City Bar Justice Center Presents 2015 Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Pro Bono Service

The City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, has announced the winners of the seventh annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service. Honoring the most outstanding volunteer attorney in each of the Justice Center projects, the awards will be presented at a Celebration of Service reception on October 26th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., as part of National Pro Bono Week.

This year’s awardees are:

Santiago Assalini, Rich Mancino, Pia Williams Keevil, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Martin Bunin, Alston & Bird LLP
Fay Cleghorn-Stephens, Citigroup, Inc.
Peggy Collen, Solo Practitioner
Mary Croly, McLaughlin & Stern LLP
Marissa Geannette, BNP Paraibas
Lisa Koenig, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
Jennifer Kroman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Angela Ni, Paul Hastings LLP
Rustin Paul, Blank Rome LLP
Chelley E. Talbert, NBCUniversal, Inc.

Hon. Carol Bagley Amon, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, will deliver a keynote address and Jane C. Sherburne, City Bar Fund Board Chair, will present the awards. City Bar President Debra L. Raskin will provide introductory remarks. Lynn M. Kelly, Executive Director of the City Bar Justice Center stated “The 2015 Epstein Pro Bono Award winners represent the range of New York City’s vibrant legal community engaged in pro bono work to assist the disadvantaged – from attorneys in corporate legal departments and global law firms to a solo practitioner. Their dedication and commitment to their pro bono clients represent the very best in the profession and we are so proud to work with them.”

Jeremy G. Epstein, who passed away in May 2009, was a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP and a board member at the City Bar Justice Center, The Legal Aid Society and the Fund for Modern Courts. He logged over 5,000 hours of pro bono and public service over 20 years.