Volunteer Awards
Congratulations to our 2013 Award Recipients!
Philadelphia VIP, the hub of pro bono legal services in Philadelphia, hosted its annual Awards Ceremony to honor outstanding volunteers in 2012 at The Wilma Theater on March 18, 2013. Over 100 guests, including members of the judiciary, attorneys, law students and legal administrators came to pay tribute to the great pro bono work accomplished by VIP volunteers in 2012.
Law firms of all sizes, businesses, and individual attorneys receive awards as a result of their extraordinary commitment to VIP, its clients and the community. In 2012, Philadelphia VIP’s pro bono attorneys and professional staff assisted in closing more than 1,700 cases for individuals, families and small businesses who could not afford attorneys and whose cases would not have been handled by other public interest organizations. The estimated value of the legal services provided in 2012 is more than $3,600,000. Over 1,000 volunteers responded to these requests to handle issues in a wide range of practice areas such as assisting individuals, nonprofits and small businesses maintain income during the economic downturn, supporting the stability of families, preventing homelessness amidst the housing crisis, promoting community economic development by investing in local communities, adoption processes, and zoning issues.
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Congratulations to Philadelphia VIP's 2013 Award winners.
Juris Award
Department of Records, City of Philadelphia
Dechert LLP
Berner Klaw & Watson LLP
Amicus Award
Michael J. Trudgeon, Chief Executive Officer, The Reliable Companies
A Special Thank You to our Awards Night Sponsors
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Silver Sponsors
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The following is a description of the awards that will be presented at the 2013 Awards Night:
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award
- Law Firms (one in each category: Large, Medium and Small Firm) with the greatest number of attorneys volunteering with VIP who also provide other services
- The Corporation with the greatest number of in-house attorneys volunteering with VIP that also provides other services
- An individual who has given extraordinary time and effort to VIP and who handled the greatest number of cases in 2012
Silver Gavel Award
- Law Firms (one in each category: Large, Medium and Small Firm) with significant numbers of attorneys in their Philadelphia office that volunteer with VIP
- A Corporation with significant numbers of attorneys that volunteer with VIP
- An individual attorney who have taken a significant number of cases in 2012
Bronze Gavel Award
- Law Firms (one in each category: Large, Medium and Small Firm) with substantial numbers of attorneys in their Philadelphia office that volunteer with VIP
- A Corporations with a substantial number of attorneys that volunteer with VIP
- And individual attorney who has taken a substantial number of cases in 2012
Juris Award
- A business that has provided outstanding support and services to the clients and staff of VIP in 2012
Amicus Award
- An individual that has provided outstanding support and services to VIP in 2012
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