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Pro Bono Partnership Honors New Jersey Volunteers of the Year

Pro Bono Partnership celebrated its New Jersey Volunteers of the Year at a breakfast event on April 24 at UNOW in Princeton, NJ.

Kate Marchese, Neighbor
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Pro Bono Partnership (the Partnership) celebrated its New Jersey Volunteers of the Year at a breakfast event on April 24, 2018 at University—N.O.W. Day Nursery in Princeton, NJ. The Partnership’s Volunteers of the Year recipients are notable for the number of pro bono projects undertaken, their willingness to accept new projects, their enthusiasm for the Partnership’s program, and their commitment to pro bono service.

"I am thrilled to be honoring our extraordinary volunteers," said Nancy Eberhardt, Esq., Executive Director of Pro Bono Partnership. "We could not accomplish all that we do without their tireless efforts and dedication. Thanks to our volunteers, we are able to positively impact hundreds of nonprofit organizations and communities throughout the tristate area each year."

Pro Bono Partnership celebrates its New Jersey Volunteers of the Year, including Alycia Guichard, Celeste Como, and John Frantz from the Verizon Public Policy, Law and Security Department; Laurence Rickles, Teva Pharmaceuticals; Christine Michelle Duffy, New Jersey Program Director, Pro Bono Partnership; (client presenter) David Keith, Executive Director, Educate America Right Now; Carol Gershon, Blank Rome LLP; Armstead Johnson, Executive Director, Mercer Street Friends; Nancy Eberhardt, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership.


2017 Pro Bono Partnership New Jersey Volunteers of the Year are:

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  • Carol A. Gershon, Esq. of Blank Rome LLP; presented by Armstead Johnson, Executive Director, Mercer Street Friends
  • Laurence S. Rickles, Esq. of Teva Pharmaceuticals; presented by David Keith, Executive Director and Founder of Educate America Right Now (EARN)
  • Verizon’s Public Policy, Law and Security Department; accepted by Celeste Como, Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment
Armstead Johnson, Executive Director of Trenton, NJ-based nonprofit Mercer Street Friends, a Partnership client, presented a Volunteer of the Year award to Carol Gershon, Esq. of Blank Rome LLP. Pictured (l-r) are: Christine Michelle Duffy, New Jersey Program Director, Pro Bono Partnership; Armstead Johnson, Executive Director, Mercer Street Friends; Carol Gershon, Blank Rome LLP; Nancy Eberhardt, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership.

David Keith, Executive Director of Educate America Right Now (EARN), a Partnership client, presented a Volunteer of the Year award to Laurence Rickles, Esq. of Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Pro Bono Partnership honored the Verizon Public Policy, Law and Security Department with a Volunteer of the Year award for the group’s work with the Partnership in 2017 and continued commitment to pro bono service in the community. Pictured (l-r) are: John Frantz, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Verizon Public Policy, Law and Security Department; Nancy Eberhardt, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership; Alycia Guichard, Pro Bono Coordinator, and Celeste Como, Associate General Counsel, Verizon Public Policy, Law and Security Department; Christine Michelle Duffy, New Jersey Program Director.

For 20 years, Pro Bono Partnership (www.probonopartner.org) has provided free transactional legal services to nonprofits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York (outside of NYC). The Partnership annually recruits and mobilizes hundreds of attorneys from major corporations and law firms to donate their time and talent on behalf of its nonprofit clients. Access to expert, free legal counsel enables those nonprofit clients to more efficiently feed the hungry, house the homeless, promote the arts, protest the environment, and provide essential programs to our communities.

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Mindi Lund, Director of Marketing, Pro Bono Partnership

(914) 328-0674 ext. 339 or mlund@probonopartner.org

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