PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP
29th ANNIVERSARY GALA
Wednesday, September 30
Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City
Nearly 3 Decades of Serving Nonprofits! Learn More About Our Impact
Celebrating 29 Years
United in Purpose
Every day, nonprofit organizations strengthen our communities by providing food, shelter, education, healthcare, and countless other essential programs. Behind each of those organizations is a strong legal foundation.
For nearly three decades, Pro Bono Partnership has connected volunteer attorneys with nonprofits to provide the free legal help they need to serve their communities with confidence.
On September 30, leaders from corporate legal departments, law firms, nonprofits, and the broader legal community will come together to celebrate that shared commitment.
Please join us to celebrate the power of a legal community United in Purpose. The year’s most magical celebration of pro bono work will take place on Wednesday, September 30th at Cipriani 42nd Street (6pm cocktails, 7pm dinner).
In addition to connecting with friends and colleagues, you will hear from nonprofit beneficiaries of this important work how free legal help enabled them to continue meeting needs in our neighborhoods.
Tickets, tables, and sponsorships are available now, and some with limited availability. Reserve your seat today and help us honor our Pro Bono Champions and the Partnership’s work!
2026 Pro Bono Champions
Corporate Legal Team Honoree
Law Firm Honoree
Dinner Chairs
Debra Forster
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Elizabeth Coleman
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Deputy Corporate Secretary
Uber Technologies Inc.
Gala Host
Dan Abrams
Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent
ABC News
Rare Opportunities. Extraordinary Impact.
From an iconic New York experience to one of the city’s most coveted tables, this year’s in-room auction offers rare opportunities to make unforgettable memories while making a meaningful difference for nonprofits.
Dinner for 4 at Danny’s in the heart of the Flatiron District.
Private Dinner for 10 in the Vault Room at Cipriani Wall Street.
Live Jazz Performance
The evening will feature live jazz with the Vance Camisa Jazz Quartet. Led by a longtime Pro Bono Partnership volunteer attorney, Vance’s dedication to both music and pro bono service reflects the generous spirit of our community. Guests will experience the Quartet’s musical magic at the cocktail and dessert receptions.
2024 Gala Program
Check back for the 2025 program coming soon.
Get Jazzed!
Returning in 2025, old-school live jazz with the Vance Camisa Jazz Quartet! Vance is not only a talented musician, he’s also a talented volunteer lawyer. When he’s not cranking out toe-tapping rhythms or working at his high-profile in-house attorney day job, Vance makes time to support the Partnership through pro bono work.
Gala guests will be able to experience the Vance Camisa Jazz Quartet’s musical magic at the cocktails and dessert receptions!
Meet Our Supporters
LEAD SPONSORS
BENEFACTORS
SUSTAINERS
Bartlit Beck LLP
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jenner & Block LLP
PATRONS
Chubb Limited
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cozen O’Connor
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Davis+Gilbert LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Hueston Hennigan LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
MetLife
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP
PepsiCo, Inc.
Reed Smith LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
WilmerHale
PARTNERS
Axinn LLP
Axiom Law
BNY
Cresa, HLW Architects,
and J.T. Magen & Company
Dechert LLP
Dentons US LLP
DLA Piper LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Emmet, Marvin & Martin LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Fitzpatrick, Hunt & Pagano, LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
Jacobson Lopez PLLC
Kennedys
Legal.io
Mastercard
McCarter & English, LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Pryor Cashman LLP
Saul Ewing LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Synchrony Foundation
Uber Technologies Inc.
Winston & Strawn LLP
SUPPORTERS
Goodwin Procter LLP
Ann M. Kappler and Mark Herlihy
Eve Konstan and Jonathan Mothner
Milbank LLP
Tradeweb Markets LLC
Richard H. Walker
SPONSORS
A&O Shearman
Akerman LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Blank Rome LLP
Brown Rudnick LLP
CBRE
Monica M. and Patrick Curtis
Una A. Dean
Perry A. Napolitano
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Scott Posner
Terex Corporation
U.S. Legal Support
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
Wotton Kearney Pty Ltd
ASSOCIATES
Ballard Spahr LLP
BASF Corporation
Butler Snow LLP
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Datamine Discovery
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Foley Hoag LLP
Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Douglas Friedman
Susannah Gardiner and David Kornblau
Annette and Joseph Halprin
Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, LLC
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Lori B. Marino
Miles & Stockbridge
Joni and Mark Nordstrom
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
J. Scott Sanpietro
Steptoe LLP
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Thompson Hine LLP
Tucker Ellis LLP
Margaret and David Yawman
CONTRIBUTORS
Sylvia A. Ayler
Chelsea and Josh Beser
John Canning
Marc Lautenbach
MWZB
Robbie Narcisse
New York Therapy Animals, Inc.
Casey Okeefe
Jeff Popper
Bill Rome
Spadea Counsel
Stutzman Bromberg Esserman & Plifka, P.C.
Mitchell Tobias
Johnna Torsone
As of 8/20/26
Chairman
Jonathan Mothner
Synchrony Financial
Treasurer
Ann M. Kappler
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Secretary
Una A. Dean
Fordham University
School of Law
Ron Abad
Community Housing Innovations, Inc.
Sylvia A. Ayler
Merck & Co., Inc.
Evan Charkes
Bank of America
Monica M. Curtis
MetLife
David Flavell
PepsiCo, Inc.
Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Pitney Bowes
Daniel J. Goldstein
Pitney Bowes (Former)
Joseph Halprin
Mobility Capital Finance, Inc. (Former)
Melissa R. Kelly
GE Aerospace
Gregory Nehro
BNY
Ed Nowicki
Pfizer Inc.
Alicia Perrault
Pratt & Whitney
Scott Posner
Terex Corporation
J. Scott Sanpietro
Chubb Limited
Edward J. Sebold
Kyndryl (Former)
Richard H. Walker
King & Spaulding LLP (Former)
Director Emeritus
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
Harvard Law School
DINNER CHAIRS
Debra Forster
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Elizabeth Coleman
Uber Technologies Inc.
VICE CHAIRS
Sylvia A. Ayler
Merck & Co., Inc.
Joshua R. Cammaker
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Thomas J. Cosgrove
Covington & Burling LLP
Matthew Fisher
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Joseph Hall
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Melissa R. Kelly
GE Aerospace
Jonathan S. Mothner
Synchrony
Edward Nowicki
Pfizer Inc.
Alicia Perrault
Pratt & Whitney
STEERING COMMITTEE
Lorie E. Almon
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Amanda S. Amert
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
H. Christopher Boehning
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Matthew Boxer
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Dale Cendali
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lori Cohen
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Halli Cohn
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Christopher J. Cook
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Monica M. Curtis
MetLife
Peter Eyre
Crowell & Moring LLP
David Flavell
PepsiCo, Inc.
John C. Hueston
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Matthew D. Ingber
Mayer Brown LLP
Ann M. Kappler
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Amanda Klingler
King & Spalding LLP
Heidi Levine
Sidley Austin LLP
James R. Levine
Davis+Gilbert LLP
Nili T. Moghaddam
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Perry A. Napolitano
Reed Smith LLP
Jason L. Peltz
Bartlit Beck LLP
Megan B. Poetzel
Jenner & Block LLP
Faiza Saeed
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
J. Scott Sanpietro
Chubb Limited
Daniel F. Schubert
WilmerHale
Margaret J. Strange
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Steve Weissman
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Joseph A. Ziemianski
Cozen O’Connor
GALA COMMITTEE
Tasha J. Brown
Jenner & Block LLP
Eric I Cohen
Infinite Reality, Inc. (Retired)
Una Dean
Fordham University School of Law
Matthew Fisher
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Jennette McConnell
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Ruby A. Melendez
Jenner & Block LLP
Jonathan S. Mothner
Synchrony
Megan B. Poetzel
Jenner & Block LLP
Chris Shin
Uber Technologies Inc.
Chandlelyn Wilson
Uber Technologies Inc.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT,
PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP
CAN CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN NONPROFITS!
MAKE A DONATION IN THEIR HONOR
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