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1. Beacon of JusticeChampion of JusticeBingham McCutchen LLPEMC CorporationSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLPMary Lu Bilek on behalf of University of Massachusetts School of Law — DartmouthJustice SupporterBrown Rudnick LLPHolland & Knight LLPKrokidas & Bluestein LLPMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.Nutter McClennen & Fish LLPPrince Lobel Tye LLPSunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLPSugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C.Organizational ContributorBiogen IdecBoston Bar AssociationCollora LLPLee, Rivers & Corr LLPMassachusetts Association of Hispanic AttorneysMassachusetts Bar AssociationMassachusetts Black Lawyers AssociationSally & Fitch LLPBrett CarrollJohn CarrollBen ClementsLisa GoodheartChristine GriffinGeorge FieldPaul JamesSteve RosenfeldKen VacovecMike BadgerMarijane Benner BrowneRahsaan HallJanne HellgrenMartha KosterTim LeeTimothy LinnehanJudith MartinezMaria MatosWilliam NewmanMartha Rush O’MaraLonnie PowersMartin TomassianIndividual ContributorMLAC Board and Staff
2. Charlie Harak, National Consumer Law CenterI've been very fortunate to work on a range of energy and utility matters that help low-income families keep warm and stay connected to their utility service.“”30
3. Sen. Robert Travaglini receives an award from a domestic violence survivor at an event celebrating the expansion of the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project (October 1995).
4. The Ma family arrived in the United States from a small village in China after waiting more than a decade to enter the country lawfully. When their landlord was foreclosed upon, Greater Boston Legal Services helped them avoid eviction.
5. Wendy Kane, Community Legal AidI enjoy assisting people to present their cases and assert their rights. I have been lucky to have far more positive outcomes than not and that has made this a happy and positive experience in my life.“”30
6. Chief Justice Roderick Ireland and former client board member Eileen Ryan, holding her award for advocacy on behalf of legal aid programs (2006).
7. Susan Jones was fired for missing work to welcome her daughter home after a six-month deployment in Iraq and Kuwait. Legal aid helped her get the unemployment insurance for which she was eligible. That job meant the world to me. But how do you abandon your own daughter?“”
8. Paula Starr, Greater Boston Legal ServicesEach client who gives me a hug at the end of a difficult time of her life, each woman I try to put on a path to safety – those are my memorable moments. “”30
9. Former client Remon Jourdan at the 13th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid in 2012. Remon recounted his story of how Greater Boston Legal Services helped him with a MassHealth dispute. Legal aid is there for people like me.“”
10. John Busbin, Community Legal AidI’ve worked in legal aid over the many years I have because I enjoy the work and I’m a helper – that is, I enjoy helping clients trying to resolve the legal issues they have.“”30
11. Missy Brinson and her children endured years of racially motivated beatings and verbal attacks after they moved into an all-white housing complex. Legal aid won compensation for Missy and an order for the housing authority to end racial discrimination in tenant placement and take steps to address racial violence at the complex.
12. Steven Schwartz, Center for Public RepresentationIt has been a long haul, but it has been a blessed endeavor.“”30
13. Mary Doyon, former MLAC fiscal director. In August 2012, Mary became the first MLAC employee to retire.
14. When Ottilie Nowikow’s new landlord tripled her rent and tried to evict her, Greater Boston Legal Services had the eviction dismissed and negotiated an agreement to keep the rent at its original level until Ottilie could find a new home.
15. Alan Minuskin, Boston College Law SchoolI have served only clients living in poverty for my whole career because the greatest justice system in the world is of absolutely no use to people who have no access to it.“”30
16. When David Thomas was hospitalized for six weeks, a friend stole his money, leaving David broke and unable to pay his rent. A legal aid attorney negotiated an affordable payment plan and found a local charity willing to pay part of his overdue rent.
17. Former Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall and former MLAC board member Peggy Santos at MLAC’s 20th anniversary (May 2003).
18. Will Ogburn, National Consumer Law CenterIt has been an amazing privilege to have had a hand in issues of vital importance to low-income families, and to know that my career has made a difference.“”30
19. Steve Oleskey, former chair of the Equal Justice Coalition and former MLAC board member, at an Equal Justice Conference (1998).
20. Neighborhood Legal Services Executive Director Sheila Casey and MetroWest Legal Services Executive Director Betsy Soule at MLAC’s 2012 annual meeting.
21. Paul Tremblay, Boston College Law SchoolI do this work because justice demands it, because I love doing it, and because I came of age in the 1960s, so I have to do it.“”30
22. Joyce Allen Beckford, MLAC’s Diversity Coalition Director, leads a workshop at National Consumer Law Center (2009).
23. Neil Cronin, Massachusetts Law Reform InstituteCombining my interest in AIDS activism with my work as a health care advocate makes me feel the proudest of all. We changed the world.“”30
24. Greater Boston Legal Services helped Gladys Dixon receive much-needed federal disability benefits.
25. Daniele Bien-Aime spoke at the 14th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid in 2013. South Coastal Counties Legal Services helped Daniele after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, lost her job and was nearly evicted from her apartment. My legal aid lawyer was heaven-sent.“”
26. Kitty Callaghan, Community Legal AidDuring my career, it has been my passion to advocate for tenants, homeowners, and homeless people. It has been an honor for me to help people to obtain justice.“”30
27. Sen. William Golden and Rep. Frank Hynes receive awards at an MLAC board meeting (December 1988).
28. Bob Sable of Greater Boston Legal Services, Rep. Byron Rushing and legal aid client Melvin Fransisco at the Equal Justice Coalition’s legislative recognition awards ceremony (2004).
29. Jennifer Kurrus, Merrimack Valley Legal Services What keeps me going in this work is the satisfaction of knowing I can make a difference in the lives of those who would otherwise have no voice.“”30
30. When Mary Marco couldn’t get into her new apartment, an attorney from South Middlesex Legal Services negotiated with her landlord, the local housing authority, to make modifications to accommodate her wheelchair.
31. Pattye Comfort, Executive Director of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts and former Equal Justice Coalition Director.
32. Nancy Lorenz, Greater Boston Legal ServicesI have been able to go to work each day knowing that my work makes a difference in people’s lives and promotes social and economic justice.“”30
33. Former client Natasha Torres spoke about how Community Legal Aid helped her obtain the funds to make her house wheelchair-accessible at the 12th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid in 2011.
34. Eneida Sanchez, Greater Boston Legal Services I am deeply committed and passionate about serving our most vulnerable clients“”30
35. Allan Rodgers, former executive director of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.
36. After Allison’s husband beat her when she dropped her daughter off for court visitation, a legal aid attorney helped her obtain custody of her daughter, safe visitation arrangements and child support payments.
37. Jeff Luekens, Massachusetts Justice ProjectI have been committed to doing work which empowered poor people while attacking the poverty that weighed them down.“”30
38. Julie O’Hanley, South Coastal Counties Legal ServicesWorking with dedicated legal advocates and volunteer attorneys willing to commit to the ideal of equal access to justice has given me much personal and professional satisfaction.“”30
39. Governor Deval Patrick (center), with MLAC Chair Rahsaan Hall and Executive Director Lonnie Powers at the 14th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid in January 2013.
40. Ken MacIver, Merrimack Valley Legal Services Time flies when you’re having fun. And, it’s undeniably fun to help otherwise powerless folks grab hold of their rights and emerge triumphant.“”30
41. MLAC Executive Director Lonnie Powers with former staff in 1995. From left, Karen Green, James Crawford, Sharon Rancourt, Barbara Callwood, Bruce Stone and Sandy Wu.
42. Dan Manning, Greater Boston Legal Services30Fighting the good fight for truth and justice – what’s not to like! “”
43. Managing partners from more than 20 Massachusetts law firms attended the 14th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid in January 2013.
44. Pat Baker, Massachusetts Law Reform InstitutePat met with United States Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon in March 2013 to advocate for adequate assistance for elderly food stamp applicants. 30
45. When Jason Vyce lost his job, he could no longer pay rent. After the Department of Transitional Assistance delayed his family’s admission to a shelter, a legal aid attorney navigated them through the process and helped place them in shelter.
46. Mary Daley’s new landlord tripled her rent and tried to evict her. A legal aid attorney helped Mary negotiate with the landlord and move into a subsidized elder housing development.
47. Children waiting outside the offices of Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands in Hyannis as their parents look for affordable housing (1991).
48. Ken Vacovec speaking at a press conference for the Commission on Equal Justice (1996).
49. Former Equal Justice Coalition chair Steve Oleskey addresses the audience at the 8th Annual Walk to the Hill for Legal Aid (2007).
50. Mac McCreight, Greater Boston Legal ServicesThe most inspiring thing has been the growth of networks of support among colleagues and community advocates which has crossed the generations in advocacy.“”30
51. John Brooks, 1914-2012There are really few people in history who have left such a deep and wide mark on legal services for the poor. – Willard Ogburn“”