LEGAL MOMENTUM ANNUAL REPORT 2005

35 years.
Thats how long we at Legal Momentum have been using the power of the law to advance the rights of women and girls. And advance we have. We are better represented in government. We have more employment opportunities and educational choices. We have more reproductive freedom. We are safer from domestic violence, sexual assault and workplace harassment. Of course, its taken a lot of legal precedent, legislation, public awareness campaigns, task forces from the cities to the states to Washington, D.C. Today, many who have fought for equal rights find the current political environment to be particularly gloomy. Neither Congress nor the White House has shown a commitment to equality in the last several years. And to the Supreme Court, the new Chief Justice and President Bushs nominee add little in the way of diversity or varied life experience. During the Nixon Era we outlawed the practice of firing women based on their marital status in a landmark Supreme Court case. In 1978, we created the Judicial Appointment Project to rally support for more women on the federal bench; three years later, it was Ronald Reagan who responded to the public pressure by nominating Judge Sandra Day OConnor to the High Court. While George H.W. Bush was president, we established the legal precedent that pornography in the workplace creates a hostile work environment for women. We defied the right-wing Rehnquist Courts 2000 ruling against a key provision of the Violence Against Women Act by continuing to support its remaining elements and helping to cut domestic violence in half. And a few years later we persuaded the same court to uphold the Family and Medical Leave Act for state government employees. How will we continue advancing womens rights? In ways large and small. For example, we testified on welfare reform before a House subcommittee, opposing unproven and dangerous marriage promotion programming and advocating for child care, education and training. Legal Momentum is leading the visionary Family Initiative, promoting affordable quality child care for every family that wants and needs it. We recently published a landmark study showing how public investment in child care and early education more than pays for itself, and we are supporting the FOCUS Act, which will improve the quality of early education through better compensation for woefully underpaid providers. Also on the national front, when the Air Force was wracked by a sexual harassment scandal, Legal Momentum helped the military draft a training manual that could end the subjugation and humiliation of women who put their lives on the line for our country. And were acting locally as well. In New York City, we successfully supported legislation that prevented employers from firing women just because they are domestic violence victims. Gina Reynolds, who was terminated by the Department of Corrections after domestic violence left her homeless, became the first beneficiary of the law when her job was reinstated. As long as inequality persists, we will not allow pessimism and cynicism to disarm us. With your help and support, we have always persevered and progressed and we have no plans to stop now.

Contents Violence Against Women Immigrant Women Program Family Initiative Women Rebuild National Judicial Education Program Legal Docket Special Events Our Contributors Financials Legal Momentum Board and Staff 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 16 19 20

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Gina Reynolds (below) wasnt surprised that she had to take legal action against her abusive husband. But she didnt expect to have the same problems with her employer. After living through years of her husbands abuse, Gina took her children, now 13 and 14, and moved out. After being homeless

for two months, they found refuge in a domestic violence shelter at a confidential location. When her employer, the New York City Department of Corrections, told her she couldnt work there without an address, Gina gave them the shelters office address. Nevertheless, she was fired for being absent without leave. They knew everything that was going on. They just didnt want to hear it, she says. I was shocked; I was hurt. I was depressed. Gina filed a suit against the city, and became the first domestic violence victim to sue under a New York City statute proposed and supported by Legal Momentum. The law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to domestic violence victims. The court ordered Ginas job reinstated with back pay. Now, by sharing her story, she hopes to inspire more domestic violence victims to come forward and know their rights.

hrough both litigation and legislation, Legal Momentum has worked tirelessly to end violence against women. This year we marked the tenth anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)legislation we spearheaded. How did Legal Momentum celebrate the milestone? Not by resting on our laurels, but by pushing Congress to reauthorize VAWA to include: renewed funding for battered womens shelters and for the treatment of sexual assault victims; expanded services for women with disabilities; rape prevention education; transitional housing for survivors; grants to encourage arrest of abusers and increased research on the causes and treatment of violence against women. Building on more than a decade of advocacy on Capitol Hill, the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 was introduced in both the House and Senate. In our role as chair of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, we spent the past two years drafting, advocating and negotiating for measures that will strengthen the legislation. In addition to addressing violence against women, VAWA 2005 presents new opportunities for preventing it. The bill seeks to: enhance the civil and criminal justice response; improve services and outreach to victims; provide resources for sexual assault victims; help children and youth who experience or witness violence; address the needs of victims from communities of color; aid immigrant and tribal

victims; support prevention, health and economic security programs designed to stop violence and help victims. It also includes protections for NativeAmerican women, brought into the coalition by Legal Momentum. A stable home and steady job are key for women who are attempting to break the cycle of violence. With this in mind, Our policy team in Washington advocated that Congress include in VAWA critical new employment and housing protection for victims of domestic violence. This builds on our state-level work. Now more than half of all states have laws explicitly making unemployment insurance benefits available to victims who need to leave a job because of domestic violence. We also: Harnessed the power of the courts to defend violence survivors against discrimination. Legal Momentum took on Marta Wilsons case against Buena Vista Television to enforce a California law that requires employers to provide time off for victims of domestic violence. Fought for battered mothers rights by filing an amicus brief in a successful challenge to the New York City Administration for Childrens Services practice of bringing child neglect proceedings against mothers who allowed their children to be exposed to domestic violence.

IMMIGRANT WOMEN PROGRAM

The mission to advance womens rights knows no borders. Every woman, no matter where she is born, deserves an equal opportunity to fashion her future and realize her dreams. But equal opportunity is often elusive for women who have immigrated to America. One of those women is Aida, an immigrant who almost had her life derailed by domestic violence. After living in Florida for several years, she married an American, who, once he learned her legal papers werent in order, became controlling piling on verbal abuse and forcing her to have sex. When she tried to straighten out her legal status by getting a green card, she asked for her husbands help. But he refused, and her application was denied. Soon after, their marriage dissolved. Without her husbands income, and without legal status, she had no way to earn a good wage and live independently. And domestic violence victims who lack financial independence often have no choice but to return to an abusive relationship.

Forging partnerships with grass-roots groups is just another way that Legal Momentum is advancing womens rights one woman at a time.

Fortunately, Aidas sister is an attorney and knew about the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, a member of The National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women, which Legal Momentum co-directs. FIAC helped her navigate the government bureaucracy and get a work permit. Now, shes working and planning on going to college Success stories like Aidas wouldnt be possible without local organizations reaching out to individuals in need. And local organizations like FIAC wouldnt be as effective without the help of Legal Momentums National Network, which provides training and technical assistance to immigration lawyers and advocates.

mid public concern about our economy and security, antiimmigration forces are putting intense pressure on politicians to scapegoat immigrants in the name of so-called immigration reform. The recently passed REAL ID Act was a major regression in basic human rights of immigrants. One particularly dangerous provision requires residential addresses to be listed on drivers licenses, making it much easier for domestic abusers to find relocated victims. Legal Momentums Immigrant Women Program (IWP) is more needed than ever to assist this highly vulnerable population. Despite setbacks, we continue to push for new legislation to help immigrant women. We lead the effort in the reauthorization of improved immigrant provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). In addition to renewing funding for crucial services, the bipartisan renewed VAWA would help end deportation of immigrant women victims, prevent seizure of immigrant victims in shelters and foster reunification of trafficking victims with endangered family members. It also contains a REAL ID fix to allow battered women to use a safe alternate address on their drivers licenses. IWP is working in support of other bipartisan legislation that would assist immigrants looking to contribute to American society. The McCain-Kennedy immigration reform legislation will help immigrant women working in the U.S. gain permanent legal immigration status, work authorization and a source of income independent of abusive family members or employers. The DREAM Act would help the children of undocumented workers, raised in America, attend college and gain legal immigration status.

IWP also continues connecting victims, advocates and attorneys, and helping people find necessary local services. We released Breaking Barriers: A Complete Guide to Legal Rights and Resources for Battered Immigrants, the most comprehensive nationally published manual navigating the thicket of legal issues faced by immigrant victims, funded by the Department of Justices Office on Violence Against Women. And we created The National Immigrant Victim Service Provider Resource Directory, a searchable, online database of 3,000 organizations nationwide. In 2005, we took on the case of Rosalina Lopez-Umanzor. An undocumented immigrant from Honduras, Lopez-Umanzor was in an abusive marriage with a permanent U.S. resident who had drugged and raped her. Throughout the abuse he threatened her with deportation. She eventually fled to Alaska, where her abuser tracked her down. Soon after, the federal government attempted to deport her. When she sought protection under VAWA provisions that IWP helped create, the immigration judge attacked her credibilitydoubting that an abuse victim would remain in such a relationship for so long, and that an abuser would follow a fleeing victim. Again, the higher court sided with Legal Momentums amicus brief, chastising the immigration judge for failing to properly apply VAWA. LopezUmanzors case is now being reheard. In Congress, in the courts and on the ground, Legal Momentums Immigrant Women Program stands with some of our nations most vulnerable people and leads a successful national effort to ensure that immigrant women can access legal immigration status, safety and economic security, no matter what the political climate is in Washington.

FAMILY INITIATIVE

We were excited by a job offer for my husband in New York and we set about looking for child care for our 3-year-old son so that I too could work. We come from Norway, where affordable, highquality day care for children between the ages of 1 and 5 is virtually guaranteed and subsidized by the government. A parental monthly contribution helps cover year-round care. The buildings are built for the purpose and are cheerful with large, pleasant outdoor play areas. There are weekly outings, even cross-country skiing for the older children. In New York City we found no such places, not even at the most expensive preschools, some of which charge the equivalent of a whole second income for many. Parents apply up to two years in advance. Getting children of this age into somewhere is worse than trying to get them into college, one preschool director told us. Any hope of a second income dwindled as searching for reasonable child care became a job in itself. There were wait lists only, including one at our neighborhood public school. In the end, sheer persistence over a period of three months, combined with luck and timing resulted in a place on the pre-K program at our local P.S., well after school had started, and, presumably, well after others had given up. Lesley Hauge, Brooklyn, New York

ts easy to see how investing taxpayer dollars in child care, preschool and afterschool programs is good for families. But what isnt so obvious is that these investments are good for businesses and the economy, too. The Family Initiative spent this year making innovative new arguments for providing early care and education to all children. Instead of focusing solely on parents and lawmakers, we turned to some unlikely allies: economists and business experts.

We set out to make a convincing business argument about the importance of public investment in early care and education programs. In cooperation with the MIT Workplace Center, we brought together economists, academics, policymakers, advocates and community leaders at a conference to discuss The Economic Impacts of Child Care and Early

Education: Financing Solutions for the Future. Held in December on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the conference paved the way for the publication of a report on the same subject. The report shows how public investments in early care and education are not just good for children and families; they actually contribute to economic development, says Nicole Brown, policy attorney for the Family Initiative. Early Education for All: A Wise Investment was written in plain English rather than technical jargon. It has been an effective tool for helping us spread the message about the economic benefits of quality early education and afterschool programs. We released the report in April with a telephone press conference and a Capitol Hill breakfast, garnering media attention from outlets as diverse as National Public Radio, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and the Los Angeles Times. Since then, the report has been downloaded thousands of times from the Family Initiative Web site. Weve also used it as an advocacy tool, and are distributing copies to every member of Congress. Since the Family Initiatives inception two years ago, we have worked to build momentum for public investment in quality child care and early education. Weve done so by reaching out to the general public through the media and our online action center and elite audiences like business owners and decisionmakers. Well continue to work toward our goal: to make quality, affordable child care, preschool and afterschool available to every family that wants it.

WOMEN REBUILD

Janice Burl (left) knows from experience what its like to be a woman in a male-dominated field, but she hasnt let that deter her from creating a manageable work environment. Most of [the male workers] are really all right, they dont really bother me, she says. But some of them think theyre the boss, and I let them know I only take orders from one person: the real boss. Burl has been a mason tender for the past 23 years with the Construction and General Building Laborers Local 79. Among her responsibilities are attending brick lays, working with general contractors, cleaning scaffolds, and preparing work sites for electricians, plumbers and carpenters. Legal Momentums Women Rebuild program strives to create more access to available construction jobs for women like Burl, and to improve work site conditions for women. Burl, in turn, is active within her union and mentors women who are new
Photo by Emily Baron

to the construction trade. I coach the tradeswomen that come in and say to them, You need to be involved, says Burl. I give them a little insight into the construction trade. Burl also shows them how to stand up for themselves within their unions and on job sites. Some women come in and dont get a job, and I tell them to keep trying, she says. I say to them, Go in there, youre just a team worker, no man, no woman. Tell them to call you by your name. Just stand up and go there to work, to make a salary.

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omen Rebuild works to open opportunities

in the Fire Department of the City of New York to include charges of gender discrimination. Our request was granted and the new investigation has been initiated. Acted as co-counsel in Wedow and Kline v. Kansas City, Mo. representing career firefighters (shown below) who had been endangered by ill-fitting

for women in high-paying, skilled trade jobs in building and construction and in the municipal services: firefighting, police, emergency medical services and sanitation. Even decades after pioneering women first integrated these nontraditional fields, women still face pervasive discrimination in getting hired and in finding women-friendly, women-safe working conditions. Despite the challenges, Legal Momentum sees this as a time of unprecedented opportunity for onthe-job inclusiveness as the country continues to rebuild following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the devastation wrought by a series of natural disasters. To break down the barriers to womens success and further the cause, we use all the tools in our toolbox: advocacy, public education, legislative strategies and litigation. In the past year we: Expanded our focus on nontrad jobs to include opportunities for women to fill some of the 10,000 air traffic controller jobs opening in the next decade. Gained a seat at the tablean appointment to the New York City Commission on Construction Opportunity, giving us unprecedented influence on expanding equal opportunity for women on New Yorks construction sites. Intensified our relationships with private developers to create model work sites for women with collaborative diversity oversight and implementation teams. Petitioned the United States Department of Justice to expand its investigation of race discrimination

equipment and denigrated by lack of bathroom and changing facilities. Filed an amicus brief in Chicagos Federal Appeals Court in support of construction worker Danielle Hernandez, a laborer who was denied decent bathroom facilities. All this is progress toward our goal: developing workable, replaceable and sustainable policies and easy-to-implement solutions to ensure that nontraditional occupations become woman-friendly and woman-safe.

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NATIONAL JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

For years, Claudia Bayliff (left) used resources from the National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) as teaching material in her womens studies and law courses at the University of Colorado. It never crossed her mind that one day she would be working for NJEP. In 1996, Bayliff signed on as the consulting project attorney for NJEP to present its Understanding Sexual Violence curriculum to judges across the country. Bayliff worked with NJEP Director Lynn Hecht Schafran to enhance the curriculum, turn it into a video and DVD, and develop a version for prosecutors. This year, Bayliff worked with NJEP on a massive project to compile prevention and response resource books for the United States Air Forces new Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs). But Bayliff has done more than help create the resource books. She uses them as well. The Air Force selected her to become its first Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program Manager. She started her new position in August 2005 and will develop sexual assault policies and procedures, as well as administer a worldwide sexual assault prevention program. The Air Force is trying noninstitutionalized change at an unprecedented level, and its really exciting to be a part of it, she says. Its a tremendous challenge to work in the system, and I really do feel optimistic about being able to spur change.

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or 25 years, the National Judicial Education Program has worked with judges, prosecutors and advocates to highlight the ways that gender bias against women and men affects decisionmaking and court interactions. Now theyre also educating the military. The U.S. Air Force chose NJEP to create a resource manual as part of its efforts to improve the handling of sexual assault cases. The Air Force will use the manual to train Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) and Victim Advocates about a wide range of topics and best practices from the sexual assault advocacy community. The three resource books, more than 1,700 pages, cover general sexual assault information and resources, sexual assault law and policy for the Air Force and victim advocate recruitment, supervision, promotion and prevention. It was an enormous labor, says NJEP Director Lynn Hecht Schafran. But were very pleased that the Air Force is taking this issue so seriously and reaching out in so many ways to improve its prevention and response efforts with regard to sexual assault. NJEP was chosen because of the two-volume resource book it compiled as part of its Understanding Sexual Violence curriculum for prosecutors. That

curriculum was created at the request of judges nationwide who benefited from NJEPs sexual violence curriculum for judges. In January 2005, NJEP released a DVD version of Understanding Sexual Violence: The Judges Role Gender bias is in Stranger and Nonstranger Rape and stereotyped thinking Sexual Assault Cases. NJEP continues about the nature working on international and roles of women law in United States courts. In April, Schafran and men, ignorance and project attorney Claudia Bayliff (see profile of the social and page 12) participated in a economic realities of conference for Canadian judges that explored the their lives and the use of international law devaluation of women in Canadian courts. They described the and womens work . attacks on U.S. judges who cite international law as persuasive authority. The audience was appalled to learn about the resolutions in Congress seeking to punish judges who cite international caselaw.

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Throughout the past year, Legal Momentum has fought for womens rights in courts around the country. Weve used the power of the law to:

ernment should not be able to enforce sex discriminatory biases in any context. Defend violence survivors against employment and housing discrimination. When Marta Wilson was fired for asking for time off to deal with domestic violence, Legal Momentum took on her case against her employer, Buena Vista Television. In Wilson v. Buena Vista Television, we sought to enforce a California law that requires employers to provide leave for victims of domestic violence, and resolved the case after winning a court ruling against the employers motion for summary judgment. Secure custody rights for mothers who are domestic violence victims. In Nicholson v. Williams, Legal Momentum filed an amicus brief on behalf of battered mothers who challenged the New York City Administration for Childrens Services practice of bringing child neglect proceedings against them on the basis of mothers having allowed their children to witness violence simply by being a victim of domestic violence. New Yorks highest court issued a resounding victory to the mothers, and the ruling is expected to have a positive impact on how such cases are decided not only in New York but across the country. Raise the profile of domestic violence as an international human rights issue. Legal Momentum filed an amicus brief (which was endorsed by eight organizations and 33 international human rights experts and scholars) with the U.S. Supreme Court in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. We argued that in the Courts recent decision to strike down the juvenile death penalty, international law was considered. The Court owes no less to abused women and children when it comes to their constitutional rights, said Legal Director Jennifer K. Brown.

LEGAL FOREFRONT

Advocate equal treatment for women firefighters. In Wedow and Kline v. City of Kansas City, Legal Momentum litigated the first federal court of appeals case on whether it is unlawful for city fire departments to deprive female firefighters of adequate protective gear and equal access to necessary changing and showering facilities in firehouses. Like many women firefighters, our clients, Anne Wedow and Kathleen Kline, have been firefighters for decades and have risen to the rank of battalion chief, but are still forced to work in discriminatory conditions. The decision in this case could have an impact on women firefighters across the country. Demand job trainingnot coercive marriage programs for women on welfare. Legal Momentum achieved successful resolution of our Title IX discrimination complaint against the coercive marriage promotion program in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that planned to provide employment services only for fathers. Both mothers and fathers were to receive marriage training. And on Capitol Hill, we stopped, for yet another year, a massive new allocation of federal welfare funds to marriage promotion, so that programs like the one in Allentown wont crop up all over the country. Promote equal marriage rights for samesex couples. Legal Momentum filed amicus briefs in courts in Oregon, Washington and New Jersey in support of equal access to marriage for same-sex couples. The briefs argued that restricting marriage to oppositesex couples unlawfully enforces gender role stereotypes. We are working to ensure the nation lives up to its stated ideal that the gov-

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SPECIAL EVENTS

hanks to our committed supporters, Legal Momentums two

major events the Equal Opportunity Awards dinner and Aiming High Luncheongrossed nearly $2 million. Those contributions directly support Legal Momentums programs that advance the rights of women every day.

Rosemary Berkery (l.) & Mary Minnick (c.) with Legal Momentum President Kathy Rodgers. 2005 Honorees (l.r.) Beverly Wallace, Mary Minnick, Beth Comstock, Rosemary Berkery, Vivian Banta

Aiming High 2005

Heidi Miller (2001 Honoree), Catherine Kinney (2003 EOA Honoree), Esta Eiger Stecher (2004 Honoree), & Stephanie Mudick (2003 Honoree).

Board member Lauren B. Leichtman (2001 Honoree) with her husband, Arthur Levine & their daughter, Sabrina.

Vera Wang (c.) and guests. Board member Ina Drew & JP Morgan Chase Colleagues.

Lois Juiber (l.), Michele Mayes, and 2004 Honoree Paulo Costa.

2004 Honoree Kal Ruttenstein (l., Senior Vice President for Fashion Direction, Bloomingdales) with Michael Gould (1998 Honoree), and Etta Froio.

Board Members Stephanie George (l.), Michele Mayes (r.) & guest.

Equal Opportunity Awards Dinner 2004

Our Contributors
We salute the following individuals, foundations, corporations, businesses and organizations whose generous support helps fund our programs.
$100,000 and up The Ford Foundation Ralph and Marjorie Fine Knowles State Justice Institute $50,000 to $99,999 The Coca-Cola Company GE HCA, Inc. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Open Society Institute Prudential Financial, Inc. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Children and Families $25,000 to $49,999 BET Holdings Inc. Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Clifford Chance US LLP Equal Justice Works John and Kathryn Greenberg Helena Rubinstein Foundation Hogan & Hartson LLP John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Johnson & Johnson Kaye Scholer LLP Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Liz Claiborne Inc. Michele Coleman Mayes The Moriah Fund Donald A. Pels and Wendy Keys Pfizer Inc Pitney Bowes Inc. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Clients of Working Assets $15,000 to $24,999 American Express American Express Foundation Bingham McCutchen LLP Simona and Jerome A. Chazen Clark Consulting Colgate-Palmolive Company Davis Polk & Wardwell Dewey Ballantine LLP Ina R. Drew The Este Lauder Companies Inc. Edith Everett Terry Satinover Fagen Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Green Fund Inc./ Pat Green and Cynthia Colin Green Robert M. Kaufman Meeting Solutions Inc. The New York Stock Exchange Preston, Gates & Ellis LLP Russell Reynolds Associates Shearman & Sterling LLP Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP The Jane M. Timken Foundation White & Case LLP Anonymous (1) $10,000 to $14,999 Lynn P. Babicka BBDO Bloomingdales Burberry Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Barbara and Bill Cox Deloitte Donna Karan International Eastman Kodak Company Debra Ekman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Lissa Fowler Sue-ann Friedman Gucci America, Inc. IBM Jones Apparel Group Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Lillian E. Kraemer Lehman Brothers Maynard, Cooper & Gale P.C. McCarter & English LLP McKinsey & Company Morgan Stanley Sandra J. Moss Munger, Tolles & Olson News Corporation OMDUSA, Inc. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP Polo Ralph Lauren Lester Poretsky Family Foundation Inc. Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP P. J. S. Simpson Lynda Spence Marla Stewart Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP Theory LLC Working Assets Grantmaking Fund of Tides Foundation TYCO International (US) Inc. Elsa and George Vare Verizon Foundation Viacom Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP Wyeth $5,000 to $9,999 Abercrombie & Fitch Baker & Hostetler LLP Barclays Capital Birger Christensen USA Bowne & Co., Inc.

Bryan Cave LLP Communications Consortium Media Center Con Edison Inc. Day, Berry & Howard LLP The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation Directions For Rural Action DuPont Ernst & Young Lois Evans Federated Department Stores, Inc. Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Glamour Magazine Goodwin Procter LLP Guess? Inc. Invemed Associates LLC Laura and Tommy Jacks Deborah and Al Jackson Jasco Anne Hale Johnson Kellwood Company Katharine L. Kelly Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP JoAnn Kukulus Latham & Watkins LLP Estate of Gerda Lawrence Lexolution Loeb & Loeb LLP Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Marc Jacobs International Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation, Inc. McCann-Erickson, Inc. MCI Mercer Human Resource Consulting MindShare National Cable & Telecommunications Association Navigant Consulting OMelveny & Meyers LLP Cynthia Kelley ONeill Louise M. Parent Pass It On Foundation Frances G. and John E. Pepper Stacy D. Phillips Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Carole Pittelman Harriet S. Posner Proskauer Rose LLP Deborah L. Rhode Saks Fifth Avenue Catherine Samuels and Jeremy Henderson Schering-Plough Corporation Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Cornelia Small Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Tamarack Foundation Troutman Sanders LLP Universal Music Group, Inc. Univision Network Village Roadshow Corporation Vinson & Elkins LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Anonymous (2)

$2,500 to $4,999 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company Alice C. Brown Richard M. and Elizabeth S. Cashin Jan F. Constantine The Cummins Foundation Harris Diamond Dorsey & Whitney LLP Dina Dublon Eileen Fisher Inc. Sara and Dean Engelhardt Esquire Fidelity Investments Gorlitz Foundation/ Gail Gorlitzz and Cris Smith Lindsee P. Granfield Anne L. Harper Harrison & Star Hearst Corporation Kathryn S. Hirsch Elizabeth Holtzman Bonnie Howard Estate of JoAnn E. Jackson Anne T. Johnson Amy L. Katz King & Spalding LLP Joan F. Krey Kutak Rock LLP Lifetime Entertainment Services Alice McInerney Gail Merten Ogilvy & Mather Sara Paretsky Sara S. Portnoy Susan F. Rice Rachel Robbins Rockwell Group LLC David Schamis Unilever United States Foundation, Inc. Karen E. Wagner Vera Wang Stephanie Wheeler Anonymous (1) $1,000 to $2,499 Nancy R. Alpert and H. Gwen Marcus Alston & Bird LLP Lauren N. Antonoff Ariel Capital Management, LLC Gayle and Charles Atkins The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation Bailey Merrill Jocelyn L. Barandiaran Joy W. Becher Diane Bernard and Jean Heller Christine Beshar Daniel L. Black Cyndi Bock Dr. Susan C. Bourque Marjorie Braude* Lawrence Broch Deborah M. Buell BI the Business Improvement Company CR Bard Foundation, Inc.

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Jeffrey Calman Amy Candido Chanel Inc. Charles and Sara Goldberg Charitable Trust Gail Chester Maria Cilenti CNBC Harriet Newman Cohen Raquel Cohen Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Betsy Cotton Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Creative Artists Agency Catherine G. Curran Anita L. DeFrantz Del Laboratories, Inc. Deutsch, Inc. Dolce & Gabbana James K. Donnell Mary Maples Dunn The Echo Design Group, Inc. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott Edelman Public Relations El Adobe Corporation Fairchild Publications Louise Firestone Lynn Toby Fisher and John Lee Compton Kathie Florsheim Nancy R. Florsheim Formedic Dana Hartman Freyer Diane Gabe, M.D. Anonymous Gift In Memory of Elsa Gans GAV GENCO R. Peyton Gibson, Esq. Martha E. Gifford Paula Gorlitz and Steven Zuckerman Ilene Knable Gotts Cynthia Greenleaf Barbara and Clifford Grodd Antonia M. Grumbach Hachette Filipacchi Magazines Timi and Robert Hallem Carolyn J. and David Hayes Judy Holston Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. Carolyn Schaller Hopley Marjorie and Charles Hoskinson Alice W. Hutchins Interbrand JA Apparel Sherry R. Jacobs Jill Stuart International Jockey International, Inc. Barbara Borten Jonas Jones Day Foundation Juicy Couture Lois D. Juliber Helene L. Kaplan Marion S. Kaplan Karen Katen Beverly I. Katz Bernard Katzman Melanie Katzman

Beth L. Kaufman Robert L. Kehr David Kerry Ketchum Alison and Owen King Joyce L. Kramer Catherine A. Lamboley Patricia Langer Marta J. Lawrence Phoebe and John Lewis Patty Lipshutz Lozier Foundation Eileen D. Lynch Curtis L. Mack Ellen R. Marram MBIA Insurance Corporation Ellen McBride Carlyn S. McCaffrey Lorraine S. McGowen Ruth M. McKay Barbara J. Meislin Friedrike Merck G. G. Michelson Lindsey Miller-Lerman Marcia D. Miller Susan Altman Miller Gerrish H. and Phoebe Milliken Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP Sara E. Moss Movado Group, Inc. Nicole G. and Allan G. Mutchnik The Natori Company Necessary Objects, LTD. The Neiman Marcus Group John J. Nestico The New Yorker Barbara Nims Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Augustus K. and Lisbeth R. Oliver Oscar de la Renta Ltd. Dr. Louis P. Paul Kimberly S. Penner Pfizer Foundation Phillips Lytle LLP Bettina B. Plevan Karen H. Putnam Doreen Quinn Anika Rahman Reed Smith LLP David Rockefeller Kathy Rodgers The Theo T. & Hilda Rose Foundation Peter Thomas Roth Labs LLC David Rothstein and Marcia Osburne Helen B. Rudin Marlene Sanders Charles P. Scheeler Eleanor Seegman Susan P. Serota Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP Smith Barney Lisa Specht Helen and Thomas Spiro Joan Steinberg

Vivienne Tam Phyllis Teitelbaum and Anthony Lunn Teri Jon Pamela Thomas-Graham Marvin Traub Associates United Methodist Church John Vanderstar VSA Partners Maria T. Vullo Jay W. Waks, Esq. Li-Hsia Wang and Henry Abrons Carolyn F. Webber Holly H. Weiss Shelby White The Willliams Capital Group, L.P. Winky Foundation Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Joanne Woodward and Paul L. Newman Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation Anonymous (4) $500 to $999 Lauren Aguiar, Esq. Rand S. April Dr. Holly Atkinson and Rev. Galen Guengerich The Atlantic Monthly Dean Attaway and Timothy Haas Jacqueline Avant Dina Leshetz Bakst Baldwin Haspel, L.L.C. Lawrence C. Barth Nancy Barton Dr. Barbara R. Bergmann Leah Bishop Robin and Elliott Broidy Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Binta Niambi Brown Kathleen H. Cardinal Kathryn L. Carmichael Susan Casden Meryl K. and Michael E. Chae Chamberlain Communications Group, Inc. Mrs. John T. Childs, Jr. Carol R. and Jerome L. Coben Ann F. Cohen Dayl A. Cohen Elizabeth L. Colton Jill Ker Conway Lucia E. Coyoca Robert E. and Teri A. Culbertson Mary Currie Evan Davis and Mary Rothwell Davis June Eichbaum Eleanor Elliott Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Anthony C. and Karen K. Epstein Arline Boyer Epstein and Joel Epstein Elaine Epstein Euro RSCG Life Worldwide Audrey Fisch

Ed and Patsy Fogarty Carolina A. Fornos Ione G.W. Gatch Gelfand Marketing Associates Jami Gertz and Antony Ressler Marilyn T. and David S. Glater Muriel Goldman Jan Griesinger Elisabeth Harper Yvette Harris The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Heyman Associates, Inc. Thomas E. Holliday Dale Horowitz Phyllis L. Hubbell H. Nona Hungate, Ph.D. Florence and Charles Hutchings IMG Dr. Ava Jensen The Heritage Store Todd M. Joseph Joule Technical Services, Inc. Elaine Kant Lisa L. Kessler Robin Kinser and Michael Johnson Susan J. Kohlmann Nina J. and Robert A. Kotick Joan C. Koven Lafayette 148 Barbara Lawrence Eileen and Paul Le Fort Nancy P. Leavens Elliot and Frances Lehman Carol Leifer and Lori Wolf Joan M. Leiman, Ph.D. David Leiwant Kathleen and Richard Levin Marjorie Press Lindblom Tanisha M. Little Joanne Lyman Morton and Sophia Macht Foundation Margaret E. and John L. Mack Jo Anne H. Magee Susan L. Mann Margaret Martin Debra A. Mayer Steven and Margaret McCormick Dr. Gregory B. McKenna Melinda R. Mendelson Robert D. Mercurio Pearl Meyer Michelle and Douglas Michelman Darla D. Moore Karen Nachbar National Womens Law Center Patricia L. Noble Elaine M. Nonneman Mary Albert ONeill Outten & Golden LLP Helene and Aldo Parcesepe David H. Peirez Emele and Don Peters Philip Devon Family Foundation Timothy Lloyd Pope Consulting Preferred Retail Solutions Inc. The PreTesting Company Inc. Proactive Business Solutions, Inc.

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Marjorie Rauh David and Cordelia Reimers The Patricia C. Remmer 1995 Charitable Lead Trust Ressler & Gertz Family Foundation Audrey A. Rohan Danielle L. Rose Amanda C. Samuel Carol A. Sawdye Elizabeth Mammen Sheehan Ann Sheffer Alix Kates Shulman and Scott York Deborah Shure K. Eugene Shutler Jane A. Skinner Fund Susan Slaughter Betty Smith Emily Lou and Robert E. Smith Sujatha Srinivasan Joseph and Martha Steele Ann R. Stokes Dan and Sandy Stoller Kerry Tatlock Daena Title Marvin and Freda Van Houten Watson Wyatt Worldwide Judith and Al Weinberg Marissa C. Wesely Dorothy Whitmore Harold M. Williams Gertrude K. and Theodore W. Winsberg Helen and Oliver Wolcott Catherine Woolner Anonymous (4) *deceased

The Equal Rights Legacy Society

The Equal Rights Legacy Society unites individuals whose personal commitment to achieving equal rights for women and girls is reflected by gifts to Legal Momentum made through their estate plans. In making their bequest and other planned gift intentions known to us, Society members also serve as examples for others who may wish to have an impact on our ongoing ability to remain strong advocates for women. We gratefully recognize the following members:
Barbara M.Cox, Co-Chair John Vanderstar, Co-Chair Dr. Holly Atkinson and Rev. Galen Guengerich

Beverly A. Bear Marlys Becker Regina Bonney Mary D. Brady Karen Brandt Alice C. Brown Elizabeth J. Cabraser Eva H. Cadwallader, Ph.D. Kathleen H. Cardinal Stephanie J. Clohesy Sara L. Engelhardt Lois Evans Muriel Fox Betty Friedan Anne L. Harper Laura Hart William M. Hawkins, Jr. in memory of Helen S. Hawkins Bonnie Howard Anne Hale Johnson Amy L. Katz and Irving Scher Robert M. Kaufman Ralph and Marjorie Fine Knowles Anna Lee Lapinski Barbara Lawrence Susan J. Lee Catharine Lucas Elizabeth M. Martin Michele Coleman Mayes Marcia D. Miller Carolyn Montgomery Elaine Nonneman Mary Albert ONeill Jan and Charles Raymond Kathi Renman Virginia Richmond Kathy Rodgers Yvette Rudnitzky Alma Sanford Lynn Hecht Schafran Minna Schrag and David Goldblatt Phyllis N. Segal Lynda Spence Mary Doyle Springer Doris A. Steppe Sally E. and Robert Stoddard Aleta Styers Jane M. Timken Marlene Sanders Toobin Elsa and George Vare Gilda B. Walther Adele Yellin Anonymous

Workplace Campaigns
Legal Momentum receives generous contributions from many individuals through their companys Workplace Giving Programs. We appreciate the efforts of the following employers and agencies who allow Legal Momentum to participate in these campaigns and who facilitate the philanthropy of so many generous employees.
Combined Federal Campaign Independent Charities of America Macy*s West, Inc. Maryland Charity Campaign Network for Good New York City Transit Authority Pitney Bowes Inc. United Methodist Church United Way of the Bay Area United Way of Dutchess County, Inc. United Way of New York City United Way of Rhode Island United Way of Tri-State United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona United Way of Westchester and Putnam, Inc. World Reach, Inc.

Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Prudential Financial Quadra Foundation The Sun Microsystems Foundation World Reach, Inc.

Pro Bono Legal Services

Kaye Scholer LLP

Sheila Boston, Esq. Devaleena Das, Esq. Andrew Solow, Esq. Andrew D. Stillufsen, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP

James M. Bergin, Esq. Beth Brinkmann, Esq. Seth M. Galanter, Esq.

Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP

Jennifer Conn, Esq. Emily Pollock, Esq.

Crowell and Moring

Valerie Hinko, Esq.

Irell & Manella LLP

Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt, Esq. Douglas NeJaime, Esq.

Levow & Costello PA

Kevin M. Costello, Esq.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

David R. Fine, Esq. Carleton O. Strouss, Esq.

Dorsey and Whitney LLP

Michael R. Heath, Esq.

Matching Gift Employers

We wish to express gratitude to the following employers and corporate foundations for generously matching their employees contributions to Legal Momentum during the past year.
Altria Group, Inc. American Express Amgen Foundation Barclays Global Investor Capital Group Companies, Inc. Community Solutions Fund Corporate Philanthropy Services J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Microsoft Corporation The New York Community Trust Pearson Penguin Group (USA) Inc. PepsiCo Pfizer Foundation Pitney Bowes Inc.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Josh Galper, Esq. Alex Venegas, Esq. Lorraine S. McGowen, Esq.

Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom

Harriet Posner, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP-NY

Susan J. Kohlmann, Esq. Nancy V. Thornton, Esq.

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Summary Financial Report

We are pleased to present a summary of the audited financial report for fiscal year 2005. We remain in strong financial health, with a substantial unrestricted reserve and good prospects for the future. Some may wonder how we can say this in light of the net loss reported. There are several reasons. The first is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requirement that a grant be recorded in full in the year it is awarded, even if the grant is to be spent down over two or more years. This often leads to confusion because the requirement inflates revenue in the year of the award and reflects expenses for which there is no matching income in subsequent years. This gives rise to the appearance of overspending when in fact there is money available for the activities covered by the grant. Such was the case for us in 2005 when we spent down monies from several government grants awarded in prior years. A second reason also relates to government funding. We had budgeted to continue to receive two grants for anti-violence related work that were not awarded in FY 2005. One grant was discontinued and the Board made the strategic decision that the work was so central to our mission and core program on eliminating violence against women, that after making adjustments to the scope of the project, we would cover expenses out of reserves over the short term so we would not have to close the project while we sought other funding sources. In FY '06 we have received a $1.2 million, two-year grant from the United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women for our Immigrant Women Program. Because of a change in the funding cycle we were not funded last year but we are back in the cycle now. This program has been viewed very favorably by the government, regardless of the party in power. We are grateful for the generosity of our core private donors who have helped Legal Momentum weather difficult economic and political environments and the resulting strains placed on many nonprofits of our size and type. We are proud that in 2005 we increased our operational efficiency by focusing a higher percentage of spending directly on programs, resulting in a rise in program spending to 73.6% of total spending. We continue to meet the stringent standards of governance and financial accountability required by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. A copy of the complete 2005 audited financial statement is available on request.

Year Ended June 30, 2005

INCOME Major Gifts Corporations and Foundations Government Grants Direct Mail Income Legacies and Bequests Special Events* Other Income TOTAL INCOME 860,300 824,327 424,994 437,499 10,758 1,670,660 789,768 5,018,306

EXPENSES Violence Against Women Public Information and Education Women Rebuild/Economic Justice Family Initiative Gender Fairness in the Courts Immigrant Women Program Program Planning and Organizational Development Communications Management and General Fundraising TOTAL EXPENSES 345,335 480,740 331,492 899,876 5,947,037 544,764 575,517 652,995 499,486 785,539 831,293

Net Revenue Fund Balance July 1 Fund Balance June 30

(928,731) 5,514,189 4,585,458

President

Vice President for Finance and Administration

*Net of direct donor benefits

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Legal Momentum Board

Michele Coleman Mayes, Chair Senior Vice President and General Counsel Pitney Bowes Inc. Kathy Rodgers President Legal Momentum Holly G. Atkinson, M.D. First Vice Chair Lauren B. Leichtman, Vice Chair Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Susan J. Kohlmann, Secretary Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Jay W. Waks, General Counsel Kaye Scholer LLP Elizabeth J. Cabraser, At Large Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Lucia E. Coyoca Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Clothilde V. Hewlett Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Laura Ruth Jacks Jacks Law Firm Deborah Buresh Jackson Investment Banker Robert M. Kaufman Proskauer Rose LLP Ralph I. Knowles, Jr. Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles & Devine Lillian E. Kraemer Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Retired) Curtis L. Mack McGuire Woods LLP Stacy D. Phillips Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra L.L.P. Harriet S. Posner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Elsa Norris Vare Luna Vineyards Olga Vives Executive Vice President NOW Linda A. Willett Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Distinguished Directors Betty Friedan John Vanderstar Honorary Directors Muriel Fox, Chair Barbara M. Cox Etta Froio Womens Wear Daily and W Lisa Specht Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Melody L. Drnach Deborah L. Rhode, Vice Chair Action Vice President Stanford University School NOW of Law Kim Gandy Lynda Spence, Vice Chair President Adventures Unlimited NOW Ina R. Drew, Treasurer Chief Investment Officer J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Stephanie George President In Style

Board of Legal Advisors

Nancy E. Barton GE Capital Corporation (retired) Christine Beshar Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP Deborah M. Buell Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Harriet Newman Cohen Cohen Hennessey & Bienstock P.C. Jan F. Constantine Constantine Cannon Donna Costa Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. Terry Satinover Fagen Pope Ballard Shepard & Fowle (retired) Louise Firestone LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc. Lynn Toby Fisher Kaye Scholer LLP Dana H. Freyer Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP R. Peyton Gibson Phillips Lytle LLP Martha E. Gifford Proskauer Rose LLP Ilene Knable Gotts Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Lindsee P. Granfield Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Holly J. Gregory Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Antonia M. Grumbach Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP Sherry R. Jacobs Guilford Mills, Inc. (retired) Terry Kassel Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Amy L. Katz Co-chair, Board of Legal Advisors Beverly I. Katz Attorney Beth L. Kaufman Schoeman Updike & Kaufman, LLP Meryl R. Kaynard JPMorgan Chase & Co. Joan F. Krey Co-chair, Board of Legal Advisors Saks Fifth Avenue (retired) Patricia Langer Lifetime Television Services Patty Lipshutz The Museum of Modern Art Carlyn S. McCaffrey Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Lorraine S. McGowen Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Alice McInerney Kirby McInerney & Squire Yvette Miller Attorney Sara E. Moss The Este Lauder Companies Barbara Berger Opotowsky Association of the Bar of the City of New York Kimberly S. Penner McCarter & English LLP Sara S. Portnoy Proskauer Rose LLP (retired) Bettina B. Plevan Proskauer Rose LLP Rachel Robbins Attorney & Legal Consultant Barbara Paul Robinson Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Carole P. Sadler Coach, Inc. Catherine Samuels Schulte Roth & Zabel (retired) Minna Schrag Proskauer Rose LLP (retired) Susan Serota Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Karen E. Wagner Davis Polk & Wardwell Dorothy P. Watson Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Janet M. Weiss Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Marissa Wesely Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP G. Elaine Wood Kroll Worldwide Susan J. Kohlmann, ex officio Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Lillian E. Kraemer, ex officio Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (retired) Michele Coleman Mayes, ex officio Pitney Bowes Inc. Linda A. Willett, ex officio Bristol-Myers Squibb Company affiliations provided for identification purposes only.

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Legal Momentum Staff

Executive Department Kathy Rodgers President Sandra Brown Basso Coordinator Nancy A. Lambert Administrative Manager Carol Neuls-Bates Special Assistant to the President Finance & Administration Department Robert J. Geryk Vice President for Finance & Administration Cynthia D. Foulks Office Administrator Renee Gladden Accountant Jonathan Goldberg Systems Administrator Rosetta Johnson Senior Accountant Development Department Susan Karp Vice President for Development Amy Hackett Director of Institutional Relations Kristin Leesment Associate Vice President for Development Legal Department Jennifer K. Brown Vice President and Legal Director Timothy J. Casey Senior Staff Attorney Mary McGowan Davis Visiting Attorney Madeline Halperin-Robinson Intake, Referral and Outreach Coordinator Julie Kay Staff Attorney Stefanie Lopez-Boy Legal Assistant Maya Raghu Staff Attorney Gillian Thomas Staff Attorney Brigitte Watson Senior Legal Assistant Deborah Widiss Staff Attorney Communications Department Maureen McFadden Vice President for Communications Julie Applebaum Graphic Designer Gwynn Cassidy Webmaster Francoise Jacobsohn Project ManagerWomen Rebuild Bill Prasad Deputy Communications Director National Judicial Education Department Lynn Hecht Schafran Senior Vice President and Director Public Policy Department Lisalyn R. Jacobs Vice President for Government Relations Jennifer Grayson Policy Analyst Alex Walden Policy Associate/Administrative Coordinator Immigrant Women Program Leslye E. Orloff Associate Vice President and Director Amanda Baran Staff Attorney Harriet Lewis Administrative Assistant/ Office Systems Manager Joanne Lin Senior Staff Attorney Joyce Noche Staff Attorney Family Initiative Nicole A. Brown Policy Attorney

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