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FY2015 AnnuAl RepoRt
Shift the power
About our workHer Justice engages the talent and resources of New York City’s law firms and corporations, bringing together committed lawyers and determined women to secure life-changing results.
Our servicesFor over 23 years, Her Justice has ensured that women
receive critical legal services that help them achieve safety,
self-sufficiency and stability. We offer a full range of free,
legal services—information, advice, brief services and full
representation—in family, divorce and immigration matters
to address the urgent needs of indigent women and their
children, especially those who have suffered domestic violence
and immigrants isolated by language and culture.
Pro bono first What makes Her Justice unique is its “pro bono first” model.
Her Justice specializes in offering pro bono assistance—
connecting volunteer lawyers from over 80 premier firms
with low-income women who desperately need a lawyer. Her
Justice provides essential legal assistance to indigent women
and children, as well as expert training and support for the
attorneys who represent them.
Her Justice identifies women with cases that would result in
serious injustice without legal help. every day, our staff screens
clients and identifies what legal services are most responsive
to their needs—full representation from a volunteer attorney,
or advice or brief services from our staff attorneys. In that way,
Her Justice matches the best legal services to each client and
brings the power of the legal profession to those who need it
most, empowering low-income women and children to avoid
homelessness and overcome poverty and abuse.
A trusted partner throughout New York City Her Justice is an on-site partner at all four of the City’s Family
Justice Centers—in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and
Queens—where we provide a full range of direct legal services
and work with other partner organizations (law enforcement,
social services and legal services) to provide holistic assistance
to abuse victims in their communities. We also partner with
community-based agencies and conduct outreach clinics to
reach women isolated by language and culture.
Leverage makes the difference leveraging our small staff by tapping the talent and resources
of private firms, Her Justice increases exponentially the number
of women who go to court with their own lawyers and
obtain the legal protections that they and their children need
and deserve. last year, Her Justice provided essential legal
assistance to over 7,400 women and children. every dollar
donated to Her Justice delivers $6 worth of legal services.
“I got my life back and a fresh start. I am now a whole person, a voice to be heard.” Her Justice client
affirmative asylum
immigration case
Wonfirsto
ur
for a victim of domestic violence who would have been killed had she returned to her
home country
INCreAse IN tHeIr INCOme85%
her justice clients with litigated child support,
spousal support and/or divorce cases received an average
after representation by a pro bono attorney
provided legal
assistance to
3,121 women 4,323 cHildrenbecome safe, supported and
economically securehelping them and their
146 clients can now work
legally in the u.s.
Accomplishments
with partner law firms or her justice staff attorneys
Placed 1,152 new legal matters
to receive legal representation on
their family, immigration and divorce cases
enabling 664 clients
Her Justice obtained over $760,500 in recurring money awards
for low-income clients and a total of
$476,713 in lump sum payments
leveraged
59,205 hours
from volunteer attorneys to help our clients
mOst OF Our CLIeNts Are mOtHers ANd Are ALsO FACINg dOmestIC vIOLeNCe.
the critical need for our services
1-IN-4 OF tHe wOmeN we serve needs an interpreter in order to access
the Courts. For the foreign-born, court is even more daunting.
1%4%
22%
30%
15%
28%
manHattan
brooklyn
staten island
other areas
bronxqueens
motHers not facing domestic violence
mothers facing domestic violence
not mothers
mothers 71%
29%
86%14%
Who we serve
domestic violence is a
leading cause of homelessnessfor women and their children
Her JustICe serves wOmeN IN ALL FIve bOrOugHs OF NYC.
over 80%of people in family court
handle their cases
without a lawyer
of people are able to
defend themselves
successfully in immigration court
Without a lawyer,
only 13%
more than twice the City’s
overall poverty rate
most poor, single-parent
families are headed by women,
and the
Poverty rate for single
motHers is 43%
OPerAtINg reveNues
Individuals $ 1,555.728
law Firms $ 1,530.070
Corporations $ 985,482
Foundations $ 365,652
Government $ 466,691
Interest/Miscellaneous $ 41,865
tOtAL OPerAtINg reveNues $ 4,945,488
Donated legal Services $ 31,457,230
tOtAL reveNue $ 36,402,718
InDIvIDuAlS 32%
lAW FIRMS 31%
FounDAtIonS 7%
CoRpoRAtIonS 20%
GoveRnMent 9%
InteReSt/MISC. 1%
w H e r e O u r F u N d s C O m e
F r O m
OPerAtINg exPeNses
legal/program Services $ 3,208,763
Fundraising/Communications $ 638,170
Management /General $ 304,644
tOtAL OPerAtINg exPeNses $ 4,151,577
Donated legal Services $ 31,457,230
event expenses $ 603,036
tOtAL exPeNses $ 36,211,843
Net INCOme $ 190,875
totAl ASSetS $ 4,791,605
totAl lIABIlItIeS $ 394,821
totAl net ASSetS $ 4,396,784
leGAl /pRoGRAM SeRvICeS 77%
FunDRAISInG/CoMMunICAtIonS 16%
MAnAGeMent/GeneRAl 7%
H O w O u r F u N d s A r e
s P e N t
FinancialsJuly 1, 2014–June 30, 2015
$100,000+Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson llpIolA Fund of the State of new York
$50,000–$99,999AnonymousAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld llpAlixpartnersAnchorage Capital Group, l.l.C.Avenue Capital GroupKirkland & ellis llplouis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.national public Finance Guarantee/ MBIA Foundationpaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison llpSimpson thacher & Bartlett llpverizon Wirelessthe William J. and Dorothy K. o’neill Foundation
$25,000–$49,999the A.D. philanthropic FundAlvarez & MarsalAIGBakerHostetlerBernstein litowitz Berger & Grossmann llpBlackstone’s Foundation and partnersCadwalader, Wickersham & taft llpCenterbridge partners, l.p.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton llpCravath, Swaine & Moore llpDavis polk & Wardwell llpernst & YoungFtI Consulting, Inc.Goldman, Sachs & Co.Greenberg traurig, llpJones DayKramer levin naftalis & Frankel llplatham & Watkins llplowenstein Sandler llpMilbank, tweed, Hadley & McCloy llpMillstein & Co., l.p.Morgan, lewis & Bockius llpo’Melveny & Myers llpproskauer Rose llpQuest turnaround Advisors, llCRothschild Inc.Schulte Roth & Zabel llpSeward & Kissel llpShearman & Sterling llpSidley Austin llpSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llpSullivan & Cromwell llpWachtell, lipton, Rosen & KatzWeil, Gotshal & Manges llpWhite & Case llpWillkie Farr & Gallagher llpZolfo Cooper
$15,000–$24,999the Alice lawrence Foundation, Inc.Alston & Bird llpCBRe, Inc.Debevoise & plimpton llpDentonsthe Fortin Foundation of Florida, Inc.Hughes Hubbard & Reed llpJpMorgan Chase & Co.K&l Gates llpKing & Spalding llporrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Foundationpershing Square Capital Management, l.p.pfizer IncSociété GénéraleStroock & Stroock & lavan llpvenable llp
$10,000–$14,999Allen & overy llpAngelo, Gordon & Co.Appaloosa Management l.p.Bloomberg philanthropiesCapstone Advisory Group, llCCenterview partners llCCurtis, Mallet-prevost, Colt & Mosle llpDavidson Kempner Capital Management lpevercoreGlC Advisors & Co., llCGrant thornton llpGreenhill & Co., Inc.Houlihan lokeythe Hyde and Watson FoundationJoele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer KatcherKasowitz Benson torres & Friedman llpKekst and CompanyKurtzman Carson Consultants llClazardlily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. McGuireWoods llpMiller Buckfire & Co., llCMoelis & Companypaul Hastings llppwCprime ClerkQuinn emanuel urquhart & Sullivan, llpthe Richard A. Busemeyer Atheist FoundationStroz FriedbergYoung Conaway Stargatt & taylor, llp
$5,000–$9,999American Academy of Matrimonial lawyers FoundationArent Fox llpBMC Group/SmartRoomChilmark partnersCiti private Bank law Firm GroupCohnReznick llp
Contrarian Capital Management, l.l.C.DlA piper llp (uS)Dontzin nagy & Fleissig llpHenry nias Foundation, Inc.Jefferies llCKelley Drye & Warren llpMarotta Gund Budd & Dzera, llCMesirow Financial Consulting, llCMetlife Foundation volunteer project Fundthe new York Bar Foundationnixon peabody llpnour Foundation Rabobank
$1,000–$4,999the Brees Dream FoundationBlank Rome llpBrookfield Asset Management Inc.Charles River AssociatesClarion partners, llCCrowe Horwath llpCrowell & Moring llpepiq SystemsFarrell Fritz, p.C.Fragomen Worldwidethe Fourth universalist Society Garden City Group, llC (GCG)General Re CorporationHolwell Shuster & Goldberg llpthe Hun School of princetonHuron Consulting GroupK2 IntelligenceKinetic partnersKpMG llpKramer Kozek llpKrollthe links, Incorporated, Greater new York ChapterMcDermott Will & emery Charitable FoundationMetlifeMetzger-price Fund, Inc.the Morrison & Foerster Foundationnational Basketball Associationpachulski Stang Ziehl & Jonespurrington Moody Weil llpthe Ruth and Seymour Klein Foundation, Inc.Skandinaviska enskilda Banken ABSontag Advisory, llCthe Spence School Stonehill Capital Management, llCtogut, Segal & Segal llptwin Haven Capital partners, llC
INstItutIONAL dONOrs
Your support connects women in crisis with the most powerful legal network in New York City
July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015
With gratitude
$50,000+Mary and Alok Singh*
$25,000 -$49,999Allison and timothy ColemanSusan Cook and Drew Fine*Catherine J. Douglass and Bruce p. Dohrenwendlisa J. Donahue and John patton*the A.D. philanthropic FundJoy and Steven M. ZelinKaren and Ken Ziman*
$10,000-$24,499Anonymouslaura Z. BarketDale and Max Berger*lori and Jeffrey Brodsky*April Marshall and Steven p. Clausen*Catherine v. Curry and Andrés v. Gil*theanne M. Chivily and Matthew A. Feldman*patricia Ferrari and Andrew Jánszky*Sonia e. GardnerAdrienne and edward J. Goldthorpe*Grossman Family philanthropic Foundationerin e. Hill*elaine Johnston*Cathy M. KaplanKim Koopersmith and William J. BornerIzumi Hara and David n. Koschik*David S. Kurtz laura and Kevin lavinIvan R. lehonelizabeth F. Maringer and Jay A. ShilandMillicent and Darin McAtee*Mary elizabeth McGarry*Keith McGregorAbby and Bruce MendelsohnDenise l. loring and peter v. pantaleo*Cynthia Smith and Gregory petrickloretta and John Rapisardieric M. RosofSuzanne puls and Robert C. Schwenkel*Amanda A. lin and nathan C. thomasHarry J. Wilson
$2,500-$9,999Anonymouselizabeth AbramsMarcie A. Goldstein and Bijan Aminivirginia A. Arcari and John e. tavss*lee AttanasioCatherine S. G. AtterburyDiana Barrett and Robert vilalisa BeckermanFrances S. Campbell and Roger netzer*Kurt CellarKerry D. Chandler*Jennifer M. Danielslauren and thomas F. DoninoBruce G. Douglass
INdIvIduAL dONOrs
*contributed to the catherine J. douglass tribute fund
Art dONOrsspecial thanks to the galleries
and artists who donated art to our
2015 annual Photography auction
& benefit
Slim AaronsHolly AndresMax BergerJulie BlackmonJames BleeckerJeff Brouwsesther Bubleyelizabeth ChilesMirah CurzerCharlotte DumasMitch epsteinJeremy FrechetteStephanie Freid-perenchioRon GalellaMegan GorhamHayden M. GreeneGeorge GruelBob GruenGail Albert Halabantim HallStephen HarmonWilliam HelburnChip HooperMichael KennaRick KopsteinDaniel KramerChristopher lange
paul langeKarine lavalRicky leaverMark lewisJoseph lucasGabriella McSwainJames v. MignognaGreg Millerliz okonRuth orkinMelissa o’ShaughnessyJon plasseFrancois portmannpriscilla RattazziSuzy RoSabrailaMike SegarMax touheypeter C. turcoellen von unwerthKenneth R. Weinbergtodd WeinsteinDrew WiedemannMelissa Fry WiedemannBaron Wolman
Artists
galleriesBenrubi GalleryJean B. Bubleyedwynn Houk GalleryHoward Greenberg GalleryJulie Saul Gallerylilly Global MediaMcKay Williamson
Resorts World CasinoReutersRobert Mann GalleryRuth orkin photo ArchiveSikkema Jenkins & Co.Staley-Wise Gallery
Christine C. Douglass* David eismanMaria Cilenti and Michael emblerGarrett A. Fail*tinamarie FeilAnnette l. nazareth and Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.Diane and Joseph Genovapamela Samuelson and Robert J. GlushkoJustin GmelichJay M. GoffmanDiana and Harrison J. GoldinMarcia and Mark Goldstein*elaine and Anthony GrilloDenise C. Kozloff and David B. Gross, Kozloff Family Foundationelizabeth and Michael J. HanniganJane M. Hanson and patrick e. Shrout*Constance D. Harvard*Kathryn M. Heleniak*Kelly M. Hnatt and Bradley e. RandallCarla Hughson-Schmidt*Karen and peter Jakes*Kathleen M. Kheel*Richard S. Kleinvanessa A. lavely*David B. ludwigpeter J. lyonMarilyn and Robert Mazur*Joff A. MitchellKimberly Short and Richard W. Morgnerlauren nowierskiCarol Sedwick and Michael patrick*Kathryn A. Reavis and David StrohmDavid l. SawyerSang K. Yi and Helfried J. SchwarzRoopesh and Allison ShahMary and David SolomonMichael StadnickCharity Shumway and Gregory M. Starner*tara e. Yamaoka and Michael K. Sullivan*peggy and David tannerHarriet and Myron trepper*
$1,000-$2,499Anonymous (6)Iris and nathan AdlerRobert e. AllenJane and norman AlpertJudy and John Angelolisa F. Arpaia and David A. KrettMitchell Auslander*peggy BaderAnne Griffin and Joe Baio*vivek BantwalMarcia and Douglas BatesonSteven M. Biermaneve BirnbaumRobert BishopJeffrey e. Bjork
nicole Deller and Matthew S. Bliwisevanessa BossardKenneth BresslerCassidy and Douglas BrushStephen H. CanJames J. Capranatacha Carbajal*Charlita C. Cardwell and Martez MooreAlan J. CarrJoe CashelJane M. Castlelori and edward CohenKen ColbyDebra A. Dandeneau and Jeffrey e. Matchenpaul DeutchJames l. DobsonJulie A. Domonkos and Daniel leffell*Mary and Stephen DowiczHon. Betty Weinberg ellerin*Shamita D. etienne-Cummingspeter M. Faulknerpatrick B. FennMargaret and eric FriedbergJesse Furmannancy C. Gardner and edward J. GarofoloMaxine and theodore Gellerlaura Impert and Steven D. GermainJill l. Goodman and Melvin J. Bukiet*Kathleen M. ulrich and Stephen e. GrayBeth Ann and David J. GreenwaldMatt GuillSally and Jat Gullapallitammy HamzehpourAlison Hansteadpaul e. Harnertimothy J. HeineRita A. HernandezRichard and Carole HochhauserMatthew Horvathtouché Howard John G. Hutchinsonemily D. JohnsonRobert M. KaufmanYukako KawataDenise and Alexander M. KayeJames p. Kelleypamela and Michael Kelly*Gail KemplerAndie and Jimmy Koplikterry Gushner and leonard lauferJohn J. lavelleWindy l. lawrence*nancy l. lazarJack Q. leverDenise and David n. levineSusan and Robert lewinCatherine Woodman and Walter p. loughlin*Janice Mac Avoy and Johnson McKelvy
Cynthia MarshallDeirdre and John McGuinnessDenise and Francis MentonJames Mesterharmeileen M. Hoffman and Robert n. MichaelsonDavid S. MillerCarolyn and Jim MillsteinAbigail and Jonathan MosesArthur J. nagleomid nasabSharon l. nellesekwutozia u. nwabuzorthe o’Connell Family FoundationMaureen M. o’learyJohn R. ollerlaura Smith and John olsonCraig packerStephen M. payneverdun perryMichael psarosDaniel A. RichardsKaren and John RigneyDeborah and David n. RobertsMike RobinsonJulie M. Saul*lauri W. Sawyer*ellen Schoninger and efraim GrinbergJeanette thornton-Schwab and peter M. SchwabJolie Schwab and David R. HodesChristopher ShafferSuvarna ShahDavid Shawelizabeth Ann Smith and John p. BarrieJeffrey Q. SmithColby A. SmithMeg and Steven D. SmithDebra and Mitchell I. Sonkin*Rachel and Alexander F. Sternedward M. Strozleon Szlezingerelizabeth R. talerman and Doug Chertoklindsay and edward G. timlinCarmel lowenthal and eric A. tirschwellMartin tuchmanKristin and Christopher updike*Robert e. WagerSharon J. Weinberg and Jeffrey ZimmermanMichael WyseFelicia Yieh pan and Michael pan*nanar and Anthony A. Yoseloff
4,108 donations under $1,000 totaling $430,000
“I’m relieved that all of this is behind me; I can finally move on with my life.
From the bottom of my heart, I thank you endlessly—I don’t know what I
would have done without my lawyers.” Her Justice client
Who we are
Jeffrey H. aronsonCenterbridge partners, l.p.
Hon. shelley c. chapmanuS Bankruptcy Judge Southern District of new York
norma c. corioAmerican express Global Business travel
lisa J. donahueAlixpartners
catherine J. douglass, esq.Founder, Her Justice
bryan P. marsalAlvarez & Marsal
Jim millsteinMillstein & Co., l.p.
brad eric scheler, esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson llp
myron trepper, esq.
seNIOr LeAdersHIP COuNCIL
akin gump strauss Hauer & feld llP
alston & bird llP
bakerHostetler
bernstein litowitz berger & grossmann llP
cadwalader, wickersham & taft llP
cravath, swaine & moore llP
davis Polk & wardwell llP
dentons
fried, frank, Harris, shriver & Jacobson llP
greenberg traurig, llP
Hughes Hubbard & reed llP
Jones day
K&l gates llP
King & spalding llP
Kramer levin naftalis & frankel llP
lowenstein sandler llP
milbank, tweed, Hadley & mccloy llP
morgan, lewis & bockius llP
o’melveny & myers llP
orrick, Herrington & sutcliffe llP
Paul, weiss, rifkind, wharton & garrison llP
Proskauer rose llP
seward & Kissel llP
shearman & sterling llP
sidley austin llP
simpson thacher & bartlett llP
skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom llP
stroock & stroock & lavan llP
sullivan & cromwell llP
wachtell, lipton, rosen & Katz
weil, gotshal & manges llP
white & case llP
willkie farr & gallagher llP
COrPOrAte PArtNers
amy barasch, esq.executive Director
Jennifer l. decarli, esq., lmswSenior Director, legal Services
nancy nagourneySenior Director, Finance and operations
exeCutIve stAFF
amy barasch, esq. (president)Her Justice
Jeffrey a. brodskyQuest turnaround Advisors, llC
matthew a. feldman, esq. (vice Chair)Willkie Farr & Gallagher llp
Patricia ferrariMBIA/national public Finance Guarantee
drew s. fine, esq.Milbank, tweed, Hadley & McCloy llp
nancy gardner, esq. (Secretary)S&p Capital IQ*
sonia gardnerAvenue Capital Group
marcia l. goldstein, esq.Weil, Gotshal & Manges llp
edward J. goldthorpeApollo Global Management
erin e. Hill, esq.JpMorgan Chase & Co.
cathy m. Kaplan, esq.Sidley Austin llp
Kim Koopersmith, esq.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld llp
david n. Koschik, esq.White & Case llp
Kevin J. lavinAnkura Consulting Group*
ivan r. lehon cfa, cfe (treasurer)ernst & Young Capital Advisors, llC
elizabeth f. maringer, esq.national Basketball Association*
darin P. mcatee, esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore llp
bruce H. mendelsohnperella Weinberg partners*
sharon l. nelles, esq.Sullivan & Cromwell llp
Peter v. Pantaleo, esq. (Chair)Simpson thacher & Bartlett llp
John J. rapisardi, esq.o’Melveny & Myers llp
craig l. reicherCBRe, Inc.
eric m. rosof, esq.Wachtell, lipton, Rosen & Katz
robert c. schwenkel, esq. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson llp
roopesh K. shah Goldman, Sachs & Co.
mary singh
steven m. ZelinpJt partners*
Ken Ziman, esq.lazard Frères & Co. llC*
bOArd OF dIreCtOrs
catherine s. g. atterbury, esq.*Deutsche Bank
douglas a. brushKraft & Kennedy, Inc.
natacha carbajal, esq.BakerHostetler
garrett a. fail, esq.Weil, Gotshal & Manges llp
mark w. HojnackiMcKinsey & Company
emily d. Johnson, esq. (Co-Chair)Wachtell, lipton, Rosen & Katz
vanessa a. lavely, esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore llp
alison r. levine, esq.Willkie Farr & Gallagher llp*
laura s. milano, esq.Kramer levin naftalis & Frankel llp
ekwutozia u. nwabuzor, esq.JpMorgan Chase & Co.
michael o’HarapJt partners*
alison l. sawyer, cPa/cff, cfeKroll Inc.
christopher m. scudero, cPa, cff, citP
stephanie a. skelly, esq.the Mara Group, llC*
greg m. starner, esq. (Co-Chair)White & Case llp
michael K. sullivanGrant thornton llp
christopher J. updike, esq. Cadwalader, Wickersham & taft llp
stephanie weathers-lowin, esq.Stroock & Stroock & lavan llp
JuNIOr AdvIsOrY bOArd
*Name or affiliation has changed since June 30, 2015
*Name or affiliation has changed since June 30, 2015
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