive e-mail notification acknowledging receipt of each nomination within five (5) business days. Please contact Ms. Warmsley to confirm receipt of submission if needed.

All information requested in Sections A and B of the nomination form must be provided. If information is missing, the nomination may be disqualified. If information needs to be clarified, the nominator may be contacted. If more than one entity nominates the same candidate, please submit one joint nomination that includes responses to all questions in Sections A and B by both entities.

Please note that each nominee will receive e-mail notification that she or he has been nominated for an award with copy to the nominator.

SELECTION PROCESS AND AWARDS PRESENTATION

The State Bar Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (SCDLS) will review the nominations and submit its recommendations to the State Bar Board of Trustees in July for final approval. Decisions regarding award recipients will be based on the criteria and factors listed above. The awards will be presented on October 11, 2013 during the State Bar Annual Meeting in San Jose.

For information and questions regarding the President's Pro Bono Service Award, contact Sharon Ngim via email at: sharon.ngim@calbar.ca.gov

Past President's Pro Bono Service Award Recipients

If you would like to receive a hard copy of past year's Pro Bono Services Award brochures, please contact Kimberly Warmsley at kimberley.warmsley@calbar.ca.gov

2011 Recipients
2010 Recipients
	Thomas D. Theisen, San Diego, Limited Active Practice
	Christina J. Brown, San Francisco, Newly Admitted
	Deborah E. Jurgensen, Ventura, Solo Practitioner
	Henry C. Su, East Palo Alto, Law Firm Individual
	Coblentz,Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, San Francisco, Law Firm
	Jones Day Advocate Team,  Los Angeles, Law Firm Team
	Morrison & Foerster Foster Parents Team, Palo Alto,  Law Firm Team
	California Western School of Law, San Diego,  Law School
	South Asian Bar Association of Northern California Pro Bono Committee, San Francisco,  Distinguished Pro Bono Service

2009 Recipients
	Intel Corporation Legal Department, Folsom Campus, Corporate
	Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Palo Alto Office, Large Law Firm
	Yasmine S. Mehmet, San Francisco, Solo Practitioner
2008 Recipients
	Ajay A. Patel, Sony Media Software and Services , Corporate
	Kimberly K. Shean, Government
	Bennett & Erdman , Small Law Firm
	Kenneth S. Klein, Foley & Lardner LLP San Diego Office , Medium Law Firm
	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Sacramento, San Francisco and Silicon Valley Offices , Large Law Firm
	Benjamin Kuhm, Recently Admitted
	Josef M. Dion, Solo Practitioner
	Joseph A. Montoya, Emeritus or limited Active Practice
	Howrey LLP; Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; and Morrison & Foerster LLP, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
2007 Recipients
	DarAnn L. Dearing, Government
	Heller Ehrman LLP Litigation Team, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
	Minyard & Morris LLP, Small Law Firm
	Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP, Medium Law Firm
	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Large Law Firm
	Carlo A. Pedrioli, Recently Admitted
	Kate Neiswender, Solo Practitioner
2006 Recipients
	Dennis Connelly, Corporate
	Orange County Public Defender's Office, Government
	Liberson & Woldord LLP, Small Law Firm
	Silicon Valley Office of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Medium Law Firm
	Kirkland & Deborah McCrimmon, Large Law Firm
	Nicholas Baran, Recently Admitted
	Cynthia Holton, Solo Practitioner
	S. Lee Roullier, Emeritus or Limited Active Practice
	Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
2005 Recipients
	Stephen Pickett, Corporate
	Robert Guerra, Government
	Ruth Silver Taube, Small Law Firm
	San Francisco Office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Medium Law Firm
	Kirkland & Ellis Rancho Litigation Team, Large Law Firm
	Trina Roderick, Recently Admitted
	Susan Ratzkin, Solo Practitioner
	Glen Mowrer, Emeritus or Limited Active Practice
	Morrison & Foerster “Williams” Team, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
2004 Recipients
	Natividad Chavira, Corporate
	Brian Wolf, Government
	Alan Yee, Small Law Firm
	Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks & Lincenberg, Medium Law Firm
	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto and San Francisco Offices, Large Law Firm
	Gabriella Navarro-Busch, Recently Admitted
	Jennifer Aragon, Solo Practitioner
	Florence Rosenberg and Pearl Vogel, Emeritus or Limited Active Practice
	San Diego County Disaster Relief Coalition, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
2003 Recipients
	Barry Bartholomew & Associates Pro Bono Adoption Group, Corporate
	Steven Binder, Government
	Michael Ford, Small Law Firm
	Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Medium Law Firm
	Latham & Watkins, Large Law Firm
	Thomas Ostly, Recently Admitted
	Arthur Chettle, Solo Practitioner
	Peter Pickslay, Emeritus or Limited Active Practice
	Kimberly Stewart, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
2002 Recipients
	H. Nelson Meeks, Corporate
	Bruce Zucker, Government
	Philip L. Hammer (Hammer & Jacobs), Small Law Firm
	Gregory J. Ramirez (Benton Orr Duval & Buckingham), Medium Law Firm
	HALSA Project Team of Arnold & Porter, Large Law Firm
	Thomas A. Kritzik, Recently Admitted
	Thomas N. Andrews, Solo Practitioner
	John P. Miller, Emeritus or Limited Active Practice
	Emeritus Team of the Volunteer Lawyers Services Program, Ventura County Bar Association, Distinguished Pro Bono Service
2001 Recipients
	Charles Bowman, Corporate
	Jasmin Flores, Government
	Kemnitzer Anderson Barron & Ogilvie, Small Law Firm
	John Sullivan Kenny (Moss & Enochian), Medium Law Firm
	Thomas Nolan (Howrey Simon Arnold & White), Large Law Firm
	Shaye Larkin, Recently Admitted
	Stephanie Simpson, Solo Practitioner
	Frank Horowitz, Emeritus or Limited Active Practice
	Debora Vierra and Laura Bartels, Distinguished Pro Bono Service