Volunteer Award Recipients for 2020
Lan Nguyen: Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award
The Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award honors a volunteer lawyer who has provided substantial and extraordinary service in a case or cases, or in a subject matter, providing relief to a client or clients who without the assistance, would have been irreparably injured.
Kayvan Vaziri: New Volunteer of the Year Award
The New Volunteer of the Year Award honors an individual who has joined the Center as a volunteer within the last 12 months, and has shown spirit, energy and commitment to serving as a role model for other new participants.
Mark Burrill: Emeritus Award
The Emeritus Award honors an individual who has provided exceptional assistance and dedication to the Center, its clients and its causes, who is also a member of the California State Bar Pro Bono Practice Program, which requires that, during the applicable year, the attorney only practice law on a volunteer basis with a qualified legal service provider.
Joseph Park and Richard Gould-Saltman: Distinguished Service Awards
The Distinguished Service Award honors a volunteer whose contributions within the year has exceeded expectations, and benefited clients as well as the needs of the Center.
Jonathan Weisberg: Frances Wender Kandel Volunteer of the Year Award
The Frances Wender Kandel Volunteer of the Year Award honors a volunteer who has shown a dedication to community service, the Center and its clients, in the tradition of the award’s namesake, Frances Wender Kandel, a volunteer lawyer who, before her untimely death, helped start the Center and was one of its biggest cheerleaders and active participants.
Lauren S. Petkin Family Law and Mediation: Pro Bono Firm Award
The Pro Bono Firm of the Year award honors a firm whose members provide exceptional professional assistance to Center clients. The firm’s generous contribution of its time and expertise ensures that the Center’s clients have meaningful access to the family court system.
Janet Valdez: Community Volunteer of the Year Award
The Community Volunteer of the Year Award honors a volunteer who has carried out behind-the-scenes activities that have substantially contributed to enhancing the Center’s infrastructure.
Patrick Lynch: Hall of Fame Award
The Hall of Fame Award honors a volunteer whose efforts exhibit, by action and deed over an extended period of time, exceptional service and dedication to the Center, its clients and its causes, and who has left a permanent mark in its history.
April 2021