A Commitment to Justice in Uncertain Times A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD CHAIR While so many things in our lives were put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the legal needs of our clients—and the essential services we provide—were not. We know that the health and economic impact of the current crisis disproportionately burdened women like our clients, 90% of whom are women of color and 80% of whom are survivors of intimate partner violence. 2020 further illuminated what we already knew—justice is not equally distributed in this country. Women living in poverty, particularly Black and Brown women, are forced to rely on a civil justice system that has been historically and systematically under-resourced to access basic rights, like financial autonomy and freedom from abuse. While the system was designed to be accessible without a lawyer, those who are unrepresented often come up short, unable to navigate an increasingly complex system on their own. For 28 years, Her Justice has been standing with women living in poverty in New York City by providing critical, free legal help for matters that are urgent in their lives. Through our pro bono first model, we insert thousands of private sector pro bono attorneys and other experts into the civil justice system each year, breaking down barriers that reinforce and exacerbate gender, racial and economic imbalances. Today, our work is more important than ever. We are so proud of what we accomplished this year, serving 6,900 women and their families, achieving outcomes that empower them to make independent choices about the things they care about most in a time of great uncertainty. The numbers that you will see in this report are impressive, but they only tell part of the story. There is no way to quantify the remarkable resilience of the women we serve, our small-but-mighty team, and our steadfast volunteers and supporters. When our world suddenly shifted, our team moved with it, adapting to the unfamiliar terrain. Our live legal helpline was brought into our homes. Virtual court appearances occurred in blazers and sweatpants. We problem-solved with clients who did not always have access to technology, in an increasingly tech-dependent legal system, and opened up safe and secure spaces in our office from which clients could appear remotely. We revamped our volunteer training programs and our community outreach efforts, and we were able to reach more people than ever before. We built coalitions and advocated for important reform at the policy level, including keeping ICE out of the courts so that our foreign-born clients could seek the justice they deserve without the fear of unwarranted arrest. Every day, the unwavering commitment of our staff, our board of directors, and our volunteer attorneys to serve and empower women in our community astounds us. Despite the burden of collective stress and fear, we forged on. Our community, filled with loyal, long-term supporters and new faces dedicated to justice, showed up in ways like never before. We are humbled and awestruck by the overwhelming outpouring of generosity this past year—from hours spent volunteering legal expertise to financial support that makes our mission possible. It is with our deepest gratitude that we thank you all for joining us in our commitment to bringing forth justice for women living in poverty in New York City. When women are lifted, their children and their communities rise with them, and there is hope for a better future.
Amy Barasch Executive Director
Patricia Ferrari Board President
FY20 Financials July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020
INTEREST/ MISC. 1%
O P E R AT I N G R E V E N U E S Individuals
$
1,032,861
Law Firms
$
1,489,245
Corporations
$
995,546
Foundations
$
299,693
Government
$
1,397,811
Interest/Other Income
$
25,224
GOVERNMENT 27%
FOUNDATIONS 6%
INDIVIDUALS 20%
WHERE OUR FUNDS COME FROM
$ 5,240,380
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES
Donated Legal Services
CORPORATIONS 19%
$ 38,636,825*
TOTAL R E V E N U E
$ 43,877,205
LAW FIRMS 27%
O P E R AT I N G E X P E N S E S Legal/Program Services
$
4,030,598
Fundraising/Communications
$
558,852
Management /General
$
554,955 $ 5,114,405
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Donated Legal Services
MANAGEMENT/ GENERAL 11%
$
FUNDRAISING / COMMUNICATIONS 11%
38,636,825*
TOTAL E X P E N S E S
$ 43,781,230
NET INCOME
$
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 5,629,393
TOTAL LIABILITIES
$
TOTAL NET ASSETS
$ 4,843,236
HOW OUR FUNDS ARE SPENT
95,975
786,157 LEGAL /PROGRAM SERVICES 78% * Unaudited as of December 15, 2020
For every $1 donated,
to our clients at no cost
“I just want to thank Her Justice and especially my attorney for giving me the chance and the opportunity to raise my voice for things that matter to me.”
to them.
Her Justice client
Her Justice delivers approximately $8 of legal services directly
Who We Serve WE SERVE WOMEN IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY
Native American/ Other 2% Asian or Pacific Islander 9%
Bronx 22%
White 10% Manhattan 15%
Black 25% Hispanic 54%
Queens 31%
Brooklyn 28%
Staten Island 2% 100% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE WOMEN LIVING IN POVERTY
61% of our clients were born outside of the U.S.
Other areas 2%
Immigration 45%
71% of our clients are mothers
80% of our clients are survivors of intimate partner violence
SUBJECT MATTER OF SERVICE PROVIDED
Family 24%
Matrimonial 31%
“My lawyer and Her Justice changed my life. I feel free now to make my dreams come true, my life better—not just for me, but for my daughters.” Her Justice client
Every Her Justice client has an urgent legal need. Whether it’s Mary,* who recently lost her job due to COVID-19, while her husband, who remains employed, has stopped paying the child support he owes; or Grace,* who needs a divorce in order to avoid responsibility for the increasing debt her husband is racking up in her name; or Natalia,* a survivor of human trafficking seeking the right to work so that she can support herself and her children free from abuse... *Name changed to protect client privacy
Her Justice stands with women when they need it most.
The Power of Pro Bono HER JUSTICE STANDS WITH WOMEN LIVING IN POVERTY BY: Providing critical free legal services to women who couldn’t otherwise afford it, women who must go through the civil justice system to access basic rights, like financial autonomy and freedom from abuse; Advocating for important reform at the policy level to address inefficiencies and inequities within the system that negatively impact our clients; and Using our pro bono model to disrupt the civil justice system itself by inserting thousands of well-trained and resourced, private sector, volunteer attorneys into the system every year.
In FY 2020
Her Justice lawyers mentored
volunteer attorneys serving
women and their children for a total of
hours donated, representing
in value.
With Gratitude INSTITUTIONAL DONORS $100,000+
Prime Clerk
The New York Bar Foundation
City Council, New York City
Proskauer Rose LLP
The Fledgling Fund
IOLA Fund of the State of New York
Quest Turnaround Advisors, LLC
The Venable Foundation
MBIA/National Public Finance Guarantee
Selendy & Gay PLLC
Winston & Strawn LLP
New York State Legislature
Seward & Kissel LLP
UBS Private Wealth Management
Oversight Board, New York State Unified Court System
Shearman & Sterling
$50,000–$99,999
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Beach Point Capital Management
Togut, Segal & Segal LLP
Boston Properties, Inc.
White & Case LLP
Citi Private Bank
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Credit Suisse
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
$15,000–$24,999
Epiq Systems, Inc.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
The Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc.
Governors Lane LP
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.
Assured Guaranty
Greene, Tweed & Co, Inc.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
BC Partners
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C.
PJT Partners
BakerHostetler LLP
McDermott Will & Emery Charitable Foundation
Sidley Austin LLP
BRG
Moelis & Company
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Dentons
Opportune LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Gordon Brothers
Sitrick And Company
$25,000–$49,999
Greenhill
The South Wind Foundation
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
$1,000–$4,999
AlixPartners Alvarez & Marsal Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Equal Justice Works
AIG Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
$5,000–$9,999
AC Liquidating Trust Escrow Acct
Kekst CNC
Allstate Foundation
King & Spalding
Arent Fox LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
AYSHA NY
Latham & Watkins LLP
Contrarian Capital Management, L.L.C.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Perella Weinberg Partners
IEX Group, Inc.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Jamestown
Rothschild & Co
The Laura B. Vogler Foundation, Inc.
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Linklaters LLP
Stonehill Capital Management
MetLife
Stretto
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.
Thomson Reuters
Momentum Search Group
UBS Investment Bank.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
RXR Realty
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
$10,000–$14,999
SL Green Realty Corp.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Appaloosa Management L.P.
The Spence School
Guggenheim Securities
CBRE, Inc.
Stout
Houlihan Lokey
Eminence Capital, LP
TD Bank, N.A.
JLL
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Trio Foundation
Lazard
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Uber Technologies, Inc.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
K2 Integrity
Walden Macht & Haran LLP
Milbank LLP
M-III Partners, LP
Wealthspire Advisors
Allen & Overy LLP Ankura Consulting Group, LLC Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Boies Schiller Flexner Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Centerbridge Partners, L.P. Centerview Partners LLC Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Drivetrain, LLC Ernst & Young Evercore The Fortin Foundation of Florida, Inc. FTI Consulting, Inc.
Orrick
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
SPECIAL THANKS
$50,000+
Elaine Johnston & Mary Jacobs
Elizabeth C. Carter
Artists
Dale & Max Berger
Kerry & John P. Keyser
Beverly & Herbert Chase
Lala Abaddon
Catherine J. Douglass & Bruce P. Dohrenwend
Marilyn & Robert Mazur
Erin Dunn
Howard T. Cash
Erin E. McLeod
Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin
Elizabeth Chiles
Annette L. Nazareth & Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Diane Genova
Nevil Dwek
Laura Impert & Steven D. Germain
Jordan F. Sauer
Jeremy Frechette
Dona Gilbertson
Erin Warner Guill
Hayden M. Greene
Jill L. Goodman & Melvin J. Bukiet
Nanar & Anthony A. Yoseloff
George Gruel
Jacqueline Granados
Bob Gruen
Paul M. Basta
$2,500–$4,999
Kathleen M. Ulrich & Stephen E. Gray
Gail Albert Halaban
Lori & Jeffrey A. Brodsky
Anonymous (2)
James Hallowell
Bernard Kessler
Allison & Timothy Coleman
Christopher Belelieu
Jack Harmon
Daniel Kramer
Kelley A. Cornish
Brian Corio
Michael D. Hutchinson
Mark Lewis
Theanne & Matthew Feldman
David Curran
Olivia J. Jahn
Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Patricia Ferrari & Andrew Jánszky
Maria Cilenti & Michael Embler
Emily D. Johnson & Matthew Horvath
Melissa O’Shaughnessy
Susan Cook & Drew Fine
Douglas C. Freeman
Denise Kaloudis
Melissa Patten
Faith E. Gay
Cecilia A. Glass
Robert M. Kaufman
Joshua Ruban
Ted Goldthorpe
Marcia & Mark Goldstein
Yukako Kawata
Lynn Saville
Nicole L. Greenblatt
Brent Herlihy
Denise & Alexander M. Kaye
Giada Randaccio Skouras-Sweeny
Gary T. Holtzer
Lostritto Family Foundation
Leslie M. Mazza & Robert J. Kheel
Max Touhey
Kim Koopersmith & William J. Borner
Lucy C. Malcolm & Jason R. Saxe
Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos
Kenneth R. Weinberg
Izumi Hara & David N. Koschik
Mia Marais & Johannes Hanekom
Vanessa A. Lavely
Todd Weinstein
Laura & Kevin Lavin
Cynthia Marshall
Nancy L. Lazar
Steve Zuckerman
Judith & Paul Leake
Mary Elizabeth McGarry
Jessica & Michael Leto
Ivan Lehon & Tal Kastner
Lisa & Michael O’Hara
Susan & Robert Lewin
Galleries & Other Donors
Aimee & William Maroney
Talia Raviv
Evelyn & David McCabe
Aperture Foundation
Abby & Bruce Mendelsohn
Emily T. Farber & Adam Shpeen
Andrew Morley
Mary Engel
Carolyn & Jim Millstein
Stacey B. Slater & Jonathan Sacks
Abigail & Jonathan Moses
Elaine Goldman
Joff & Cath Mitchell
The Iqbal & Shelby Mamdani Foundation
Christine A. Okike
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Maureen M. O’Leary
Cathy M. Kaplan
Amanda A. Lin & Nathan C. Thomas
Denise L. Loring & Peter V. Pantaleo
Jonathan Levy
Laurie & David Pauker
Orly Cogan & Robert Mann
Rachel J. Presa
Ruth Orkin Photo Archive
William E. Racolin
Natasha Schlesinger
Michael Rebibo
Staley-Wise Gallery
Seth Redniss
Yancey Richardson Gallery
Joy & Steven M. Zelin
$10,000–$49,999 Elizabeth Abrams Monica Arora & Raj Goyle Lee S. Attanasio
Kathryn A. Reavis & David Strohm Jennifer Rodburg Eric M. Rosof
$1,000–$2,499
Ralph Schlosstein
Anonymous (4)
Katherine Schlosstein
Marlene Alva
Roopesh K. Shah
Victoria Anderson
Mary & Alok Singh
Marisa Antos-Fallon
Elizabeth Vicens
Amanda M. Aycock
Karen & Ken Ziman
Ann & Mal L. Barasch
$5,000–$9,999
Veronica DeBerardine Bennett & Bruce C. Bennett
Valerie & Jay Brown Catherine V. Curry & Andrés V. Gil Despina & Robert Gimbel Elizabeth T. Goizueta & Roberto Goizueta
Todd Ringler Kathleen Roberts & Howard Clyman
Team Her Justice
Rebecca A. Roof & Matthew Cutts
Isabelle Canaan
Sang K. Yi & Helfried J. Schwarz
Sarah Hague
Ronen A. Bojmel
Charity Shumway & Gregory M. Starner
Matthew F. Knouff
Joseph W. Brown
Eugenie M. Sullivan
Nicola Leake
Lynn Canaan
Kira M. Whitacre & Nick Williams
Colin MacKenzie
Paula & Thomas Canning
Katherine Porter Seth Redniss Michael Tremonte Buckley Wallace
Who We Are BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Elizabeth Abrams
Kim Koopersmith, Esq. (Vice Chair)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Kim Koopersmith, Esq.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Monica Arora, Esq.
David N. Koschik, Esq. (Secretary)
Allen & Overy LLP Laura R. Hall, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
White & Case LLP
Lee S. Attanasio, Esq.
Kevin J. Lavin
BakerHostetler
Elizabeth Ann Smith, Esq.
Milbank LLP
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC
Amy Barasch, Esq. (President)
Paul D. Leake, Esq.
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Paul M. Basta, Esq.
Ivan R. Lehon CFA, CFE (Treasurer)
John C. Browne, Esq.
Jeffrey A. Brodsky
Bruce H. Mendelsohn
Christopher D. Belelieu, Esq.
Kelley A. Cornish, Esq.
Jennifer Rodburg, Esq.
Gregory M. Petrick, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Patricia Ferrari (Chair)
Eric M. Rosof, Esq.
Covington & Burling LLP
Drew S. Fine, Esq.
Roopesh K. Shah
Guggenheim Securities Proskauer Rose LLP Sidley Austin LLP Her Justice
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Quest Turnaround Advisors, LLC Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP MBIA /National Public Finance Guarantee Milbank LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC Perella Weinberg Partners
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Evercore
Faith Gay, Esq.
Selendy & Gay PLLC
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Ted Goldthorpe
Steven M. Zelin (Vice Chair)
BC Partners
PJT Partners
Nicole L. Greenblatt, P.C. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ken Ziman Lazard
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Katherine T. Lewis, Esq. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP IEX Group, Inc.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Erin McLeod, Esq.
King & Spalding
Gordon Brothers
Rachel S. Harris, Esq.
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Brent Herlihy
Christine A. Okike, Esq. (Co-Chair)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Rachel J. Presa, Esq.
Olivia J. Jahn, Esq. Flatiron Health, Inc.
Emily D. Johnston, Esq.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Denise Kaloudis, Esq. Stretto
Stephanie Lee, Esq. Pharmapacks, LLC
Jocelyn Sher, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Adam Shpeen, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Evercore
Hon. Shelley C. Chapman
Bryan P. Marsal
Timothy R. Coleman
Lisa J. Donahue
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Nicole L. Greenblatt, P.C.
Robert Lewin, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Sharon L. Nelles, Esq.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Eric M. Rosof, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Randi W. Singer, Esq.
White & Case LLP
Jack E. Pace III, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Martin B. Klotz, Esq.
EXECUTIVE STAFF Amy Barasch, Esq.
Devon Ercolano Provan
Hamra Ahmad, Esq.
Nancy Nagourney
Executive Director
Director of Law and Policy
Director of Development and Communications Director of Finance and Operations
Kira M. Whitacre, Esq. (Co-Chair)
Catherine J. Douglass, Esq.
US Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of NY
Lauren E. Aguiar, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Betsy Rosen Siegel, Esq.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
OEP Capital Advisors
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jordan F. Sauer
Alvarez & Marsal
Norma C. Corio
Edward G. Kehoe, Esq.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Lena Zhu
Michael Leto
PJT Partners
Lauri Washington Sawyer, Esq.
Beach Point Capital Management
PJT Partners
George S. Wang, Esq.
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
Ekwutozia U. Nwabuzor, Esq.
Cindi M. Giglio, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Caroline J. Heller, Esq.
Erin Dunn
Rothschild & Co
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC
María D. Meléndez, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Andrew Morley
Seward & Kissel LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Janice Mac Avoy, Esq.
Brian Corio
Faith Gay, Esq.
William J.F. Roll III, Esq.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Vilia B. Hayes, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Margaret A. Dale, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling
Annette L. Nazareth, Esq.
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Kelley A. Cornish, Esq.
Jack Yoskowitz, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Blair Kaminsky, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Selendy & Gay PLLC
Bruce C. Bennett, Esq.
Jones Day
Alvarez & Marsal
Alan M. Knoll, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Lucy C. Malcolm, Esq.
Elizabeth C. Carter, Esq.
Orrick
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Sandra D. Hauser, Esq.
JUNIOR ADVISORY BOARD
Adam R. Burgess
Glenn E. Siegel, Esq.
Dentons
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Drew S. Fine, Esq.
Jasmine Ball, Esq.
Gary T. Holtzer, Esq.
Amanda M. Aycock, Esq.
Catherine Weiss, Esq.
Rachel G. Skaistis, Esq.
Elizabeth Vicens, Esq.
Darren LaVerne, Esq.
Founder, Her Justice Alvarez & Marsal
Jim Millstein
Guggenheim Securities
Brad Eric Scheler, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Myron Trepper, Esq.
AlixPartners
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