Legal Services NYC presented its annual Pro Bono Recognition Awards on Wednesday at the offices of Debevoise & Plimpton. On hand for the event, from left, are John S. Kiernan of Debevoise; Raun J. Rasmussen, executive director of Legal Services NYC; Joseph S. Genova of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Legal Services NYC’s board chair; Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman; James A. Grayer of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; William T. Russell of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Mark G. Cunha of Simpson Thacher; and John M. Aerni of Dewey & LeBoeuf.
The 2011 honorees were Dewey & LeBoeuf; Kramer Levin; Simpson Thacher; Weil Gotshal & Manges; and the NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Project Steering Committee.
