FY2015 AnnuAl RepoRt

Shift the power

About our workHer Justice engages the talent and resources of New York City’s law firms and corporations, bringing together committed lawyers and determined women to secure life-changing results.

Our servicesFor over 23 years, Her Justice has ensured that women

receive critical legal services that help them achieve safety,

self-sufficiency and stability. We offer a full range of free,

legal services—information, advice, brief services and full

representation—in family, divorce and immigration matters

to address the urgent needs of indigent women and their

children, especially those who have suffered domestic violence

and immigrants isolated by language and culture.

Pro bono first What makes Her Justice unique is its “pro bono first” model.

Her Justice specializes in offering pro bono assistance—

connecting volunteer lawyers from over 80 premier firms

with low-income women who desperately need a lawyer. Her

Justice provides essential legal assistance to indigent women

and children, as well as expert training and support for the

attorneys who represent them.

Her Justice identifies women with cases that would result in

serious injustice without legal help. every day, our staff screens

clients and identifies what legal services are most responsive

to their needs—full representation from a volunteer attorney,

or advice or brief services from our staff attorneys. In that way,

Her Justice matches the best legal services to each client and

brings the power of the legal profession to those who need it

most, empowering low-income women and children to avoid

homelessness and overcome poverty and abuse.

A trusted partner throughout New York City Her Justice is an on-site partner at all four of the City’s Family

Justice Centers—in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and

Queens—where we provide a full range of direct legal services

and work with other partner organizations (law enforcement,

social services and legal services) to provide holistic assistance

to abuse victims in their communities. We also partner with

community-based agencies and conduct outreach clinics to

reach women isolated by language and culture.

Leverage makes the difference leveraging our small staff by tapping the talent and resources

of private firms, Her Justice increases exponentially the number

of women who go to court with their own lawyers and

obtain the legal protections that they and their children need

and deserve. last year, Her Justice provided essential legal

assistance to over 7,400 women and children. every dollar

donated to Her Justice delivers $6 worth of legal services.

“I got my life back and a fresh start. I am now a whole person, a voice to be heard.” Her Justice client

affirmative asylum

immigration case

Wonfirsto

ur

for a victim of domestic violence who would have been killed had she returned to her

home country

INCreAse IN tHeIr INCOme85%

her justice clients with litigated child support,

spousal support and/or divorce cases received an average

after representation by a pro bono attorney

provided legal

assistance to

3,121 women 4,323 cHildrenbecome safe, supported and

economically securehelping them and their

146 clients can now work

legally in the u.s.

Accomplishments

with partner law firms or her justice staff attorneys

Placed 1,152 new legal matters

to receive legal representation on

their family, immigration and divorce cases

enabling 664 clients

Her Justice obtained over $760,500 in recurring money awards

for low-income clients and a total of

$476,713 in lump sum payments

leveraged

59,205 hours

from volunteer attorneys to help our clients

mOst OF Our CLIeNts Are mOtHers ANd Are ALsO FACINg dOmestIC vIOLeNCe.

the critical need for our services

1-IN-4 OF tHe wOmeN we serve needs an interpreter in order to access

the Courts. For the foreign-born, court is even more daunting.

1%4%

22%

30%

15%

28%

manHattan

brooklyn

staten island

other areas

bronxqueens

motHers not facing domestic violence

mothers facing domestic violence

not mothers

mothers 71%

29%

86%14%

Who we serve

domestic violence is a

leading cause of homelessnessfor women and their children

Her JustICe serves wOmeN IN ALL FIve bOrOugHs OF NYC.

over 80%of people in family court

handle their cases

without a lawyer

of people are able to

defend themselves

successfully in immigration court

Without a lawyer,

only 13%

more than twice the City’s

overall poverty rate

most poor, single-parent

families are headed by women,

and the

Poverty rate for single

motHers is 43%

OPerAtINg reveNues

Individuals $ 1,555.728

law Firms $ 1,530.070

Corporations $ 985,482

Foundations $ 365,652

Government $ 466,691

Interest/Miscellaneous $ 41,865

tOtAL OPerAtINg reveNues $ 4,945,488

Donated legal Services $ 31,457,230

tOtAL reveNue $ 36,402,718

InDIvIDuAlS 32%

lAW FIRMS 31%

FounDAtIonS 7%

CoRpoRAtIonS 20%

GoveRnMent 9%

InteReSt/MISC. 1%

w H e r e O u r F u N d s C O m e

F r O m

OPerAtINg exPeNses

legal/program Services $ 3,208,763

Fundraising/Communications $ 638,170

Management /General $ 304,644

tOtAL OPerAtINg exPeNses $ 4,151,577

Donated legal Services $ 31,457,230

event expenses $ 603,036

tOtAL exPeNses $ 36,211,843

Net INCOme $ 190,875

totAl ASSetS $ 4,791,605

totAl lIABIlItIeS $ 394,821

totAl net ASSetS $ 4,396,784

leGAl /pRoGRAM SeRvICeS 77%

FunDRAISInG/CoMMunICAtIonS 16%

MAnAGeMent/GeneRAl 7%

H O w O u r F u N d s A r e

s P e N t

FinancialsJuly 1, 2014–June 30, 2015

$100,000+Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson llpIolA Fund of the State of new York

$50,000–$99,999AnonymousAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld llpAlixpartnersAnchorage Capital Group, l.l.C.Avenue Capital GroupKirkland & ellis llplouis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.national public Finance Guarantee/ MBIA Foundationpaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison llpSimpson thacher & Bartlett llpverizon Wirelessthe William J. and Dorothy K. o’neill Foundation

$25,000–$49,999the A.D. philanthropic FundAlvarez & MarsalAIGBakerHostetlerBernstein litowitz Berger & Grossmann llpBlackstone’s Foundation and partnersCadwalader, Wickersham & taft llpCenterbridge partners, l.p.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton llpCravath, Swaine & Moore llpDavis polk & Wardwell llpernst & YoungFtI Consulting, Inc.Goldman, Sachs & Co.Greenberg traurig, llpJones DayKramer levin naftalis & Frankel llplatham & Watkins llplowenstein Sandler llpMilbank, tweed, Hadley & McCloy llpMillstein & Co., l.p.Morgan, lewis & Bockius llpo’Melveny & Myers llpproskauer Rose llpQuest turnaround Advisors, llCRothschild Inc.Schulte Roth & Zabel llpSeward & Kissel llpShearman & Sterling llpSidley Austin llpSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llpSullivan & Cromwell llpWachtell, lipton, Rosen & KatzWeil, Gotshal & Manges llpWhite & Case llpWillkie Farr & Gallagher llpZolfo Cooper

$15,000–$24,999the Alice lawrence Foundation, Inc.Alston & Bird llpCBRe, Inc.Debevoise & plimpton llpDentonsthe Fortin Foundation of Florida, Inc.Hughes Hubbard & Reed llpJpMorgan Chase & Co.K&l Gates llpKing & Spalding llporrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Foundationpershing Square Capital Management, l.p.pfizer IncSociété GénéraleStroock & Stroock & lavan llpvenable llp

$10,000–$14,999Allen & overy llpAngelo, Gordon & Co.Appaloosa Management l.p.Bloomberg philanthropiesCapstone Advisory Group, llCCenterview partners llCCurtis, Mallet-prevost, Colt & Mosle llpDavidson Kempner Capital Management lpevercoreGlC Advisors & Co., llCGrant thornton llpGreenhill & Co., Inc.Houlihan lokeythe Hyde and Watson FoundationJoele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer KatcherKasowitz Benson torres & Friedman llpKekst and CompanyKurtzman Carson Consultants llClazardlily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. McGuireWoods llpMiller Buckfire & Co., llCMoelis & Companypaul Hastings llppwCprime ClerkQuinn emanuel urquhart & Sullivan, llpthe Richard A. Busemeyer Atheist FoundationStroz FriedbergYoung Conaway Stargatt & taylor, llp

$5,000–$9,999American Academy of Matrimonial lawyers FoundationArent Fox llpBMC Group/SmartRoomChilmark partnersCiti private Bank law Firm GroupCohnReznick llp

Contrarian Capital Management, l.l.C.DlA piper llp (uS)Dontzin nagy & Fleissig llpHenry nias Foundation, Inc.Jefferies llCKelley Drye & Warren llpMarotta Gund Budd & Dzera, llCMesirow Financial Consulting, llCMetlife Foundation volunteer project Fundthe new York Bar Foundationnixon peabody llpnour Foundation Rabobank

$1,000–$4,999the Brees Dream FoundationBlank Rome llpBrookfield Asset Management Inc.Charles River AssociatesClarion partners, llCCrowe Horwath llpCrowell & Moring llpepiq SystemsFarrell Fritz, p.C.Fragomen Worldwidethe Fourth universalist Society Garden City Group, llC (GCG)General Re CorporationHolwell Shuster & Goldberg llpthe Hun School of princetonHuron Consulting GroupK2 IntelligenceKinetic partnersKpMG llpKramer Kozek llpKrollthe links, Incorporated, Greater new York ChapterMcDermott Will & emery Charitable FoundationMetlifeMetzger-price Fund, Inc.the Morrison & Foerster Foundationnational Basketball Associationpachulski Stang Ziehl & Jonespurrington Moody Weil llpthe Ruth and Seymour Klein Foundation, Inc.Skandinaviska enskilda Banken ABSontag Advisory, llCthe Spence School Stonehill Capital Management, llCtogut, Segal & Segal llptwin Haven Capital partners, llC

INstItutIONAL dONOrs

Your support connects women in crisis with the most powerful legal network in New York City

July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015

With gratitude

$50,000+Mary and Alok Singh*

$25,000 -$49,999Allison and timothy ColemanSusan Cook and Drew Fine*Catherine J. Douglass and Bruce p. Dohrenwendlisa J. Donahue and John patton*the A.D. philanthropic FundJoy and Steven M. ZelinKaren and Ken Ziman*

$10,000-$24,499Anonymouslaura Z. BarketDale and Max Berger*lori and Jeffrey Brodsky*April Marshall and Steven p. Clausen*Catherine v. Curry and Andrés v. Gil*theanne M. Chivily and Matthew A. Feldman*patricia Ferrari and Andrew Jánszky*Sonia e. GardnerAdrienne and edward J. Goldthorpe*Grossman Family philanthropic Foundationerin e. Hill*elaine Johnston*Cathy M. KaplanKim Koopersmith and William J. BornerIzumi Hara and David n. Koschik*David S. Kurtz laura and Kevin lavinIvan R. lehonelizabeth F. Maringer and Jay A. ShilandMillicent and Darin McAtee*Mary elizabeth McGarry*Keith McGregorAbby and Bruce MendelsohnDenise l. loring and peter v. pantaleo*Cynthia Smith and Gregory petrickloretta and John Rapisardieric M. RosofSuzanne puls and Robert C. Schwenkel*Amanda A. lin and nathan C. thomasHarry J. Wilson

$2,500-$9,999Anonymouselizabeth AbramsMarcie A. Goldstein and Bijan Aminivirginia A. Arcari and John e. tavss*lee AttanasioCatherine S. G. AtterburyDiana Barrett and Robert vilalisa BeckermanFrances S. Campbell and Roger netzer*Kurt CellarKerry D. Chandler*Jennifer M. Danielslauren and thomas F. DoninoBruce G. Douglass

INdIvIduAL dONOrs

*contributed to the catherine J. douglass tribute fund

Art dONOrsspecial thanks to the galleries

and artists who donated art to our

2015 annual Photography auction

& benefit

Slim AaronsHolly AndresMax BergerJulie BlackmonJames BleeckerJeff Brouwsesther Bubleyelizabeth ChilesMirah CurzerCharlotte DumasMitch epsteinJeremy FrechetteStephanie Freid-perenchioRon GalellaMegan GorhamHayden M. GreeneGeorge GruelBob GruenGail Albert Halabantim HallStephen HarmonWilliam HelburnChip HooperMichael KennaRick KopsteinDaniel KramerChristopher lange

paul langeKarine lavalRicky leaverMark lewisJoseph lucasGabriella McSwainJames v. MignognaGreg Millerliz okonRuth orkinMelissa o’ShaughnessyJon plasseFrancois portmannpriscilla RattazziSuzy RoSabrailaMike SegarMax touheypeter C. turcoellen von unwerthKenneth R. Weinbergtodd WeinsteinDrew WiedemannMelissa Fry WiedemannBaron Wolman

Artists

galleriesBenrubi GalleryJean B. Bubleyedwynn Houk GalleryHoward Greenberg GalleryJulie Saul Gallerylilly Global MediaMcKay Williamson

Resorts World CasinoReutersRobert Mann GalleryRuth orkin photo ArchiveSikkema Jenkins & Co.Staley-Wise Gallery

Christine C. Douglass* David eismanMaria Cilenti and Michael emblerGarrett A. Fail*tinamarie FeilAnnette l. nazareth and Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.Diane and Joseph Genovapamela Samuelson and Robert J. GlushkoJustin GmelichJay M. GoffmanDiana and Harrison J. GoldinMarcia and Mark Goldstein*elaine and Anthony GrilloDenise C. Kozloff and David B. Gross, Kozloff Family Foundationelizabeth and Michael J. HanniganJane M. Hanson and patrick e. Shrout*Constance D. Harvard*Kathryn M. Heleniak*Kelly M. Hnatt and Bradley e. RandallCarla Hughson-Schmidt*Karen and peter Jakes*Kathleen M. Kheel*Richard S. Kleinvanessa A. lavely*David B. ludwigpeter J. lyonMarilyn and Robert Mazur*Joff A. MitchellKimberly Short and Richard W. Morgnerlauren nowierskiCarol Sedwick and Michael patrick*Kathryn A. Reavis and David StrohmDavid l. SawyerSang K. Yi and Helfried J. SchwarzRoopesh and Allison ShahMary and David SolomonMichael StadnickCharity Shumway and Gregory M. Starner*tara e. Yamaoka and Michael K. Sullivan*peggy and David tannerHarriet and Myron trepper*

$1,000-$2,499Anonymous (6)Iris and nathan AdlerRobert e. AllenJane and norman AlpertJudy and John Angelolisa F. Arpaia and David A. KrettMitchell Auslander*peggy BaderAnne Griffin and Joe Baio*vivek BantwalMarcia and Douglas BatesonSteven M. Biermaneve BirnbaumRobert BishopJeffrey e. Bjork

nicole Deller and Matthew S. Bliwisevanessa BossardKenneth BresslerCassidy and Douglas BrushStephen H. CanJames J. Capranatacha Carbajal*Charlita C. Cardwell and Martez MooreAlan J. CarrJoe CashelJane M. Castlelori and edward CohenKen ColbyDebra A. Dandeneau and Jeffrey e. Matchenpaul DeutchJames l. DobsonJulie A. Domonkos and Daniel leffell*Mary and Stephen DowiczHon. Betty Weinberg ellerin*Shamita D. etienne-Cummingspeter M. Faulknerpatrick B. FennMargaret and eric FriedbergJesse Furmannancy C. Gardner and edward J. GarofoloMaxine and theodore Gellerlaura Impert and Steven D. GermainJill l. Goodman and Melvin J. Bukiet*Kathleen M. ulrich and Stephen e. GrayBeth Ann and David J. GreenwaldMatt GuillSally and Jat Gullapallitammy HamzehpourAlison Hansteadpaul e. Harnertimothy J. HeineRita A. HernandezRichard and Carole HochhauserMatthew Horvathtouché Howard John G. Hutchinsonemily D. JohnsonRobert M. KaufmanYukako KawataDenise and Alexander M. KayeJames p. Kelleypamela and Michael Kelly*Gail KemplerAndie and Jimmy Koplikterry Gushner and leonard lauferJohn J. lavelleWindy l. lawrence*nancy l. lazarJack Q. leverDenise and David n. levineSusan and Robert lewinCatherine Woodman and Walter p. loughlin*Janice Mac Avoy and Johnson McKelvy

Cynthia MarshallDeirdre and John McGuinnessDenise and Francis MentonJames Mesterharmeileen M. Hoffman and Robert n. MichaelsonDavid S. MillerCarolyn and Jim MillsteinAbigail and Jonathan MosesArthur J. nagleomid nasabSharon l. nellesekwutozia u. nwabuzorthe o’Connell Family FoundationMaureen M. o’learyJohn R. ollerlaura Smith and John olsonCraig packerStephen M. payneverdun perryMichael psarosDaniel A. RichardsKaren and John RigneyDeborah and David n. RobertsMike RobinsonJulie M. Saul*lauri W. Sawyer*ellen Schoninger and efraim GrinbergJeanette thornton-Schwab and peter M. SchwabJolie Schwab and David R. HodesChristopher ShafferSuvarna ShahDavid Shawelizabeth Ann Smith and John p. BarrieJeffrey Q. SmithColby A. SmithMeg and Steven D. SmithDebra and Mitchell I. Sonkin*Rachel and Alexander F. Sternedward M. Strozleon Szlezingerelizabeth R. talerman and Doug Chertoklindsay and edward G. timlinCarmel lowenthal and eric A. tirschwellMartin tuchmanKristin and Christopher updike*Robert e. WagerSharon J. Weinberg and Jeffrey ZimmermanMichael WyseFelicia Yieh pan and Michael pan*nanar and Anthony A. Yoseloff

4,108 donations under $1,000 totaling $430,000

“I’m relieved that all of this is behind me; I can finally move on with my life.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you endlessly—I don’t know what I

would have done without my lawyers.” Her Justice client

Who we are

Jeffrey H. aronsonCenterbridge partners, l.p.

Hon. shelley c. chapmanuS Bankruptcy Judge Southern District of new York

norma c. corioAmerican express Global Business travel

lisa J. donahueAlixpartners

catherine J. douglass, esq.Founder, Her Justice

bryan P. marsalAlvarez & Marsal

Jim millsteinMillstein & Co., l.p.

brad eric scheler, esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson llp

myron trepper, esq.

seNIOr LeAdersHIP COuNCIL

akin gump strauss Hauer & feld llP

alston & bird llP

bakerHostetler

bernstein litowitz berger & grossmann llP

cadwalader, wickersham & taft llP

cravath, swaine & moore llP

davis Polk & wardwell llP

dentons

fried, frank, Harris, shriver & Jacobson llP

greenberg traurig, llP

Hughes Hubbard & reed llP

Jones day

K&l gates llP

King & spalding llP

Kramer levin naftalis & frankel llP

lowenstein sandler llP

milbank, tweed, Hadley & mccloy llP

morgan, lewis & bockius llP

o’melveny & myers llP

orrick, Herrington & sutcliffe llP

Paul, weiss, rifkind, wharton & garrison llP

Proskauer rose llP

seward & Kissel llP

shearman & sterling llP

sidley austin llP

simpson thacher & bartlett llP

skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom llP

stroock & stroock & lavan llP

sullivan & cromwell llP

wachtell, lipton, rosen & Katz

weil, gotshal & manges llP

white & case llP

willkie farr & gallagher llP

COrPOrAte PArtNers

amy barasch, esq.executive Director

Jennifer l. decarli, esq., lmswSenior Director, legal Services

nancy nagourneySenior Director, Finance and operations

exeCutIve stAFF

amy barasch, esq. (president)Her Justice

Jeffrey a. brodskyQuest turnaround Advisors, llC

matthew a. feldman, esq. (vice Chair)Willkie Farr & Gallagher llp

Patricia ferrariMBIA/national public Finance Guarantee

drew s. fine, esq.Milbank, tweed, Hadley & McCloy llp

nancy gardner, esq. (Secretary)S&p Capital IQ*

sonia gardnerAvenue Capital Group

marcia l. goldstein, esq.Weil, Gotshal & Manges llp

edward J. goldthorpeApollo Global Management

erin e. Hill, esq.JpMorgan Chase & Co.

cathy m. Kaplan, esq.Sidley Austin llp

Kim Koopersmith, esq.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld llp

david n. Koschik, esq.White & Case llp

Kevin J. lavinAnkura Consulting Group*

ivan r. lehon cfa, cfe (treasurer)ernst & Young Capital Advisors, llC

elizabeth f. maringer, esq.national Basketball Association*

darin P. mcatee, esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore llp

bruce H. mendelsohnperella Weinberg partners*

sharon l. nelles, esq.Sullivan & Cromwell llp

Peter v. Pantaleo, esq. (Chair)Simpson thacher & Bartlett llp

John J. rapisardi, esq.o’Melveny & Myers llp

craig l. reicherCBRe, Inc.

eric m. rosof, esq.Wachtell, lipton, Rosen & Katz

robert c. schwenkel, esq. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson llp

roopesh K. shah Goldman, Sachs & Co.

mary singh

steven m. ZelinpJt partners*

Ken Ziman, esq.lazard Frères & Co. llC*

bOArd OF dIreCtOrs

catherine s. g. atterbury, esq.*Deutsche Bank

douglas a. brushKraft & Kennedy, Inc.

natacha carbajal, esq.BakerHostetler

garrett a. fail, esq.Weil, Gotshal & Manges llp

mark w. HojnackiMcKinsey & Company

emily d. Johnson, esq. (Co-Chair)Wachtell, lipton, Rosen & Katz

vanessa a. lavely, esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore llp

alison r. levine, esq.Willkie Farr & Gallagher llp*

laura s. milano, esq.Kramer levin naftalis & Frankel llp

ekwutozia u. nwabuzor, esq.JpMorgan Chase & Co.

michael o’HarapJt partners*

alison l. sawyer, cPa/cff, cfeKroll Inc.

christopher m. scudero, cPa, cff, citP

stephanie a. skelly, esq.the Mara Group, llC*

greg m. starner, esq. (Co-Chair)White & Case llp

michael K. sullivanGrant thornton llp

christopher J. updike, esq. Cadwalader, Wickersham & taft llp

stephanie weathers-lowin, esq.Stroock & Stroock & lavan llp

JuNIOr AdvIsOrY bOArd

*Name or affiliation has changed since June 30, 2015

*Name or affiliation has changed since June 30, 2015

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