Annual Report 2005-2006 (fiscal year)

All communities are linked together in the struggle
for social justice. That is why our work has become
national in scope. We bring a message of hope to people across the country. In
today’s difficult political climate, regardless of the outcome of mid-term
elections, that message is crucial. The political and social elites that
control this country and our communities, will not yield power willingly.
It is only when we combine our passionate commitment to social justice
with the most strategic use of litigation, grass roots organizing, and all
forms of advocacy, that we continue to make a difference.
—Brad Seligman, Executive Director
November 2006

Please view our FY 2005-2006 Annual Report for a comprehensive list of our activities.

Thank You to our Contributors …


FOUNDATION GRANTS
Legal Services Trust Fund Program of The
State Bar of California, San Francisco, CA
Levi Strauss Foundation, San Francisco, CA

CY PRES AWARDS
Law Offices of Paul Arons - Ballard v.
Equifax Check Systems, Inc.: $219,788
Bahan and Associates - Flores v. Albertson’s:
$5,913.29
Kingsley and Kingsley - Higgins v.
Consolidated Ribs: $1,000

EQUAL JUSTICE LITIGATION FELLOW
Elizabeth J. Cabraser and James M. Finberg,
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein,
LLP, San Francisco, CA
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons
and Farrise Foundation, Inc., Oakland, CA

TITLE VII CONFERENCE
Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger and Grossman,
LLP, New York, NY
Bondurant, Mixson and Elmore, LLP,
Atlanta, GA
Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll,
Washington, DC
Gilardi and Co., LLC, San Rafael, CA
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and
Dardarian, Oakland, CA
Hilsoft Notifications, Souderton, PA
LECG, LLC, Dallas, TX
Levi Strauss Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein, LLP,
San Francisco, CA
Mehri and Skalet, PLLC, Washington, DC
Outten and Golden, LLP, New York, NY
Poorman-Douglas, Beaverton, OR
Rust Consulting, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Schneider and Wallace, San Francisco, CA
Settlement Services Inc., Tallahassee, FL
Sprenger and Lang, PLLC, Minneapolis, MN

CHAMPIONS ($10,000+)
Chavez and Gertler, LLP, Mill Valley, CA
Quinn Delaney & Wayne Jordan, Piedmont, CA
Furtado, Jaspovice and Simons, Hayward, CA
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons
and Farrise Foundation, Inc., Oakland, CA
Saperstein Family Foundation, Piedmont, CA
Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation,
Belvedere, CA
Stowell and Friedman, Chicago, IL

BENEFACTORS ($5,000 – $9,999)
Greg Perloff, Another Planet Entertainment,
Berkeley, CA
Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll,
Washington, DC
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and
Dardarian, Oakland, CA
Kerr and Wagstaffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Righetti Wynne Professional Corp.,
San Francisco, CA
Rosenthal and Company, LLC, Novato, CA
Rudy, Exelrod and Zieff, LLP,
San Francisco, CA
Service Employees International Union
(SEIU), La Crescenta, CA

PATRONS ($3,000 – $4,999)
Bahan and Associates, Pasadena, CA
Chvany and Silbert, LLP, Orinda, CA
Davis, Cowell and Bowe, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Fox and Robertson, PC, Denver, CO
Geraldine Dreyfuss Memorial Fund/Liberty
Hill Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Gilardi and Co., LLC, San Rafael, CA
Hadsell and Stormer, Inc., Pasadena, CA
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk and
Rabkin, San Francisco, CA
Keker and Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Settlement Services Inc., Tallahassee, FL
Siegel and LeWitter, Oakland, CA

SPONSORS ($1,000-$2,999)
David Anton, Davis, CA
Bingham McCutchen, San Francisco, CA
Leslie F. Levy, Boxer and Gerson, Oakland, CA
Data Janitor Services, Berkeley, CA
Stan and Mary Friedman, Berkeley, CA
Girardi and Keese, Los Angeles, CA
Martha and Leon Goldin, Los Osos, CA
Barry and Sandy Goldstein, Piedmont, CA
Harrington Investments, Inc., Napa, CA
Amanda Hawes, San Jose, CA
Hilsoft Notifications, Souderton, PA
Hinton, Alfert and Sumner, Walnut Creek, CA
Environmental Law & Justice Clinic,
Golden Gate University School of Law,
San Francisco, CA
Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, CA
Lainey Feingold and Randy Shaw, Berkeley, CA
Linda Foy, San Francisco, CA
Dale and Don Franzen, Pacific Palisades, CA
Jeremy L. Friedman, Oakland, CA
Kit Gage, Silver Spring, MD
Dolly M. Gee, Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Cain Gordon, Washington, DC
Gough and Company, Oakland, CA
Dick Grosboll, San Francisco, CA
Robert T. Haden, Haden & Dawson,
Merced, CA
Irma D. Herrera and Mark D. Levine,
El Cerrito, CA
Helen Kang, San Francisco, CA
Howard Klepper, Berkeley, CA
Bill Lann Lee and Carolyn M. Yee, Berkeley, CA
Levi Strauss Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Lewis, Feinberg, Renaker and Jackson, PC
Oakland, CA
Michael Lighty, California Nurses
Association, Oakland, CA
Judith and Stanley Lubman, Berkeley, CA
Emily M. Maloney, Santa Cruz, CA
John Marshall, Columbus, OH
Masters and Ribakoff, Toluca Lake, CA
Patience Milrod, Fresno, CA
Law Offices of Elisa Moran, Denver, CO
John Mosby, Denver, CO
Karen Musalo and Richard Boswell,
Berkeley, CA
National Employment Lawyers Association,
San Francisco, CA
National Jury Project/West, Oakland, CA
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation,
Concord, NH
Robert D. Newman, Los Angeles, CA
David Offen-Brown, San Francisco, CA
David Oppenheimer, San Francisco, CA
Cliff Palefsky, McGuinn, Hillsman and
Palefsky, San Francisco, CA
Law Offices of Richard M. Pearl, Berkeley, CA
Pollack and Davis, LLP, Berkeley, CA
Kristine A. Poplawski, Oakland, CA
Public Advocates, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Remcho, Johansen and Purcell,
San Leandro, CA
Steven Saltzman, Chicago, IL
San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association,
San Francisco, CA
Lauren Scholnick, Salt Lake City, UT
Dara L. Schur and Miye Goishi, Berkeley, CA
Sedey and Ray, PC, Saint Louis, MO
Marci B. Seville, San Francisco, CA
Tom Sidun, San Francisco, CA
Curt Surls, Manhattan Beach, CA
Yash Pal Talreja, Bellview, WA
Law Offices of Kendra L. Tanacea,
San Francisco, CA
Charles T. Taylor, Fresno, CA
The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law
Center, San Francisco, CA
Stephen Tinkler, Santa Fe, NM
Traber and Voorhees, Pasadena, CA
David Weintraub, Oakland, CA
Martha West, Davis, CA
Tim Whisman, Pasadena, CA
Ellen Widess, Berkeley, CA