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 and Subcommittee Chairs for 2007-2008:
Chair	Frank Rorie Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1st Vice-Chair	Pantea Yashar   Kirkland & Ellis LLP
2nd Vice-Chair	Robert Herrington Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Fundraising Co-Chair	Hartwell Harris, Jennifer Sepic
Outreach Co-Chairs	Javier Rivera, Kim Foster
Pro Bono/MCLE Co-Chairs	Charles Gomez, Christopher Rivas

 

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