Dear Veteran Advocate,
Consider for a moment having served your nation, including multiple deployments which may have included combat. You have since transitioned out of your military career and can no longer take your worries or legal questions to your JAG Officer. Now, as a civilian, you are facing a legal issue, with all of its ensuing documents and procedures, completely on your own, and unable to afford an affordable attorney. Where would you turn if you needed effective legal counsel to address a situation that was impacting your wellbeing and those whom you love?
Because of tremendous veterans’ advocates like you, more than 4,000 homeless and at-risk veterans have been empowered to remove their legal barriers since Veterans Legal Institute (VLI) humbly began as a grassroots organization four years ago. Compassionate supporters have been vital to VLI’s ability to address wide-ranging civil issues, to restore over $1.5 million dollars in veterans’ benefits, and to sustain itself as one of the very few public interest law firms in the nation dedicated entirely to current and former US servicemembers.
Lawyers For Warriors
Monday, September 23, 2019
5:30 PM
Center Club Orange County
650 Town Center Drive, Garden Level
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
We ask for you to join us in championing the legal needs of those who need it most.
Please consider becoming a vital sponsor of Lawyers for Warriors. This annual event is an evening of fun, networking, wine, cigars, delectable appetizers, and surprises. For the past 4 years, Lawyers for Warriors has sold out, having a full room of over 250 Patriots who represent legal, medical, financial, military, and other professional industries. Proceeds from the evening will ensure that veterans can receive free legal services so they thrive.
This year’s Lawyers for Warriors Event will be held on September 23, 2019 at 5:30 pm at the Center Club in Costa Mesa.
This year's nominees reflect VLI’s mission to provide pro bono legal assistance to homeless, at risk, disabled and low-income veterans that eradicates barriers to housing, education, employment and healthcare and fosters self-sufficiency.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - Stephens Friedland, LLP
COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE YEAR - Volunteers of America Los Angeles
VETERAN ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR - Judge Lon F. Hurwitz
ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR - David Price, Esq.
Hon. Jim P. Gray (Ret.) & Family
Major General
Adam and Rochelle Karr
Brigadier General
Stephens Friedland LLP
Fortis LLP
Banc of California
Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law
California Scottish Rite Foundation
Wilner & O'Reilly, APLC
Colonel
AHAVA LAW, P.C.
Minyard Morris LLP
Euroline Steel Windows & Doors
Miramontes Capital
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County
Brandman University
Coastline Community College
Euroline Steel Windows & Doors
Klein & Wilson
Parsons
Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.
Skorheim & Associates
Carlson & Jayakumar LLP
Miller, Morton, Caillat & Nevis, LLP
Umberg Zipser LLP
Ethos Human Capital Solutions
Project Management Institute OC
OCTLA
AAKEN
Jamboree Housing
Outwater & Pinckes, LLP
Pagano Family
Hon. Gilbert T. Gembacz, Retired
Major
Savills Studley
Kaufman Steinberg LLP
Cates Peterson, LLP
Bisnar Chase
Allied Interpreting Services, Inc
Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation
Modulim
Thomas Callister
Sullivan Group of Court Reporters
Elite Court Reporting
Arbor Financial
David Hirson & Partners, LLP
Brown Rudnick, LLP (Joel S. Miliband, Esq.)
Good Wildman (Nikki P. Miliband, Esq.)
Lawyers' Mutual Insurance
Aitken Aitken Cohn
Diane Faber Mediation
Lowboknow
UNDERWRITERS
AV SPONSOR
WINE SPONSOR
Hankin Patent Law
CENTERPIECES
Sahar Hanna Designs
CIGAR SPONSOR
Echelon Cigar Co.
VETERAN SPONSOR
LRIS
MEDIA SPONSOR
Coast Magazine
US Veterans Magazine
VALET SPONSOR
Latham & Warkins LLP
PRINT AND SWAG
Small Business Development Corp
LIVE/SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR
Jones Day
LUXURY SOAP
Home & Body Company, Nadine Haddad
WEBSITE SPONSOR
ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
ONGOING SUPPORT
THANK YOU TO OUR 2018 SPONSORS
Title Sponsor
Philip V. Brozenick
The Brozenick Family Trust
*US Air Force Veteran
MAJOR GENERAL
Kaufman and Steinberg
The California Scottish Rite Foundation
COLONEL
Aaken Business Brokerage, Inc.
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
Cohn & Swartzon
Drs. Carole & Joseph Hankin
Hodes Milman Liebeck, LLP
Jamboree Housing
Klein & Wilson
Law Office of Jeremy N. Goldman
Minyard Morris
Orrick
Rutan and Tucker
The Roberts Law Firm
Union Bank
BRIGADIER GENERAL
Theodora Oringher
Wilner O'Reilly
MAJOR
American Veterans Assistance Group
Bird Law Group
Cates and Peterson
Deirdre Kelly and Howard Privette
Fortis Law
Hart Bail Bonds
Hittelman Strunk Law Group
Naddour Law Group
Orange County Bar Association Litigation Section
Stephens Friedland LLP
The Food Lawyers®
The Law Office of Jake Brower, Criminal Defense Attorney
TMVG Enterprises
Volunteers of America Los Angeles Orange County
Wood Gutmann and Bogart
MAJOR UNDERWRITERS FOR 2018
LAWYERS FOR WARRIORS
WINE SPONSOR
Hankin Patent Law, APC
DÉCOR AND CENTERPIECES
Karen Sussman, Elite Court Reporting
Design by Sahar Hanna
VIDEO
Regal Court Reporting
SWAG BAG SPONSOR
O'Melveny & Myers
VETERANS SPONSOR
Applied Medical
BAR SERVICES
The Irvine Group and Morgan Stanley
CIGARS
John Dade, High Ridge Futures