Home > About Us >

Board of Advisors

The Board of Directors created the Board of Advisers in September 2006 to promote the Society's work in the legal community and to support the Society's fund raising activities.

  • Chair: Elkan Abramowitz, a former Director, is a partner at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer P.C.

For the Term Ending 2009

  • Ruth Atkins, a former Vice Chair of the Board, is a community leader.
  • Christopher P. Bogart, a former Director is the Managing Director of Glenavy Capital LLC.
  • Thomas R. Brome, a former President of the Society, is a partner at Cravath, Swaine & More LLP.
  • Michael J. Chepiga, a former President, is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
  • Barbara Latz Cohen, Co-Chair of the Civil Support Division.
  • Michael A. Cooper, a former President, is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
  • George A. Davidson, a former President, is a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.
  • Richard A. Eisner, a former Director, is a partner at Eisner LLP.
  • Michael D. Fricklas, a former Director, is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Viacom Inc.
  • Michael Helfer, a former Director, is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Citigroup, Inc.
  • Steven G. Horowitz, a former Director, is a partner at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP.
  • David Klingsberg, a former Director, is special counsel at Kaye Scholer LLP.
  • Marti Kopacz is the Managing Principal for Recovery & Reorganization Service of Grant Thornton LLP.
  • Loretta E. Lynch, a former Legal Aid Director and a former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, is a partner in the New York office of Hogan & Hartson LLP.
  • Grace Lyu-Volckhausen, a former Vice Chair, is the President of the Tiger Baron Foundation and a New York City Commissioner on Human Rights.

For the Term Ending 2008

  • Paul S. Bird, a former Director of the Society, is a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
  • Richard W. Clary, a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, is a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
  • Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., a former Director of the Society, is a partner at White & Case LLP.
  • Alexander D. Forger, a former President and Chairman of the Board of The Legal Aid Society, is the Director of Oak Spring Farm LLC. He also was the first Chair of the Board of Advisers.
  • Walter Mack, a partner at Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack.
  • D. Stuart Meiklejohn, a former Legal Aid President, is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
  • Gary P. Naftalis, a former Director, is a partner at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
  • Maurice N. Nessen, a former President, is a retired partner at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
  • Lawrence B. Pedowitz, a former Vice Chair, is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
  • Steven B. Rosenfeld, a former President, is a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
  • Frederick Schaffer, a former President, is Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel of The City University of New York.
  • Richard Shutrin, a former Director, is a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
  • Leon Silverman, a former President, is of counsel at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
  • Alan Vinegrad, a former Legal Aid Director and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, is a partner at Covington & Burling.
  • Perry Weitz, a former Director, is Presiding Partner at Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C.