The Associates Advisory Board, created in August 2005, is an outgrowth of several years of successful Associates Campaigns for Legal Aid. Members of the Associates Advisory Board, who represent over 20 of LA's major law firms, support LAFLA by enhancing awareness of the organization and its mission, striving to increase pro bono involvement, and raising operating funds.
The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles' Law Associates
Advisory Board From left to right front row: Paul Salvaty, O'Melveny
& Meyers LLP, Ludmila Montoya, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
and Pantea Yashar, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Back row: Michael Gonzales,
Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; Hartwell Harris,
Bingham, McCutchen, LLP; Kimberly Foster, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP;
Javier Rivera, Fox, Rothchild LLP; Frank Rorie, Orrick, Herrington
& Sutcliffe LLP and David Shraga, Dreier, Stein, Kahan, Brown,
Woods, George, LLP.
Associates Advisory Board members are the young leaders of the local legal community and LAFLA welcomes their energy and enthusiasm to help us expand our services to low-income communities.
Executive Committee |
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| Chair | Frank Rorie Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
1st Vice-Chair |
Pantea Yashar Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
2nd Vice-Chair |
Jennifer Sepic
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| Fundraising Co-Chair |
Hartwell Harris |
Social Outreach Co-Chairs |
Kim Foster, Javier Rivera |
Pro Bono / MCLECo-Chairs |
Charles Gomez, Christopher Rivas |
Director of Special Projects (LAFLA) / Executive Producer, Long Beach Grand Cru |
Ludmila Montoya |
For more information or to join the Associates Advisory Board, please ccontact Ludmila Montoya, Director of Special Projects, at (213) 640-3894.
AAB Fab Summer Event 2008
About LAFLA and the AAB
LAFLA is Los Angeles' frontline law firm for the poor, providing
free civil legal services to low-income individuals and families
with housing, government benefits, family law, immigration, employment
and consumer problems. Members of the Associates Advisory Board,
who represent over 20 of LA's major law firms, support LAFLA by
enhancing awareness of the organization and its mission, striving
to increase pro bono involvement and raising operating funds.
For further information or to get involved on the AAB, please
contact Ludmila Montoya, Director of Special Projects, at (213)
640-3894 or email lmontoya@lafla.org or download PDF flyer here.
Photos by Joseph Richard Negro
© 2009 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
