Justice Center Announces Fifth Annual 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 fifth 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 22nd, as part of National Pro Bono Week.

This year’s awardees are:

Pamela Ehrenkranz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Edward J. Ferraro, Law Offices of Edward J. Ferraro
Douglas S. Heffer & Alicia L. Pitts, Foley & Lardner LLP
Meghan Hill, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Carol Notias Kotsinis, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Matthew W. Mamak, Alston & Bird LLP
Arnold H. Pedowitz, Pedowitz & Meister, LLP
Stacey Pramer, Pramer Communications
Gregory P. Rodgers, Latham & Watkins LLP
Marc D. Rosenberg, Kaye Scholer LLP & Daniel A. Bloom, Kaye Scholer/Curtis
Adam C. Tubbs, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
Scott Wilcox, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge, SDNY, will deliver a keynote address and Mei Lin Kwan-Gett, City Bar Fund Board Chair, will present the awards. City Bar President Carey R. Dunne will provide introductory remarks.

When: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 W 44th Street, New York, NY

By invitation only. Media welcome. Please register here.

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 the last 20 years.