Our Partners

Our work in 2023 was made possible by the following donors:

Law Firm, Legal Sector, Corporate & Organization Donors

LEADERSHIP [$95,000+]

Cooley LLP

Kazan McClain Partners' Foundation

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

PLATINUM [$55,000 - $94,999]

Morrison & Foerster Foundation

GOLD [$30,000 - $54,999]

Arnold & Porter Kaye Sholer, LLP

Fenwick & West, LLP

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Foundation

SILVER [$15,000 - $29,999]

Keker Van Nest & Peters, LLP

Latham & Watkins, LLP

Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services

SPONSORS [$10,000 - $14,999]

Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

SUPPORTERS [$2,500 - $9,999]

DLA Piper LLP

Kilpatrick Townsend

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Milanfar Law Firm, PC

Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison

Shartsis Friese LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP

FRIENDS [$50 - $2,499]

Abbott Laboratories

Aon

Blue Shield of California

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Matching Gifts

Program

Colliers International

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy

Google Matching Gifts Program

Hanson Bridgett LLP

Hecht Law PC

Intel Corporation Matching Gifts

Law Offices of Hilary Hammell

Microsoft Matching Gifts

Playstation Cares Matching Gifts

Salinas Law Group

Splunk Matching Gifts

Individuals & Charitable Family Funds

VISIONARIES [$50,000+]

Anonymous
D. Rey Banatao

FOUNDERS [$15,000 — $49,999]

John C. Dwyer
David McClain
Toni Rembe
Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. and Peggy Schmidt
Robert Van Nest

BENEFACTORS [$10,000 — $14,999]

Robert Arns
Fred and Alice Feller
Rob Goodin
Christopher and Diedre Hockett
Ashok Ramani
Beth Sawi, in honor of David McClain

PATRONS [$5,000 — $9,999]

Denise Abrams
William Alderman
Emily Benatar Foundation
Denyse Clancy
Andrew and Laurie Cohen
D'Lonra Ellis
Kate Fritz and Bruce Littman
Gee Charitable Trust, in honor of Gloria Gee
Gregg Foundation, Inc.
Joel Linzner and Teresa Picchi
Joe Satterley
David Steuer
Allan Steyer
Kirt Switzer

ADVOCATES [$500 — $999]

Prashanth Ajjampur
Arul Jothi Arun
Peter Benvenutti
Cody Bolce
Brendan Crimmins
Daccarett Bernstein Family Trust
Michael Flynn
Ellyn Gendler
Robert Hammill
Chris Heffelfinger
Nicole Lavallee
Victoria Lewis
Local Independent Charities of America
Stanley & Judith Lubman
Rachael Meny
Alex Miller
Catherine Morris
Carol Mullin
Young Cha Park
Penelope Preovolos
Gregory Rosston
Marcia Ruben
Dirk and Patsy Schenkkan
Michael Sears
James Squeri
Julie Waugh
Benjamin Weaver
Claire Williams

ASSOCIATES [$250 — $499]

Nikhil Abraham
Anonymous
Anonymous, in honor of Stephen Bomse
George Argyris
Wendy Bomberg
Ann Brick
Matt Brigham
Dale Brodsky, in honor of Juliana Fredman
James and Carol Brosnahan
Agnes Burke
Robert Capistrano
Sebastian Chilco
Blaine Devine
Julie Doherty
Howard Eisenstark, in memory of Marty Martinez
Robert Finkelstein
Winnifred Gin
Danielle Glick
Miriam Hiser
Julie Kim
Anthony Leuin
William Lynch
Brandon Manrique
Neri Martinez
Christopher May
Jessica Mendelson, in memory of Evelyn Drosnin
Charles Michalopoulos
Noel Nellis
Tracy Ou
Passport Foundation
Stuart Pollak
Lawrence Pulgram
William Ruettinger
Dianne Safholm
Katherine Siegfried
Lucy Smallsreed
Thomas Smegal
Steve Snyder & Faye Orton
Snyder Charitable Fund
Doug Straus
Barbara Suskind
John True
United Way California
Capital Region
Judd Volino
Cyrus Wadia
Stephen Walker
Jess Weinger
Susan Whitman

Cy Pres Awards

We are grateful for the increased access to justice provided by cy pres funds directed to BayLegal. As a non-profit firm expanding access to the legal system for low-income litigants in a wide range of civil legal matters, BayLegal is an ideal eligible cy pres recipient. More information is available on our cy pres information page.

Ackerman & Tilajef, P.C.

Edelson, P.C.

James Hawkins APLC

Lawyers for Justice, P.C.

Macias Rodriguez Adams LLP

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Setareh Law Group, APLC

The Jhaveri-Weeks Firm, P.C

Grant and contract funding for our 2023 work was provided by:

Public Sector Funders

Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Alameda County Health Care Services Agency
Alameda County Housing & Community Development Department
Alameda County Social Services Agency
Antioch Housing Successor Agency
California Department of Managed Health Care
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
California Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development
City of Fremont Human Services Department
City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention
City of Redwood City
City of Richmond Rent Board Program
City of San Jose Housing Department
Contra Costa County Administrator's Office
Contra Costa County Department of Conservation & Development
Contra Costa County Employment & Human Services Department
Contra Costa County Health Services Department
Contra Costa County Probation Department
Covered California
Legal Services Corporation
Napa County Health and Human Services Agency
San Francisco Department on the Status of Women
San Francisco Human Services Agency
San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing & Community Development
San Mateo County Department of Housing
Santa Clara Office of the County Executive
Santa Clara County Office of Immigrant Relations
Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
State Bar of California Legal Services Trust Fund
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
University of California, San Francisco

Foundations & Private Funders

California Coverage Health Initiatives
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Community Health Center Network
Crankstart Foundation
Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Hurlbut-Johnson Fund
Just Cities
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fund For Community Benefit Programs
May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Napa Valley Community Foundation
Richmond Community Foundation
San Mateo County Law Library Foundation
Sunlight Giving
The San Francisco Foundation
van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
William G. Gilmore Foundation

Hundreds of volunteers and pro bono attorneys contributed thousands of hours of service in 2023:

Law Firm and Corporate Pro Bono Partners

Acer Trial Graphics
Arnold & Porter LLP
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkaeuser LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Cooley LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Dechert LLP
DLA Piper LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg LLP
Law Office of Erika Heath
Hersh Family Law Practice, P.C.
Law Office of William E. Kennedy
Lehrkind Law Office, PC
McCown & Evans LLP
Mondelez Global LLC
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Paul Hastings, LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Venable LLP
Verizon
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Winston & Strawn LLP

Office-Based Attorney Volunteers

Law Clerks

Riss Aguilar
Tori Arnau
Tiffany Benjamin
Lauryn Bennett
Becky Berman
Rachel Blatt
Beatrix Bondor
Anna Bostwick
Henry Bradley
Lily Braunstein
Laura Carver
Seva Castleberry
Humberto Castorena
Linda Chang
Yi (Jennifer) Cheng
Alyson Chie
Alex Choi
Hee Jae Chung
Lauren Courtney
Mariana DeLeon Dominguez
Angela Delhonte
Justine DeSilva
Emma Dougherty
Jenna Edra
Yiwen Fan
Genna Feirson
Zach Fishman
Hannah Fleischmann
Larissa Gebrim
Mackenzie Gettel
Yingtong Guo
Kelli Hamilton
Rui Han
Kexin Hao
Inaya Hassan
Michael Henderson
Gwyneth Hochhausler
Kate Hughes
Bridget Kennedy
Wafa Khan
Lina Kim
MaithuKoppolu
Ashwini Ashok Kumar Jaiswal
Ana Kuritzkes
Jessica Kwok
Cailin Lechner
Crystal Lee
Edward Lee
Miranda Lee
Sarah Li
Jessica Mangold
Alyssa Matsuhara
Joelle Miller
Marni Morse
Alana Murphy
Quentin Orts
Felicia Paradiso
Hila Parandak
Samantha Potter
Sara Qi
Grace Rehaut
Ethan Reilly
Hannah Repke
Gabriela Rivera
GeorgiAnn Roll
Lauren Romagnoli
Ariana Romero
Devin Shields
Hannah Siepmann
Erin Sifre
Allison Sipe
Jianing Song
Shuying Sun
Michelle Taikeff
Anna Talos
Daisy Tinoco
Sophie Tohl
Brandon Turner
Zaid Umar
Mariah Uustal
Tianyi Wang
Adriana Weiss
Emmanuella (Vicky) Wong
Victor Wu

Law Grads, Interns, High School Students & Other Professionals

Xochilth Aguila
Linsey Anstead
Paige Barrella
Patrice Beard
Andy Beyer
Kit Beyer
Mateo Bohigian
Megan Bui
Daniel Calderon
Maria Camacho
Abigail Chung
Raniyah Cole
Pooja Dandekar
Natalie Fierro
Robert Gan
Tony Greif
Kate Griem
Sharleese Marie Hanvey
Roman Hartwell
Mavi Hodoglugil
Sara Ignacio
Elizabeth Juarez-Chavez
Yoonseo Lee
Esmeralda Lopez Salcedo
Kiana Lum
Angelina Martinez
Evelyn Mata
Erika Morales
Mohan Morusupalli
Michelle Munera
Ethan Naziri
Elliot Nguyen
Samantha Nelson
Daniel Ortega Mendez
Maddie Raiche
Aishwarya Rajan
Adirah Rodriguez
Samantha Sandoval
Sofia Schnurer
Armaan Sharma
Jasel Steinmetz
Michael Temprano
Mia Villamayor
Natalie Watanabe
Maggie Woods

Support and resources for our clients in 2023 were provided by:

A Safe Place
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
Alameda County Community Food Bank
Alameda County Family Justice Center
Alameda County Healthcare for the Homeless
Alameda County Law Library
Alternate Defenders Office
Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Empowerment
API Legal Outreach
Asian Community Mental Health Services
Asian Women's Shelter
Bay Area Community Services
Because Justice Matters
Berkeley Women's Drop in Center
Bill Wilson Center
Black Women Revolt Against Violence
Brilliant Corners
Brookside Adult Shelter
Building Futures for Women and Children
Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency
CA Housing Partnership
California Children's Trust
Calli House
Canal Alliance
Catholic Charities
Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, UC Berkeley School of Law
Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants
Center for Harm Reduction Therapy
Center for Youth Development through Law (CYDL)
Center of Reentry Excellence (CORE)
Centro Legal De La Raza
Child Care Law Center
Child Start
Citywide Case Management
Coalition on Homelessness
Community Awareness and Treatment Services
Community Health Care Network
Community Health Initiative
Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto
Community Solutions
Community United Against Violence
Community Violence Solutions
Community Housing Development Corp.
Contra Costa Alliance to End Abuse
Contra Costa Congress of Neutrals
Contra Costa County Bar Association
Contra Costa County Family Justice Center
Contra Costa Interfaith Housing
Contra Costa Senior Legal Services
Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic
Communities Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
Covenant House
Dads Evoking Change
Daly City Community Service Center
Dependency Legal Services
Disability Rights California
East Bay Children's Law Offices
East Bay Community Law Center
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO)
Eastside College Preparatory School
Episcopal Community Services (ECS)
Eden I&R
Eviction Defense Center
Eviction Defense Collaborative
Fair Housing of Napa Valley
Familias Unidas
Family Violence Appellate Project
Family Violence Law Center
Fremont Family Resource Center
Glide Memorial Church
Health Leads
Healthcare for the Homeless
Homeless Action Center
Homeless Youth Alliance
Homeward Bound of Marin
Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
Housing Consortium of the East Bay
Hyde Street clinic
Immigration Center for Women and Children (ICWC)
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
International Rescue Committee
Jewish Vocational Services
Just Cities
Katharine & George Alexander Law Ctr., University of Santa Clara
KIPP NorCal
La Casa de las Madres
La Clinica
Legal Access Alameda
Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC)
Legal Aid at Work
Legal Aid of Marin
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo
Legal Assistance for Seniors
Legal Assistance for the Elderly
Legal Services for Children
LGBTQ Connection Napa
LifeLong
Maitri
Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)
Momentum for Mental Health
Monarch Justice Center
Monument Crisis Center
Monument Impact
MyPath
NAMI Santa Clara County
NARIKA
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Housing Law Project
Native American Health Center
NEWS Napa
On The Move
One Treasure Island
OneJustice
Positive Resource Center
Pro Bono Project
Public Interest Law Project
Puertas Abiertas
Rising Juntos
Ritter Center
Root & Rebound
Rubicon
RYSE Center
Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments (SAVE)
Safe Return Project
The Bar Association of San Francisco
San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco Law Library
San Francisco LGBT Center
San Mateo County Bar Association
San Mateo County Child Abuse Prevention Council
San Mateo County DV Council
San Mateo County Law Library
Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance
Santa Clara County Bar Association
Santa Clara University
Senior Legal Services
Shelter Inc
Shelter Plus Care
SOMA Health Center
SOMA Mental Health
Somos Mayfair
South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking
SparkPoint Centers – United Way
St. Anthony's
STAND!
Step Forward
Tahirih Justice Center
Tri-Valley Haven
UC Law San Francisco
University of California San Francisco
UpValley Family Resource Centers
University of San Francisco School of Law
Vietnamese American Service Center
West County Reads
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Woman, Inc.
Youth Employment Partnership

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Our work in 2023 was made possible by the following donors:

LEADERSHIP [$95,000+]

PLATINUM [$55,000 - $94,999]

GOLD [$30,000 - $54,999]

SILVER [$15,000 - $29,999]

SPONSORS [$10,000 - $14,999]

SUPPORTERS [$2,500 - $9,999]

FRIENDS [$50 - $2,499]

VISIONARIES [$50,000+]

FOUNDERS [$15,000 — $49,999]

BENEFACTORS [$10,000 — $14,999]

PATRONS [$5,000 — $9,999]

SPONSORS [$2,500 — $4,999]

PARTNERS [$1,000 — $2,499]

ADVOCATES [$500 — $999]

ASSOCIATES [$250 — $499]

FRIENDS [up to $249]

Grant and contract funding for our 2023 work was provided by:

Hundreds of volunteers and pro bono attorneys contributed thousands of hours of service in 2023:

Support and resources for our clients in 2023 were provided by:

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