Volunteer Legal Advocates Annual Benefit
529 14th St NW,
Washington, DC 20015
Be part of an inspiring evening and silent auction to advance justice for survivors and children. Volunteer Legal Advocates’ Annual Benefit brings together leaders, advocates, and supporters who believe everyone deserves safety, stability, and a path forward.
Explore our corporate and individual sponsorship levels below!
Join us in honoring:
- 2026 Champion of Justice: Maryland State Senator Sara N. Love
- 2026 Pro Bono Partner of the Year: Fried Frank LLP
Ticket sales have now closed. For more information, contact us at info@volunteerlegaladvocates.org.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Volunteer Legal Advocates provides pro bono legal support to more than 3,000 survivors of domestic and gender‑based violence and vulnerable children across Washington, DC, and Montgomery County, MD. Your sponsorship ensures that survivors receive the legal advocacy they need to find safety, stability, and a path forward. Explore our corporate and individual sponsorship levels below!
Co-Chairs: Tracey Coates | Blair Decker
Host Committee: Jessica Abrahams, Hal Brewster, Karen Barker Marcou, Julie Sommers Neuman, Jenna Stern Ross
Our Sponsors
We are deeply grateful to our generous sponsors. Thank you for standing with survivors of domestic violence and children facing dangerous situations. Your support ensures that they receive essential legal advocacy to find safety, stability, and a path forward, at no cost to them.
Champion | $25,000
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Freshfields
- Hogan Lovells LLP
- Klein Landau Edelman
- Kate & Joe Margolis
Defender | $15,000
- Clifford Chance
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Crowell & Moring LLP
- DLA Piper LLP
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- King & Spalding LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Steptoe LLP
- Williams & Connolly LLP
- Anonymous
- Alexis Collins and Stephen Kotev
- Lerner Family Foundation
Protector | $10,000
- Amazon
- Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Verizon
- Kaye & James Barker
- Karen Barker Marcou & George Marcou
- Luke Frazier & Robert Pullen
- Andrea & John Murino
- Katharine Weymouth
Voice | $7,500
Guardian | $5,000
- BakerHostetler
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Fenwick & West LLP
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Klein Hornig LLP
- Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.
- Liberty Language Services
- The Midtown Group
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Nardello & Co
- Potomac Law Group, PLLC
- RTX
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP
- Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
- White & Case LLP
- WilmerHale
Guardian (contd.) | $5,000
- Jessica Abrahams
- Jenny & Peter Brody
- Barbara & David Garlock
- Dale & Steve Harburg
- Pam & David Kanstoroom
- Laura & Tim O’Shaughnessy
- Sharis & Thorn Pozen
- Margarita Prieto & Mark Michael
- Pam & Dick Sauber
- Sally Sloan & Tom Hentoff
- Bennett Stichman
Advocate | $2,500
- Molly Elkin & Ivan Wasserman
- Lauren & Luke McGuire
- Tara Sakraida Parker & Richard Parker
- Acacia & Evan Rowland
- Ellen & Adam Spiegel
- Jennifer & Zac Stillerman
- Kate St. Romain & Paul Mayer
- Ilene Weinreich
Supporter | $1,000
- Florence Auld & Frank Marshall
- Matt Cohen & Katie Kedian
- Lindsay Lieberman
- Carla Rountree
- Sara & Adam Tennen
- Julie Sommers Neuman & Larry Neuman