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Gala 2011 Thursday, March 3, 2011 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center - 6:00 PM The SC Bar Foundation just closed the books on Gala 2011, held Thursday, March 3 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. This year’s gala, the fifth such event, met expectations generating more than $26,000 in proceeds. Close to 300 guests enjoyed a seated dinner, dancing and a silent auction with a wide array of items from getaways to a beautiful print, Justice Never Sleeps, by artist-in-residence at The Woodlands Hotel, Rick Reinert. The auction alone generated net profit exceeding $5,000. The evening was one of celebration with special focus being given to the SC Bar’s Nifty Fifty. This year’s honorees, the class of 1960, had 11 members present at the gala. Justice Kaye G. Hearn presented the pins to this year’s honorees.
From right to left: Homer L. Deakins Jr., G. Dana Sinkler, Harold W. Jacobs, Theodore W. Law III, Thomas Travis Medlock, D. Laurence McIntosh, Thomas E. Rogers Jr., Robert D. Jennings, Harvey G. Sanders Jr., John M. Bleecker Jr. The evening also honored the Ellen Hines Smith Legal Services Lawyer of the Year and the SC Bar’s Pro Bono Lawyers of the Year. Susan Firimonte was named the Ellen Hines Smith Legal Services Lawyer of the Year. Firimonte currently serves as the Managing Attorney of the Pee Dee office of South Carolina Legal Services. The award, established in 1989, is named in memory of Ellen Hines Smith of Spartanburg. Smith was the founding director of Piedmont Legal Services. Her entire legal career was devoted to the creation and provision of legal services. Christopher Genovese and Alex Paterra were named as the SC Bar Pro Bono Lawyers of the Year. Genovese is with the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP in Columbia. Paterra Is with his own firm in Greenville. The South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award is presented annually to lawyers who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged.
Susan Firimonte & Justice Hearn Chris Genovese Alex Paterra Foundation President Toyya Brawley Gray closed the evening with a celebration of the Bar Foundation. She noted the extremely low IOLTA revenues as of late, but applauded the efforts of Foundation grantees in the decline. She made special recognition of Foundation donors Walt McLeod III, Eddie Weinberg and John P. “Jack” Wilson as the newest honorees in the Foundation’s Justice Legacy which honors donors who have given cumulative gifts of $5,000 to permanent Foundation funds. While the Foundation’s Gala was a success, the need for support continues and is more critical as the economy continues to heal. The 2011 grant allocations totaled $2.4 million and the 2012 allocations will be less. These low funding levels only are possible by pulling dollars from a reserve fund as well as from support provided by Foundation donors. If you were unable to attend the gala, but would like to contribute, please contact us. If everyone does a little, the profession can do a lot. Please take a minute to join your colleagues.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Gold Sponsor South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Bronze Sponsors Southeastern Insurance Consultants, LLC UBS Financial Services -- The Gallivan Group Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, PA
Law Firm Table Sponsors
Bowman and Brooke, LLP Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, PA Law Office of Toyya Brawley Gray Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA Hearn & Hearn, PA Jennings & Jennings, PA K&L Gates, LLP Land Parker & Welch, PA McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC McNair Law Firm, PA Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough , LLP Nexsen Pruet, LLC Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA Robert & Susan Rosen Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP South Carolina Bar South Carolina Legal Services Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA Willcox Buyck & Williams Law Firm Carrington S. B. Wingard, Attorney at Law
Couple Sponsors Sue Berkowitz & Harrison Palmer George & Mary Denis Cauthen Central Carolina Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Chibbaro Terrell T. (Terry) Horne & Martha McElveen Horne Walton J. McLeod III & Julie H. McLeod Jon C. May & Amy Landers May Alice Paylor & Kit Regnery Thomas & Shannon Scruggs Jeff & Robin Wheeler
Other Supporters The Coastal Breeze Party Band Columbia Printing & Graphics Crescendo Advertising Print South Senior Lawyers Division Trevett's Mailing Service, LLC
Gala 2011 Committee Elaine Fowler, Chair Pam Baker Mark Buyck Jr. Toyya Brawley Gray Wallace Lightsey Cal Watson
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