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Frank and Carol Biondi with Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund. Carol Biondi presented Edelman with Public Counsel’s 2008 William O. Douglas Award. |
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Jay Leno, Sharon Davis, Daphna E. Ziman and former Governor Gray Davis. The Davises presented Mrs. Ziman with a special Founders Award for helping to create Public Counsel’s nationally recognized adoption program. |
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Hernán D. Vera, Public Counsel’s President and CEO with master of ceremonies, Jay Leno. |
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Jay Leno wows an audience of nearly 1,400 at Public Counsel’s 2008 William O. Douglas Award Dinner. |
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel Bruce Sewell received the 2008 Corporate Achievement Award on behalf of Intel. |
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Hernán D. Vera, Marian Wright Edelman, Jay Leno, Mickey McKinney and Carol Biondi backstage before the Davises presented Mrs. Ziman with a special Founder’s Award. |
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Public Counsel board member Daniel Clivner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Bruce Sewell of Intel and chairperson Wayne M. Barsky of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. |
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The New Directions Choir performs “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now.” |
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Cristin Zeisler and William T. Quicksilver of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, which received the 2008 Law Firm Pro Bono Award. |
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Daphna and Richard Ziman. Mrs. Ziman received a special Founders Award for helping to create Public Counsel’s adoption program, which became the model for National Adoption Day. |
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Carol Biondi and Marian Wright Edelman. Mrs. Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), received Public Counsel’s 2008 William O. Douglas Award. It was presented to her by CDF board member Carol Biondi. |
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Roman M. Silberfeld, Carol Biondi, Marian Wright Edelman and Gail M. Title. |
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Managing Partner and CEO, William T. Quicksilver and Jay Leno. |
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Ken Ziffren, Jay Leno and Hernán D. Vera. |
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Christopher A. Murphy of DIRECTV and Bruce Sewell of Intel. |
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Meryl Marshall-Daniels, president of Two Oceans Entertainment and past president of the American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented the 2008 Corporate Achievement Award to Intel. |
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Marian Wright Edelman speaks at the 2008 William O. Douglas Award Dinner. |
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Public Counsel President and CEO, Hernán D. Vera, Bruce Sewell of Intel, and Meryl Marshall-Daniels. |
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President and CEO Hernán D. Vera (center) with past presidents Steve A. Nissen and Dan Grunfeld. Grunfeld, immediate past president of Public Counsel, received special recognition at the event. |
