[Photo by Bill Levy.]
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice presented its “Heroes of Sandy” awards on Dec. 3 during its Arts & Eats for Justice Gala at the Newark Museum in Newark. Law firms recognized for providing extensive legal services to hurricane victims through VLJ are Drinker Biddle & Reath, Florham Park; Duane Morris, Newark; Gibbons, Newark; Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, Red Bank; Jackson Lewis, Morristown; McCarter & English, Newark; Patton Boggs, Newark; and Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown. In addition, the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County, of which VLJ is its largest grantee, presented its annual service awards: the Dickinson Debevoise Award to Connell Foley in Roseland and the Douglas Eakeley Award to Robert Steinbaum, publisher of the New Jersey Law Journal.
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The Drinker team from left: front row: Ariana Porcher, Amiyah Porcher, William Kendall, Florence Gerould, Lilia Granflor, Melissa Crump and Keon Clinton; middle row: Catherine Rosario, Rebecca Munro, Martha McCullough, Jane Kendall, Nicholas Lehman, Brianna Kostecka, Tracey Groel, Jesidah Kannah, Michelle Angeles and Shannon Epstein; back row: Kevin Porcher, Matthew Burbridge, David Kendall, George Kendall, Andrew Kendall, Jack Kendall, Ryan Todd and Philip Clark.
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