Support VLA > VLA Awards

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts celebrates the contributions of volunteer attorneys, pro bono coordinators, law firms, and corporate supporters bi-annually at our Summer and Fall Benefits. Our Board of Directors and the entire organization are proud to recognize the extraordinary efforts of our volunteers who donate millions of dollars of legal services to our clients each year.


David Alfaro Siqueiros Award 2009

Christoph Büchel

Erin Donnelly

The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation

The S. Jeanne Hall Pro Bono Awards 2009

George T. Conway III, Esq., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP

Elaine P. Golin, Esq., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP

John C. Blessington, Esq., K & L Gates LLP

Sara E. Yevics, Esq., K & L Gates LLP

VLA Arts Visionary Award 2008

The Edward T. Cone Foundation

VLA Outstanding Volunteer Awards 2008

I. Fred Koenigsberg, Esq.

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

White & Case LLP

VLA Arts Visionary Award 2007

The Reed Foundation

VLA Service to the Art and Outstanding Volunteer Awards 2007

Frederick W. Samuels, Esq.

Kirkland & Ellis LLp

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Alexander Campos

Agnes Murray

Mary Six Rupert

Ellen Ryan

VLA Arts Visionary Award 2006

Shelley & Donald Rubin

Pro Bono Service Awards and Outstanding Volunteer Awards 2006

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP

Peter R. Rienecker, Esq.

Shearman & Sterling LLP