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For more than 40 years, Legal Momentums work has touched and
improved the lives of our nations women and girls. Our efforts have
been essential to creating gender equity in the workplace and schools,
increasing public attention to the issues of women and poverty, and
improving the legal system for victims of sexual and domestic violence.
Furthermore, our successful advocacy has helped to improve laws, public
policy, the courts, and education.
With your support and generosity, we were able to accomplish a
tremendous amount during our 2013 scal year. Some highlights include:
Producing groundbreaking reports comparing single-parent families inthe United States and other countries and dispelling the myths about
single motherhood;
Helping to pass the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act inCongress and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in the New York
City Council;
Educating hundreds of court personnel across the U. S. about victimsof sexual violence by producing and presenting new curricula,
workshops, and webinars;
Working to increase participation by women and girls in registeredapprenticeships and Career and Technical Education;
Advocating to reduce the risk of rearms in domestic violence.
Our work is far from nished. Women still face gender bias at home, in
the workplace, in schools, and in courts. Legal Momentum is committed
to continuing to advance the rights of women and girls until all women
and girls can participate fully and fairly in all aspects of society, but
the need for our work far exceeds our resources. We cannot fulll
our mission without your support. On behalf of the board and staff of
Legal Momentum, thank you for your continued commitment to this
organization and our important work.
Sincerely,
Linda A. Willett
Chair
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July 23, 2012
New York Times Economix Blog
Discouraged Dads by Nancy Folbre
This argument, combined with the
widespread misperception that most single
mothers are black, helps explain why
policies in the United States are so much
less supportive of single parents than those
in other countries. It also helps explain whypoverty rates among children in the United
States are exceptionally high. (For detailed
statistics, see this compendium provided by
the advocacy group Legal Momentum).
July 27, 2012 TheNation.com
This Week in Poverty: TANF, VAWA,
and Playing Politics with the Lives of
Low-Income People by Gregg Kaufmann
The House leaderships Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA) agenda seems to be
much like its so-called economic agenda:
it harms those who are weakest and those
who need these programs the most. Thats
how Lisalyn Jacobs, vice president for
government relations at Legal Momentum
the nations oldest legal defense andeducation fund for women and girls
explains the awed House VAWA bill and
Speaker John Boehners refusal to reconcile
it with a stronger, bipartisan Senate version.
September 21, 2012 TheNation.com#TalkPoverty: Tim Casey and Lisalyn
Jacobss Questions for Obama and
Romney by Gregg Kaufmann
TheNation.com featured Legal Momentums
Tim Casey and Lisalyn Jacobs for its series,
#TalkPoverty, an effort to push a deeper
conversation about poverty into the mainstream
political debate. The series proled people
working on poverty-related issues and laid out
the questions they wanted President Obama
and Governor Romney to answer.
October 16, 2012 Truthout
Skilled Women Break Through Barriers
to Entry and Promotion in Trades Work
When we bring cases, we are not just
interested in getting justice for one woman,says Franoise Jacobsohn, project manager of
Equality Works, Legal Momentums program
for women in nontraditional occupations.
Were interested in getting policy changes
that will benet women more generally.
November 19, 2012
Womens Wear Daily:
Legal Momentum Honors Fashion Set by
Alexandra Steingrad
Women were front and center Thursday
night at Legal Momentums Equal
Opportunity Awards Dinner, and so, too,
were some of fashions biggest names.
Barneys New York chief executive ofcer
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Mark Lee, Diane von Furstenberg and Vogue
magazines Andr Leon Talley were given awards
for their work in advancing women in the fashion
industry.
December 21, 2012 TheNation.com
This Week in Poverty: Single Mothers-The Worst
Off by Gregg Kaufmann
Id be hard pressed to come up with anyone who is
doing more to shatter the myths about single mothers
in the United States than Tim Casey, senior staff
attorney at Legal Momentum, the nations oldest
organization advocating on behalf of the legal rights of
women and girls.
February 5, 2013
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Kathleen Dunn Show
Legal Momentums Lisalyn Jacobs was a guest on the
Kathleen Dunn Show on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Lisalyn discussed the history of the Violence AgainstWomen Act, its provisions, and the Senate vote.
February 28, 2013
National Public Radios All Things Considered:
House Passes Expansion of Violence Against
Women Act
Lisalyn Jacobs of Legal Momentum, a womens
advocacy group, says cases often go stale when state or
federal prosecutors have to drive hours to get to crime
scenes on remote Indian reservations.
February 28, 2013 In These Times
VAWA: A Victory for Women But Which
Women? by Rebecca Burns
There are three key areas where the new version
of the Violence Against Women Act represents a
big step forward: Its explicit about the fact that theVAWA addresses and covers all survivors of violence,
regardless of their sexual orientation; it makes
improvements in long-standing provisions having to do
with immigrant women and their access to services;
and it better addresses the needs of survivors of
domestic violence in Indian country.
March 13, 2013 The New York Times Opinion
Pages: Room for Debate
The New York Times invited Legal Momentum
to participate in a debate regarding how college
campuses should deal with sexual assault cases. The
question was whether the schools should directly
handle these crimes or leave the investigation to
police and prosecutors. Legal Momentums position
was that the strengths and weaknesses in both
possibilities should be considered. As we explained,higher education campuses are limited in their
ability to penalize a perpetrator. However, a victim
of sexual assault may not want law enforcement
involved in the case. We point out the serious
concern that both campus judiciary boards and
criminal courts may believe myths about rape.
We suggested that those involved in investigating
or adjudicating allegations of sexual assault on a
campuswhether the educational institution or
criminal justice systemshould obtain training and
assistance to ensure that they understand the issues
surrounding sexual assault.
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March 19, 2013 USA Today
More States Offer Job Protections for
Abuse Victims by Matthew Daneman
Michelle Caiola, senior counsel at Legal
Momentum, a Washington-based [sic]gender equity legal, education and advocacy
group, said states began putting such rules in
place close to a decade ago. Although most
states have statutes providing protections for
crime victims, laws specically carving out
protections for domestic violence victims
are especially needed, Caiola says. There
remains a bias against victims of domestic
violence, she says. A stereotype. Its an issue
people dont want to be involved with or take
very seriously.
April 13, 2013 PolicyMic
The Face of American Poverty Today
by Amanda L. Freeman
Second, the U.S. does not provide a
comprehensive safety net of public benets.Our social welfare programs are much less
generous than other high-income countries,
and low-wage work is much more common
in America, says Timothy Casey, a senior
attorney for Legal Momentum. In fact, all
other high-income countries offer some form
of child allowance, a monthly payment to
assist parents in caring for their children,
according to Casey.
May 23, 2013 EverydayFeminism.com
Sexual Harassment at Work Shouldnt
Be Your Reality by Danica Johnson
Legally, companies are not allowed to
take any adverse action against a person
complaining of discrimination, says
Michelle Caiola, Senior Staff Attorney and
Acting Litigation Director at the womens
legal defense and education fund Legal
Momentum.
Adverse action might include transferring
the person to a different department or
switching them to a less desirable shift.
Legal Momentums Worst Off report has
been featured in:
ThinkProgress.org: America ProvidesFar Less Support To Single Parents Than
Other Wealthy Countries (12/20/2012)
Truthout: On The News with Thom
Hartmann (12/22/2012)
The New York Times: Austerity for
Posterity (12/24/2012)
Forbes:
Bad Relationships Dont Standin Poor Womens Way. Bad Policies Do
(1/4/13)
About.com: Is the U.S. the Worst Place
to Be a Single Parent? (1/9/13)
CNN Opinion: Sandberg Left Single
Mothers Behind (3/3/13)
UCLA Luskin School of Public
Affairs: Ph.D. Student Aids inGroundbreaking Study (3/20/13)
New York Times Motherlode Blog:
Single Parents: Unsupported, and
Feeling the Blame (3/20/13)
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For more than 40 years, Legal Momentum has played a pivotal role in womens lives. In Fiscal Year 2013, Legal
Momentum has worked to bring about systemic change, dismantle barriers, and help ensure womens economic
and personal security through an effective combination of policy initiatives, judicial education, precedent-
setting litigation, grassroots outreach, and advocacy.
ADVOCATING FOR BETTER LAWS AND POLICIESLegal Momentum provides policy makers,
government ofcials, and thought leaders at all
levels with authoritative information on the status
of women in our society. As attorneys and human
rights advocates, we understand the numerous waysin which Americas laws and policies affect womens
lives and impact the public interest. Through our
advocacy, we work to improve federal, state, and
municipal laws and policies.
In September 2012, the Ofce on Violence Against
Women of the U. S. Department of Justice invited
Legal Momentum to a meeting of federal agencies
that were beginning to implement workplace violence
policies. The policies are required by a Presidential
Memorandum that was signed in April 2012 at
Legal Momentums instigation. The memorandum
established policies on sexual and domestic violence
in the workplace. Legal Momentums vice president
for government relations, Lisalyn Jacobs, thanked the
administration at the meeting and provided technical
assistance to the agencies as they began their work.
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
2013 (VAWA), which Legal Momentum advocated for,
was signed in March. This time, the passage of VAWA
differed greatly from previous years. The process was
far more contentious than in the past due to political
differences over the inclusion of immigrant, Native
American, and LGBT survivors of violence. Legal
Momentum was at the helm of the National Task
Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against
Women, working with members of Congress to get
the bill passed as well as with members of the press to
help the public understand the need for the bill.
The National Task Force to End Sexual and
Domestic Violence Against Women, which Legal
Momentum founded in the 1990s, engaged in a letter
campaign regarding the Public Safety and Second
Amendment Rights Protection Act (known as the
Manchin-Toomey amendment), which was introduced
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INCRE ASING AWARENESS ABOUT
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENThanks in large part to Legal Momentums
work, our legal system has made signicant
improvements in addressing the needs
and circumstances of victims of sexual
assault and domestic violence. Since
1980, Legal Momentums award-winning
National Judicial Education Program
(NJEP) has worked to educate justicesystem professionals and the public about
the realities of sexual assault and domestic
violence through training curricula,
publications, and testimony that improve
understanding of and support for victims.
However, misconceptions, gender bias, and
myths about gender-based violent crimes
and victim behavior are still widespread.
Legal Momentum is committed to
continuing our work to
reduce gender bias and
ensure that victims of
violence nd justice in
courts of law.
With Violence Against
Women Act funding
awarded by the
Department of Justice
Ofce on Violence
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in the Senate in April, 2013. If passed, the act would
have expanded background checks to all commercial
and internet gun sales. The National Task Force is a
coalition of more than 1,300 state, local, national and
Tribal organizations serving millions of victims of
sexual and domestic violence. Its efforts emphasized
the intersection between gun violence and sexual anddomestic violence. As the letters explained, research
shows that access to rearms yields a more than ve-
fold increase in the risk of intimate partner homicide.
The letter campaign both thanked those senators
who voted in favor of the amendment and expressed
concern and disappointment to those who did not.
In June 2013, the U.S. Senate passed a Comprehensive
Immigration Reform bill that contained signicant
improvement in protections for immigrant survivors
of violence. The National Task Force to End Sexual
and Domestic Violence Against Women put signicant
effort into getting the bill passed.
Legal Momentums Lisalyn Jacobs examined
immigrant issues, women, and social justice
movements as a featured panelist at the South Asian
Summit 2013 conference hosted by South Asian
Americans Leading Together.
Legal Momentum also shared our expertise in
advocacy beyond the borders of the U.S. In August
2012, representatives of Legal Momentum were
invited to travel to Fiji as part of an American Bar
Association-sponsored delegation that met with
women leaders and faith-based, human rights, and
anti-violence advocates. With fellow advocates Break
the Cycle, Futures Without Violence, Aequitas, and
Jewish Women International, we delivered a two-day
training on grassroots and legislative advocacy and
met with activists and advocates, as well as the U.S.
Ambassador.
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conference in June. In April, NJEP also
presented a webinar on how language shapes
our response to sexual assault.
Legal Momentum has been at the forefront
of the movement to change the way the
media, courts, and victim advocates speak
and write about sexual assault. NJEP
Project Attorney Bayliff brings to light how
frequently we use inappropriate language
when talking about sexual assault in a
program titled Raped or Seduced? How
Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual
Violence.For example, news articles that
describe the victim as having sex with
her rapist use the language of consensual
sex to describe an assault. Writing that a
rape occurred shifts attention from the
perpetrator and makes it seem like the rape
just happened. The presentation was
featured at the 2013 End Violence AgainstWomen Conference in Baltimore and
offered as a seminar at the New York County
Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Court.
Participants at all these events found the
information eye-opening and informative
many wrote in evaluations that it was the
best seminar they had attended, and that
they look forward to helping others become
more aware of this issue in the future.
This year, NJEP worked closely with the
Delaware Administrative Ofce of the
Courts on its innovative Victim Advocacy
and Safety Enhancement Project, known
as VASE. Funded through a grant
made available by the Violence AgainstWomen Act, the VASE Project seeks to
identify justice-involved
women who are also
victims of sexual assault
and domestic violence,
and provide them with
the trauma-informed
services they need to
heal, get their lives on
track, and not recidivate.
In April 2013, Ms.
Schafran and Ms. Bayliff
met with the VASE
staff in Wilmington,
Delaware to plan training
events, discuss program
implementation, andobserve the Mental
Health Court, one of the
two courts involved in the
Project. NJEP provided
the Delaware team with research on women
defendants with trauma histories, and on
appropriate tools for screening for trauma.
NJEP will continue to work with the VASE
Project in the coming year, and has been
promoting its approach with judges and
court systems across the country.
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Year after year, since the ofcial measure began, the poverty rate in the
U.S. has been signicantly higher for women than for men, with single
mothers at highest risk. In fact, 90% of the adult recipients of Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the principal safety net for poor
families, are women. However, TANF as it exists now has serious failures,
inadequacies, and unfairness.
Legal Momentum has helped foster a national coalition in support of
TANF reform and has produced acclaimed brieng papers on TANF-
related policy issues. Through these efforts, we have fought to keep
policy discussions about alleviating poverty and the social safety net
focused on women and children, who make up the overwhelming majorityof poor Americans.
Legal Momentum issues numerous studies and reports documenting the
economic status of single parents and recommends policies to improve
the economic security of single parents and their children. In Fiscal Year
2013, Legal Momentum issued the following reports and statements that
brought attention to the complex problem of the disproportionate impact
of poverty on women:
July 2012: Low Wage Rates and
Low Income Very Common for
Employed Single Mothers
This report analyzed the results
of a study by University of
Massachusetts economists that
examined low-wage and low
income work in the United States
over a thirty-year period. The 34%
rate for employed single mothers
was almost triple the 12.5% rate for
all employed persons, and almost
double the 18% rate for employed
single fathers.
August 2012: Beyond the Myths
about Single Motherhood, No.
1: Out of Wedlock Birth Is Not
the Reason That the U.S. Has
an Exceptionally High Child
Poverty Rate
The report shows that common
myths about single motherhood
are false, based on a comparison
of statistics from 17 high-income
nations.
December 2012: Worst Off
Single-Parent Families in
the United States, a Cross-
National Comparison of Single
Parenthood in the U.S. and 16
Other High-Income Countries
This ground-breaking report is
an exhaustive, critical analysis of
data drawn from a broad range
of sources including government
agencies, social scientists, and
academic researchers worldwide.
With its impressive compilation
of statistics and incisive analysis,
Worst Off is a signicant addition
to the literature on social policies
and the current circumstances
and needs of single parents in the
FOCUSING NATIONAL ATTENTION ON THEPROBLEM OF WOMEN AND POVERTY
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U.S.the overwhelming majority
of whom are single mothers.
February 2013: Statement
Submitted to the House
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Human
Resources Hearing on Waiving
Work Requirements in the
TANF Program.
The statement supported the ideathat single-mother poverty could
be reduced if states were allowed
to apply work rules that would
foster educational opportunity
the surest pathway out of poverty
to a living wageinstead of the
existing work rst policies that
keep women stuck in unstable,
low-wage work that does not
provide benets.
March 2013: Still ExcludedThere Are Still Virtually No
Women in the Federally Created
and Supervised Apprenticeship
System for the Skilled
Construction Trades
This report provides an important
analysis of the problems in
the federally-created national
Registered Apprenticeship
system, including lack of federal
oversight and compliance reviews,
under-funding of the Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional
Occupations Act, and
discrimination and harassment of
women who are in apprenticeships.
April 2013: TANF Receipt Falls
to Less Than One-Third of
Eligible Families
The report, based upon new
gures from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
highlights a troubling decline
in participation in the federal
block grant program Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF).
April 2013: A TANF Misery Index
Not only is participation in TANF
falling, but the Misery Index of
TANF is going up. The Misery
Index combines the proportion
of poor families (or children)
not receiving TANF and the
percentage gap between TANF
benets and the ofcial povertylevel. It indicates how wellor
badlyTANF is performing in
alleviating family poverty.
May 2013: House SNAP
Proposal Threatens Grave Harm
to Poor Single Parent Families
The report called attention to the
fact that the Republican budget
plan passed by the House would
cut SNAP (Food Stamps) by $135
billion (almost 18%) over ten
years. SNAP now aids 48 million
low income persons in 23 million
households and reducing it could
harm millions of parents and
children.
June 2013: States Could
Reduce Extreme Child Poverty
Sharply by Enrolling in TANF
the Millions of TANF-Eligible
Children Who Are Enrolled in
SNAP but Not in TANF
An estimated 3.7 million families
with about 7 million children are
eligible for TANF but not receiving
it. SNAP, unlike TANF, enrolls
most eligible children.
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FIGHTING FOR WORKPLACE RIGHTS AND ANEND TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATIONIn spite of longstanding federal laws such
as the Pregnancy
Discrimination Act
(PDA) and Title VII,
discrimination and
harassment are still
a fact of life for too
many women. Legal
Momentum is working
to protect women from
workplace harassment
and discrimination andto ensure that employers
are held accountable
and that hiring goals
and workplace non-
discrimination rules are
enforced.
In March 2013, Legal
Momentum supported
Governor Cuomos
Womens Equality
Agenda. The ten-point
Womens Equality
Act addressed womens issuesincluding
pregnancy discrimination, domestic
violence, and equal pay. Legal Momentum
rallied in Albany with representatives ofother womens rights organizations. In New
York City, Legal Momentum joined other
organizations, current and former members
of congress, and New York City Council
members to celebrate the Womens Equality
Agenda and New York States leadership on
these issues.
Also in March, Legal Momentum presented
at the 17th Annual Fordham University
Forum on Domestic Violence. Our
presentation centered on the ways the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
might apply to domestic violence victims.
No specic legislation currently exists
at the federal level protecting victims ofdomestic violence. In some circumstances
though, domestic violence victims might
be protected under Title VII or the ADA.
Specically, now that the ADA Amendments
Act has broadened the denition of a
disability, domestic violence, sexual assault,
or stalking victims who suffer from physical
or mental injuries may nd job protections
and accommodations easier to secure under
the ADA.
In June, the New York City Council
considered a bill that would implement
greater protections for working mothers.
Legal Momentums acting litigation director
and senior staff attorney Michelle Caiola
testied before the Council to explainthe importance of this legislation, called
the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.* The
Act would require that employers provide
reasonable accommodations in the workplace
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to those who suffer conditions related to
pregnancy and childbirth. Ms. Caiola made
the point that the problem of pregnancy
discrimination still exists and introduced
Angie Welfare, Legal Momentums client
who experienced pregnancy discrimination
by a major airline and suffered economic andemotional harm as a result. Ms. Welfare also
testied, describing her trying experience
of losing both her paycheck and her health
benets while pregnant.
Also in June, Ms. Caiola was invited by
the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission to serve on a domestic violence
panel and training session for employers. At
the event, Ms. Caiola explained the various
laws at the state level that provide workplace
protections for victims of domestic and
sexual violence.
Legal Momentum is also working to shine
more light on the problem of abusers in
domestic violence cases having access torearms. The risk of death and serious
injury to victims increases dramatically in
such cases, but the problem has not received
the public attention it deserves. In June
2013, Legal Momentum presented a well-
received legal seminar for domestic violence
advocates, including the New York Legal
Assistance Group, and the New York City
Lawyers Committee against Domestic
Violence, on the federal, New York State,
and New York City laws relating to domestic
violence and rearms possession. Senior
Attorney Christina Brandt-Young explained
that under federal law, anyone who is subject
to an order of protection made on notice or
who has been convicted of a misdemeanor
crime of domestic violence cannot possess
a rearm. In New York State, family court
judges may declare a person subject to
a civil order of protection ineligible for a
state handgun license, and can order the
individual to surrender any guns owned.
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ENCOURAGING GIRLS TO PURSUE HIGH-WAGECAREERS IN NON-TRADITIONAL FIELDS
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Legal Momentums Pipeline Project is
bringing the promise of Title IX to girls in
vocational schools. The Pipeline Project
reaches thousands of New York City high
school students, parents, teachers, and
administrators. The project informs them
about girls options to enter high-paying,
male-dominated elds and also trains
guidance counselors to reduce gender-relatedbias in career counseling. By educating
those who have the most inuence on young
womens choices, Legal Momentum helps
to advance gender equity under Title IX
in New York City Career and Technical
Education (CTE) high schools.
In July 2012, Legal Momentums programcoordinator Brigitte Watson partnered
with the youth development organization
Futures and Options to help provide 12-
week internship opportunities for Career and
Technical Education (CTE) students from
the Bronx during spring and summer 2013.
Ms. Watson presented a workshop on
Challenging The Gender Gap: Strategiesfor Recruiting Girls to STEM (Career)
Academies at the National Academy
Foundation Next 2012 Summer Professional
Development Conference for educators in
CTE Career Academies.
In September 2012, Legal Momentum
released our new presentation intended for
use during high school choice information
sessions, What Every Girl Should Know about
Non-Traditional Careers, and shared it with
650 educators, guidance counselors, and
CTE schools.
Legal Momentum recruited more than 50
girls from eight Queens middle schools
for Block Kids Day (sponsored by leadingconstruction rm Skanska USA). Block Kids
exposes girls to construction and engineering
activities and builds their condence in
a fun and creative way using Legos and
other building blocks and simple building
materials. Skanska and our co-host, the local
chapter of National Association of Women
in Construction, provided prizes includingtwo bicycles and other riding gear as well as
backpacks and school supplies for the new
school year.
Pipeline Project program coordinator
Brigitte Watson coordinated educational
presentations recruiting girls to CTE
programs throughout the year, including
at the Department of Educations annualCitywide High School Fairs in September
and October 2012. The fairs are where
prospective students are introduced to
city high school programs, including CTE
schools. Ms. Watson also conducted a
workshop on gender equity and high school
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Our 2013 Aiming High honorees
were (left to right): Suni Harford,
Regional Head of Markets, North
America, Citigroup; Kelly Tullier,
Senior Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel, PepsiCo; MalizBeams, Chief Executive Ofcer
of Retirement Solutions, ING
U.S.; Elizabeth Beshel Robinson,
Global Treasurer, Goldman Sachs;
and Ivy Thomas McKinney,
Corporate Vice President, Deputy
General Counsel and Chief Ethics
Ofcer, Xerox.
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$100,000 AND ABOVEThe Ford Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999The Diller-von Furstenberg
Family Foundation John and Kathryn
Greenberg
$25,000 - $49,999BNY MellonThe Boeing CompanyCasey G. Miller Charitable
Remainder UnitrustChevron CorporationCitiCleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton LLPCravath, Swaine & Moore
LLPCummins Inc.Davis Polk & Wardwell
LLPGibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LLPING U.S.
Kaye Scholer LLPKnoll, NAMorrison & Foerster LLPNew York Community
TrustPaul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & GarrisonLLP
PepsiCoSimpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLPSullivan & Cromwell LLPMarissa C. Wesely
Estate of Barbara W. Westall
$15,000 - $24,999Barneys New YorkFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver
& Jacobson LLPIntellectual VenturesLillian E. KraemerRalph and Marjorie Fine
Knowles
Latham & Watkins LLP
Susan B. and ArthurLindenauer
The Neiman Marcus GroupPillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLPLiz and Samuel RobinsonSheppard Mullin Richter &
Hampton LLPSilver LakeSkadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLPWillkie Farr & Gallagher
LLP
$10,000 - $14,999Allen & Overy LLPAmerican International
Group, Inc.Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.Baker Botts L.L.P.Boies, Schiller & Flexner
LLPElizabeth J. CabraserCalvin Klein, IncClifford Chance US LLP
Colgate-PalmoliveCompanyCond NastCTPartnersEpstein Becker & Green,
P.C.The Este Lauder
Companies Inc.Michael EvansFulbright & Jaworski LLPThe Giorgio Armani
Corporation Jonathan Grayer
Horizon Blue Cross BlueShield of New Jersey J BrandKilpatrick Townsend &
Stockton LLPKramer Levin Naftalis &
Frankel LLPOgletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Lisa and Richard PerryPolo Ralph Lauren
Corporation
ProskauerPrudential Financial, Inc.Deborah L. RhodeShearman & Sterling LLP
Jeffrey VerschleiserVOGUEWachtell, Lipton, Rosen &
KatzWeil, Gotshal & Manges
LLPWells Fargo CorporationXerox CorporationAnonymous
$5,000 - $9,999Carol Lavin BernickBrian BurryEstate of Casey Geddes
MillerThe Challenger FoundationNew York City District
Council of CarpentersThe Else Sackler
FoundationFarella Braun + Martel LLP
The Jones Group Inc.Karen KatenRobert M. KaufmanKeker & Van Nest LLPSusan J. Kohlmann
JoAnn Kukulus and FredWeiner
Lafayette 148Alison MassMacys and BloomingdalesEileen MurrayRopes & Gray LLPScott A. Romanoff
Sedgwick LLPStroock & Stroock & LavanLLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &Rosati Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999Barbara AbadiALEXANDER WANGAltshuler Berzon LLPCraig W. Broderick
CANALI
Day Pitney LLP Janice Reals ElligEstate of Elinor and Harry
EmletElizabeth Cogan FascitelliLynn Toby Fisher and John
Lee ComptonThe Funding ExchangeMartha E. GiffordGail Gorlitzz and Cris SmithSamuel and Grace Gorlitz
Foundation Joele Frank, Wilkinson
Brimmer KatcherAmy L. KatzKekst and CompanyKirkland & EllisBarbara G. LiftonMichele Coleman Mayes
Julie A. NorthMichael Paskin and
Danielle DeMaioPixarFrances G. and John E.
Pepper
Wendy H. SchwartzShook, Hardy & BaconL.L.P.
Sidney Stern MemorialTrust
Sujatha A. Srinivasan Jessie M. StoneViniar Family FoundationDaniella Vitale
Jay W. WaksCarolyn F. WebberSusan WebsterSusan and David Weil
Laura WilkinsonAnonymous (3)
$1,000 - $2,499Avy L. & Roberta L. Miller
FoundationKent P. BachNed H. BassenLynn BayardMekayla Beaver and Greg
Brown
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Jaryn BloomBrunswick Group LLCSabine ChalmersCHANEL, Inc.Simona and Jerome A.
ChazenGail ChesterRuth B. CowanNancy L. DavenportAmy DeMarcoChristophe DesmaisonDirections For Rural ActionPaul M. and Delight Dodyk
Julie Domonkos and DanielLeffell
Donna KaranDina DublonFelice B. EkelmanEnivar Charitable FundEtro USA, Inc./ETROFross Zelnick Lehrman &
Zissu, P.C.Maryann GallagherGolden Gate University
School of LawLouise and Stephen GrayerGuidepost Solutions LLCNancy HamiltonZenola Harper and Allen
Green
Todd M. Joseph Judy M. JuddKCD Inc.Meredith J. KaneElaine KantBeth L. KaufmanBinny KuriakoseEileen and Paul LeFortBen Littauer and Kathy
KerbyKroll Advisory SolutionsMary Shannon LittleStewart Macaulay
Emily MasonKathryn Matschullat andAllan Arffa
Ruth M. McKaySusan Altman MillerNarciso RodriguezCatherine R. NathanBrooke Garber Neidich and
Daniel NeidichOutten & Golden LLPSilda Palerm
Kelley D. ParkerPaul Hastings LLPAdria Perez DouglasDrucilla RameyToni Rembe & Arthur Rock
Jennifer RodgersCatherine Samuels and
Jeremy HendersonMarlene SandersSharon Khazzam Inc.Susan P. SerotaRose ShabetSusan SlaughterSMF Foundation/TAM Inc.Lynda SpenceStaff USA, Inc.Spencer StuartDail St. ClaireAidan SynnottThe Theo T. & Hilda Rose
FoundationDaena Title
John VanderstarElsa VareRichard D. and Madeleine
WachterLi-Hsia Wang and Henry
AbronsMarcia D. WeberElisha Wiesel
David D. WildermuthBeth A. WilkinsonPaul K. YoungAnonymous (5)
$500 - $999Susan Rose AckermanDean Attaway and Timothy
HaasSteven and Beth BangertColleen C. Barrett
Julia B. BatesBecker, Glynn, Mufy,
Chassin & Hosinski LLPBonnie YoungBrioniThomas R. and Mimi
BromeBrooks BrothersAlice C. BrownVadim BrusserSamuel C. and Sally ButlerCamberview PartnersSusan N. Clark
Dayl A. CohenNaomi W. CohenElizabeth L. ColtonRaymond CoppedeKarin A. DeMasi
Catherine J. DouglassLaurel and Gene EisnerErin ElkoSarah G. FlanaganKathie FlorsheimAaron FrankelMary K. GaillardLoraine GardnerPaul and Debora GaspariPatricia GeogheganThe Gibson Law FirmBruce GoldbergGood Works FoundationDavid GruenAnne L. HarperKathy and Kris HeinzelmanMary W. HelmsYvette HollingsworthAlan J. HruskaRichard JanveySusan Marie JohnsonMatthew S. Kahn
Joyce L. KramerRM Krelitz CharitableBarbara Lawrence
Sheri LeonardDebra LightnerMorton and Sophia Macht
FoundationMargaret E. Mack and John
L. PowellPatricia Yancey Martin
Janet C. McCaaLinda Puls McGuireElitza M. Meyer
Jean-Victor Meyers Judith L. MogulMosaic Financial Partners,
Inc.Carol NorbergMary B. NortonBettina B. PlevanStephen A. PloscowePaul and Stephanie Riehle
Jennifer RochonRonald S. Rolfe and Sara
DarehshoriWanda RootGail Rosen
Lewis RosenbloomA Safe Haven LLCLynn Hecht SchafranMichael Schler and Joan
McClure
Derek Lam and Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann
Terry Schwakopf Lorie A. SlutskyAndrew StrubleRoselyne Chroman Swig
Jo Ann TredennickIlene WachsBrian D. WengerFrank B. WilkinsonBlisse WilkinsonHelen and Oliver Wolcott
Jacqueline WrightBarbara YanniLoria B. YeadonKelley Drye & Warren LLPLittler Mendelson, P.C.RR DonnelleySchoeman Updike Kaufman
Stern & Ascher LLPUnited Way of New York
CityViolet G. Young Charitable
TrustAnonymous (5)
All listings represent cash giftsmade from July 1, 2012 to
June 30, 2013.
LEGACIES/INMEMORIAMPLANNED GIVING
Legal Momentum wouldlike to recognize thegenerous legacy gift madeby the Estate of Victoria J.
Mastrobuono. In honor ofthis gift, Legal Momentumhas established a WomensRights Champion Societyto honor major benefactorswhose lifetime or legacygifts make a sustainingcontribution to LegalMomentums mission andwork.
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THANKS TO LEGAL MOMENTUM VOLUNTEERS
Legal Momentums mission of advancing the rights of women and girls could not be
accomplished without the help of our amazing volunteer team. These enthusiastic,
committed individuals have assisted signicantly in all our departments. The volunteers
range from high school and college students making the most of internship opportunities to
considerate professionals who want to lend a hand to a cause in which they believe.
Their time and effort are true gifts that undeniably help Legal Momentum to fulll its
mission. Without such persons acting on their ideals, Legal Momentum would not be as
successful as it is. We owe them a debt of gratitude, and extend our deepest thanks and
appreciation.
PRO BONO SERVICES
Each year, Legal Momentum leverages its resources with many hours of pro bono assistance
from outstanding private rms and highly talented attorneys and other professionals.
Our programs involve a range of civil legal matters and the generous support we receivefrom outside professionals and rms is deeply appreciated. In 2013, we received valuable
assistance from the following rms:
Bridgewater Advisors Inc.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Irell & Manella LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
Karen M. Suber, Esq. and Erin A.
Simmons, Esq.
Kaye Scholer LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Morrison Foerster LLP
New York Legal Assistance Group
Paul Hastings LLP
Polsinelli Shughart PC
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
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New York Headquartersas of 1/1/14:5 Hanover SquareNew York, NY 10004212.925.6635 fax 212.226.1066
Washington, D.C. Of ce:1101 14th Street, NWWashington, D.C. 20005202.326.0040 fax 202.589.0511legalmomentum.org
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