2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards
Join the Bay Area legal community on Thursday, February 27, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, for the 38th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards, as we continue building a lasting collective vision towards transformative systems of justice, equity and liberation.
5:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner & Program
The annual event and fundraiser spotlights the organization’s work over the previous year to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and to build an equitable and just society, and celebrates significant contributions of pro bono volunteers, clients, community leaders, artists and activists.
The proceeds from this event remain critical to LCCRSF’s ability to conduct our wide range of programs.
PRESENTING THE KEYNOTE LIVING THE DREAM AWARD TO
Executive Director, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at Berkeley Law
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors:
Honorary Circle
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Orrick
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation
Wilson Sonsini Foundation
Leadership Circle
ArentFox Schiff
Fenwick & West LLP
David Lowe & Steven Murphy
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Rohit Singla
Jacob R. Sorensen & E. Anne Hawkins
WilmerHale
Visionaries
Adobe
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Cooley LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Stacey Wexler & Michael Page
Champions
Alto Litigation PC
Arnold & Porter
Compass Lexecon
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Gibson Dunn
King & Spalding
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Matthews Asia
NERA
Ogletree Deakins
Perkins Coie Foundation
Ropes & Gray LLP
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Partners
Alston & Bird
Analysis Group, Inc.
Audet & Partners, LLP
Baker McKenzie LLP
Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, Ltd.
Bird & Bird
Buchalter
Law Offices of John L. Burris
Crowell & Moring LLP
Duane Morris LLP
eBay Foundation
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Sara Finigan
Folger Levin LLP
FTI Consulting
HP, Inc.
Jenner & Block
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Tom & Julie McInerney
PG&E
Bernida Reagan & James Head
Tim & Shondella Reed
Reed Smith LLP
Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, PC
Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP
Shartsis Friese LLP
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Amy Tovar & Benjamin Horwich
Friends
Altschuler Berzon LLP
Ankura
Colleen Bal & Alexander Terry
The Brandi Law Firm
California Rural Legal Assistance
Cisco Systems, Inc
Crankstart
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert LLP
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
East Bay Community Foundation
Goodwin Procter LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Gunderson Dettmer
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Alyssa Koo
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
Outten & Golden LLP
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
San Francisco Giants
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sideman & Bancroft LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Khari J. Tillery
Veritext Legal Solutions
The Villegas Law Firm, APC
Brian & Bianca Sierra Wolff
Jason Yu & Breann Robowski
Advocates
Anonymous
Hilarie Atkisson
Morris Baller & Christine Brigagliano
Suzette & Clifton Barnes
Asim Bhansali & Daniela Wehmeyer
Kevin R. Budner & Mara Boundy
Ryan Chakmak & Katie O’Neill
Law Office of Janice Cho
Law Offices of Fellom & Solorio
Foley & Lardner LLP
Christin & Corey Hill
Kermani LLP
John Larse
Lawless, Lawless & McGrath
Tirien Steinbach
Steno
Darren and Shannon Teshima
Elica Vafaie
Van Der Hout LLP
(Sponsor listings as of 1/23/2025)