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Every day, GBLS provides our clients with what should be a basic right: access to justice. This year GBLS staff continues to do terrific legal work helping to make the justice system fair and accessible to all. We prioritize our services to the most vulnerable members of our community. GBLS helps people to solve problems. We help people to grasp a real opportunity to help themselves by working to remove barriers to economic and family stability.

Of course, we could not have done this work without you, our supporters and community partners! With your help, we were able to serve a significant number of people. Thank you for helping GBLS do justice.

This report outlines some of our work and accomplishments over the past year. Please browse and enjoy: you are all a part of our team and in many ways, you share in the successes of the past year. Thank you.

Jacquelynne J. BowmanExecutive Director

Melissa Bayer TearneyBoard President

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OUR MISSION

Greater Boston Legal Services’ (GBLS’) mission is to provide free civil legal aid to help individuals and families achieve justice and meet their basic needs, such as food security, safety, and adequate shelter. GBLS helps vulnerable individuals and families retain affordable housing, gain protection from domestic violence, access subsistence income for food and necessities, access health care, and recover earned wages. GBLS accomplishes these goals through both individual representation and impact advocacy, working closely with a wide network of community partners. GBLS’ philosophy is that justice should be for all people, not just those with the financial means to pay.

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Acton* Arlington Bedford* Belmont BostonBoxborough*BraintreeBrooklineBurlington*CambridgeCantonCarlisle*ChelseaCohassetConcord*EverettHarvard*HinghamHolbrookHullLexington*Lincoln*MaldenMaynard*MedfordMelroseMiltonNewtonNorth Reading*NorwellQuincy

*Served only by the Elder, Health and Disability Unit

Chelsea

Hingham

Everett

Cohasset

Watertown

Somerville

Belmont

Melrose

Malden

Arlington

Winchester

Stoneham

Brookline

Cambridge

Holbrook

Wakefield

Winthrop

Medford Revere

RandolphCanton

Woburn

Milton

Waltham

Braintree

Newton

Weymouth

Quincy

Hull

Boston

Scituate

Norwell

SERVICE AREA

RandolphReading*RevereScituateSomervilleStoneham

Stow*Wakefield WalthamWatertownWeymouthWilmington*

WinchesterWinthropWoburn


Number of low-income people needing a civil legal aid lawyer in MA in 2015 who were turned away33,000+

Number of civil legal matters GBLS

handled in 2015

12,122

$7.3 MILLIONAmount civil legal aid programs saved Commonwealth of MA in shelter & health care costs through preserving housing for low-income residents facing eviction, in FY ending June 30, 2015

7,663Number of people in Boston without a permanent home, 139 of whom slept on the streets, February 25, 2015

Increase in Boston’s population of homeless families in 2015

25%

LESS THAN ONE:The number of civil legal attorneys — 0.64, to be exact — for every 10,000 people living in poverty

Annual number of Intimate Partner Violence incidents endured by American women age 18+

5.3 MILLION

11.9% Hispanic unemployment rate in MA, highest in U.S., during 4th quarter of 2015

Higher basic cost of foster care for unaccompanied immigrant children vs. cost for average foster child through MA Department of Children and Families4X

TEN YEARSThe waiting period to seal CORI records for low-level offenses is

MORE THAN 70%The number of civil cases today

in which Americans head to court without legal representation

Threshold that triggers a felony record in larceny-related cases$250 Percentage of single,

mother-headed families who are poor40

NEARLY 1,000,000The number of low-income MA residents who are eligible to receive civil legal aid

The average cost of rent in Boston;the mean rent is the nation’s 4th largest

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GBLS’ advocacy on behalf of low-income workers includes cases involving: wrong-ful denial of unemployment benefits; violations of wage laws (such as nonpayment of overtime) resulting in wage theft; and tax controversies related to employment income or problems receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), through the Low-Income Taxpayer Assistance Project. GBLS also advocates for changes to laws, policies, and regulations negatively affecting low-wage workers, working close-ly with — and representing — many different community-based organizations and partnering with a wide range of worker and immigrant rights advocacy organizations, government agencies, unions, members of the private bar, and law schools.

In 2015 GBLS attorneys obtained an increase in the Massachusetts Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from 15% to 23% of the Federal EITC and successfully advocat-ed for a bill amending parents’ rights to unpaid, job-protected leave for the birth or adoption of a child, requiring employers to inform employees in writing prior to their leave that if they take leave beyond the eight weeks, this ends their right to return to work.

EMPLOYMENT

Amount of IRS refunds GBLS secured for poor clients in 2015

$119,227

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GBLS provides legal assistance to low-income survivors of domestic violence (DV) to ensure that their rights and their safety are protected and to restore them and their children to an economically-sustainable life free of abuse. GBLS provides individual representation in divorce and paternity actions and to obtain child support, custody, visitation, and restraining orders; legal counseling to victims who seek to relocate due to family violence and legal technical assistance to the agencies that provide services to these victims; and advice on legal issues related to the relocation of DV victims and victims and witnesses of crime.

Staff provide on-site advocacy at two probate and family courts to assist victims with abuse prevention orders and emergency matters, and provide assistance to DV vic-tims through GBLS’ innovative hospital/health center outreach projects. GBLS also addresses broader legal and public policy issues that perpetuate domestic violence and obstruct the road towards physical and emotional well-being and economic in-dependence for survivors.

FAMILY

80% of cases of eligible MA residents with family law matters turned away by civil legal aid programs due to lack of resources

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GBLS provides legal assistance to low-income individuals of all ages with disabilities and other health challenges to promote access to and retention of quality, affordable, and accessible health care and coverage, disability benefits, Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). GBLS also represents vul-nerable clients in nursing home eviction cases. The School to Prison Pipeline Inter-vention Project represents Boston-area children facing life challenges, ensuring that they are receiving the trauma-informed treatment they need so they can learn and stay in school. Community partnerships are a mainstay of our health and disability work, enabling us to expand our systemic advocacy efforts that include ensuring access to health care for all age groups, ensuring the rights of isolated nursing home residents, improving access to hospital and transportation services for people with disabilities, and guardianship reform.

One significant achievement in 2015 followed MassHealth’s notification to 300,000 members in January 2015 that they must reapply by March of that year or lose cov-erage, and 150,000 people lost their benefits. GBLS and allies worked to gain an extension from MassHealth allowing more members to re-enroll.

HEALTH & DISABILITY

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Elizabeth has a serious illness, which causes nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. After years of unsuc-cessful treatment, her doctors found a medication which successfully treated her symptoms. Her insur-ance paid for this medication. However in 2014, when she became Medicare eligible and enrolled in a Medi-care drug plan, Medicare denied coverage for the pre-scribed medication. Medicare based its decision on Elizabeth not having cancer and using the drug “off-la-bel.” Medicare (unlike commercial insurance) restricts coverage of off-label uses to diagnoses which are list-ed in one of three drug compendiums. Medicare did this by narrowly interpreting the law governing Medi-care coverage. GBLS Senior Attorney Nancy Lorenz took the case to the United States District Court, ar-guing against Medicare’s narrow interpretation. Judge Young issued a decision in which he complimented the lawyers, saying: “The parties’ briefing here reflects conscientious lawyering.” He then went on to explicit-ly adopt Nancy’s key argument that when care is pal-liative, approval for the drug should be linked to the symptoms being treated and not the diagnosis. This is a major victory not only for Elizabeth, but for other Medicare beneficiaries who are denied coverage for medically necessary off-label drugs.

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GBLS helps low-income tenants gain and preserve access to affordable housing; helps tenants and former owners of foreclosed properties pursue affordable purchas-ing options; defends homeowners who were victims of predatory and discriminato-ry lending practices; obtains and preserves shelter for homeless families and helps them obtain permanent, affordable housing; advocates for domestic violence victims to protect their housing options; assists tenant associations to understand housing policies and change unfair policies; and preserves affordable units at risk of being lost to market rates. GBLS works with a wide range of affordable housing advocacy groups, and advocates for changes to agency rules and regulations, as well as legis-lative action and reform.

In 2015 GBLS attorneys achieved a major victory at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Pinti v. Emigrant Mortgage Co., creating significantly greater pro-tections for homeowners facing foreclosures; with City Life/Vida Urbana won from a major corporate investor a series of multi-year leases at an affordable rent with an-nual increases capped at 3%; and won a discrimination case at the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination on behalf of seventeen Latino homeowners who gave an attorney money for loan modifications they never received.

HOUSING


A Weymouth family whom GBLS had been representing for over five years was able to buy their home back from Freddie Mac for over $100,000 less than the original mortgage. They had fallen behind on their mortgage while steeped in grief following the sudden death of their 2-year-old son, but were denied a loan modification. Following the foreclosure on their home, they kept fighting with help from GBLS who represented them in the eviction case. They were able to buy their home back, get the eviction case dismissed, and were also awarded $25,000 in damages in the settlement. After regaining ownership, the father in the case emailed one of his GBLS attorneys: “I truly do not know how to thank you. When I get back down to earth because I still can’t believe this happened I will be in contact to see how I can help the next person in line that was just like me.”

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GBLS provides legal representation to and advocates on behalf of low-income im-migrants. We prioritize cases of individuals and families seeking permanent refuge and safe haven, individuals subjected to domestic violence and sexual assault, and unaccompanied children. GBLS represents clients in cases before the U.S. Depart-ment of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice, and federal courts. GBLS responds to crises affecting the rights of immigrants as they arise, and advocates for law reform and systemic chang-es to secure and expand the right to asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the United Nations Convention against Torture. Staff coordinate GBLS’ immigration work with local, national, and international immigrant rights, civil rights, and human rights networks.

IMMIGRATION

52% of cases of eligible MA residents with immigration law matters turned away by civil legal aid programs due to lack of resources

GBLS represents poor individuals and families to help them access and retain financial assistance, Food Stamps (SNAP), child care, and related benefits. GBLS seeks to ensure that our clients are pro-vided with adequate notice of decisions, timely decisions on requests for assistance, and timely receipt of benefits. Staff engage in direct referral of cases from Boston homeless family shelter providers and education and training providers. GBLS provides training on public benefits to partner organizations. GBLS also works to reduce systemic barriers to public benefits by advocating for changes in state laws and in state and federal policy and practice.

In 2015 GBLS’ successful advocacy included persuading the Department of Transitional Assistance Commissioner to delay implementation of harmful regulations. These include a major change that would make it much harder to qualify for a Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children disabili-ty exemption, and a new barrier to parents’ ability to apply for a disability exemption.

WELFARE


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GBLS started the CORI & Re-entry Project in 2009 in response to numerous requests for help with the devastating effects of criminal records for individuals seeking a path to a better life and getting out of poverty. The project helps individuals in Boston’s poorest communities seal their criminal records; overcome barriers to employment, housing, benefits, education, and other opportunities; and learn about their rights as a result of CORI reform that took effect in May 2012. The project provides legal ad-vice, does intake at the Roxbury and Dorchester divisions of the Boston Municipal Court, and represents clients, one of whom expresses her thanks below. The project also engages in systemic law reform advocacy. GBLS is the only legal aid program in Massachusetts with a large-scale volume practice of CORI clients. The project is funded in part by the Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation and Equal Justice Works.

CORI & RE-ENTRY PROJECT

Blacks are 7% of the population but make up 26% of those who are incarcerated

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“Hannah [Tanabe, Fellow attorney] assisted me with getting my CORI sealed…I am currently in my new position, thanks to Hannah assisting me with this process. Thank you just wasn’t enough from me, so I wanted to let you know just how fantastic she is. She answered every question, and was very patient—which made me very patient and confident in the process. I can now move forward. Hopefully this is the beginning of a long career. Thank you so very much Hannah for all of your hard work and dedication. It makes me feel so good to know that there are people out here willing to go above and beyond for those less privileged. I am a single mom, and with many struggles, so having that on my record was hindering for sure. Now that this is out of the way, I can continue on my career path and provide for my child. You have no idea what you mean to me, and what your dedication meant representing me and getting that ‘yes’ from the judge to seal my CORI record. I am almost to tears with gratification. This case has haunted me for months. Well, that is the past. I look forward to my future.”


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CASE TYPESn Employment 9% n Family 11% n Health & Disability 10% n Housing 33%

n Immigration 15%n Income Maintenance 9%n Individual Rights 7%n Miscellaneous 6%

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n African-American 30%n Asian/Pacific Islander 9%n Hispanic 30%

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AGEn 0-17 3%n 18-59 77%n 60+ 20%

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GENDERn Female 69%n Male 31%

2015 STATISTICS

In 2015, GBLS provided legal assistance to more than 10,000 low-income people for whom we handled over 12,000 matters.


INCOME 2015 2014Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation 5,020,988 4,468,598Law Firms and Attorneys 3,682,532 3,526,175Cy Pres and Other Similiar Awards 209,026 231,187Foundations/Corporations 1,154,221 1,240,766Government Grants 1,955,029 1,813,014Individual Contributions 1,016,241 1,171,453United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley 382,601 439,271Miscellaneous 1,029,011 1,411,419TOTAL INCOME BEFORE DONATED SERVICES 14,449,649 14,301,883Volunteer Services 6,788,664 7,082,926TOTAL INCOME 21,238,313 21,384,809

EXPENSES 2015 2014Salary and Benefits Subtotal 11,835,591 12,583,385Non-Personnel Occupancy 526,117 439,823 Equipment and Supplies 522,317 404,544 Contract Services 310,200 342,023 Library and Litigation Expenses 192,090 250,060 Transfer to Capital 45,000 45,000 Miscellaneous 620,442 627,310Non-Personnel Subtotal 2,216,166 2,108,770TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE DONATED SERVICES 14,051,757 14,692,155Volunteer Services 6,788,6644 7,082,926TOTAL EXPENSES 20,840,421 21,775,081

CUMULATIVE OPERATING NET ASSETS 6,550,743 5,593,408

2015 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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The legal community demonstrates a special commitment to GBLS and its mission of ensuring access to justice regardless of income. Every year individual attorneys, law firms, and corporate law departments show the extent to which they respect and value the legal assistance GBLS provides to impoverished residents of greater Boston. Their support is provided in a variety of ways.

Leadership League($800 or more per Boston attorney) Choate, Hall & Stewart ColloraEnglander & ChicoineGoodwin Goulston & Storrs Hemenway & Barnes Kimball Brousseau Meehan, Boyle, Black & BogdanowNixon Peabody Ropes & Gray SkaddenSugarman and SugarmanWilmerHale

Pacesetter League($650-$799 per Boston attorney)Brown Rudnick Foley Hoag Sullivan & Worcester Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers

Reginald Heber Smith League($500-$649 per Boston attorney)Allen & HollanderLathrop & Gage Morgan Lewis

President’s League($350-$499 per Boston attorney)Davis, Malm & D’Agostine Fish & RichardsonKlein Hornig Nutter, McClennen & FishRobinson+Cole

Supporter League($200-$349 per Boston attorney)Burns & Levinson Clements & Pineault Dechert DLA Piper Landay, Leblang & SternMessing, Rudavsky & WelikyMintz Levin Rackemann, Sawyer & BrewsterSugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen

LAWYERS FUND DRIVE

Friends League(up to $199 per Boston attorney)Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman & Guekguezian Barton Gilman Bernkopf Goodman Boyle, Shaughnessy & CampoBreakstone, White & GluckCasner & EdwardsCetrulo Conn KavanaughDavids & CohenDay Pitney Donoghue Barrett & SingalGilmore Rees & Carlson Healy, Fiske, Richmond & Matthews Holland & Knight Janet E. BostwickKotin, Crabtree & StrongKrokidas & Bluestein Lawson & WeitzenLeClairRyanLee & Rivers Locke Lord McDermott, Will & EmeryMorrison Mahoney Morse, Barnes-Brown & PendletonOalican Law Group Ogletree DeakinsProskauer Rose Ruberto, Israel & Weiner Sally & Fitch

Segal RoitmanShaevel & KremsSheehan PhinneyStoneman, Chandler & Miller Swartz & SwartzTaylor, Ganson & PerrinVerrill Dana Wolf Greenfield

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLPFoley Hoag LLPMcDermott Will & EmerySkaddenWilmerHale

LAW FIRM FELLOWSHIPS

The following firms provided funding to support the salaries of GBLS attorneys.


$5,000 and aboveChelsea A. Loughran*Melissa & Gary TearneyAnonymous

$2,500 - $4,999Leslie A. McDonellMichael N. RaderMaria TrevisanAnonymous

$1,000 - $2,499Michael A. AlbertGreg CorbettJoshua M. DanielsBrenda DianaElizabeth L. Foster-NolanEdward R. GatesWill & Kristin GerberRichard GiuntaJason HoneymanMarc JohannesHunter D. KeetonAnna Kuznetsova-SchaferElizabeth Lintz* & John KramerMichelle NunezTimothy OyerCicely ParseghianMichael PomianekJames I. RubensAnthony E. RufoEric Rutt* & Mahlet AkluJohn R. Van AmsterdamRobert WalatPatrick WallerKaty WardAnonymous (4)

$500 - $999Alexander Adam*Kara K. AdamsEric AmundsenKatherine AnthonyCharles H. BakerCory C. Bell*Gitte BlanchetAbra C. BronAshley H. BrooksMargaret A. BrownSarah BurgKatie O’Neill BurgenerKristen ButeauJames R. Carroll & M. Claire MasintonTimothy John CarterKristina CaryDavid S. ClancyChristopher ClarkEben ColbyKevin ConroyChristine EspinoNeil FerraroMark FinsterwaldMichael Flannery*Dianne L. FradeJeff GoldmanAlexandra M. GormanPat GranahanPatrick Healy*Kurt W. HemrEzekiel HillMatthew HorvitzDavid T. JonesSara Jones*Leena Karttunen ContarinoDavid E. KatzJekkie Kim

Sarah KitchellGregory KopaczAndrew KopansMary KuusistoChristina LicursiCecelia LocknerMichael LoucksAllison LucierJoshua Matloff*Jarrod MattesonThanos Matthai*Matthew J. MatuleLeah R. McCoyBrent M. McDonaldJulia McLetchieJennifer Mendonca*Jessica MolsFrancesca Morency*Michelle NyeinRory P. PheifferSusan E. PravdaRandy PritzkerChristian RegnierMeg RehrauerKatherine ReynoldsGraham RobinsonMarlin Rollins Boyd*Daniel Routh*Marshall SenterfittEric W. SkeffingtonHeather SpragueThomas J. TuytschaeversEdmund J. WalshJennifer C. WhalenEmma YasharEmily K. YuAnonymous (12)

$250 - $499Paul AbbottBob AbrahamsenSteven AbreuJames AchesonJoshua AlmondJulia AmrheinErin AndermanJonathan AndermanNathan AndersonPeter J. AntoszykBrian & Meghan AweThomas & Sharon AyresJessica Ball*Shaun BarnesMegan BarrigerTabitha BartholomewBethany BartlettStephanie BerdickJeff BernarducciGabrielle BernsteinMatthew BerntsenMegan BiskDavid E. Blau*Michael L. BlauEdward BloomSarah BockAndrew BoulayStephen BoykoGregory R. BradfordDaniel BrodyAshley BrownJennifer BrownMichael Brown*Noah BrownKenneth E. BurdonBrendan BurkeErika D. CagneyHiram Carey

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Courtney N. Carr*Erica M. CarrollPaul CathcartAlexandra CavazosKarla L. Chaffee*Hsienying Shine ChenTani ChenMark CianciMarvin J. CineZach CloydStephany G. CollamoreJillian Collins*Christopher D. ComeauJohn P. CondonKathleen M. ConlonBryan C. ConnollyPatrick ConnollyTaylor CoonKyle CrossleyPaula G. CurryMelanie DahlErin DaleyWilliam DalsenElizabeth S. DavennyAndrew DeanRyan DeckJacqueline S. DelbastyEmily DertzDavid J. DerushaDrew DeVoogdDerek DomianKelly DonahueCaroline S. Donovan*Michael DooreBrandon DunnKatherine DysonAlison EggersKaren EisenstadtRoque El-HayekPeter ErichsenAmy FabianoTimothy Famulare

Jonathan R. FishburnCatherine FisherDeanna FitzgeraldMichael Fitzpatrick*Justin FlorenceMaya FlorenceWilliam B. Forbush, IIIAna Maria FranciscoThomas FranklinPeter FriedenbergKelly A. Gabos*Lindsey Gabrielsen*Jennifer GallopRebecca GallupJerome GarcianoIan GemmellGregory GerstenzangCourtney Gesualdi

Yasmin GhassabBenjamin GibbonsMichael GilbertGabe GoldmanAngela Gomes*Mark GorackeJennifer GormanKathleen GregorKatherine Guarino*Megan GustafsonGeorge S. HaightStephen P. HallJames HanifinAlison R. HarrallScott Harshbarger & Judith Burke StephensonSara HellmanDouglas M. Henry

Emily HodgeCaleb HoganMatt HolianSheryl A. HowardTiffany M. HowardTarae Howell*Nathaniel HulmeLauren IngegneriMichelle IodiceVictoria IppolitoRachel IrvingJennifer ItzkoffJeffrey M. JacobsteinHilary C. JaffeErik JohnstonOona JohnstoneJoseph Jolly & Susan Rivers

Catherine JonesMichael P. JudgeMegan Juel*Jeannie Kampas*Catherine KelleherAlycia Kennedy*Susan KesselJennifer KieferEvan KingKendra Kinscherf*Alexandra Klingenstein*Rebecca KlotzleRachel Kurlantzick*Adam T. Kurth*Brian & Jessica LambertRobert LazarSydney LeavensBrian Lee


Pictured above are the 2015 GBLS Associates Fund Drive captains from law firms across the Boston area. They helped to raise more than $400,000 from over

1,200 associates to provide legal aid to survivors of domestic violence.

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Matthew LeeVivian E. LeeDavid LefebvreDavid LewisGalen LewisDavid LiebermanStephanie LinDavid LinhartChristopher A. LisyFrank LiuDiana W. LoEsty LobovitsJennifer LoganDaniel LoskPatricia LynchKevin MaJennifer MacarchukKris MachadoThomas F. MaffeiMina MakariousJohn P. MartinMartha MartirSara MatternAndrew McArdellScott & Margaret McConchieMarguerite McConiheThomas McLeanColin McNiece*Rebecca MelaasMaureen MeredithKaty O. Meszaros*Douglas MetcalfAndrea Miller*Paul Momnie*Scott Moore*Michael C. MoranPatricia MoranJames MorrisRobin MorseCarla M. MoynihanRobert J. Muldoon, Jr.

Ian Mullet*Samuel MullinAlisha Q. NandaCara J. NelsonTimothy F. NelsonCatherine NgKevin K. NolanHarvey NosowitzChristopher NovakAndrew T. O’ConnorKait O’ConnorRobert J. O’ConnorMargaret O’GradyAdrianne OrtegaMichael S. PalmiscianoYoung M. ParkLorraine Pereira*Robert PetittNina Pickering-Cook*Jaclyn Piltch*Timothy M. PomaroleChristopher W. PriceDaniel ProcacciniKevin Quigley*Stephen Quinlan*Katherine Radtke*Douglas RauschRonaldo Rauseo-RicuperoJohn P. RearickSrikanth ReddyElissa ReidyPeter S. RiceLoretta R. RichardJennifer RikoskiMichael RileyMatthew P. RitchieAnne RobbinsWilliam RobertsMadeleine RodriguezDerek RollerJonathan RomitiAnne Ross*

Richard D. RudmanRonald & Mary RuthMichelle SandalsChristopher SchmittCourtney ScottKevin ScuraTracy ShaughnessyTamara ShepardGregory Shiferman*Peter ShultsMargaret SiegelMichael SiekmanAmber SommerMoshe SpinowitzEvan St. Jean*Lawrence T. Stanley, Jr.Ilenna & David SteinSharona SternbergAlyson StewartJeffrey M. StolerKeerthi SugumaranJennifer SullaJohanna W. SullivanJohn L. SullivanKatherine M. SullivanTimothy W. SullivanElliot M. SurkinDr. Janine SusanJason SussmanMelissa SydneyKuangshin TaiMark TangChelsea TeachoutPeter S. TerrisMatthew S. TisdaleKeith TomsJennifer TracyRoss TurnerAlana Van der MudeZaid van GiffenSara Van VlietBonnie Vanzler*

Mark VaughnShaun VavraJacob WalkerKacey WalkerGangQiao WangSophie WangSusan WangJeffrey D. WeberZakkary WedemeyerDaniel WehnerJohn WhitlockBruce D. WickershamKathryn WilhelmKevin WillisMelissa WongCourtney WorcesterCong Yao*Dan YoungAri ZivyonAnonymous (36)

$100 - $249Sarah AbelDaryl AchillesSunita AdluriGenevieve Aguilar ReardonAni AjemianCarmen L. AlbertJohn E. AlessiJessica M. Alfano PowellLauna AllenMichael AllenJoshua Alper & Nancy Sommers Stephen AltieriPriya K. AmarMatthew AmbrosAllison AndersonKevin AngleMaria ArlottoNicholas ArmingtonMatthew Arnould

Azure Aronsson*Shovon AshrafMichael AttishaMichael AventLisa J. Avery-PeckAdam BadikTasha BahalChristina BaileyKatherine BaileyAbigail BairdTyler BarnettCaitiln BarrettMatthew BarrettKevin BattSara BecciaEmma D. Becker*Meredeth A. BeersKendra BerardiAnthony BernardArpita BhattacharyyaJenna BigorniaBrandon BlackwellAlexander BoerNathaniel BoeschMarianna BorrelliJoshua M. BowmanJordan BowneSamuel BrennerKathleen BrillAshley H. BrooksPaul D. BroudeNathaniel BruhnAimee Fukuchi BryantGary BuchmanJohn BuekerWilliam BussiereDarian ButcherSteve BychowskiJohn CahillMichael CallahanCheryl CampbellGregory Carey

Eric J. CarlsonLizzie CarrDaniel CarragherBrett CarrollSean CaseyDavid CavellCarmen ChanAnderson ChangKatrina ChapmanAnthony J. CichelloKristin M. ClearyJeffrey ClevenSarah ClintonJeffrey ClopeckK. Nicole ClouseSarah-Elizabeth Herrup CloutierAdam CoffinIan CoghillClifford R. CohenJustin ColanninoCarrie ComitoLeo S. CorcoranJohn CorriganJonathan CoxLiam CraneDallas CruzPeter CuomoMisha Daha*Kathryn DahlenInna DahlinLeila Dal PosErin DaleyMelissa DanforthMelissa H. Davis*Christina S. DawsonMaegan DeareMichael DeIulisYuanshu DengPatrick Diaz & Elizabeth WeaverHeather J. DiPietrantonio

Adam DobsonNicole F. DooleyJames DorerBrian DoyleAnthony DrenzekPatrick DriscollRene DuBoisKerri DuffellKaty DuganAndrew DulbergWill DunhamKenneth EarleyJessica EarlyJulienne EbyCheryl EdelmanJudy EdingtonAndrea EichmanBrigitte EichnerJane EiseleinRebecca EllisDavid EmerBriana EricksonPaul F. Evans, IIIMatthew H. FarmerKara FayAlpa FedorChristopher FeudoAlyssa FitzgeraldBrian M. FlahertyTristan FoleyMegan FoscaldiImmanuel FosterSarah R. FrazierClark FreemanEric FrenchGeoffrey FriedmanRobert D. FriedmanSharon FryTim FuhrimanBruce GaffneyNicole GageBrendan Clancy Galgay

Matthew GalicaElizabeth GalvinSamantha GalvinNaveen GaneshAngela GaoIciar P. GarciaEmily GardelJesse GarfinklePeter GelzinisShaun GetchellMichael GiaimoAlison GloverDavid M. GlynnBeth GoldsteinJosh GoldsteinLauren GraberSarah GrandfieldAdam GrandyJosephine GreavesMatthew Greene

Darren T. GriffisCourtney GrohBrian GrossmanLara D. GuercioMichael HackettMary HagedornEdwin L. HallBrian HammellJonathan I. HandlerAllen HankinsJulie HanscomMichael HarrisonLeslie HartfordLarry & Suzanne HeffernanLynn HerivauxMargaret HickeyJillian HirschBrian HochleutnerJenna HoelerAli Holdway


“My wife, Michelle Connors, is a teacher at the Chenery Middle School in Belmont and her students won $125 for bringing in the most box tops in 8th grade. Rather than spend it on themselves, her students decided that they want to donate the money consistent with the theme of her class, which is to be an upstander and help those who can’t help themselves... they are donating the money to GBLS.”

— Adam Grandy, Associates Fund Drive donor & Locke Lord LLP Associate

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Leah HoughtonBenjamin HowePing HuElisabeth HuntChristopher IaquintoChenelle IdehenMeghan IngrisanoJennifer IoliArjun JaikumarBrendan JarboeJosh JarvisEmily JenningsRobert A. JensenClara N. JimenezKarishma JivaKaren Johnson & Jim BroderickLaura JohnsonAmelia C. JoinerBrian JudgeMichael JurasicJennifer KamocsayGregory M. KatzKristen A. KearneyE. Christopher KehoeStanley KellerRobert H. KelleyEdward KellyElizabeth H. KellyJessica KellyMargaret Kelty*Katie KennedyTyler KeyserShabbi KhanAustin J. KimSoo KimAlison M. Kinchla*Brian J. KingGwen KingThomas Kirchofer*Timothy Kistner

Daniel KleinBarry KlicksteinMariana KorsunskyCindy KungDavid KuznickJohn La LiberteAnelise LagoBrian LariveeMatthew LawlorPeter LaybournBrian LearyCourtney LeffingwellSharon LeiferGregory LenLindsay LeoneJessica Yaffie LeveroniElizabeth K. LevineMichael LickerGary LiebermanJacki LinNatalie LinendollLinh LingenfelterJonathan LipnickJason H. LissAndrew LondonAmy LonerganKate LuarasiVincenzo P. LucibelloJulie-Anne LuftiLeiha MacauleyKevin MacDonaldMs. MahajanMackenzie Mango*Kathryn ManzaGary M. MarkoffJohn MartiJames MattusClaudia MatzkoMegan McFaddenGrace McGuireGreg McIntoshMiriam McKendall

John McLaffertyLauren McPherson-SiegristMatthew V. McTygueHoward D. MedwedMichael MeidingerJacqueline MercierAndrea MerinGriffin MesmerMark C. MichalowskiJoshua S. MillerLaura MillerWinthrop MinotLaura Lee MittelmanKatherine MojenaCaitlin MonahanLiz Monnin-BrowderRebecca MortonMelissa MostowDanhai MuCaitlin MulliganMichael MullinsKathryn Cochrane MurphyPatrick MurphyCaitlin MurrayDr. Stephen MyersStephanie NeelyEmily Nelson*Melanie NelsonClaire Newton*Qing NianNathanael NicholsAllison & Miles NortonJohn E. O’Brien, Jr.Sharon O’BrienBridget O’ConnellYukiko OkaJaclyn O’LearyCarrie W. OlsonJulia OngCourtney OrazioKathryn OstmanKendi E. Ozmon

Julie PalmerAmoli PandyaKaterina S. Papacosma*Christopher PapavasiliouStefan Pappius-Lefebvre & Sara del NidoBarbara ParkerMr. ParkerCicely ParseghianDavid PeloquinRegina PentiNicole PetersonWilliam PezzoniRory P. PheifferDianne R. PhillipsKelly PhippsJeffrey PikeChristopher S. PittTracy PlantsCharles PlattJoseph PolonskyChad PorterKathleen PorterThomas V. PowersWyley ProctorMeng PuaGauri P. Punjabi*Leah Rabin*Laura RaistyDipti RamnarainRebecca RaphaelsonMatthew ReardonEliza ReedRyan R. ReedEmily RenshawJohn ReynoldsGlynis Ann RitchieMatt RiviereAdam RizkMichael J. RobbatBrett RobbinsDr. Vincent P. Rocco

David RodgersRuben RodriguesElizabeth RohlfsHanna RoosTimothy RoskelleyElizabeth C. RossAlexandra RothBenjamin E. RubinJoshua RudawitzDaniel RudoyAnthony E. Rufo*Sabrina Rusnak-CarlsonJoseph & Pamela RutkowskiJennifer Sacco SmithElka SachsCharlene SajiKristen SalvaggioSarah Schaffer RauxPaul SchmidErik SchneiderSara SchnorrJordana SchreiberAdam ScollMelinda Kathryn SeeversLeah Segal*

Diane SeolJessica SergiJeff SeulElizabeth ShahAnthony ShaheenRobert ShamesJonathan ShankPeter ShaplandNeerja SharmaRobert ShawJessica ShearerMichael ShiposhKen ShulmanLucas SilvaDavid SilvianJeanna SimeoneSean SmallJ.D. SmeallieElizabeth SmithGeoffrey H. SmithStuart Duncan SmithWei SongJessica SotoDavid SoutterTyler L. SparrowClaire M. Specht

Jim SpellmanAnita SpiethWilliam J. Squires, IIIKathleen St. JohnErin Staab*Nicholas J. StabileLaura StaffordRyan StarrMatthew StaymanSonia SteeleKate StewartSerge SubachMichael SullivanBeibei SunYi SunJack M. SuttonC. Thomas SwaimEmily SyKayla TabelaSamuel TaylorWilliam TaylorEric TeasdaleDavid TegelerKatie ThomasonAmy ThompsonJen Thompson

Michael ThompsonAndrew TibbettsMatthew TikonoffAmy TindellPatrick TraceyDenise TsaiOlivia UittoTal UnradWilliam UnsworthRyan VachonRajesh VallabhColin Van DykeMary VelasquezMichael P. Visconti, IIITracy VrablikSarah WaelchliKatherine WaiteJessica WallShaina WamsleyBarbara WandGang WangJennifer WangOulu WangDaniel WeingerDavid R. WeissmanAllison Whitmore

Melissa WhitneyJanet WigrenDaniel WilcoxChaloea Williams*Rebecca WilskerBenjamin WilsonEllen WongKeith WoodRichard YanofskyDominic Yee*Stephen S. YoungTorrey YoungAlice YuHannah ZaitlinZachary ZemlinXirui ZhangYin ZhouStephen & Anne ZiobrowskiDavid ZuckerJames ZuckernikAnonymous (48)

* Associates Fund Drive chairs and captains

We wish to acknowledge and thank the following law firms who facilitated the award of class action lawsuit residuals to GBLS.

Berman DeValerioBurns & Levinson LLPFogelman & Fogelman LLCGilardi & Co. LLC

Law Offices of PIP Collect, LLC Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.Pastor Law Office, LLPSeyfarth Shaw LLP

Sloane and Walsh, LLPSugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C.

2015 CY PRES* AND OTHER SIMILAR AWARDS

* Cy Pres awards are residual funds arising from damages awarded in successful class action cases, that are un-claimed or cannot be distributed to all the class members or beneficiaries who were the intended recipients.


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Analog DevicesArbella Insurance Group Charitable FoundationAriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Biogen Boston Globe/Affiliated PublicationsBoston Scientific CorporationCambridge Trust CompanyCitizens BankCopyright Clearance CenterDelaware North CompaniesDiversified Funding IncorporatedEastern BankEaton VanceEMD SeronoFidelity Investments

Fiduciary TrustInterSystemsIntralinksLiberty Mutual Insurance CompanyLPL FinancialMFS Investment ManagementMilliporePlymouth RockPutnam InvestmentsRed Sox FoundationReit Management & ResearchSantander BankShire PharmaceuticalsState Street Foundation

CORPORATE FUND DRIVE

CORPORATE SUPPORT

BainBrown Brothers HarrimanCitizens BankEaton VanceEMD SeronoErnst & YoungFidelity InvestmentsFiduciary TrustGMOHaemoneticsHarvard ManagementJohn Hancock

Loomis SaylesLPL FinancialMFS Investment ManagementMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNatixisP&G GillettePricewaterhouse CooperPutnam InvestmentsRaytheonState Street CorporationWellington

Attorneys from these corporate legal departments participated in the In-House Attorney Drive.

$2,500 and aboveMichael* & Berry CappucciJudy & Jonathan ChielRamon & Joanna HerreraJohn J. Hitt*Martha Mazzone*Valerie E. TippingAnne* & Brian TrinqueAnonymous

$1,000 - $2,499Erin BagleyIra S. BielerChristopher R. Bohane*Mary M. BornJon BourgaultMarc BryantJames BurnsKrista Busnach D’AloiaJennifer L. Carpenter*Bill & Mary Ellen CoffeyRalph C. DerbyshireLeigh-Ann P. DurantStephen D. FisherKwadwo FrimpongScott GoebelAmy J. GouldThe Hankins FamilyJudy HoganPatricia R. Hurley & Michael WeindlingScott & Jennifer Kirwin

Joseph B. Kittredge, Jr.Robert* & Mona LeveilleJean LoewenbergMichael & Amy MacDougallJane Price Schwartz & David SchwartzThomas & Donna ProvostChristopher L. SechlerPeter D. Stahl & Tara C. McCarthyAnonymous (5)

$500 - $999Mark & Lisa BelangerKeith BrunoMargaret A. CareyDavid CarterKimberly CollinsJonathan & Kim DavisPamela W. EglestonJody ForchheimerMaureen A. GemmaSarah Gill*Matthew HeffernanDenise HilgerJames HoodletScott A. LivelyHeather Schirmer MahoneyJohn B. MaynardKathryn MurtaghAllison MyersBart Newland

Nga NguyenSusan PereiraGregory L. Pickard*David Potel & Nancy BlumRebecca Radford*Andres E. SaldanaMeaghan Lane Sanders & Galen LewisStacey N. SchmidtErin Teetshorn*Anonymous (7)

$250 - $499Russell AbornDaniel P. BarryThomas & Margaret BridgeCecile ButlerElizabeth ChernusJohn DanelloMary DiMaitiJohn & Kate DonovanCharles FelsenthalJack Foley & Kim O’BrienChristina M. FrangosStephen T. GannonRebecca GildingJill GrossbergLen & Peggy* HoMirela IzmirlicVasiliki KalaitzidisJane MaterazzoAlicia Matos

Kelley E. McNeilMatt NevinsMelissa SheaAnonymous (5)

$100 - $249Deborah Bergerson-MooreAlan BlockDavid L. BohanThanda Fields BrassardChristine BrennanMegan BuntingEmily CarrollJessica H. & Timothy CollinsKaren CrupiMaria E. DamicoMeta DavidNati DavidiKelly DavisMark C. DiVincenzoMichael DonowitzEleanor EvansDiane Fernandes*Scott FriedmanJulie GannAlex & Jane GavisRobin GotshallJason HarrisonLaura HirstMitchell KarmanJennifer J. Madden

J.P. MelloMark MitchelsonMolly MuglerAmy Mulligan-CapocciDeirdre O’BoyleKevin O’BrienJohn Perullo*Linda Podheiser*Gregory L. PottleJohn J. Powers*Melissa A. ReedSusan M. RobertsJessica RungKrista B. RyanThomas SamolukSean SeamanBetsy SeelTalis E. SejaShuilun SetoGordon ShoneLaura & David SilvianMatthew TaverniAstrid Tsang & Will ToubmanJonathan UrbonJohn W. WalshKatherine WillsShawna YenPhil ZachosAnonymous (8)

IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY DRIVE

* In-House Attorney Drive captains


$50,000 and aboveThe Janey FundDavid & Cynthia PhelanAnonymous (3)

$25,000 - $49,999Stephanie L. Brown FoundationThomas J. & Midge DeSimoneJohn F. DonohueRichard IandoliMelissa & Gary TearneyAnonymous

$10,000 - $24,999Stanley ChenCynthia M. ClarkeCogan Family FoundationStephen M.L. CohenMartin & Marjorie B. CohnJonathan & Margot DavisJ. Kenneth FelterRobert S. Frank, Jr.Deirdre M. Giblin & David B. DuBardLena G. & Ronald P. GoldbergLouis A. & Phebe S. GoodmanRichard A. Marks & Jennifer MorrisonRobert J. NagleLia & William PoorvuLawrence R. SidmanEdwin SmithMarian A. TseThe Wang FoundationSteven & Nancy Wilcox

Anonymous (3)

$5,000 - $9,999Timothy C. BlankBernard & Bonnie BonnStephen J. BrakeJohn J. CarrollWilliam J. ConnollyDavid CushingMike ElefanteSteven S. FischmanTimothy FrenchElizabeth FriesMichael & Linda FriezeThomas G. GunningRobert J. HildrethGeoff & Debbie HowellPatrick T. JonesFred & Alicia KellyDavid A. KluftDaryl Lapp & Cathryn KatoRobert & Mona LeveilleChelsea LoughranMartha MazzoneJames W. McGarryEdward J. NaughtonChristopher K. PfirrmanJohn J. ReganLarry & Nancy RoweJeffrey RudinLaura E. SchneiderJohn J. SicilianoEve M. SlatteryW. Thomas & Joan C. SmithMay & Tetsuo TakayanagiJerry & Laura TichnerAnne & Brian TrinqueEdward J. WeissAlbert P. & Judith Zabin

The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationB. Andrew Zelermyer & Daniel RomanowAnonymous

$2,000 - $4,999Gregory E. Bulger FoundationDavid ChangElaine M. EpsteinRhys GardinerChristine Gilman & Thomas AndrewsThe Irene Greif and Albert Meyer Family FundPhilip & Mary Causey HamiltonEllen M. HarringtonSusan A. HartnettLarry & Susan HeffernanNancy KeatingJohn & Tappy KimpelWilliam A. KnowltonMartha J. KosterGordon LawrenceKenneth W. LukeFrancis Lynch & Sally Mapp WalkerAlex H. MacDonaldHoward D. MedwedRobert W. and Gladys S. Meserve Charitable TrustCheek Family FoundationSamuel B. MoskowitzJohn NadasBrian & Erin PastuszenskiVincent J. PisegnaMark Polebaum

Alison F. ReifThe Rothstein FoundationRobert SanoffEllen SemonoffKaren SiegelRobert A. Skinner & Jody Collins SkinnerJeffrey M. StolerAndrew M. TroopWilliam B. TylerDonald Vaughan & Lee RidgewayMichael ZarrenBen Zimmermann

$1,000 - $1,999Susan H. AlexanderMichael L. AltmanR. Peter & Ann AndersonDavid BeckJohn E. BowmanPatricia BoyceRobert & Ann BuxbaumLarry & Christine CarsmanRonald M. & Nancy M. DavidsBrian DeckerJay DeYoungPatrick P. DinardoLee & Nancy J. DunhamMartin M. FantozziJoseph R. FlemingJan FreemanMarc & Michelle GaryHalley GilbertGary Gill-AusternMonica HalasJoshua & Helen HartshorneKay Hideko Hodge

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Christian M. HoffmanTim HoitinkMary Jo JohnsonWilliam B. KingPeter Kochansky & Lauren DiasJoseph L. KociubesDonald G. LekaEric & Susan MarandettKim V. MarrkandRoger H. MatthewsSusan C. McSwainMartha L. Minow & Joseph SingerJoseph J. MuellerJoseph E. MullaneyMark V. NuccioMark PearlsteinCatherine E. Reuben & Scott L. GlanzmanDavid W. & Deirdre RosenbergMary K. RyanThomas G. ShapiroAdam L. SisitskyFranklin G. StearnsElizabeth SteeleNorman Stein & Mindy LubberArthur & Abigail TelegenMichael H. TurkScott WebsterDeborah Jackson WeissCarolyn A. WiesenhahnMonika A. WirtzAnonymous (3)

$500 - $999Ned & Maureen AbelsonAlexander BagnallDaniel J. Bailey, IIISeth & Linda Bauer

Harvey BockDinah K. BodkinTom BrownDavid BurtJ.W. Carney, Jr.Ira CarpStephen W. CarrCameron & Michael CaseyJeff CoburnH. Theodore & Cynthia CohenJerry CohenCoolidge Coolant Co., Inc.Elizabeth CurranJennifer Perrigo & Kevin CurridJoanne D’Alcomo & Stephen ElmanAnthony M. DonigerAlan S. EmmetEllen P. FisherCatherine FisherKevin FitzpatrickMichael P. FlammiaDaniel & Jo FormanKyle FreenySarah GillLisa C. GoodheartDaniel L. GreenbergElizabeth A. HouldingAlice IzumoEdward JeffriesMitchell H. Kaplan Daniel & Priscilla KarnovskyTom & Cathy KehrwaldJekkie KimKarl E. KlareWilliam & Amy KolbWilliam Brack & Jessica LaddChristopher & Katherine Laughman

Natalie LissyGeorge P. MairGail Mann & Steve KlionskyRebecca M. McNeillMatt & Amy MugheriniRobert J. Muldoon, Jr.John NayOld Cambridge Baptist ChurchC. Whitney PedersenShirin Philipp & John HigginsScott D. PomfretMichele & Meyer PotashmanFrederick & Ruthann PriftyKathleen ProvostMeg RehrauerRebecca RogersDavid Rozenson & Jessica Solodar RozensonRoberta L. RubinDevin SmithRobert & Elizabeth SmithEmily A. SpielerState Cleaning Service, Inc.H. Michael StevensRebecca TepperPaul Tremblay & Linda BeattieBruce I. TribushMichael UngerSanjay VakilChristine WichersJohn T. WilliamsNeal & Clea WinnegToni G. WolfmanDouglas WolfsonStephen S. YoungRebecca ZeidelRobin ZeitzAnonymous (5)

$250 - $499Anthony V. AgudeloAdam AldenRichard & Rosemary AllenMichael S. AppelVictor N. BalteraSteven & Martha BarrettDavid A. BarryDeborah L. BensonJohn & Suzanne BesserMichelle Blauner & Adam RuttenbergWilliam L. BoeschAndrew & Jennifer BorggaardBowman Selig Family Charitable TrustDaniel & Jill BradfordMargaret BrillEllen A. BruceSarah S. CabotRichard & Mara CalamePatricia CantorAndrea CarrilloCarolynn A. CartelliDeborah CarterElizabeth A. CastellaniFrancis E. Chin, Chin & Curtis, LLPAndrew CohnJessica H. & Timothy CollinsEdward M. ConditRobert A. CreamerZoe & Eric CroninDeirdre A. CunnaneJennifer Perrigo & Kevin CurridRoslyn Daum & Andrew NicholsJames DiTullio

Jason & Adrien DuncanKevin DunckleeMark DyenJennifer Effron & Doug ArshamJesse A. FeckerSusan Marie FineganVicki FortinoLeigh R. FraserZelda & Elkan GamzuNadia K. GareebAlan S. GeismerGentle Giant Moving Company, Inc.Patricia GoudvisChristine M. GriffinJames B. HainesSylvia & Roy A. HammerEvelyn HaralampuMichael J. HarozJennifer HarringtonMerle HassAbigail HemaniCatherine & John HennBrad & Jane HonoroffEdward & Eleanor HowardHUB InternationalDavid P. HutchinsonTakirah S. HyltonThomas P. JalkutWinston K. JonesGregory JosephSusan KaimJoanna KaoLeah S. KaplanRudolph & Helen KassAdam J. KesselSusan KesselPatrick King & Sandra MoodyJamie KleinJeffrey Kopacz


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Joanne LeeRegina F. LeeMary K. LeonardAaron LevangieAndrew R. LevinWerner & Carol LoheLauree MansourCynthia Mark & Man Chak NgNicholas MathewsonKathleen McGrathMichael M. MillettStephen Moeller-SallyMichael E. MooneyChristine M. NetskiLeslie NewmanJohn G. O’NeillEric & Shirley Paley

Quentin PalfreyNicole L. M. ParsonsSteven P. PerlmutterNancy E. PhillipsColleen PowellJohn J. PowersRobert C. PozenJames R. PughJeffrey & Elizabeth PyleAndrea Geiger ReElizabeth A. RitvoRMR Group LLCAllan G. RodgersRegina E. RomanLaurie F. RubinSarah SableSaul Schapiro & Bella RosnerScott J. Schoen

Sheldon & Ellen SchwartzDavid & Jane ShapiroCarol SheaSamuel SherryTimothy SmithMarvin SparrowIlana Hurwitz StarfieldSteve & Joan SubrinJames A. SwartzTim SyrettDeborah L. ThaxterJames E. ThomasMohan ThomasLaurence H. TribeJamie L. WacksCarol J. WagnerAlvin C. WarrenDouglas & Judith WeinstockRichard & Sally Weitzen

Paul E. WhitePhil ZachosLiane ZeitzGeraldine M. ZipserShannon Steele ZolloAnonymous (2)

ADDITIONAL DONORS

We are also grateful to the many people who gave up to $249.

Thank you to the many donors who recommended that GBLS receive a grant from the American Endowment Foundation, Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Fidelity Charitable, Renaissance Charitable Foundation, and Schwab Charitable, U.S Charitable Gift Trust, and Vanguard Charitable.

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We are very grateful to the following law firms and in-house legal departments who provided pro bono services to GBLS clients in 2015, and to their many individual attorneys, too numerous to list here, who handled GBLS cases.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLPDechert LLPDLA Piper LLP (US)EMD Serono, Inc.Foley Hoag LLPGlickman TurleyGoodwin Procter Goulston and StorrsHenshon Klein LLPHinckley AllenJohn Hancock

Latham & Watkins LLPLiberty Mutual InsuranceLPL FinancialLocke Lord LLPMeehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow. P.C.Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PCNutter, McClennen & Fish, LLPRopes & GraySullivan & Worcester LLPWilmerHaleWolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

PRO BONO SERVICES

Ensure justice for all in the justice system.Go to www.gbls.org and click on “Donate now!”

Since 2015, attorneys and staff from the Boston offices of DLA Piper have given a helping legal hand to low-income tenants facing eviction. Going into housing court without a lawyer (pro se) often ends in eviction — no matter what the circumstances might be. GBLS runs a weekly clinic to provide information and assistance to clients who will be defend-ing their tenancy pro se, and DLA Piper has increased GBLS’ capacity by running another clinic once a month. “The training by [GBLS attorneys] Jay Rose and Barbara Zimbel as well as the mentoring by [GBLS attorney] Mac McCreight is very thorough,” says Geoff Howell, DLA Piper partner and GBLS Board member. Thanos Matthai, a DLA Piper asso-ciate, adds, “It gives us the chance to work with colleagues in different practice groups with whom we don’t normally work. We also know that by running the clinic, DLA Piper gives GBLS attorneys more time to work on their cases and other matters and we are glad to contribute in that way.”

DLA PIPER (BOSTON) AND ITS PRO BONO EVICTION DEFENSE CLINIC


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Thank you to the many individuals, companies, and firms including those listed below for their generous gifts of goods or services.

Devin CohenDevid EmerSusan FinneganMark Gottlieb, Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of LawLaura Greenberg-ChaoGeoffrey HowardSimon J. Klein, CPALocke Lord LLP Magic BeansThanos MatthaiNAVIGANTHieu Nguyen

Kevin O’ConnorChip PhinneyWilliam (Bill) L. RosenfeldJoshua D. RovengerThomas SkiattaraJessica SotoMichael StombergMichael SugarSugarmanVictoria C. SpetterWilmerHaleValerie A. Yarashus

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Members of the GBLS Legacy Society make a lasting commitment to legal services by including GBLS in their wills or other planned giving vehicles.

John J. CarrollThomas G. GunningPhilip K. HamiltonRichard A. MarksJoseph E. MullaneyStephen H. OleskeyDavid W. Rosenberg

Robert A. & Sloan K. SableRichard W. SouthgateJohn B. WardStephen S. YoungAlbert P. ZabinAnonymous

For more information on how to become a member of the GBLS Legacy Society, please contact your attorney, financial advisor, or Anna Marie Ventura at GBLS (617-603-1565).

GBLS LEGACY SOCIETY

A donation was made in honor of Robert Bruce Allensworth

by William Allensworth

A donation was made in honor ofDick Bauer

by Ethan Bauer

A donation was made in honor ofKelly Caiazzo

by Jaimie Caiazzo

A donation was made in honor ofBetsey Crimmins and everyone else at

GBLS who make a difference to vulnera-ble families and individuals every day!

by Anonymous

A donation was made in memory ofRhoda Davidsonby Adele Hoffman

A donation was made in memory ofJohn J. Desmond III

by Jeffrey, Roberta, & Becky Fortgang

A donation was made in honor ofKen Felter, in celebration of his retirement from Ropes & Gray

by Ropes & Gray LLP

A donation was made in honor ofSteve Fisher

by Ellen P. Fisher

Donations were made in memory ofMuriel Kannel

by Albert P. & Judith Zabin

Donations were made in memory ofHonorable Jerald Klein

by Natalie DeNardo, Jean Fahey

Jodi Utter, Meaghan Willis

Donations were made in memory ofJames Lish

by Anne Buchanan, Sheila Green,John J. Hamilton, Jennifer Harrington,

David Landis & Sean Dowdal,Margaret A. Moses,

Deborah & Mark Pasculano,Susan Remkiewicz, Jay Sandvos,

Erica Scheik, Wendy Spivak,Lorraine Undank

Donations were made in memory ofGael Mahony

byDavid Beck, Gregory Joseph,

Steven & Michelle Karol

A donation was made in honor ofManagement of InterSystems

by Robert J. Nagle

A donation was made in memory ofhis mother, Rose Sidman

by Lawrence R. Sidman

A donation was made in honor ofNancy Samiljanby Anonymous

A donation was made in honor ofMarvin Sparrow

by Goulston & Storrs

Donations were made in honor ofJack Ward

by R. Peter & Ann Anderson,Ilene Weismehl

Donation were made in honor ofAl Zabin

by Joel S. Freedman, Anthony Martin, Richard J. Snyder

COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS

While we made every effort to include all donors in this report, if we have inadvertently omitted any donor, please accept our apologies and contact Lauren Shryne, Annual

Giving Coordinator, at 617-603-1596 or [email protected] for record correction.


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Massachusetts Legal Assistance CorporationUnited Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack ValleyAscentriaBiogenBorchard Foundation Law and Aging CenterBoston Center for Independent LivingBoston College Legal Assistance BureauBoston Medical CenterBoston University School of LawPeggy Browning FundChelsea/Revere/Winthrop Home Care Center, Inc.City Life/Vida UrbanaCoalition for Social JusticeCommunity Action Agency of SomervilleCorporation for National and Community Service - AmeriCorpsEqual Justice AmericaEqual Justice WorksFamily Values at WorkGuardianship Community TrustHarvard Legal Aid BureauHomeStartHyams FoundationJust-A-StartMassachusetts Association of Councils on Aging and Senior Centers Directors, Inc

Minuteman Senior ServicesMystic Valley Elder ServicesNational Domestic Workers AllianceNational Network to End Domestic ViolenceNortheastern University School of Law Project HopeRosie’s PlaceStaples, Inc.The Second StepSomerville Cambridge Elder ServicesSomerville Homeless CoalitionSouth Shore Elder Services

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! PARTNERS

Community Legal Services and Counseling CenterLegal Advocacy & Resource CenterMetroWest Legal ServicesVolunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association

EASTERN REGION PARTNERS

Arbella Insurance Group Charitable FoundationThe Baupost GroupBoston Bar FoundationBoston FoundationBushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Hall Charitable FundCitizens Bank FoundationJane B. Cook 1992 Charitable TrustDow Fund Eastern Bank Charitable FoundationCharles H. Farnsworth Charitable TrustHyams Foundation

Lawrence Model Lodging Houses TrustMassachusetts Bar FoundationPhyllis McGillicuddy Charitable TrustGeorge H. and Jane A. Mifflin Memorial FundMiller FoundationNew Directions Foundation New Prospect FoundationOak FoundationSailors’ Snug Harbor of BostonGardiner Howland Shaw FoundationTD Charitable Foundation

FOUNDATION PARTNERS

Thank you also to the more than 80 other community-based groups and social service organiza-tions with whom GBLS partners, too numerous to list here. GBLS’ collaborative working relation-ship with these partners is critical to early identification of emerging issues faced by Boston area’s low-income communities, to reach out to some of the neediest clients in the community, and to jointly develop effective approaches to successfully address specific problems.


Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health Executive Office of Public Safety Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance Office of the Attorney General City of Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly Department of Neighborhood Development Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, BRA/EDIC

City of Cambridge City of SomervilleUnited Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, High Commissioner for Human Rights U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentU.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

PUBLIC SUPPORT

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We are grateful to the following volunteers who provided administrative or paralegal services during the year.

Marie AltenorLisbeth BritzCynthia CobhamJoanne Daniels-FinegoldJulia FinleyHarrison Fitch

Jonathan HoltRobert LannonGeraldine PierreWilliam RosenfeldBarbara SullivanGilbert Thomas

FELLOWS

Eleanor CashmoreEmily CrimFrank CurrenVentura DennisLydia EdwardsSheila Gholkar

Liliana IbaraSarah LeidelJuan LopezAmanda LoringLaura MassieSam McDowell

Elizabeth McIntyreSummer Moore-EstesMatt NickellTram NguyenAlexa RosenbloomShayak Sarkar

Lauren ShryneRachel SmitHannah TanabeStephen TowerAriel Woodard-StephensDeena Zakim

The following individuals, in addition to many law students, volunteered substantial commitments of time in 2015 to GBLS and its clients. Their service, as reported in the Financial Statements, was valued at $6,788,664. We are also very grateful to the many pro bono attorneys, too numerous to list here, who handled GBLS cases at their firms.

Elizabeth BadgerJean CharnSusan ChimeneThomas Earl CriceJudith DiamondRussell DunningEllen Gabriel

Julie GharagouzlooJane GottschalkJohn HarringtonGuenter HiortNam Hee KimYina KimBrian Lin

Kara MaddalenaEvelyne MartialR. Hardin MatthewsMargaret MoranIbone Moreno De ArayHieu NguyenRichard Rafferty

Edward RiceRobert SableJane G. SmithPhillip WeinbergAlbert Zabin

VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS

VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE — AMERICORPS

Angela Bunnell Laura Burnett Julia ButnerSheila Gholkar

Louisa Gibbs Colleen Hibbert Christopher KatsoulisSusan Malouin

Norah Alafairi SofticAna Caroline Souto Jessie Tang

Fellows and students assisted GBLS’ clients and staff through programs sponsored through the following.

American University in BulguriaBarnard College • Columbia University Bentley University Berea College Boston College Boston College Law SchoolBoston University Boston University School of LawBoston University School of Social WorkBrandeis UniversityBrooklyn Law SchoolCornell Law SchoolCurry College Dexter Southfield High SchoolHarvard College Harvard Law SchoolHarvard University

Janey Scholars ProgramsJewish Vocational ServicesNew England LawNortheastern University School of LawQuinnipiac University School of LawSuffolk University Law SchoolSuffolk University, Sawyer Business SchoolThe Fletcher School of Law and DiplomacyThe University of Michigan Law SchoolThe University of Texas School of LawTufts UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts Boston University of Notre Dame Law SchoolWake Forest University School of LawYale Law School

SCHOOL & OTHER PROGRAMS


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Yessenia AlfaroIsaac D. BantuElaine BennettTimothy C. BlankRuth BoddenBernard J. Bonn IIIJohn E. BowmanStephen J. BrakeHarold BrownStephanie L. BrownShaquella ButlerJohn J. Carroll Jr.Myrnairis CepedaCynthia M. ClarkeWilliam J. ConnollyJanyce CunninghamAllene CurryJoanne Daniels-FinegoldRonald M. DavidsThomas J. DeSimoneWilliam DillonPatrick P. DinardoRita DixonJohn F. DonohueMichael B. ElefanteJohn Kenneth FelterTimothy FrenchElizabeth Shea FriesMegan N. GatesTracy GibsonHalley GilbertAngela GomesLouis A. GoodmanJames Grant

Dorothea G. GuildThomas GunningProf. Philip K. HamiltonEllen M. HarringtonCatherine HarrisSusan A. HartnettLawrence P. HeffernanJillian HirschPeggy HoKay Hideko HodgeGeoffrey A. HowellRonda JacksonWinston JankeeFred A. Kelly Jr.David A. KluftPaulina Laurency-MathisDonald G. LekaRobert R. LeveilleChelsea LoughranKenneth LukeAlex H. MacDonaldMichael MacDougallJane MalleiElaine Marin-RuffRichard A. MarksWendy MasonMartha A. MazzoneHoward MedwedJennifer MendoncaShams MirzaJeffrey W. MittlemanSamuel B. MoskowitzTimothy MungovanRobert J. Nagle

Edward NaughtonSalea PerryChristopher PfirrmanDavid C. PhelanVincent PisegnaJohn J. PowersAlan J. RomDavid W. RosenbergDavid A. RozensonJeffrey RudinLaura SchneiderJohn J. SicilianoEve M. SlatterySuzanne SmallEdwin E. SmithJames G. SokoloveFranklin G. StearnsBeverly SteedJeffrey M. StolerMelissa TearneyArthur TelegenJerome B. TichnerNatalicia TracyAnne TrinqueMagalis Troncoso LamaAndrew M. TroopMarian A. TseSherri TuckerDonald VaughanEdward J. WeissSteven A. WilcoxAlma WoodberryB. Andrew ZelermyerBen Zimmerman

BOARD MEMBERS


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Innovator of the Year Award, Massachusetts Councils on Aging: Elder, Health and Disabil-ity Unit Senior Attorney Betsey Crimmins was honored for her elder abuse prevention work.

2015 Boston Rising Stars, National Law Jour-nal and Connecticut Law Tribune: Employ-ment Law Unit Equal Justice Works attorney Fellow Lydia Edwards was selected to join this list of 40 outstanding lawyers in the Boston area age 40 or younger; received an honorable mention in the Boston Globe Magazine’s 2015 Bostonian of the Year list; and was recognized by the Massachusetts Coalition to End Human Trafficking in appreciation for her work along with the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers.

2015 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars: Lydia Edwards and GBLS CORI & Re-entry Project attorney/AmeriCorps Legal Advocate Susan Malouin were recognized in the annual listing.

Boston College (BC) Law Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) Board honor: Family Law Unit Senior Attorney and BC Law School Ad-junct Professor Mithra Fernandez-Kan (former-ly Merryman) was recognized for her extensive work in support of victims of domestic violence.

2015-2016 Women’s Leadership Initiative, Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts: Welfare Law Unit Attorney Lizbeth Ginsburg was selected to participate in this program that provides mentoring and leadership devel-opment for Massachusetts women attorneys identified as rising stars.

2015 Super Lawyers: Immigration Unit Act-ing Managing Attorney Nancy Kelly and GBLS CORI & Re-entry Project Lead Attorney Pauline Quirion were recognized in the annual listing.

2015 Massachusetts Bar Association Ac-cess to Justice Legal Services Award: Senior Attorney in the Employment and Welfare Law Units Elizabeth Toulan was honored with this award and also received the 2015 Massachu-setts AFL-CIO Merit Award for dedicating her career to social and economic justice, epitomiz-ing what it means to be a union legal services advocate, and making earned sick time a reality in the lives of nearly one million workers.

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