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2004–2005 Pro Bono Report
EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY
Pro Bono

“
Through our pro bono work, we have tried to
make significant improvements in the lives of
those in need. Part of the success of this program
has been our strong pro bono partnerships
with outstanding organizations in Washington,
DC, New York, and Los Angeles, and the
opportunities they offer us to give back to
our communities. From our work helping
the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to
our representation of children living in foster care,
the pro bono projects in which we participate are
as diverse as our people. Pro bono has been, and
will continue to be, a cornerstone of Dickstein
Shapiro’s culture.
”
—Michael Nannes, Managing Partner
Washington, DC
(202) 785-9700
New York
(212) 835-1400
Los Angeles
(310) 441-8460
www.DicksteinShapiro.com

A LETTER FROM
THE P RO B ONO C OMMITTEE
Barry Fleishman
Chair
Experience Community, both as a title for this pro bono
annual report and as a call to arms for attorneys everywhere,
reflects the theme, goal, and reality of the Dickstein
Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP pro bono program.
Our Firm’s pro bono program strives to provide opportunities for attorneys
to experience both the essential responsibility of performing community
service for those outside our doors, and the uplifting camaraderie of doing
good deeds alongside a team of our colleagues. We seek to build bridges with
those in our communities who need our help by expanding our partnerships
with local organizations that are committed to improving the lives of others.
Katherine Henry
Committee Member
Ed Tessler
Committee Member
As the pages of this report attest, our pro bono program seeks to deliver
services as a “first-responder.” We answer the call to Experience Community
by becoming an active and impassioned force in its development and
enhancement. We are in landlord-tenant court. We write wills for the elderly.
We assist women and children in need of immediate protection. We mentor
students. We seek to provide personal service to individual clients who need
our help. Through close relationships with pro bono service organization
partners in our communities, we extend our help and relief where they are
most needed.
As a description of our pro bono program, as a goal for our Firm, and as an
encouragement to all in our profession, we offer the following stories of how
Dickstein Shapiro and its clients Experience Community.
Elaine Arabatzis
Diversity/Pro Bono
Counsel
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Experience Community 3
Community Development 5
Human Rights 9
Children 13
Elder Law 17
Additional Contributions 19
Pro Bono Participants 21

E XPERIENCE C OMMUNITY
At Dickstein Shapiro, we are part of many communities—
professional, social, political, and personal—which define our
experiences with each other on a daily basis. We also are part
of a larger, more encompassing community. This community is
built of friends and family, people we pass on the street, and
people we have never met before. Some live close to us, and
others may live far away, but we all share commonalities regardless
of the diversity of our backgrounds. When the people who
comprise this larger human community have needs that they cannot
meet independently, we feel a responsibility to support them
in the best way we can, be it legal, charitable, or through other
means. It is these people and our experiences with them that
spark within us the spirit of giving—the spirit of pro bono —
on a daily basis.
In 2004, close to half of the people at Dickstein Shapiro—from staff and summer
associates to associates and partners— participated in pro bono work. We were one of
just 12 law firms in Washington, DC honored in 2004 at the prestigious “40 at 50”
Judicial Pro Bono Recognition Breakfast, which recognizes law firms in which at least
40 percent of all attorneys perform a minimum of 50 hours per year of pro bono legal
service. In 2004, we also created the full-time position of Diversity/Pro Bono Counsel,
which was assumed by Firm attorney Elaine Arabatzis, to focus specifically on the
Firm’s growing number of pro bono initiatives. In this new role, Elaine ensures that
our pro bono efforts continue to remain a top priority, by expanding our involvement
with existing community organizations and establishing new and varied opportunities
for our attorneys to participate in valuable volunteer and pro bono programs.
Dickstein Shapiro’s pro bono program strives for both immediate impact and enduring
change. We have forged long-term partnerships with some of the most effective nonprofit
organizations in Washington, DC, New York City, and Los Angeles to improve
community conditions at a structural level. At the same time, our focus is primarily on
individuals rather than on large, general causes. For example, Firm attorneys represented
victims and families of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, ultimately
recovering more than $30 million on behalf of those clients. We take on pro bono
cases that help individual community members improve their lives today.
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Community Development
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“
Bread for the City considers Dickstein Shapiro to be one of our great
corporate partners. The Firm consistently has stepped in to assist
in a variety of ways, all of which have furthered the ability of Bread for
the City to fulfill its mission. Dickstein Shapiro also has been the most
continuously generous corporate supporter of Bread for the City
for the last several years. We are immensely grateful to Dickstein Shapiro
for being such a critical part of our past, present, and exciting future.
”
— George Jones, Executive Director
Bread for the City

C OMMUNITY D EVELOPMENT
We are Washingtonians, New Yorkers, and Californians, and it
matters to us that our communities be fair, healthy, and humane
places in which to live and work. Our Firm donates time,
money, and legal services to individuals in need, and to the
nonprofit organizations that often serve as the last safety net for
many in our communities. We have forged long-term partnerships
with many organizations in our communities to ensure that our
efforts have a consistent and lasting impact.
F EEDING PEOPLE AND ENRICHING SOULS
Each month, more than 10,000 people come to Bread for the City for food, and
thousands more receive clothing, medical assistance, and legal services every year.
Since 1997, Dickstein Shapiro has partnered with Bread for the City to provide
legal assistance and services to low-income residents of Washington, DC. The partnership
began when the Firm was looking to expand its pro bono involvement and
opportunities. As Firm partner Joe Kolick, who was chair of the Pro Bono Committee
at that time, commented, “We wanted to help people on a more intimate level,
and a partnership with Bread for the City seemed a way to fit that bill because of
the people who came to the organization.”
Today, Dickstein Shapiro attorneys volunteer at Bread for the City’s two legal clinics
and represent clients in landlord-tenant disputes, Social Security disability benefits
disputes, family law matters, and more.
“Innumerable Bread for the City clients have been helped by Dickstein Shapiro attorneys
over the years,” said Bread for the City’s Executive Director George Jones. Bread
for the City’s diverse clients and cases have dovetailed well with our attorneys’ wide
range of interests, and provide many opportunities for both service and learning.
In addition, Dickstein Shapiro is one of the leading corporate supporters of Bread for
the City. In 2004, our partners, attorneys, staff, and the Firm as a whole contributed
approximately $85,000 to Bread for the City’s Holiday Helpings campaign—about
$10,000 more than we contributed in 2003. Such outstanding generosity from our
attorneys and staff allowed Bread for the City to purchase Thanksgiving dinners for
more than 3,200 families. Earlier in the year, our Clothes for the City Drive filled an
entire truck with clothing that Bread for the City is making available to its clients at
no cost. We are proud to use our corporate resources to assist our local neighbors in
the day-to-day business of life.
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S TRENGTHENING NONPROFITS
We recognize that the pro bono efforts of the legal
field meet only a fraction of the resources needed to
keep our nonprofit and volunteer organizations running.
But through our experiences with these organizations
and with those they serve, we hope to use
our specific legal knowledge to enable them to feed
more children; save more lives; touch more spirits.
Since 1990, Imani House, Inc. has worked to help
low-income youth, immigrants, and families in
Brooklyn, NY and Liberia, West Africa. As a community
support organization, its many efforts
encompass youth development, adult literacy classes,
a food pantry and nutrition program, HIV/AIDS
awareness, and bias awareness and prevention workshops.
Dickstein Shapiro was asked to advise Imani
House on intellectual property matters including
trademarks, service marks, domain names, copyrights,
and the general protection of Imani House’s
well-regarded reputation. In 2004, the Firm initiated
efforts to address Imani House’s trademark and
service mark protection on a federal basis. Attorneys
also rendered advice on protecting the organization’s
cookbook, “Brooklyn Cooks! A Celebration of
Diversity.” Many nonprofits, such as Imani House,
can benefit from pro bono legal counsel in order to
help them operate more effectively, and in turn,
more effectively carry out their missions. Dickstein
Shapiro is proud to help these organizations continue
their important work in our communities.
B ROADENING ACCESS TO LEGAL
SERVICES IN WASHINGTON,DC
Because many in our community do not have access
to legal advice and services, Dickstein Shapiro is an
active participant in the DC Bar’s numerous pro
bono projects. The DC Bar’s Pro Bono Program
mobilizes the private bar to make legal advice and
representation available to low-income residents of
the District of Columbia—essentially, connecting
the need with the appropriate relief.
Some of the most challenging circumstances relate to
divorce, child custody battles, and other family law
matters. Every member of our community deserves
the help of legal aid in these important 0personal situations.
Our attorneys and paralegals staff the DC
Bar’s Family Court Self Help Center one day per
month to assist low-income individuals and others in
need with family law proceedings. We also help staff
the DC Bar’s Child Custody Clinic, presenting a
monthly two-session workshop to help individuals
file for child custody without an attorney. The clinic
provides information about how District of Columbia
law addresses child custody, visitation, and childsupport
arrangements. Our attorneys try to make the
often overwhelming complexities of the legal system
more understandable and effective for those whom it
is intended to aid.
In June 2004, Dickstein Shapiro was awarded the
DC Bar’s annual Frederick B. Abramson Award in
recognition of the Firm’s work in launching the DC
Bar Landlord Tenant Resource Center. This pilot
program of the DC Bar provides free legal information
to unrepresented tenants and landlords in
the District of Columbia. The number of landlordtenant
cases filed each year is growing, and volunteer
attorneys help self-represented persons understand
court proceedings and prepare pleadings.
They also coach self-represented persons on how to
present cases in court, provide information on
obtaining continuances and retaining counsel, make
referrals to legal service providers in appropriate
cases, and inform low-income litigants of financial
and other social service resources that might be
available to them.
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Case Study Wrongful Arrest
Omer Gilliam never expected to be arrested. After
all, he had been a Special Police Officer for 10
years, serving at the Tyler House apartment complex
in Washington, DC. One day, in the course of his
duties, Mr. Gilliam attempted to arrest a trespasser
for assault and unlawful entry. The trespasser
violently resisted arrest, helped by two accomplices.
Then, for reasons that are unclear, Mr. Gilliam was
himself arrested at the scene, his badge and gun
were taken away, and he was handcuffed.
After a three-day trial, Mr. Gilliam was found not
guilty of all charges. Representing himself, Mr.
Gilliam sought to remedy his unlawful arrest by
bringing a civil action against the city. Judge Walton
of the U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia asked the Firm to represent Mr. Gilliam
in a court-ordered mediation session as part of
Dickstein Shapiro’s commitment to the Mediation
Program. Dickstein Shapiro attorneys prepared
and submitted a pre-mediation statement and
successfully settled the civil suit. The Firm then
agreed to seek the expungement of Mr. Gilliam’s
arrest record, which the DC Superior Court
granted, restoring his reputation as a committed
public servant, and giving him a head start at a
return to normalcy.
“Mr. Gilliam is exactly the type of person the
Dickstein Shapiro Pro Bono Program was
designed to help. Even though he was clearly
wronged, he couldn’t afford to pay an attorney on
an hourly basis, and because of the modest size of
his damages, he didn’t have an attractive contingency
case either. He was left to go through the
system alone,” said David Greenberg, one of the
attorneys for Mr. Gilliam. “Thanks to the Firm’s
commitment to providing pro bono legal services,
Mr. Gilliam was able to obtain the recovery that
he rightfully deserved.”
“We are so grateful for the extraordinary partnership that we have with
Dickstein Shapiro. Their lawyers, paralegals, and staff play important roles in virtually
every aspect of our program—from staffing our Landlord Tenant Resource Center and
the Family Court Self Help Center to training volunteers to help small businesses
through our CED Project and sponsoring our new custody clinic six times a year.
The relationship just keeps growing. Whenever we ask, and whatever
help we need—the Firm has been there for us. When we started a Five-Five Campaign
to raise more funds for our CED Project, Dickstein Shapiro was the first firm to say
yes. The Firm just keeps doing more and doing it very well!”
— Maureen Thornton Syracuse, Director
DC Bar Pro Bono Program
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Human Rights
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“
The NAACP greatly values its working relationships with pro bono
partners, including Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky. The Firm’s
attorneys stepped up to the plate in 2004 and assisted
the NAACP with important election protection efforts and with the filing
of amicus briefs.
”
— Angela Ciccolo, Interim General Counsel
NAACP

H UMAN R IGHTS
Identifying discrimination. Supporting political freedoms.
Preventing abuses of power. Dickstein Shapiro attorneys
volunteer to protect human rights through numerous channels.
We have worked closely with the NAACP and other human
rights organizations for several years on a variety of antidiscrimination,
civil rights, and immigration issues. By
collaborating with several human rights programs and other
pro bono partners, our attorneys have the opportunity to use
their professional skills to help ensure that the law affords
equal protections and freedoms to those in need.
P ROTECTING VOTERS’ RIGHTS
After the problems of the 2000 presidential election, many political and civic
organizations decided that in 2004, every registered voter who sought to vote
would be able, and that every proper vote cast would be counted. To this end, the
NAACP and People for the American Way, along with the support of hundreds of
other organizations, formed “Election Protection.” Election Protection mobilized
tens of thousands of volunteers across the country to provide voters with information
about their voting rights, as well as strong legal back-up to help protect those
rights. Dickstein Shapiro attorneys volunteered at command centers in Baltimore,
DC, New York City, and across the nation, manning phone lines, offering legal
advice, and answering voters’ questions and complaints. As a result of this massive
effort, voters had a resource available to them if they encountered problems at
polling places—and citizens were better able to express their voices.
Dickstein Shapiro also championed democracy abroad in 2004 when Firm attorney
and former Senator Joe Tydings served as a monitor in the November and December
Ukraine Presidential Elections. In November, Senator Tydings was part of a delegation
which volunteered to observe and report on the preparations for voting in
Ukraine’s November 21 presidential election. The delegation’s report of corrupt and
fraudulent voting practices eventually led to the Ukrainian parliament and supreme
court declaring the election invalid and scheduling a new election for December 26.
Senator Tydings then served as Chairman of a 31-member delegation which returned
to the country to prepare for the new election with a series of briefings and to meet
with judges and other election officials in their assigned districts. On the day of the
election, the delegation monitored the voting, watched the counting of ballots, and
traveled with the ballots as they made their way to the territorial election headquarters.
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Senator Tydings devoted significant time to help
achieve a democratic government and true market
economy in the Ukraine. His volunteer efforts also
represent Dickstein Shapiro’s commitment to support
freedom for everyone, both at home and
abroad.
W ORKING TO END DISCRIMINATION
Dickstein Shapiro has a strong partnership with the
NAACP, working on a variety of anti-discrimination
efforts. In 2004, we examined how the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) received environmental
complaints and whether there was evidence of discrimination
in its responsiveness. Dickstein Shapiro
is developing a report to analyze how complaints
were handled, including suggestions for improvement,
and how citizens and citizens’ groups can
ensure appropriate responses to their complaints.
In another case referred to Dickstein Shapiro by
the NAACP, and in partnership with Human
Rights First, we are examining whether the city of
Port Wentworth, Georgia, has discriminated
against two African-American communities by
providing inferior municipal services. Ultimately,
our goal with this project is to help the NAACP in
its efforts to promote equitable treatment for all
people, regardless of race.
C OUNTERING RACIAL INJUSTICE
While it is remarkable that our society has made
vast improvements in supporting and celebrating
diversity in our communities, the fact remains that
racial profiling continues to persist in the United
States, particularly in the aftermath of September
11, 2001. One Dickstein Shapiro attorney and
paralegal team drafted a white paper for the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) regarding the
nature and extent of racial profiling practices used
by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
The paper is to be submitted by the ACLU to
the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights in an effort to encourage the Commission
to hold hearings on the issue in 2005. It discusses
how the continued use of racial profiling in the
nation conflicts with U.S. obligations under international
human rights treaties, and advocates passage
of the End Racial Profiling Act of 2004. This
pending legislation would ban racial profiling by
law enforcement agencies and establish a host of
data collection and reporting requirements, training
opportunities, and financial incentives to
ensure compliance.
P RESERVING IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS
The United States long has been a haven for
people seeking asylum from persecution. As innocent
refugees continue to flee troubled homelands,
organizations such as the Capital Area Immigrants’
Rights Coalition (CAIR) provide much-needed
support. Dickstein Shapiro is a pro bono partner
with CAIR, a nonprofit that coordinates the interests
and activities of 75 local community-based
organizations active in the immigration rights
field. In 2004, one Dickstein Shapiro attorney
worked with the CAIR Coalition to represent
Gloria Guzman, a 59-year-old woman facing
deportation to Colombia. Ms. Guzman was seeking
asylum because members of her family had
been threatened and killed by Colombian guerrillas.
Dickstein Shapiro remains committed to helping
immigrant members of our communities, particularly
in the Washington, DC area, where one out
of every nine immigrants is a war refugee or person
seeking political asylum.
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F IGHTING FOR OTHERS
A measure of our society is how we help those
who are powerless to help themselves. The DC
Prisoners’ Legal Services Project advocates for the
humane treatment and dignity of persons convicted
or charged with a criminal offense and works
to help their families with prison-related issues. In
2004, Dickstein Shapiro attorneys worked with
the DC Prisoners’ Legal Services Project to represent
the mother of Clifton Conner, a mentally ill
individual who committed suicide in his prison
cell. An investigation found that Mr. Conner had
not received the mental health treatment to which
he was entitled, and that this lack of treatment
contributed to or caused his death. Dickstein
Shapiro attorneys brought federal civil rights and
state wrongful death claims against the Virginia
Department of Corrections (VDOC), Prison
Health Services, and several prison employees on
behalf of Mr. Conner’s estate.
The case faced several serious hurdles. VDOC
moved to dismiss on the grounds that it, as an
agent of the state, enjoyed sovereign immunity
under the Eleventh Amendment and could not be
sued. In addition, the standard for proving a civil
rights case is high, and prisoner civil rights cases in
federal court in Virginia rarely favor the plaintiff.
On top of all that, because Mr. Conner was not
able to tell his own story, it had to be recreated
through the testimony of the defendants. But, our
attorneys’ perseverance paid off. The judge denied
VDOC’s motion to dismiss the summary judgment
motion of Prisoner Health Services, and settlements
ultimately were reached with all of the
defendants.
Case Study Political Asylum
“Alex” lost his entire family in 1994 when political
and ethnic tensions erupted in his home country of
Rwanda, leading to the orchestrated genocide of
nearly one million ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus.
Alex, a Tutsi, survived by sheer luck and channeled
his grief and anger into peace activism and advocacy
for the rights of genocide survivors. But, he was
continually threatened by agents of the government
and eventually imprisoned and tortured. With the
help of an international aid organization, Alex was
released from prison and continued to speak out
against government abuses and injustice. When
three of his fellow activists were imprisoned, Alex
fled Rwanda and came to the United States to seek
political asylum. His case came to Dickstein Shapiro
through Human Rights First.
Human Rights First is a nonprofit organization that
works in the United States and abroad to create a
secure and humane world by advancing justice,
human dignity, and respect for the rule of law. The
organization supports human rights activists who
fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the
local level, protects refugees in flight from persecution
and repression, helps build a strong international
system of justice and accountability, and ensures
that human rights laws and principles are enforced.
An attorney at Dickstein Shapiro drafted the legal
brief and collected more than 55 exhibits corroborating
Alex’s story. The attorney also represented
Alex at a hearing before an immigration officer.
Dickstein Shapiro provided translation services at
the hearing and exhaustive fact-finding to support
the brief. On November 30, 2004, Alex was granted
asylum in the United States, which also extends to
his wife and children who are still in Rwanda. He
plans to bring his family here and continue his crusade
for justice and protection for genocide survivors.
Through Human Rights First, Dickstein Shapiro
helps refugees like Alex, and their families, pursue a
life of security and liberty in the United States.
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Children
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“
The Dickstein Shapiro team helped Lawyers for Children
immensely with preparing an appellate brief on a complicated child
custody case. It was a pleasure to work with each attorney, and it was
invaluable to have their expertise in litigation and appellate practice. I
truly appreciate the great amount of time and effort
that each member of the team committed to this matter.
”
— Molly Murphy, Attorney
Lawyers for Children

C HILDREN
A community’s children are today’s treasure and tomorrow’s hope.
From the beginning, our pro bono work has had a strong focus on
children. From tackling complicated child custody cases to our
partnerships with The Alliance for Children’s Rights, Duke
Ellington School of the Arts, and The Mentoring Tree Foundation,
Dickstein Shapiro attorneys and staff devote hundreds of
hours every year to children and the issues that govern their lives.
H ELPING STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS
It is difficult to be a serious student when one also is underprivileged. Dickstein
Shapiro is committed to helping students in our communities realize their full potential.
In 2004, several Firm attorneys represented The Mentoring Tree Foundation in
its incorporation in New York State and recognition by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public
charity. The Mentoring Tree Foundation plans to match underprivileged youth in the
New York City area with mentors and to provide scholarships and financial support
for mentees’ educational endeavors. As a result of the favorable IRS determination
letter the organization received on
October 30, it now can operate
as a public charity and better
serve underprivileged children.
“We are thrilled to now have tax-exempt
status,” said Mentoring Tree Foundation
Founder Florence Dupont. “This is going to
make a major difference in our fundraising
efforts. We are very appreciative of your
invaluable responsiveness and dedication.”
Dickstein Shapiro’s representation
of The Mentoring Tree Foundation
is just one of our many
efforts supporting mentoring in
New York. Firm attorneys have
mentored students at Martin
Luther King Jr. High School’s Justice Resource Center since 2002, and the Firm
also represents Minds Matter of New York City, which matches inner-city high
school students with mentors. In Washington, DC, seven attorneys participated
in discussions with students about educational and career issues as part of the
Banneker Academic High School Career Day in November 2004, and attorneys
also volunteered as judges at Banneker’s annual Science Fair in February 2004.
E NCOURAGING YOUNG ARTISTS
For more than ten years, Dickstein Shapiro has partnered with the District’s
renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Each summer since 2000, we have
sponsored four students and one faculty member to attend the Anderson Ranch Arts
Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado for two weeks of intensive courses in the arts.
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The award-winning faculty and the Ranch’s lovely
natural surroundings inspire the students to try new
media. Last year, they made arrangements with
Ranch staff to present their new works to the entire
student body in the meeting hall one evening.
This once-in-a-lifetime trip challenges the students
both artistically and socially, taking them to an unfamiliar
environment and putting them in classes with
skilled adult artists (some of whom are professionals
or teachers). Duke Ellington students always have
measured up to the challenge. Sidney Dickstein,
Firm co-founder who started the program and also
travels to Colorado each year, said, “We know how
bringing these students to the Anderson Ranch Arts
Center can change, and has changed, their lives.”
Dickstein Shapiro is involved with the Duke Ellington
School in other ways, too. 2004 was the sixth year
in which the Firm sponsored its annual contest for
Duke Ellington students to design the Firm’s holiday
card. And, our attorneys spent time nearly every
week during the 2003-2004 school year teaching
Duke Ellington students as part of the Street Law
Program, which aims to empower students to transform
democratic ideals into citizen action and culminates
in a Mock Trial Competition each spring.
P ROTECTING JUVENILES FROM THE
DEATH PENALTY
Until very recently, the United States was one of just
five countries that still executed juvenile offenders.
But on March 3, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court
declared unconstitutional the application of the
death penalty to criminals who were under the age
of 18 when they committed their capital crimes, and
changed the nation’s constitutional legal landscape
with one controversial ruling. Dickstein Shapiro is
proud to have played an important role in this decision.
From May to July, Dickstein Shapiro attorneys, led
by partner and former Senator Joe Tydings, were
part of a team that wrote and filed an amicus brief
to the Supreme Court in Roper v. Simmons.On
behalf of our client, the Coalition for Juvenile
Justice (CJJ), we argued that such executions violate
the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. CJJ
is a voluntary organization made up of governorappointed
members of state juvenile justice
organizations. CJJ serves as a national resource on
delinquency prevention and juvenile justice issues,
and more than 1,500 CJJ volunteers nationwide
participate as members of state advisory groups.
Juveniles facing the death penalty encounter many
hardships. Our brief focused on juveniles’ difficulties
communicating with counsel, managing their
own defense, establishing factors mitigating against
the death penalty, their tendencies to confess (even
falsely) under pressure, and the heightened risk
that they might be wrongly convicted or sentenced
to death when unwarranted. The brief was part of
a campaign by death penalty opponents to persuade
the court to abolish capital punishment for
juveniles. Oral arguments took place in October
2004, and in March, in a 5-4 Opinion written by
Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court
agreed with penalty opponents and our brief, and
ruled to abolish the death penalty for juveniles.
G IVING CHILDREN A VOICE IN THE
LEGAL SYSTEM
Children are most affected by custody disputes, yet
they often have no voice in the legal proceedings.
Dickstein Shapiro works closely with Lawyers for
Children in New York City, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to representing children in
foster care, and to providing free legal and social
work services to children who are the subject of
abuse, neglect, termination of parental rights,
adoption, guardianship, paternity, custody, and
visitation proceedings. In 2004, Lawyers for
Children asked Dickstein Shapiro to help with
a complicated custody case. In the midst of ugly
allegations and high-profile media coverage, our
attorneys and paralegals focused on representing
the best interests of the children.
In Los Angeles, The Alliance for Children’s Rights
is the county’s only nonprofit, free legal services
provider, information clearinghouse, and social
services referral organization devoted solely to
helping children living in poverty and foster care.
Dickstein Shapiro participates in The Alliance’s
Volunteer Attorney Network of attorneys who
donate their time and experience to provide critical
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legal assistance to the thousands of children and
families the organization supports each year. Our
attorneys have assisted with more than 250 foster
adoptions through cases referred by The Alliance
and its full-time legal intake program, striving to
secure a safe environment where each child hopefully
can begin to experience the pleasures of a
childhood outside the legal system.
R EUNITING CHILDREN AND PARENTS
It is a parent’s worst nightmare—your children are
taken out of your country and into hiding in
another. In the spring of 2000, Alberto and Nadia
Pardo were taken from their home in Poland and
moved to the United States by their father. Their
mother, Ms. Nowicka, located them the following
year and asked the courts to send them back for a
custody determination under the Hague Convention.
When her request was denied, her case was
referred to Dickstein Shapiro. Despite our attorneys’
initial efforts, a judge awarded full custody to
the father with very limited visitation for Ms.
Nowicka, and also ordered her to pay more than
$40,000 of the father’s attorneys’ fees as well as
monthly child support.
Our team of attorneys did not give up. Over a period
of seven months, we argued numerous motions
on Ms. Nowicka’s behalf. Several of our attorneys
even spent a night in jail with her after the court
sent her there for non-payment of child support. In
March 2004, after a three-day trial, Ms. Nowicka
was awarded joint legal custody of her children
along with fair visitation. We helped her obtain an
immigration visa, and she is now employed fulltime
in the United States. This case is a shining
example of our attorneys’ tenacity, commitment,
and willingness to go the extra mile for a client.
Case Study A Birthday to Remember
When it comes to pro bono projects, sometimes we
partner with clients in our efforts as well. That is
what happened when one Dickstein Shapiro legal
secretary asked if anyone in the Firm could help
her get an autographed baseball for the daughter of
her mother’s elder law attorney. The daughter,
Stacy, is a Down Syndrome child who loves the
Baltimore Orioles (a Firm client) and especially
their catcher, Javy Lopez. Firm partner Jerry
Oshinsky and executive assistant Susan Taylor
contacted the Orioles’ general counsel to see what
could be done—quite a bit, as it turned out.
Stacy and her family had tickets to attend a game
on her birthday. On game day, Stacy and her father
were greeted by an Orioles representative and
promptly ushered down to the field to watch batting
practice and meet players and coaches. Every
single player introduced himself to Stacy and
signed her baseball. They invited her to sit in the
dugout and chat. And —a dream fulfilled—she
had her picture taken with Javy Lopez and got his
autograph. After batting practice, Stacy and her
entire family were escorted to the Camden Club
for a special birthday dinner. As if that were not
enough, birthday wishes were even flashed across
the scoreboard during the game. It is a testament
to the generosity of the Baltimore Orioles that
everyone was able to give Stacy a birthday she’ll
remember forever.
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Elder Law
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“
The work of Dickstein Shapiro has contributed greatly to the ability of
senior citizens in the District of Columbia to take control of
their lives. Through its sponsorship of Advance Directives workshops
hundreds of elderly residents have executed powers of attorney and
living wills to plan for possible incapacity. AARP and Legal Counsel for
the Elderly are proud to work with such dedicated attorneys.
— Carol Matthews, Money Management Program Coordinator
AARP, Legal Counsel for the Elderly
”

E LDER L AW
Navigating the maze of benefits and planning for long-term
care and guardianship is intimidating for most of us as we grow
older. It is doubly confusing for low-income seniors and their
families who cannot afford legal advice and services. From
sponsoring free workshops to aiding individual families in need,
Dickstein Shapiro continues to strengthen its commitment to
helping low-income elders make sound decisions for their lives.
H ELPING SENIORS OBTAIN THE SERVICES THEY NEED
Many elderly people want to live in the comfort of their own homes as long as they
can, but they need special services to make that possible. Attorneys in our New York
office are working with Legal Services for the Elderly, an organization that supports
legal assistance to senior citizens in New York City, to enable a 98-year-old woman
and her 67-year-old daughter, immigrants from Puerto Rico, to continue living
together in their apartment. Both have serious health problems—the mother has
dementia and the daughter has Parkinson’s disease —but they could continue living
at home with assistance from a home-care service. However, the state is requiring the
mother to move to a nursing home because of the daughter’s disability.
Dickstein Shapiro attorneys have visited the two women and evaluated their situation in
preparation for a prospective fair hearing by the local agency. Currently, the attorneys are
waiting for that hearing to be scheduled.
Izumi Yokoyama, an attorney involved in the case, said, “I am so happy to be able
to help these women. I feel a personal connection with them, because as a nonresident
immigrant, I can relate to their status.” This case is illustrative of our attorneys’
determination to reach out to people in our communities, one life at a time.
P REPARING SENIORS FOR CRITICAL LIFE DECISIONS
For the past 11 years, we have partnered with Legal Counsel for the Elderly to present
free Durable Power of Attorney Workshops in hospitals, churches, and senior
citizen centers throughout Washington, DC. Since the program’s inception in 1993,
the workshops have provided more than 3,000 free financial and health care powers
of attorney to low-income Washington, DC residents.
“Although aging and incapacity are not something that we like to think about, it is
important to prepare for the later stages in life while we still have our faculties,” said
Dickstein Shapiro attorney Darren Long.
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In 2004, Dickstein Shapiro attorneys presented the
workshops to 10 separate organizations in Washington,
DC. Public notaries at Dickstein Shapiro
notarized the durable power of attorney forms for
the seniors at no charge.
“Preparation of these documents greatly reduces
stress and worry for family members who must
manage financial matters and make difficult medical
decisions during times of critical injury or illness,”
said Ken Trotter, one of the attorneys involved. “It
also empowers seniors with the legally binding tools
to ensure that they have control over their financial
and personal affairs at a decisive point in their lives.”
Thanks to these volunteer efforts, seniors are able
to prepare critical life-planning documents before
they need them and help guarantee that their
wishes will be met in the future.
“Seniors appreciate your efforts and you
walk out of each seminar thinking that
you have made a significant contribution
in someone’s life.”
—Andrés Colón, Attorney
Dickstein Shapiro
Case Study Social Security Benefits
What if poor health prevented you from working —
and you were denied the benefits on which you
expected to rely? That is the situation in which a
lifelong cafeteria worker in Washington, DC found
herself. The 49-year-old, who suffers from peripheral
vascular disease and several other ailments, had
been turned down twice for Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) by the Social Security Administration.
In January 2000, the worker became unable to
work due to the onset of her disease, which
restricts blood flow to the legs and made it difficult
for her to be on her feet for long periods of time.
Despite two surgeries, she remained unable to walk
or stand for longer than 15 minutes. The Administration
initially denied her application for SSI
because of her history of drug and alcohol abuse.
However, at a hearing before Administrative Law
Judge Eugene Bond, in which a Dickstein Shapiro
attorney, who was working on the case, questioned
witnesses and presented oral arguments, the client
testified that she had been drug-free for nearly 20
years. That testimony was corroborated by her
medical records. The judge overturned the Administration’s
two-time denial of her application for
benefits and ruled that she was entitled to retroactive
benefits. Sadly, she later succumbed to her illnesses,
but we were happy to help her win this
final victory.
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Additional Contributions
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Our pro bono and charitable activities are as diverse as the communities in which
we live. As a result, some projects defy categorization—they are simply projects of
the heart.
P OINTING THE WAY OUT OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE)
is an organization that provides legal and social
service resources to victims of domestic violence.
Numerous Firm attorneys are WEAVE-trained
and partner with the organization to help women
obtain civil protection orders and divorces, and
assist with child custody matters.
For some victims of domestic violence, something
as simple as a cell phone can mean the difference
between life and death. Safe Horizon, another Firm
pro bono partner, provides cell phones to victims of
domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, and stalking,
so they can call 911 at any time. Dickstein Shapiro
attorneys and staff collected more than 40 old cell
phones for donation to Safe Horizon last year.
T RANSLATING THE LAW FOR
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS
Understanding one’s rights and protections under
the law is difficult when one’s native tongue is not
English. Two Dickstein Shapiro attorneys volunteered
to work with inMotion, a New York-based
nonprofit that provides low-income, underserved,
or abused women with free legal services, on their
Cross-Borough Collaboration Translation Project.
The attorneys reviewed and revised Japanese and
Chinese translations of law basics relating to legal
guardians, child abuse, and child neglect. The complete
translations will be placed on the Internet so
that immigrants and non-immigrant residents can
access this legal information.
R AISING MONEY FOR A CURE
One Firm attorney lost his father to Lou Gehrig’s
Disease when he was 17. Today, he is working to
further research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS). This past year, the attorney and other
Dickstein Shapiro attorneys provided pro bono
legal services for The Inaugural Friends for ALS
Research Celebrity Golf Classic, hosted by PGA
Tour Professional Tom Watson. Our team negotiated
all of the contractual arrangements required
for the event, which was a huge success and raised
more than $450,000 for continued ALS research.
D OING S MALL M IRACLES FOR O THERS
Whether pursuing a spontaneous project or devoting
many hours to a cause, our offices are continually
involved in the pro bono experience. Our communities
inspire a range of contribution—from
associates buying a winter coat for a homeless person
on the street to “Doing Small Miracles for
Others,” the nonprofit organization our employees
formed in 1987 to raise money and donate toys to
local charities and shelters. We have a long history
of commitment to our communities—a commitment
we work to exceed every year.
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Case Study Insurance Coverage Victory
When Diana Maddred-Exum was diagnosed with
multiple myeloma, she never dreamed that fighting
cancer would also entail fighting her insurance
company. Her physician at the Greenebaum Cancer
Center in Baltimore recommended a bone marrow
transplant, recognized as the standard of care for
multiple myeloma, and participation in a clinical
trial for a vaccine to enhance her ability to resist
infection after the transplant.
Ms. Maddred-Exum, who had worked for Wendy’s
restaurants for nearly 20 years, had health benefits
through an employee plan governed by the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA). She requested coverage for the transplant,
but not for the vaccine, which would be paid
for entirely by the Greenebaum Cancer Center.
Wendy’s and its plan administrator, CoreSource,
first agreed to pay for the transplant, then changed
their decision and denied coverage for the transplant
and everything related to the procedure.
Ms. Maddred-Exum’s physician contacted a Firm
partner who is also a cancer survivor and a member
of the Greenebaum Cancer Center Board of Visitors.
He and a fellow Dickstein Shapiro attorney
tried to resolve the dispute amicably with Wendy’s
and CoreSource. When that did not work, they
filed suit on Diana’s behalf. Wendy’s and Core-
Source admitted that the transplant was a covered
procedure under Diana’s benefit plan, but argued
that the experimental vaccine (for which Diana was
not seeking coverage) rendered the entire course of
treatment experimental and outside of her coverage.
Fearing that delay would jeopardize Diana’s health,
her physician and the Greenebaum Center agreed
to perform the transplant without any guarantee of
payment. The attorneys filed a motion for summary
judgment and an expedited hearing, citing the toll
that litigation was taking on their client. Just nine
days after Wendy’s and CoreSource responded to
the motion, the judge granted their motion for
summary judgment – without a hearing. The judge
held that the defendants’ basis for denying coverage
lacked even “theoretical medical support” and constituted
a “bad faith abuse of their discretion.” He
also ordered the defendants to pay Ms. Maddred-
Exum’s legal fees, even though Dickstein Shapiro
had agreed to handle the case pro bono.
“Placing the call to Diana after the Court granted
our summary judgment motion was one of the
most gratifying experiences of my life,” said Andy
Weiner, one of the attorneys involved. “She felt
relieved that she could focus 100 percent of her
energy on her recovery. Hopefully, our work on
this case has helped not only Diana, but future
patients who will have one less battle to fight.”
Photography Notes
Page 4: Center photo, Dickstein Shapiro paralegal Michael Bradley mulches gardens as part of a May 2004 Greater DC Cares community improvement project.
Page 15: Photo on left, Duke Ellington students and faculty visit the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, in June 2004, (from left) Gloria Lopez, Howard Soloman,
Cecilie Lindsay, Jarvis Grant, and Christon Bacon.
Page 15: Center photo, Dickstein Shapiro helps Stacy celebrate her birthday with the Baltimore Orioles [pictured here with second baseman Brian Roberts].
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2004 Pro Bono Participants
Andrew Abraham
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Kenneth Adams
Tarmi Addonizio
O. Joy Ajao
Saminaz Akhter
Dawn Albert
Robert Aldrich
Marisol Alers
DeAnna Allen
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Elaine Arabatzis
Angelo Arcadipane
Scott Arnold
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Jeffrey Becherer
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Charles Mehler III
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us to promise and deliver excellence to our clients.
Loyalty
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other, and to the Firm.
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society. We respect our clients, our attorneys, and our
staff and believe in an environment that offers equal
opportunity for all.
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entrepreneurial energy to advance the interests of
our clients and the business of the Firm.
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responsibility, and honorable, principled actions.
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2004 Pro Bono Organizations
Alliance for Children’s Rights, The • American Civil Liberties Union • American Intellectual Property Law Association • American
Red Cross • Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center • Association of the Bar of the City of New York, The • Bel Alton
Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. • Benjamin Banneker Academic High School • Bonobo Conservation Society • Bread for the City
• Bridge, Inc., The • Bright Lights Foundation, The • Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR) • Capital Education Fund •
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington • Celtino Foundation • Center for American Progress • Child Protective
Services • Children’s Law Center, The • City Bar Fund, The • Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) • Columbia Hospital for Women
• Community Bridges • Concerto Project, The • Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County • Conservation International •
Council for Court Excellence, The • DC Appleseed • DC Bar Child Custody Clinic • DC Bar Community Economic Development
• DC Bar Family Court Self Help Center • DC Bar Foundation • DC Bar International Law Section • DC Bar Landlord Tenant
Resource Center • DC Board of Elections and Ethics • DC Prisoners’ Legal Services Project, Inc. • DC Public Defenders Office
• Duke Ellington School of the Arts • Election Protection • Environmental Defense Fund • Every Creek, Inc. • Family Place, The •
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids • Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown University, The • Frank Foundation Child
Assistance International • Friends for ALS Research • Friends of Open Parkways • Great American Mock Trial Invitational
Tournament • Greater DC Cares • Greater Washington Initiative • HERO Project, The • Hoffa Scholarship Fund • House of Help
• Human Rights First • Humane Society • Imani House, Inc. • Immigrant Legal Resource Center • InMotion • Institute For
Educational Equity and Opportunity, The • International Centre for Women Playwrights • Isaac Foundation • Jamestown
Foundation • Jewish Foundation for Group Homes • Justin Simon Patient Advocacy Program • Lambda Legal • Lawyers Alliance
for New York • Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law • Lawyers for Children America • Lawyers for the Elderly • Legal
Aid Society of DC • Legal Counsel for the Elderly • Legal Services for the Elderly • Martin Luther King Jr. High School Mentor
Program • Maryland District Court Mediation Program • Mentoring Tree Foundation, The • Minds Matter of NYC, Inc. • National
Artists Equity Association, DC Chapter • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) • National
Family Caregivers Association • National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship • National South Asian Bar Association •
PATCH Foundation • Pathways to College Network • Project Reap • Project Sunshine • Redeemer Lutheran Church Lutheran
Endowment for Novosaratovka • September 11th Victims Compensation Fund • Scandrett Disabilities Fund • Safe Horizon •
Sheridan Hill House • Southern District of New York Pro Se Office • Street Law Program • Sundial Theatre Company • Syrian
Political Prisoners Campaign • Smart Matters • Templeton Venture Philanthropy Associates • Thomas W. Reed Family Education
Trust • UNICEF • United Way • University of Maryland • U.S. Courts for the District of Columbia • Veterans Consortium Pro
Bono Program, The • Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts • Volunteer Lawyers Project • Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts •
Washington Hebrew Congregation • Washington, DC Habitat for Humanity • Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
and Urban Affairs • Washington Literacy Council • Washington Shakespeare Company • Women Empowered Against Violence
(WEAVE) • Westside Club • Whitman-Walker Clinic • 1 in 9: Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition
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