2008 William O. Douglas Award Dinner
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067
5:30 p.m. Reception • 7:00 p.m. Dinner

(Click here to see Honorary Committee)

Jay Leno – Master of Ceremonies

Emmy Award-winning comedian and Tonight Show host, Jay Leno, will serve as this year’s Master of Ceremonies.

Distinguished Honorees

Marian Wright Edelman - The William O. Douglas Award Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), is receiving the William O. Douglas Award for her lifelong commitment to justice, democracy and human rights. (Click here to see former William O. Douglas Award honorees.)

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Intel - Corporate Achievement Award

Intel Corporation will be receiving the Corporate Achievement Award for their exemplary corporate citizenship and their remarkable commitment to strengthening the fabric of our community and our society. (Click here to see former Corporate Achievement Award honorees.)

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Daphna Edwards Ziman – Founders Award

Daphna Ziman will be receiving the Founders Award for her lifelong charitable and philanthropic work on behalf of at-risk and disadvantaged children. (Click here to see former Founders Award honorees.)

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP - Law Firm Pro Bono Award

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is receiving the 2008 Law Firm Pro Bono Award in recognition of the extraordinary breadth and depth of their commitment to providing legal services to the poor. The scope of Manatt’s pro bono work spans all seven of Public Counsel’s legal projects. They have distinguished themselves through their work on highly complex and technical matters and in their representation of highly underserved clients and communities.

Manatt has handled matters including adoptions for Spanish speaking clients, many involving special needs children who they helped access special services and higher adoption benefits; abused and abandoned children eligible for relief under the federal Special Immigrant Juvenile Statute (SIJS); residential day care providers seeking operating permits; nonprofits involved in large transactions; advocacy on behalf of homeless veterans, individuals and families; representing victims of consumer/real estate fraud; handling an appeal for a client all the way up to the California Supreme Court; assisting attorneys in our Housing Element project and more. (Click here to see former Law Firm Pro Bono Award honorees.)

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2008 William O. Douglas Award Dinner Major Donors

Guardians of Justice - $100,000

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Intel Corporation
US Bancorp CDC
Anonymous

Sentinels of Justice - $75,000

DIRECTV
Southern California Edison

Millennium Founders - $50,000

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman, LLP
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Strange & Carpenter
Richard and Daphna Ziman

Founders - $35,000

American Corporate Counsel Association-So Cal
Arnold & Porter LLP
Howrey LLP
Irell & Manella LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kesluk & Silverstein, P.C.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Lea and Barry Porter
Proskauer Rose LLP
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Underwriters - $25,000

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Beverly Hills Bar Association
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert,
Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Girardi and Keese
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Major, Lindsey & Africa
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oder & Stewart Investment Management
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish LLP
White & Case LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf LLP

Benefactors - $15,000

City National Bank
Comerica Inc.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
Heller Ehrman LLP
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLP
Los Angeles Times
Mayer Brown LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Tom & Janet Unterman
Venable LLP

Partners - $10,000

Arden Realty, Inc.
Carol Biondi
CBS Television
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Ernst & Young LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
FTI Consulting
Fulcrum Inquiry
HBO
Keker & Van Nest LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Playa Vista
The Albert & Janey Sweet Foundation
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
The Melvin and Bren Simon Foundation
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
Westfield Corporation, Inc.

Patrons

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Krueger
Stutman, Treister & Glatt
Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin & Evall, LLP

Last updated: April 25, 2008