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48th Annual Servant of Justice Awards

May 8, 2025

Celebrate the people we serve, the staff of The Legal Aid Society, and champions of our work at the 48th Annual Servant of Justice Awards.

6:00 pm | Cipriani 42nd Street

This Year’s Honorees

This year, we are proud to honor Bart Schwartz, Senior Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, award accepted by Michael A. Volpe, Chief Bank Operations Officer.

Our Generous Sponsors

Leader
Cleary Gottlieb
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
Latham & Watkins LLP

Milbank LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Pillar
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cooley LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
White & Case LLP

Champion
Freshfields US LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Morgan Stanley
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Pfizer Inc.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Bart Schwartz & Betsy Werthan
Sidley Austin LLP
Willis Towers Watson
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP

Partner
Arnold & Porter
BNY Wealth
GFP Real Estate, LLC
Goodwin
HSBC
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Mastercard
Mayer Brown LLP
National Basketball Association
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Paramount Global
RAIOLA/Co.

Platinum
CBRE

Gold
Patricia M. Hynes
UnitedHealthCare/Oxford

Silver
Gallagher
Charles L. Kerr
Withum

Friend
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP