Judges, pediatricians and families call on us to advocate for children who are abused or neglected, who aren’t learning in school or who have health problems that can’t be solved by medicine alone. Councilmembers, DC government officials and advocates turn to us when the District’s laws and policies are failing children and need to be improved.
DC’s Black and Brown children often shoulder the combined burden of systemic racism, poverty and trauma. We address this by finding long-term solutions – whether we advocate for mental health services when a child has experienced multiple traumas or secure changes to school discipline laws.
With nearly 100 lawyers, social workers and other professional staff and additional help from hundreds of pro bono lawyers, we reach one out of every nine children in DC’s poorest neighborhoods – more than 40,000 children and families since our founding in 1996. We multiply this impact by advocating for city-wide solutions that benefit all children.
Creighton Magid, Chair, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Melissa Wiley, Treasurer, Ernst & Young LLP
Elizabeth Bausch, Secretary
Allison L. Alexander, Clark Enterprises, Inc.
Meagan Barkett, NorthStar Anesthesia
Brian V. Breheny, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Traevena Byrd, American University
Anne P. Davis, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Miguel Eaton, Jones Day
Manu Gayatrinath, Latham & Watkins LLP
Stephanie P. Hales, Sidley Austin LLP
Frederick L. Klein, DLA Piper
Michael S. Labson, Covington & Burling LLP
Daniel A. Masur, Mayer Brown LLP
Mike McNamara, Dentons US LLP
Evan Miller, Jones Day
Robert Ourisman, Jr., Ourisman Automotive Group
Miguel E. Rodriguez, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Simone E. Ross, Covington & Burling LLP
Joanne L. Zimolzak, Dykema Gossett PLLC
Stephanie P. Hales, Chair, Sidley Austin LLP
Stephanie M. Bell, Wiley Rein LLP
Meredith L. Boylan, Venable LLP
Jennifer Brough, Locke Lord LLP
Karen Bruni, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Jill Caiazzo, Amazon
Nicole Cerquitella, Aetna
Ronald Coenen Jr., Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Theresa M. Coughlin, Jones Day
Nathaniel Custer, WilmerHale
Michael S. DePrince, Troutman Pepper
Sean M. FitzGerald, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Tracey A. Fung, Williams & Connolly LLP
Charlotte Gillingham, Crowell & Moring LLP
Adam C. Goldstein
Laura K. Hamilton, Clifford Chance US LLP
Katie Heilman, Arent Fox LLP
Shira M. Helstrom, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Melanie Katsur, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Maureen C. McDonald, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
David McDonough, Wells Fargo & Company
Stacey McEvoy, Hogan Lovells US LLP
Bryan Nese, Mayer Brown LLP
Jessica T. Nyman, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Katherine E. Pappas, Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Elizabeth R. Park, Latham & Watkins LLP
Julia Post, Covington & Burling LLP
Jessica A. Rebarber, Dentons US LLP
Timothy W. Riffe, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Benjamin Shapiro, Deloitte
Catie Ventura, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ben Wolfert, Bates White Economic Consulting
Melissa Wiley, Chair
Jessica Abrahams
John T. Bentivoglio
Thomas N. Bulleit
H. Guy Collier, Past Co-chair
Joseph S. Conti
Wayne R. Curtis
Renee DeSilva
Donna Donlon
Ona Alston Dosunmu
A. Patrick Doyle
Janet Eakes
Evan R. Farber
Joseph C. Figini
Vicki Scheer Foster, Past Co-chair
Mary Giliberti
Wendy Goldberg
Justin Gray
Nina Gross
Michael N. Harreld
Anthony Herman
Sharon Gibson Judge
Leslie Kiernan
Ed Lazere
May Liang
Claire M. Maddox
James Marsh, Founder
Margaret J. McKinney
Kenneth Noyes
Sylvia Pearson
Robert A. Peck
Alan A. Pemberton
Charles F. (Rick) Rule
Theodore D. Segal
Nancy Sidamon-Eristoff
Page Lane Smith
Catharine E. Snowdon
Jean Steele
Julia Tolkan
Mariella Trager
Diane Weinroth
Gloria Wilder
Deborah A. Wilson
Peter L. Winik