PBP Program 2023

PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP

Building a Brighter & Bolder Future

Pro Bono Partnership provides business and transactional legal services to nonpro t organizations serving the disadvantaged or enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Substantially leveraging the impact of its in-house legal staff, the Partnership annually recruits and mobilizes hundreds of lawyers from major corporations and law rms to donate their time and expertise on behalf of its nonpro t clients, enhancing their ability to improve conditions in their communities.

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PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP I GALA XXVI

Building a Brighter & Bolder Future

HONORING 2023 PRO BONO CHAMPIONS

In-House Legal Team Honoree

Chubb North America

Legal & Compliance

Law Firm Honoree

McCarter & English, LLP

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DINNER CHAIRS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION

Richard

Hernandez

Senior Vice President & General Counsel

New York Football Giants

Joseph F. Wayland EVP, Chubb Group General Counsel

DINNER CHAIRS

Richard Hernandez

New York Football Giants

Joseph F. Wayland

Chubb Group

PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP I GALA XXVI

STEERING COMMITTEE

Lorie E. Almon

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Spiro Bantis

London Fischer LLP

Joseph T. Boccassini McCarter & English, LLP

Brad S. Karp

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Matthew M. Kelly

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Kevin G. Lauri

Jackson Lewis P.C.

VICE CHAIRS

Sylvia A. Ayler

Merck & Co., Inc.

Rady Johnson

P zer Inc.

Raja Maharajh

Raytheon Technologies

James McGuire

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

Jonathan Mothner

Synchrony Financial

James Rouhandeh

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Scott Sanpietro

Chubb North America Legal & Compliance

Joshua R. Cammaker

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Arlene Chow

Latham & Watkins LLP

Peter Eyre

Crowell & Moring LLP

David Flavell

PepsiCo

John Frantz Verizon

Andrew Gerlach

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Sandra Hauser Dentons US LLP

John Hueston

Hueston Hennigan LLP

Matthew D. Ingber

Mayer Brown LLP

Constantine Karides Reed Smith LLP

James R. Levine

Davis+Gilbert LLP

Gregg F. LoCascio

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lori A. Martin

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Jami Wintz McKeon

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Gregory Nehro

BNY Mellon

Joseph Noga

Jenner & Block LLP

Kristen Perkins

Kennedys Law LLP

Jonathan Rosenberg

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Jonathan Youngwood

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Building a Brighter & Bolder Future

Since Pro Bono Partnership was founded in 1997, we have had the ambitious goal of providing meaningful pro bono opportunities for lawyers and access to free, expert legal help for nonpro ts. Now, 26 years later and with the support of people like all of you here tonight, the Partnership proudly serves more than 1,000 nonpro ts each year in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York! We also have a robust educational program, a resource hotline for nonpro ts, and support that allows more than 1,500 volunteer lawyers annually to use their skills to give back.

The values we share with our partners at leading corporations, law rms, and scores of dedicated individuals have contributed to “Building a Brighter & Bolder Future,” nonpro ts that have increased capacity and neighborhoods that are stronger, better places to live and work. That is the power of pro bono and what we enthusiastically celebrate tonight!

Chubb North America Legal & Compliance and McCarter & English, LLP, exemplify our work and are longtime supporters and program participants. Their contributions to the Partnership, to the legal profession, and to our communities, are exceptional and far reaching. In addition to hearing from them tonight, you can learn more about these Champions’ contributions in the pages that follow.

Our mission is more relevant than ever as the nonpro t community’s need for pro bono help is greater than ever. With partners like you and our small, mighty, and dedicated team, we envision a bold and bright future where we work together to continue to meet nonpro ts’ legal needs and build stronger, more resilient communities.

We appreciate you celebrating with us tonight, and are truly grateful for your support!

Nancy Eberhardt

EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Synchrony Financial Executive Director Pro Bono Partnership

THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

Lead Sponsors

Benefactors

PATRON

BNY Mellon

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP

Davis+Gilbert LLP

Dentons US LLP

Hueston Hennigan LLP

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Jenner & Block LLP

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

London Fischer LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

McCarter & English, LLP

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

PepsiCo

Reed Smith LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Verizon

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

PARTNER

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Bartlit Beck LLP

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cozen O’Connor P.C.

Day Pitney LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Dechert LLP

Deloitte LLP

Demarais LLP

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP

Fresh elds Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

IBM Corporation

Jones Day

King & Spalding LLP

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Mastercard

McGuireWoods LLP

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Pitney Bowes

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga, LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

White and Williams LLP

Williams & Connolly LLP

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP

SUPPORTER

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Baker McKenzie LLP

Clyde & Co

Covington & Burling LLP

Duane Morris LLP

Fox Rothschild LLP

Diane and Rady Johnson

K&L Gates LLP

Ann Kappler and Mark Herlihy

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Eve Konstan and Jonathan Mothner

SPONSOR

Baker Botts LLP

Bank of America

Jim Berry and Kate LaQuay

Blank Rome LLP

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP

Gail and Eric Cohen

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Una Dean

Epiq

Effe and David Flavell

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Anahaita Kotval and Zubeen Shroff

John M. Liftin

Cathy Lueders

Mullen Coughlin LLC

Munck Wilson Mandala LLP

Gregory Nehro

Mark and Joni Nordstrom

Scott Posner

Grace and John L. Sander

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Spotify

Juli Steadman and Evan Charkes

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

Terex Corporation

Thompson Hine LLP

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Venable LLP

Richard H. Walker

Wotton + Kearney

ASSOCIATE

Association of Corporate Counsel

New Jersey

Deutsche Bank

Dun & Bradstreet

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Getz Balich LLC

Lee and Li

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Stephanie Pendall and John Frantz

Alicia Perrault

Laura Sklar and Daniel J. Goldstein

CONTRIBUTOR

Alexi Assmus

Sylvia A. Ayler

Robin Davies-Small

Hudson Pride Center

Christopher Miller

Steven Wolfe

List as of 9/12/23

GALA PROGRAM OF EVENTS

WELCOME

Nancy Eberhardt

Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership

Jonathan Mothner

Chairman of the Board, Pro Bono Partnership

2023 PRO BONO CHAMPION AWARD PRESENTATION

CORPORATE HONOREE Chubb North America Legal & Compliance

ACCEPTED BY Joseph F. Wayland

EVP, Chubb Group General Counsel

LIVE APPEAL

CONDUCTED BY Patrick Tully

DINNER

GALA HOST

Ari Melber

Chief Legal Correspondent and Anchor of “The Beat,” MSNBC

REMARKS BY Richard Hernandez

Senior Vice President & General Counsel, New York Football Giants

2023 PRO BONO CHAMPION AWARD PRESENTATION

LAW FIRM HONOREE McCarter & English, LLP

ACCEPTED BY Joseph T. Boccassini Firmwide Managing Partner, McCarter & English, LLP

DESSERT RECEPTION

GALA HOST

Ari Melber

Chief Legal Correspondent and Anchor of “The Beat,” MSNBC

Ari Melber, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, writer, and attorney, is the anchor of “The Beat with Ari Melber” on MSNBC. We are honored to have Mr. Melber hosting the Gala again this year!

Mr. Melber also serves as MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent and an NBC News Legal Analyst, reporting on law and justice stories across all NBC platforms, and providing legal analysis for programs such as “TODAY” and “The Rachel Maddow Show,” among others. He received a 2016 Emmy Award for his reporting on the Supreme Court.

Additionally, Mr. Melber regularly guest hosts for MSNBC anchors such as Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Hayes, and Brian Williams, and he previously hosted MSNBC’s weekend program “The Point with Ari Melber.”

Before joining MSNBC, Mr. Melber spent four years practicing First Amendment law, and served as a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate. He is a former columnist for Politico and Reuters, and his writing has been published in several books and a variety of news outlets, including The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation and The New York Daily News, among others.

Mr. Melber received a J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, and he is a member of the New York Bar.

“The Beat with Ari Melber” airs nightly on MSNBC, and highlights can be viewed at www.msnbc.com/thebeatwithari (@TheBeatWithAri).

DINNER CHAIR

Joseph F. Wayland Executive Vice President Chubb Group and General Counsel

Joseph Wayland is Executive Vice President, Chubb Group and General Counsel. He is responsible for the company’s global legal affairs and serves as principal counsel to the CEO, senior management team and board of directors.

Mr. Wayland also leads the legal organization that supports Chubb’s business operations globally and is responsible for all legal functions, including corporate affairs and securities, litigation, compliance, and regulatory and government affairs. He also serves as secretary to the Chubb Limited Board of Directors.

Prior to ACE’s acquisition of Chubb in January 2016, Mr. Wayland was the General Counsel of ACE Limited, a position he held since joining the company in 2013. He was appointed Executive Vice President, ACE Group, in March 2014.

Before joining ACE, Mr. Wayland was with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he worked from 1988 and became a partner in 1994. From 2010 to 2012, he served in the United States Department of Justice, first as Deputy Assistant Attorney General responsible for litigation for the Antitrust Division, and was later appointed as the Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the division. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wayland served as a Captain in the United States Air Force.

Mr. Wayland holds a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University. He also holds a Master of Laws degree in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law School. Mr. Wayland is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

HONOREE

Chubb North America Legal & Compliance

Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded P&C insurance company with operations in 54 countries and territories. As an underwriting company, Chubb assesses, assumes, and manages risk with insight and discipline, and services and pays claims fairly and promptly. As a corporate citizen, Chubb recognizes that the rule of law is essential to establishing conditions that further well-being and is committed to advancing the rule of law worldwide by supporting projects that build and strengthen legal institutions.

The company continues to grow and rede ne success because of its principled and passionate employees.

The Chubb North America Legal & Compliance team is a shining example of the company’s values in action. For 15 years, they have worked with Pro Bono Partnership to bolster nonpro ts throughout the tristate with free transactional legal services. During that time, the company’s attorneys and legal professionals have volunteered more than 1,000 hours of expert counsel to dozens of nonpro ts providing essential services in our communities. Chubb lawyers routinely volunteer for matters that enable nonpro ts to build capacity, reduce risk, and ful ll their missions by providing guidance on contracts, corporate governance, incorporation, and employment matters, to name a few. This pro bono service allows Chubb attorneys to make a difference in the communities where they live and work. Chubb’s longstanding relationship with Pro Bono Partnership has proven mutually bene cial in assisting local underserved communities while also providing attorneys with the con dence and experience that comes with exposure to diverse areas of the law and a deep sense of ful llment from making a tangible impact.

New York Football Giants

Richard Hernandez joined the New York Football Giants in January 2022 and serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Club. He is responsible for all legal, compliance, risk management and government affairs matters for the Club. He reports to the President and CEO and provides counsel, advice and assistance on strategic business matters across the organization.

Prior to joining the Giants, Mr. Hernandez practiced for over seventeen years at McCarter & English in its Newark of ce. His practice focused on antitrust litigation, counseling, and regulatory compliance, as well as complex commercial litigation and sports law. In his practice, he regularly represented a variety of industry leading companies, litigating a variety of matters, including complex class actions, in state and federal courts throughout the country.

Mr. Hernandez is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession. Membership in The Fellows is limited to one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Mr. Hernandez also serves as a trustee of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey and is Chairman of the Board of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School in Newark, New Jersey.

Mr. Hernandez is a graduate of the Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

HONOREE

McCarter & English, LLP

Service to others is central to the culture at McCarter & English, and their lawyers dedicate tens of thousands of hours to pro bono work annually. The rm has collaborated with Pro Bono Partnership on transactional matters for more than two decades—work that has signi cantly impacted the tristate nonpro t community.

More than half of the rm’s attorneys and legal professionals have volunteered to work with the Partnership’s nonpro t clients during our 23-year relationship. In that time, they have addressed critical legal issues for 300 different charities in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. The missions of these nonpro t clients are as varied as the community’s needs, and they also align with the rm’s areas of focus, including Veteran’s rights, racial justice, homelessness, LGBTQ+ rights, and animal welfare, to name a few. With more than 400 matters addressed, McCarter volunteers’ expertise has helped the Partnership’s nonpro t clients that needed contracts, IP advice, employee handbooks, bylaws, and more.

McCarter’s commitment to pro bono service has given the Partnership’s nonpro t clients a solid legal foundation on which to enhance programming, serve more constituents, and strengthen communities.

The Partnership is proud to play a vital role in McCarter & English’s longstanding tradition of giving back. We are grateful for our partnership, and look forward to all we will be able to accomplish together in the years ahead!

CHAIRMAN

Jonathan Mothner

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Synchrony Financial

VICE CHAIRMAN

Peter A. Gutermann

Corporate Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Of cer United Technologies (retired)

VICE CHAIRMAN

John M. Liftin

Senior Counsel

Fried Frank

PRESIDENT

John L. Sander

Principal-NY Metro

Jackson Lewis P.C.

TREASURER

Ann M. Kappler

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Prudential Financial, Inc.

SECRETARY

Anahaita N. Kotval

Chief Executive Of cer

Lifting Up Westchester

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Sylvia A. Ayler

Director, Legal

Intellectual Property Group Merck & Co., Inc.

Evan Charkes Managing Director and Associate General Counsel Bank of America

Eric I Cohen Corporate Secretary In nite Reality, Inc. (retired)

Una A. Dean VP, Assistant General Counsel IBM

David Flavell EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary PepsiCo

John Frantz

Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Verizon Business Group

Daniel J. Goldstein

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Of cer and Corporate Secretary

Pitney Bowes

Rady Johnson

Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance and Risk Of cer P zer Inc.

Cathy Lueders

Assistant General Counsel, SVP –Global Government Contracting Mastercard

Gregory Nehro

General Counsel - Americas

BNY Mellon

Alicia Perrault

Vice President and General Counsel

Pratt & Whitney

Scott Posner

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Terex Corporation

Edward J. Sebold General Counsel

Kyndryl

Richard H. Walker

Partner King & Spalding

DIRECTOR EMERITUS

Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School

Nancy Eberhardt, Esq. Executive Director

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Christine Michelle Duffy, Esq. New Jersey

Priya S. Morganstern, Esq. Connecticut

Maurice K. Segall, Esq. New York & Fair eld County

LEGAL PROGRAM

Jennifer Grudnowski, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney

Kent E. Hansen, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney

Stephanie Jeshiva, Esq.  Staff Attorney

Alexandra E. Kilduff, Esq. Staff Attorney

Judy Siegel, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney

Sara Taylor, Esq. Staff Attorney

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

Lisa Abate

Program Assistant

Maksoda Akter

Manager, Finance and Operations

Aniyah Borges Development Coordinator

Kira Ecay Program Assistant

Lauren Fishman, Esq. Pro Bono Manager

Catherine Ganley Director, Finance & Administration

Emma Jacobs Grants Manager

Mindi Lund

Director, Marketing & Communications

Kate Marchese

Manager of Program Operations

Alise Shuten

Program Assistant

Heidi Siesfeld

Director of Development

VOLUNTEER IN RESIDENCE

Joan Levy, Esq.

Connecticut

860.541.4951

280 Trumbull Street, 28th Floor Hartford, CT 06103

PRO

New Jersey

973.240.6955

3799 Route 46, Suite 211 Parsippany, NJ 07054

BONO PARTNERSHIP EXTENDS SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Chubb Group

Carrianne D’Alessandro

Lori Dunstan

James Irvine

Carolien Lauwerys

Jon Mellor

Thomas Mezzio

Margaret E. Peloso

Scott Sanpietro

Joseph F. Wayland

McCarter & English, LLP

Jill Himelfarb

Michelle Pallak

Yanick Pelerin

Rosemarie Williams

MSNBC

Diana Marinaccio

Ari Melber

New York Football Giants

Richard Hernandez

Gala Video Participation

Thomas Castano

Lana Gifas

Scarlett Lewis

Pamela Lopata

Veronica Montagna

Basam Nabulsi

Michelle Pallak

Patricia Phillips

Scott Sanpietro

Maria Strada

Steven Wolfe

New York

914.328.0674

237 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 305 White Plains, NY 10605

Select Portions of Gala Videos Courtesy of: Chubb Global Creative Services Team, Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, Middle Earth, NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders, Inc., SOLID Foundation, Women’s Mentoring Network

Bespoke Awards

GlassRoots, glassroots.org

Design

Kat Nemec, studiokatinc.com

Mark St. Louis, Mind’s Eye Design

Event Management

Aaron Consulting Company LLC

Tovah Bembridge

Camara McLaughlin

Todd Wiener

Public Relations

Ruthie Siesfeld

Vance Camisa Jazz Quartet

Vance Camisa

Chris Clark

Jon Kohl

Michael Nikolidakis

VeeKast Video Production

Daniel Alfonso

Patrick Angehr

Donvil Collins

Marisa Mazzo Dostilio

Sean Fahey

Daniel Guillaro

Whitney Harper

Greg Kessler

Evan Seplow