Thirty-six Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP attorneys will be included on the First Judicial District's 2007 Pro Bono Roll of Honor.
The Ballard attorneys will be honored at the First Judicial District Pro Bono Awards ceremony held on January 17, in the Law Library at City Hall. The event will be co-chaired by the Court of Common Pleas Judge Annette Rizzo and attorney Thomas Zemeitis.
The First Judicial District's 2007 Pro Bono Roll of Honor includes the following Ballard Spahr attorneys: Raheemah F. Abdulaleem, Jessica M. Anthony, Alexandra Bak-Boychuk, Aisha M. Barbour, Barbara R. Beckman, Katharine A. Crawford, Marc E. Davies, Shannon D. Farmer, Adam M. Finkelstein, David S. Fryman, Kelly L. Gibson, David B. Gifford, Farrah I. Gold, Amy J. Guttman, Henry E. Hockeimer, William B. Igoe, Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin, Daniel V. Johns, Geoffrey A. Kahn, Erin E. Kepplinger, Edward I. Leeds, Melissa J. Lore, Jeffrey Meyers, Monique M. Mooney, Donna D. Page, Steve T. Park, Eileen B. Quigley, Thomas D. Rethage, Charles L. Rombeau, Mary Gay Scanlon, Julia M. Scharff, Meredith A. Scull, Gina M. Smith, Mark S. Stewart, Marc J. Weinstein and Lynn G. Zeitlin.
To be included on the First Judicial District's Roll of Honor, an attorney must be in private practice, not employed by an organization that provides free legal services, must have rendered the service to a low-income client without any fee (or expectation of fee), and must have rendered the legal services in Philadelphia County, which is the First Judicial District.
The First Judicial District's Pro Bono Committee includes members of the bench and bar and pro bono service providers. The mission of the Pro Bono Committee is creating and promoting a culture of pro bono service in Philadelphia's Legal Community.