Neighborhood Legal Services Program is excited to celebrate with our friends and supporters at our annual Jazz for Justice event.

The Leader of Justice Award recognizes an outstanding individual who has served the civil and social justice communities as a leader, volunteer, and innovator and who also has a track record of providing support and resources to those in the community suffering discrimination and injustice.

Scroll down to view the Honoree and the esteemed members of the Host Committee.  

         


THE 2024 LEADER OF JUSTICE AWARDEE

 

Karen M. Hardwick

Senior Vice President & General Counsel
WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas Light Company

To learn more about Karen M. Hardwick, please click on this link appearing on the Washington Gas webpage.

 


   

2024 HOST COMMITTEE
*as September 25, 2024

NLSP thanks this year’s Host Committee! The Host Committee is a group of leaders from various organizations who are dedicated to making the Jazz for Justice event successful and furthering the mission of NLSP.



Blake Biles
Retired Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP




Allison C. Binney
Attorney
Allison Binney Law/PACE Government Relations


 
Rod Boddie
General Counsel
Congressional Federal Credit Union


Katherine Broderick
Dean Emerita and Professor
UDC David A. Clarke
School of Law 


Maureen Browne
Partner
Covington & Burling

Jonathan Cahn
International Lawyer



April Frazier Camara
President & Chief Executive Officer
NLADA




Dorothy Capers
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Xylem, Inc.


David D. Cross

Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP


Michael D. Daneker
Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP


 
Dr. Marla Dean
Senior Director, Health Equity Fund
Greater Washington
Community Foundation


Lyzka DeLaCruz
Managing Member
Bakker DeLaCruz, LLC


Shankar Duraiswamy
Former Covington & Burling Partner



Peter B. Edelman
Professor
Georgetown University



Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.
Dean
Howard University School of Law




Ronald S. Flagg
President
Legal Services Corporation 



Anne Ford
Licensed Practical Nurse
Community Volunteer/
NLSP Board Member


Peter Friedman
Partner
O'Melveny

Douglas G. Gibson
Partner
Covington & Burling



Angela Gilmore
Interim Dean
UDC David A. Clarke
School of Law



Iris McCollum Green
Managing Attorney
Green & Foushee



Jeffrey Harleston
General Counsel & Executive Vice President
Universal Music Group


Astor Heaven
Partner
Crowell & Moring



Susan M. Hoffman
Partner
Crowell & Moring



Theodore A. Howard
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP



 Renee McDonald Hutchins
Dean and Professor
University of Maryland Francis Carey School of Law



Ellen M. Jakovic
Of Counsel
Kirkland & Ellis 

Kirra Jarratt
Chief Executive Officer
DC Bar Foundation 



Harmony Jones
Pro Bono Counsel
Eversheds Sutherland


Mason Kalfus
Founder
Zenith Legal

Kristin Graham Koehler
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP


Paul Lee
Pro Bono Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP 

Bingham B. Leverich
Senior Counsel
Covington & Burling

Charles R. Lowery Jr.
Past President
D.C. Bar



Dayna Bowen Matthew
Dean and Professor
The George Washington University Law School


Tyra Williams Matthews
Attorney
US Dept of Homeland Security


Patrick McGlone
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Ullico 


Amy Ralph Mudge
Partner
BakerHostetler  

 Wilson D. Mudge
Senior Counsel
Arnold & Porter LLP


Amy L. Neuhardt
 Partner
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP


Kathy E. Ochroch
Partner and Director of Pro Bono and Community Impact
Blank Rome LLP
 


William J. Perlstein
Senior Managing Director and Global Leader FLC Services
FTI Consulting  

Sara B. Rearden
Attorney and
Certified Mediator


Julius M. Redd
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond PC




Florence Wagman Roisman
William F. Harvey Professor of Law and Chancellor's Professor
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law


 James J. Sandman 
Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant
University of Pennsylvania

Susan Schapiro 
Former NLSP Managing Attorney


Paula D. Scott
Attorney
NLSP Board Member



Nina Simmons
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley



Saleema Snow
Professor
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law 


Shaun Snyder 
President
D.C. Bar


Annamaria Steward
Executive Director
The National Black Lawyers Top 100 


William M. Treanor
Executive Vice President & Dean
Georgetown Law 

Joshuah Turner
President
Washington Bar Association


 
Jo-Ann Wallace
President
NLADA Insurance Program

J. Alex Ward
Partner
Morrison Foerster LLP 
Georgetown Law 



April Williams
Partner
WilmerHale  
  Andrew M. Wright
Partner
K&L Gates



Melissa F. Zappala
Partner
Paul Weiss  

Cheryl L. Ziegler
Supervisory Counsel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  

 


 

  

 For more information, please email Jazz4Justice@nlsp.org.  Read about the 2023 Jazz for Justice event here.