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 LAW FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY
ANNUAL REPORT 2012 · 2013

Letter from the President 2

“Your attorneys “You handled “We are very “You guys Our Programs 3
went way our case from pleased and really are a
beyond what beginning to grateful for godsend.” Our Clients 4
was expected end with the services Fair Housing Law Project 4
and I thank you compassion we received
for that.” “I was
and integrity. from the completely Health Legal Services 5

Thank you, Fair Housing happy Legal Advocates for Children & Youth 6
“You did what thank you, Law Project.” with the
so many thank you!” outcome of Mental Health Advocacy Project 7
could not and “This whole my case.” Public Interest Law Firm 8
we really episode is
“I think that
appreciate it.” finally behind Pro Bono Program 9
MHAP was “My patient
the only us. Thanks advocate was Our Policy Work 10
“The Law organization for the helpful, efficient,
Foundation that could experience.” understanding, Timeline 12

attorneys were help me in professional Donors 12

like a huge this matter.” “Your program and kind.
breath of fresh makes a I am so very Volunteers 17
air on a sunny, “Thanks to difference, grateful for Financials 20
sweltering day.” all of you knowing your services.”
Message from the CEO 22
for the there is
“Great service, services you someone out “Your service Board of Directors 23
thank you for provided there who was truly a
Staff 24
your help!” our family.” cares.” blessing.”

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 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT O UR P ROGRAMS
Renewal and change. Our dynamic Silicon Valley community is a story of
both of these, and the Law Foundation was no exception last year. As an FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT
Ensuring that everyone can choose a safe, affordable place to live
organization, we came to the end of a chapter in which Jim Bower served as
F H L P works to ensure that all people may freely choose a place to live without regard to
Executive Director for 13 years. Jim led us from an organization of 26 to 70 their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status,
employees and with a $1.4 to a $7 million budget. We sincerely thank Jim for source of income, disability, operation of a home daycare, or whether they have
his accomplishments and commitment to the Law Foundation. children in their family.
In our next chapter, the Law Foundation looks to build on these
accomplishments and take our mission to an even higher level. Our five
HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES
vibrant legal services programs are stronger than ever, providing a voice Removing legal barriers to health stability
to people who lack access to the legal system. We are very proud to be led H LS stabilizes the lives of individuals with chronic or life-threatening health conditions by
by our energetic and engaged CEO, Alison Brunner, who brings strong Vicki S. Veenker providing comprehensive legal services regarding income, healthcare benefits, housing rights,
President
skills as an attorney and manager. It is a testament to the strength of the debtor relief, disability discrimination, and estate planning.
organization that she has risen from staff attorney to CEO. Working closely with Law Foundation staff,
this year the Board adopted a five-year strategic plan and began the process of re-imagining the legal LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH
services we will provide over that time. Advancing the rights of youth to lead healthy, productive lives
As President of the Board, I became even more aware of the strengths of this organization. Our Board L AC Y advances the legal rights of children and youth, empowering them to lead healthy and
harnesses the power of national leaders for the benefit of a local organization and includes influential law productive lives. We listen to, advise, and advocate for disadvantaged children and youth to
ensure their voices are heard and their rights are protected.
firm partners, general counsels from leading Silicon Valley companies, and non-attorney leaders. The
strong partnership between the Board and the
The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley highly skilled staff is a key element in advancing the MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT
advances the rights of under- organization’s mission. Together, we work tirelessly Empowering people with mental health disabilities to live more securely
represented individuals and families to address emerging as well as persistent, life-critical M H A P empowers people with mental health and developmental disabilities to live more
in our diverse community through problems facing our clients.
independent, secure, and satisfying lives through the enforcement of their legal rights and the
advancement of their social and economic well-being.
legal services, strategic advocacy, I am privileged to have been President during this
and educational outreach chapter, when the Law Foundation engaged in
processes of transition and self-evaluation. PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM
Through these processes, the Law Foundation never wavered from its irreplaceable work helping youth in Protecting disadvantaged people through impact litigation and advocacy
crisis, assisting people with mental illness or other chronic diseases, fighting for families without proper P I L F protects the human rights of individuals and groups in the Silicon Valley area who face
barriers to adequate representation in the civil justice system.
housing, and litigating in the public interest. In this report we share a sampling of the tragedies avoided
and lives improved through the Law Foundation’s work. Whatever the next chapter brings, I know the
world is a better place because of the Law Foundation. I hope you will support us as our story continues.
LAW FOUNDATION
OF SILICON VALLEY works on provides
each program
has five legal
CHANGING
unit represents LEGAL
services programs
serving particular
INDIVIDUAL POLICY EDUCATION
communities or CLIENTS to solve problems that
affect many of our
to clients, staff at
community-based agencies,
clients in the advocates, and the
specializing in areas of community community
public interest law.

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 OUR CLIENTS
FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT
During the last recession, many homeowners were
faced with the threat of foreclosure and the loss of
their homes. This happened to the Amoses. After
being diagnosed with breast cancer, Lisa Amos was
forced to retire from the San Jose Police
Department, where her husband Earl is a police
officer. Concerned that the resulting drop in their
income would make it hard for them to pay the
mortgage on their home, the Amoses contacted
their mortgage lender about having their loan
modified with lower payments.
Unfortunately, even though the bank agreed to
change their payments, which the Amoses dutifully
made, the bank suddenly notified them that they
were in default on their mortgage and that
foreclosure proceedings would be initiated.
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Learning of the situation, the Santa Clara County
District Attorney’s consumer protection unit
referred their case to Fair Housing Law Project.
It became clear to our FHLP attorneys that the
bank had violated California state law and the
National Mortgage Settlement by proceeding with
foreclosure while a valid loan modification plan
was in place. FHLP attorneys sprung into action,
contacting the bank and making it clear that FHLP
would file a lawsuit against the bank if it did not
rescind the foreclosure. In short order, the loan was
reinstated and the foreclosure was rescinded,
saving the Amoses’ home.
FHLP’s advocacy in the foreclosure arena is a
key component of the work of a network of
nonprofit providers in our region called
“Foreclosure Help of Santa Clara County” that
FHLP helped found.
HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES
Access to comprehensive, affordable health
insurance coverage is critical to the health stability
of people living with chronic or life-threatening
health conditions. Complex eligibility rules and
bureaucratic enrollment and appeal processes
make navigating health insurance coverage
difficult for consumers.
Marvin came to Health Legal Services when he
was suddenly switched from a $20 monthly
premium Medi-Cal plan to a plan requiring a $600
monthly out-of-pocket cost. Additionally,
Medi-Cal stopped paying for Marvin’s Medicare
premium, costing him an additional $100 per
month. Marvin could not afford these increases
with his limited Social Security income. HLS staff
intervened and, after investigation, learned that
when Marvin changed employers, he was
incorrectly removed from the Medi-Cal program
that provides insurance for people with disabilities
who work.
HLS worked with Medi-Cal to correct the error
so that Marvin was placed back in the Working
Disabled program that offers an affordable
premium; now, he is again able to afford all of his
ongoing medical costs.
HLS works to ensure access to health care
through cases like Marvin’s and its policy work
together with other local, state, and national
organizations around the implementation of the
Affordable Care Act.
HLS provided
IM PACT:
life-stabilizing legal
services to 350 low-income
individuals living with
HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and
other chronic illnesses
 OUR CLIENTS
LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT request, negotiated with management to prevent
CHILDREN & YOUTH Many landlords are not aware that they have an Margie’s eviction. Ultimately, because of her
Approximately 2000 abused and neglected obligation to provide reasonable accommodations disabilities and lack of funds, Margie was unable to
children come before the Santa Clara County to their policies for people with disabilities. Mental make the repairs by the extended compliance
juvenile dependency court annually. Health Advocacy Project’s client Margie owned her deadlines, and the management filed an eviction
Malikai is one of those children. At the age of 3, mobile home and had lived in the same mobile case against her. MHAP defended Margie in the
Malikai was removed from the care of his drug- home park for over 30 years. Her limited mobility lawsuit and helped her obtain emergency financial
addicted mother after extensive efforts by county and other health issues impaired her ability to assistance from a community partner agency.
social services workers to offer her treatment and maintain her property. After Margie lost her job, Margie used the funds to repair the mobile home
support failed. Malikai was lucky enough to be she lacked sufficient funds to pay for repairs to the and MHAP negotiated a settlement of the eviction
placed as a foster child with a same-sex couple home, and it fell into disrepair. Park management action that allowed Margie to stay in her home and
who committed to adopting him if reunification threatened to evict her if she did not make maintain her tenancy in the mobile home park.
efforts with his mother were unsuccessful. Because improvements to her mobile home. An MHAP MHAP’s work to help Margie keep her home is an
Malikai’s mother was not successful in addressing attorney made a reasonable accommodation example of its efforts to help low-income clients
her addiction, Malikai was freed for adoption. By request to management for additional time to living with disabilities maintain access to safe,
this time his foster parents had separated but make repairs, and, for months following the affordable housing.
because they remained on very good terms with
each other and were bonded with Malikai, they
continued to actively and successfully co-parent IMPACT:MHAP served
him in two households. Malikai was very attached nearly 5,000 individuals
to both of them and identified both women as his living with mental
parents. Unfortunately, the social services agency health or developmental
refused to allow the couple to adopt him jointly disabilities to protect
and filed a petition to remove him from the custody
their housing, financial
of one of his mothers.
stability and rights in
Assigned to be Malikai’s attorneys, a Legal
Advocates for Children & Youth attorney/social
treatment
worker team investigated the agency’s decision
and determined that it would be harmful for
Malikai to be separated from either of his parents.
LACY set the case for trial and the LACY social
worker wrote an expert witness report
summarizing the concerns. Upon receipt of the
report, the social services agency agreed to settle
the case and allow both parents to jointly adopt
him. Malikai will soon be adopted by two mothers
who love him.
LACY’s advocacy on behalf of foster youth
ensures these children have safe, stable homes and
the supportive services necessary to lead
successful lives.

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PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM
In Silicon Valley, where housing costs are so high,
mobile home parks are one of the last sources of
affordable housing for low-income community
members. Attorneys at Public Interest Law Firm are
helping Erika, Saul, their young son and over 100
other families at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in
an effort to save their homes after the park’s
owners announced plans to close the park so that
it can be redeveloped as luxury apartments.
Buena Vista is Palo Alto’s only mobile home park
and is a major source of affordable housing in one
of Silicon Valley’s most expensive cities. Because
mobile home park residents own their homes, they
have special protections under state and local laws,
including requirements that park owners pay for
residents’ relocation when a park closes. PILF
began working with Buena Vista a year ago, after
the park’s owners filed their official notice with the
City of Palo Alto to begin the park closure process.
Although the residents were motivated to save
their homes, they did not have any official
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organizational structure or decision-making
process. PILF helped them get a pro bono attorney
who assisted them in forming a residents’
association, writing bylaws, and electing their first
board of directors. PILF, along with co-counsel at
Hogan Lovells LLP and Western Center on Law and
Poverty, represents the residents’ association in the
park closure process. PILF has sent comments to
the City regarding the park’s vital role in meeting
Palo Alto’s state-mandated affordable housing
requirements, successfully challenged several of
the owners’ attempts to close the park without
providing adequate relocation benefits to the
residents, and helped the residents make an offer
to purchase the park. Buena Vista is still open,
and PILF hopes to find a resolution that will allow
the residents to stay in their homes for many years
to come.
PILF’s efforts on behalf of the families at
Buena Vista are an example of its affordable
housing advocacy work, which includes both policy
and litigation work.
PRO BONO PROGRAM
In July 2012, our Pro Bono Program launched the
Volunteer Eviction Assistance Collaborative (VEAC)
where trained pro bono attorneys give critical
short-term advice and legal assistance to low-
IM PACT:Over 60 attorneys and law
income families facing eviction from their homes.
students dedicated one or more
Leonard, a senior with disabilities, recently came
to the VEAC clinic with an eviction. It quickly
Friday mornings to providing low-
became clear to the clinic pro bono attorney that
income tenants facing eviction with
Leonard was being illegally evicted by his landlord advice, counsel, and legal services.
and that an eviction would jeopardize his federal Pro bono volunteers spent over 500
housing subsidy that helps him pay his monthly hours and served over 150
rent. Luckily, a second pro bono attorney from the individuals and families at our
law firm of Bingham McCutchen agreed to provide weekly housing clinic
full-scope legal representation at no cost to
Leonard. Once the pro
bono counsel made a
court appearance, the
landlord agreed to
negotiate and ultimately
agreed to dismiss the
eviction matter,
preserving Leonard’s
rental subsidy.
VEAC succeeds
because of its unique
structure that pairs pro
bono attorneys with
expert public interest law
attorneys who train and
oversee the volunteers
on-site at the clinic.
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FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM
FHLP staff were deeply involved in the development HLS staff have participated in the implementation After years of advocacy
IM PACT: Payday loans are expensive, small-dollar,
and passage of California’s Homeowner Bill of of the Affordable Care Act on local, state and and threats of litigation by PILF, two-week loans that often lead to an
Rights, groundbreaking legislation that helps national levels. As a member of various advocates’ MHAP, and its co-counsel, the federal untenable cycle of debt among borrowers
protect homeowners from abuses by mortgage workgroups, HLS has kept abreast of healthcare Social Security Administration has who are living paycheck to paycheck.
servicers. reform’s ever-developing rules, regulations, and agreed to open a center to ensure its Beginning in mid-November 2009, PILF
Since the foreclosure crisis began, FHLP has implications for our clients and community.
compliance with federal anti- led a coalition of community-based
seen many clients who were improperly foreclosed HLS attorneys regularly submit comments on organizations in a campaign to
disability discrimination statutes
on. Many of these clients were “dual tracked” by proposed legislation affecting people living in persuade the City of San Jose to enact
the banks that were servicing their loans, meaning poverty, public benefits recipients, and people living an ordinance geared towards alleviating
that the banks failed to suspend the foreclosure with HIV/AIDS. MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY PROJECT the negative effects of payday lending in the City
process even though the LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR MHAP has been engaged in advocacy efforts to by addressing the over-proliferation of payday
homeowners were working with CHILDREN & YOUTH support $206.2 million in new funding for mental lenders and check cashers in low- and moderate-
banks to modify their mortgage Federal law prohibits access health crisis services in this year’s state budget. The income communities and communities of color.
loans under federal and state to a student’s educational funding package, championed by Senate President The advocacy campaign included strategies
homeowner assistance programs. records by anyone except a pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, provides for innovative such as obtaining key organizational endorsements,
A FHLP Senior Attorney child’s educational rights and effective crisis services that will meet the needs community-level outreach, media outreach,
testified in front of the joint holder and a select group of of MHAP clients. The funding package is being organizing payday borrowers, and presenting legal
committee of the California identified individuals. The lauded as an unprecedented budget victory for the and factual research and well-tested talking points
Legislature that was considering federal Uninterrupted mental health community. to City staff and elected officials.
the bill, bringing the powerful Scholars Act clarified that MHAP collaborated with state-wide mental As a result of the coalition’s persistent and
story of the Carrillo family which social workers are allowed to health advocates and consulted with PILF about its effective advocacy, the City Council voted in early
actually lost its home to an access these records when approach. The package funds community-based summer 2012 to pass the strongest anti-payday
illegal foreclosure sale before working to promote a foster crisis mental health services that will directly lending zoning ordinance of any large city in the
FHLP intervened to legislators youth’s educational benefit MHAP clients by allowing more clients to country. Since then, PILF and the coalition
in Sacramento. FHLP staff were achievement. Recognizing the receive services in less-restrictive settings. advocated for, and secured passage of, payday
among a core group of advocates who succeeded
importance of this change, LACY and other Crisis services are frequently the missing piece lending control ordinances in Santa Clara County
in ensuring that the law had a meaningful private
organizations brought the issue to the attention of of the mental health system of care: they are an and the cities of Los Altos, Sunnyvale, and Gilroy.
right of action for homeowners who were harmed.
Assemblymember Mark Stone who agreed to early intervention that can prevent Flowing from this
The bill was credited for the steep drop in
introduce Assembly Bill 643. clients from needing long-term care successful advocacy work,
foreclosures in the first part of 2013, and has been
The bill gives social workers a valuable tool in their or hospitalization, yet they are the San Jose Mercury
a model for other states to adopt similar laws.
efforts to improve the educational outcomes of youth frequently underfunded. Our county’s News published three
in the child welfare system by crisis residential programs are nearly extensively researched
implementing the changes to always full, which means many MHAP articles revealing the
IM PACT: FHLP staff met with high-level federal clients spend days or weeks waiting
federal law made by the harms of payday lending
officials, including the director of the President’s Uninterrupted Scholars Act. in acute psychiatric units for and the well-funded forces
National Economic Council and the LACY worked on the bill placement in these programs. allied against payday
HUD Secretary, at the White House to discuss from introduction through its This package will create more lending reforms as well as
solutions to the housing crisis ultimate enactment. crisis residential beds in our two editorials calling for
community and allow MHAP clients local and statewide action
to move more quickly into these less regulating payday lending.
restrictive settings.

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 2012 · 2013 TIMELINE DONORS
We acknowledge and thank the following $25,000-$34,999 TM Financial Forensics, LLC Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
JULY 2012 Together with five other community agencies, FHLP launched the individuals, companies, and organizations
Foreclosure Help initiative serving homeowners with distressed mortgages. for their gifts of over $100 between Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP WilmerHale LLP Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013. The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $5,000-$11,999 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
AUGUST PILF led a coalition of public interest law and fair housing $70,000+ McManis Faulkner Ed Anderson Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
organizations that submitted comments regarding the State of California’s
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Cooley LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Arnold & Porter LLP LinkedIn Corporation
DLA Piper LLP Sidley Austin LLP Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Linklaters LLP
SEPTEMBER The Law Foundation’s visionary Strategic Plan for 2012-2017 Fenwick & West LLP Scott LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Major, Lindsey & Africa
was issued after a 9-month planning process.
Michelle & Peter Detkin Bergeson, LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Scott Maples
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Flom LLP Beveridge & Diamond PC
OCTOBER LACY collaborated with family law judges and lawyers to create Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
and implement its first Teen Orientation class for youth who wish to appear in Silicon Valley Community Foundation $18,000-$24,999 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
court in their parents’ family law cases. Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP
Sobrato Family Foundation Apple Inc. Brian Cabrera
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
NOVEMBER MHAP and PILF worked to protect voting rights in the 2012 State Bar of California Baker & Hostetler LLP Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg
Presidential Election by monitoring polls and psychiatric hospitals for Neel Chatterjee Alexis Coll-Very LLP
VMC Foundation
compliance with voting laws.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Howard Clowes Crowell & Moring LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Rosati Foundation Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Quislex, Inc.
DECEMBER The Pro Bono Program’s Volunteer Eviction Assistance Covington & Burling LLP
Collaborative clinic, launched in July 2012, served its 100th client. $50,000-$69,999 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Richardson Oliver Law Group, LLP
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara Feinberg Day Alberti & Dechert LLP Erika Rottenberg
JANUARY 2013 PILF met with high-level federal officials, including the County Thompson LLP
Comptroller of the Currency, about the harms of payday lending. Deloitte Financial Advisory John Savva
Hewlett-Packard Company Fish & Richardson P.C. Services LLP
Schwegman, Lundberg &
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Hogan Lovells US LLP Dentons US LLP Woessner, P.A.
FEBRUARY Working closely with the Consumer Affairs Division of the Mental
Health Department, MHAP helped support a consumer-directed initiative to NVIDIA Corporation Microsoft Corporation Susan Edwards Sereno Properties
improve the quality of licensed residential care homes in the community.
Silicon Valley Campaign for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Ernst & Young David Shannon
Legal Services
MARCH HLS launched on-site weekly clinics at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan, LLP Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP
Center together with the hospital’s social services department to provide legal Synopsys, Inc.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Freitas Tseng & Kaufman LLP Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
information and advice to patients of the Diabetes and Oncology Departments. The Health Trust Hampton LLP
$12,000-$17,999 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
$35,000-$49,999 Spirent Communications
APRIL FHLP settled a slum conditions and relocation matter for damages Bingham McCutchen LLP Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
and moving expenses for 17 low-income families. Latham & Watkins LLP Stella B. Gross Trust
Jim Elacqua Greenberg Traurig LLP
Christine and Montgomery Kersten TERIS
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Caz Hashemi
MAY Alison Brunner is selected as CEO of the Law Foundation, succeeding Morrison & Foerster LLP The Cozen O’Connor Foundation Inc.
long-time leader Jim Bower. Alison worked at the Law Foundation for Sheryl Heckmann Natasha Innocenti
18 years and most recently served as Directing Attorney of Mental Health Perkins Coie LLP Veenker Law Offices
Advocacy Project and Health Legal Services prior to accepting this new role. JAMS Intel Corporation
Stull, Stull & Brody; Finkelstein Willis Insurance Services of
Thompson LLP; Freeport Partners LLC; Eric Jensen Intellectual Ventures California, Inc.
JUNE LACY Supervising Attorney Andrew Cain was honored by the Irwin Berlin Littler Mendelson IP Legal Advisors, P.C. Workday, Inc.
American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Division as the Child Advocate
Attorney of the Year. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Jones Day Zynga, Inc.

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$1,000-$4,999 Shaalu Mehra $250-$999 William Faulkner Erik Oliver $100-$249
Roxanna Alavi Metropolitan Transportation Paul Allen First Unitarian Church of San Jose Elizabeth S. Pearson David Ambler
Commission
Association of Corporate Counsel Eva Almirantearena Lisa A. Fontenot Jeremiah Pender Hilary Armstrong
Jay Monahan
Ian Ballon Joseph M. Barbeau Michelle Forrest Jonathan Penn Tyler Atkinson
Erik Olson
Gary Baum Betsy Bayha William Freeman Evette Pennypacker Cynthia Lopez Beverage
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Frank Bernstein Dawnet O. Beverly Brenda Gray People Acting in Community Together Catherine Boley
Rick Ostiller
Carpenter and Mayfield Kenneth A. Bigg Marcia Hansen Mark Pitchford Sunshine Borelli
Laura Owen
Alec Chang Jonathan Blavin Robert Hawk David Pursley Jim Bower
Samantha Parish
Chris Compton Dan Brian Gabrielle Higgins Thomas Rector Erin Brennock
John Paschke
Alison Brunner & Andrew Coven Kevin Brown Leo Hollberg Michael Reedy Isaac Brewer
Elizabeth Pipkin
Gordy Davidson Steve Bucci Hon. Jack Komar (Ret.) Suzette Rennison Cynthia Bright
Cameron Jay Rains
Thad Davis Leslie Canning Hon. John F. Herlihy (Ret.) Rose Ring Tim Canepa
Darryl Rains
Moses Diaz Brooke Cargile Hon. Leslie C. Nichols (Ret.) Jessica Valenzuela Santamaria John J. Christin
Rao Family Fund
Jamie DiBoise Stephanie Casenza Hon. Patricia Lucas Janine Scancorelli Lauren Coatney
Reed Smith LLP
DiscoverReady LLC Michael Charlson Ernie Hsin Maggie Brunner Scardigli Carolyn Compton
Robert N. and Florence Slinger
Dana Ditmore Laurie Charrington Mary Huser Matthew Schreiberg Andrew Cotton
Foundation
Ram Duraiswamy Hogene Choi Intel Volunteer Grant Program Jennifer Shepherd Michelle Daigneault
Elizabeth Roth
John Dwyer John & Crystal Ciancutti Steven John Shawn Sieck Alden Danner
Mark Rowland
Erik Edwards Andrew Cohen R. Todd Johnson Chad Skinner Chris Dewees
John Schultz
Christina Finn Paul Collins Alex Klein Leslie Spencer Christina Dixon
James Shaughnessy
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Robert W. Stone
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Stephanie Tombrello
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Trucker Huss, APC
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Jim Valentine
Goodwill of Silicon Valley Thomas Defilipps Ken Lustig LeighAnn Weiland GoodSearch
Melanie Vinson
Heritage Bank of Commerce John G. Del Piero Roy Maharaj Vanessa Wells Scott Green
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Hon. Robert A. Baines (Ret.) Christopher Dillon Susan M. Mangum Kirk Williams Catia Hagopian
Edward J. Westerman
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Tyson Winarski
E. A. Lisa Kenkel David Dolkas Michelle McLeod Marie Wilson Douglas Hicks
Michael Wong
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Xilinx, Inc.
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Suzanne & Jack Yang
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Hon. James E. Towery Megan Olesek Ryan Wright ATTORNEYS David Peter Fuad Carrie LeRoy
Hon. John A. Marlo (Ret.) Christine E. Peek David T. Young Arsineh Ananian Eric S. Geffon Gabrielle Lessard
Hon. Kevin E. McKenney Patty Rauch Ray Zado Ed Anderson Vernon Granneman Yabo Lin
Hon. Lucy H. Koh Michael Rawson Jane & Mitchell Zimmerman Shalini Arora Robert Greeley John Lo
Hon. Patrick Tondreau Magan Pritan Ray Catherine Zinn Halbert Au-Yeung Sarah Brown Hadjimarkos Nick Lum
Hon. Paul Colin John Rhine Kevin Zwick Colleen Bal Hilary Hansen Anthony Luna
Hon. Philip H. Pennypacker Jeff Risher IN-KIND DONATIONS Barbara Barath Caz Hashemi David Majors
Hon. Richard J. Loftus Kelly M. Roche Anonymous Kristen Bartlett
Leeron Kalay Jeffrey Rosen ACsailingSF Al Bender
IM PACT:LACY staff collaborated with family
Ashu Kalra John F. Ryan Edward Anderson/Sheppard, Norm Blears law judges and lawyers to create an
Harriet Katz Mike Sands
Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Katie Boolukos orientation for youth who are interested in
Rubina H. Kazi Cameron Sellers
Carmel Valley Ranch
Diane Brown having a voice in family court. Fifty youth
Stephanie Casenza who wanted to share their perspectives on
Paul Kelleher Bryan Shaner Debra Burns
Christopher Mesnooh
their lives with a family court judge have
Emma Koh Barbara R. Shufro Feb Cabrasawan been trained through this program
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Arcadi Kolchak Nicole Singer Brian Cabrera
Fox Networks Group
James Kreissman Courtney Smith Corina Cacovean
Infinite PR Robert B. Hawk Scott Maples
Kenneth Kuwayti Thomas M. Spahn Constance Carpenter
Sue Jackson Jacob Marcus Heath Hon. Richard McAdams (Ret.)
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JAMS Yvonne Ho Taylor Meachem
Law Office of Ane Murphy Margaret Stevenson Frances Cheever
Harvey Jang & HP Beth Hopwood Suzan Miller
Bill Leilsch John Storella Alan Ming-Yu Chen
LexisNexis Elizabeth A. Howard Carlos Miño
Michael Levin Marcia Sundeen Howard Clowes
Lex Machina Carol Hunter Nora Morrison
Fredes Lovo Felice Swapp Lauren Cohen
Mel Lindstrom David Jakopin Scott R. Mosko
Mary Lucas Eva Terrazas Alexis Coll-Very
Christopher Mesnooh Harvey Jang David Nefouse
Sarah Madden Alison M. Tucher Chris Compton
Dr. Frederick & Silvia Miranda Eric Jensen Erik Olson
Teresa Malekzadeh Masoud Vakli Roy Crawford
Purematter Katherine C. Jones Eileen O’Pray
Wilbur Marshman Erika Varga Mollie Dent
RR Donnelley Rene A. Kathawala Laura Owen
Vanessa Hopkins Merton Elizabeth H. Veenker Peter Detkin
The Recorder E.A. Lisa Kenkel Eileen Parades
Marilyn Meyer Keeley Vega Tiffany Do
Montgomery Kersten Nicholas Petrella
Rakesh Michael John Vifian Matthew E. Dolan
Terry LaPorte Cam Phan
Catharina Y. Min Bob Weeks Nikki Dossman
Daniel Lassen Elizabeth Pipkin
Patricia Jo Morrissey Herbert Weiser Susan Edwards
Han Lee Chris Reilly
Kristin Myles Cyndi Wheeler Jim Elacqua
Allen Lee Brian Robinson
Andrew Nasar Hank Willson James Freedman

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 VOLUNTEERS
Ashley Rogers Henry Welch Amanda Lasprogato Jana Cassel LAW FIRM
PRO BONO PARTNERS
Jonathan Roheim Paola Zeni Christine MacDonald Kanda Chaiyakit I M PACT: 11,590:
Nick Rossi Debra Zumwalt Keenan Manetta-Dillon Suresh Chand
Bingham McCutchen LLP Number of hours our
Cooley LLP volunteer attorneys,
Erika Rottenberg Michelle McClanahan Karen S. Dodrill
PARALEGALS
Compton Antitrust Law Office law students,
Mark Rowland Thomas Joseph Camilleri Jack McMorrow Matthew E. DuBois
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
paralegals, clerical
Ruben Ruiz Anthony DeNatale Denise Miller Karisma Garcia-Valencia staff, and social
John Schultz Linda Hellett Juan Montes Timothy D. Haught
DLA Piper LLP workers dedicated to
Fenwick & West LLP helping the Law
Alan Seem Anjali Moorthy Heather Horter
Randall Holderfield
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Foundation advance
David Shannon Patricia Johnsen Jeff Muchmore Natasha Innocenti Garrett & Dunner, LLP its mission and its
Monique Sherman Tatiana Lang Christine Nitoff Carlos Lejarza Foley & Lardner LLP clients' interests
Arielle Singh Olga Parra Tracy Pham Ada Liaw-Martinez Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jim Snell Evelynn T. Vu Sean Piers Chris S. Lubawy Haynes and Boone, LLP CORPORATE
PRO BONO PARTNERS
Alexandra Podkolzina Darcy L. Marcellus Hogan Lovells US LLP
Hewlett-Packard Company
FHLP reached 365 individuals
IM PACT: Taraa Prasad Danielle Munas JAMS
through its outreach and training Gabe Rodriguez Greg Neubauer Latham & Watkins LLP
IBM

program for homeowners, renters, and Michael Ruiz Ana Nunez

Intel Corporation
community partners regarding predatory Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Intellectual Ventures
lending, fair housing rights, and loan Adele Schafer Laura Olivier-Fichet McDermott Will & Emery LLP
LinkedIn Corporation
modification scams Anne Su Rick Ostiller McManis Faulkner
Major, Lindsey & Africa
Kelly Temes Jan Paredes Morrison & Foerster LLP
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Randy Wu Christopher Provence Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Ritesh Srivastava LAW STUDENTS
NVIDIA Corporation
Ryan Young Jonathan A. Rhein Perkins Coie LLP
Whitney Stark Erika Ascuncion
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
SOCIAL WORK INTERNS Sherwin Sabado Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Lorna Tanner Ayriel Bland
Stanford University
Katie Krause Andrew Sebroski Pittman LLP
Ruth Silver Taube Nicole Chen
Symantec Corporation
Xochitl Munoz Pallavi Shah Ropes & Gray LLP
Valerie Tran Tomasine Cole
Synopsys, Inc.
Leslie Nelson Santha Shanmugam Sheppard Mullin Richter
Cristina Valadez Sabrina Forte & Hampton LLP Workday, Inc.
Albert Nguyen Vibeke Simonsen
Le Vang David Harburger Sidley Austin LLP
Jessica Richardson Ivy Smith
Vicki Veenker Julia High Silicon Valley Law Group
Candace Tejuco Allison Stewart
Siddhartha Venkatesan Brandi Hines Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS Kelly A. Strautmann
Melanie Vinson Lillian Jimenez Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Charles Adams Bea Tam Flom LLP
Lois Voelz Jasmine Johal
Allen Babayan Marty J. Trabert Veenker Law Offices
Bernard Vogel Saman Khan
Stephanie T. Benham Jason E. Troy Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Nicole S. Walsh Kristen King
Debra Yu Rosati LLP

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 FINANCIALS
REVENUE & SUPPORT 2013 2012 ASSETS 2013 2012

Government Contracts $3,774,900 $3,629,232 Cash & Cash Equivalents $1,853,438 $1,973,928

Contributions In-Kind 2,313,316 2,514,201 Accounts Receivable 823,562 954,665 REVENUE & SUPPORT
Contributions In-Kind (Other) — 1,034,261 Total Fixed Assets 163,029 161,919 Government Contracts 55%
Special Events 1,882,061 1,851,910 Total Other Assets 135,265 163,969 Corporations 23%

TOTAL ASSETS $2,975,294 $3,254,481 Grants 12%

Grants 734,458 463,252
Individuals 7%
Attorney Fees 233,454 167,187
Fee Awards 3%
Contributions 188,220 235,054 LIABILITIES
Legal Services Trust Fund 123,208 105,922 Accounts Payable $78,726 $54,865

Cy Pres Awards 39,861 111,954 Other Liabilities 501,372 542,588

Miscellaneous 6,036 15,587 Notes Payable 146,525 163,618

TOTAL REVENUE & SUPPORT $9,295,514 $10,128,560 TOTAL LIABILITIES $726,623 $761,071

EXPENSES NET ASSETS

Program Services $8,123,764 $8,767,011 Unrestricted $2,134,393 $2,370,009

Admin., Gen. & Fundraising 1,416,489 1,442,109 Temporarily Restricted 114,278 123,401

TOTAL EXPENSES $9,540,253 $10,209,120 TOTAL NET ASSETS $2,248,671 2,493,410

EXPENSES
TOTAL LIABILITIES
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $(244,739) $(80,560) $2,975,294 $3,254,481 Programs 85%
& NET ASSETS
Admin., Gen. & Fundraising 15%

VOLUNTEER IN - KIND HOURS VALUE

Attorneys 2,690 $1,343,515

Law Students 4,416 294,238

Social Workers 3,120 312,000

Paralegals 568 138,785

Consulting Services 100 35,000

Clericals 797 26,017

TOTAL VOLUNTEER IN-KIND 11,691 $2,149,555

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 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
What an exciting year for the Law Foundation and
for me personally as I began in my new role as
Chief Executive Officer. It is with great privilege
that I take on this new position after many years
of helping to build the Law Foundation into the
incredibly impactful organization it is today.
I especially want to thank my predecessor and
long-time colleague Jim Bower, who steered our
organization to new heights in partnership with Alison Brunner Vicki S. Veenker Brian Cabrera J. Howard Clowes Richard J. Ostiller
CEO President President-Elect Secretary Treasurer
our extremely committed and talented staff and
Board of Directors and with support from our
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Yabo Lin PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY
generous donors and community partners. Sidley Austin LLP COMMITTEE
I have seen that providing the highest quality legal services can be life- Edward V. Anderson
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Scott Maples Honorable Read Ambler (Ret.)
changing. That is what the Law Foundation does. My vision is to lead the Law Ruckus Wireless, Inc. JAMS
Norman J. Blears
Foundation forward to make equal access to justice a reality for all of our Sidley Austin LLP Suzan Miller Harry B. Bremond
Intel Corporation Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP
low-income community members. Through the Law Foundation’s legal Brian Cabrera
NVIDIA Erik Olson Honorable John Flaherty (Ret.)
services and pro bono programs, our team of public interest attorneys, staff, Morrison & Foerster LLP JAMS
Neel Chatterjee
and volunteers improve the lives of 7,000 individuals and families each year. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Rick Ostiller John W. (Jay) Fowler
Navigant Bergeson, LLP
Each day, our team works with clients facing seemingly insurmountable Howard Clowes
DLA Piper LLP Laura Owen Steve Hallgrimson
obstacles: threats of eviction, involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, lack of ForeScout Technologies Berliner Cohen
access to educational resources, mounting hospital bills, and loan Alexis S. Coll-Very
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Elizabeth Pipkin Allen J. Ruby
modification scams, just to name a few. McManis Faulkner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Charles T.C. Compton
By assisting our clients in crisis, by helping their voices be heard, and by Compton Antitrust Law Office Erika Rottenberg Professor Edward H. Steinman
LinkedIn Corporation Santa Clara University School of Law
advocating to change unfair and discriminatory systems, the Law Foundation Peter Detkin
Intellectual Ventures Mark Rowland Lawrence Stone
strengthens our community. As the income disparity widens in Silicon Valley, Ropes & Gray LLP Santa Clara County Assessor
James J. Elacqua
our work is more important than ever. There is so much more to be done, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP John Schultz Rick Williams
Hewlett-Packard Company Sobrato Family Foundation
I am eager to lead the Law Foundation toward the goal of creating a Silicon Vernon H. Granneman
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP David M. Shannon James T. Danaher
Valley where there is meaningful access to justice for the whole community. NVIDIA In Memoriam
Caz Hashemi
Join us in this work. Vicki S. Veenker
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP
Veenker Law Offices
Albert J. Ruffo
In Memoriam
Natasha Innocenti
Major, Lindsey & Africa Melanie D. Vinson
Workday, Inc.
Eric C. Jensen
Cooley LLP Bernard J. Vogel, III
Silicon Valley Law Group
E.A. Lisa Kenkel
Fenwick & West LLP Debra L. Zumwalt
Stanford University
Montgomery Kersten
Community Leader Alison Brunner
CEO, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

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 STAFF
FAIR HOUSING LAW PROJECT Ben Ebert Bulmaro Tamayo
Senior Attorney Senior Social Worker
Nadia Aziz
Senior Attorney Karina Ferreira Nathan Thomas
Legal Secretary Supervising Social Worker
Diana Castillo
Senior Attorney Rachel Fightmaster Vanji Unruh
Senior Attorney Senior Attorney
Nuemi Guzman
Senior Legal Assistant Steve Goetze Suzanne Yang
Senior Social Worker/Staff Attorney Senior Attorney
Kyra Kazantzis
Directing Attorney Amy Guy MENTAL HEALTH
Senior Attorney
Annette Kirkham ADVOCACY PROJECT
Senior Attorney Crisanne Hazen
Supervising Attorney Hilary Armstrong
Katherine Lehe Directing Attorney
Staff Attorney Maighna Jain
Senior Attorney Jenny Battaroff
John Lo Contracts Coordinator
Temporary Staff Attorney Patricia Jimenez
Senior Social Worker Ilsa Branch
James Zahradka Supervising Attorney
Supervising Attorney Jennifer Kelleher
Directing Attorney Molly Brennan
Senior Attorney
HEALTH LEGAL SERVICES Amanda Kennedy
Senior Attorney Kara Brodfuehrer
Chuck Adams Staff Attorney
Volunteer Intake/ Legal Assistant Heidi Koh
Senior Attorney Lucas Bueno
Hilary Armstrong Advocate
Directing Attorney Chantal Kurpiewski
Senior Office Manager/ Samantha Fregenti
Marlene Bennett Contracts Coordinator Advocate
Senior Attorney
Karie Lew Samuel Jain
Ilsa Branch Senior Attorney Staff Attorney
Supervising Attorney
Gladys Machain Becky Moskowitz PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM Carrie Chung
Asa Pittman
Staff Attorney Senior Legal Secretary Senior Attorney
Kyra Kazantzis
Senior Accounting /
Administrative Assistant IM PACT:Our Pro Bono
Kate Manning Cathy Pasek Directing Attorney
Eva Fong
Program began serving
LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR Peer Intern
CHILDREN & YOUTH
Senior Attorney
Teresa Magaña Controller tenants in rural south
Kim Pederson
Roxanna Alavi
Neha Marathe
Senior Staff Attorney Senior Attorney
Senior Office Manager
Jazmin Garcia Santa Clara County
Senior Attorney Kaycie Perez
Melissa Morris Receptionist in collaboration with
Ruby Marquez Senior Attorney
Andrew Cain Staff Attorney Intake Specialist Andrew Lin OneJustice, Bay Area Legal
James Zahradka
Supervising Attorney
Patti Massey Asa Pittman Supervising Attorney
IT Consultant
Aid, and local law firms
Nora Chung Senior Attorney Staff Attorney Elisa Neipp
Human Resources Manager
through the Rural Justice
Senior Social Worker Jim Raphael ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Collaborative
Jeanine McKelvey
Carla Cox Senior Attorney Senior Advocate Alexandra Alcantar Lisa Breen Strickland
Senior Attorney Receptionist Fund Development Consultant
Xochitl Munoz Rachel Richardson
Adelina Del Real Social Worker Advocate Allison Barnum, Esq. Frank Tsai
Senior Legal Assistant Pro Bono Manager CFO
Tamara Schane Andrew Sterritt
Rita Duarte Senior Attorney Advocate Alison Brunner
Senior Social Worker Sarah Webb Chief Executive Officer
Dan Szrom
Senior Attorney Staff Attorney

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