Major Supporters

Pro Bono Partners

Texas Appleseed's success is directly attributable to the active pro bono involvement of dedicated individuals, major law firms and organizations throughout Texas. Each year we recognize outstanding partners with the Pro Bono Leadership Award and Special Recognition Awards during our Good Apple Dinner.

2009 Pro Bono Partners
2008 Pro Bono Partners
2007 Pro Bono Partners

Visit our Pro Bono Opportunities page to find out how you can become involved. Texas Appleseed is deeply grateful to the following partners for contributing significant pro bono support to one or more Texas Appleseed projects within the past five years:

Adams & Reese LLP
Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, P.C.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
Andrew Kurth LLP
Arnold & Porter LLP
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Tim Bishop / Legal Video Specialists
Brown McCarrol LLP
Susana Canseco

Gilda Carbonaro

Crews Law Firm, P,C.
Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, PC
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP
Escamilla & Poneck, Inc.
ExxonMobil
Faegre & Benson LLP
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
George & Brothers, L.L.P.
Law Office of Nancy A. Gordon, P.C.

Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
Greenberg Traurig LLP

Gunderson, Sharp & Walke, L.L.P.

Hunton & Williams LLP

Huron Consulting Group
JAM Latino / Jose Morero
Kevin G. Jewell
Jones Day
Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
Larisa J. Keltner, Attorney at Law

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP
Law Office of Nancy A. Gordon, P.C.
Law Office of Steven K. Hayes
Law Office of Lori Ann Spearman
Littler Mendelson P.C.

Martinez, Barrera y Martinez, L.L.P.
Marshall & Lewis LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
Nix Patterson & Roach, L.L.P.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Patton & Boggs
Perry & Kellogg, LLP

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Relman, Dane & Colfax

Research & Planning Consultants, LP
Laura Robertson

Kevin J. Schmid Law Office
Cotton Schmidt L.L.P.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Law Office of Lori Ann Spearman

Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
Thompson & Knight LLP
The Vernon Law Group, PLLC
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Maria Weimann

White & Case LLP

Foundations

American Immigration Lawyers Association, Texas Chapter

Annie E. Casey Foundation
Austin Community Foundation
The Boone Family Foundation

Center for Financial Services Innovation
Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
Equal Justice Works
Ford Foundation
Harold Simmons Foundation
Hispanic Bar Association of Austin
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Houston Endowment
JPMorgan Chase Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
The LoVoi Family Foundation
The McAnelly Foundation
M.D. Anderson Foundation
The Meadows Foundation
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation
The Reaud Charitable Trust
Rees-Jones Foundation
The RGK Foundation
The Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors' Gulf Coast Fund
Rockwell Fund, Inc.

The Simmons Foundation
State Bar of Texas Litigation Section
Swalm Foundation
Texas Bar Foundation
Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation
University of Houston Law Foundation
University of Texas School of Law Foundation
Western Union Foundation

Corporate & Institutional Donors

Centerpoint Energy
ConocoPhillips
Exxon Mobil Corporation
The Hays County Abstract Co.
Kaplan Education Centers
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Public Strategies, Inc.
Shell Oil Company
State Bar of Texas
Temple-Inland
Texas Instruments
Texas Oil & Gas Association
TPG Capital, L.P.
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Union Pacific Railroad Company
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas School of Law
Waste Management, Inc.
Western Union

Law Firm Donors

Adams and Reese, LLP
Akin & Almanza
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
Allene Evans Law Firm
Andrews Kurth LLP
Atlas & Hall, L.L.P.
Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, L.L.P.
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Baldwin & Baldwin, L.L.P.
Baron & Budd, P.C.
Beck, Redden, & Secrest, L.L.P.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
Berg & Androphy, P.C.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Brorby & Crozier, P.C.
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Delgado, Acosta, Braden & Jones
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
DLA Piper US, LLP
Fitzgerald, Majors & Stevens, LLP
Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
Gardere Wynn Sewell LLP
George & Brothers, LLP
Germer Gertz LLP
Gibbs & Bruns LLP
Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo, LLP
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP
Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P.
Haynes & Boone, LLP
Hendler Law Firm
Hughes & Luce, LLP
Jamail & Kolius
Jack's Law Firm
Jackson Walker, L.L.P.
Keesal, Young & Logan
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
The Krist Law Firm, PC
Law Offices of Broadus A. Spivey P.C.
Law Offices of Tony Martinez, PC
Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, L.L.P.
Locke, Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Longley & Maxwell Marshall & Lewis LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
Minton, Burton, Foster & Collins, P.C.
Mithoff Law Firm
Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C.
Patton Boggs LLP
Perry & Haas, L.L.P.
Phillips & Akers, P.C.
Provost & Umphrey, L.L.P.
Ratliff Law Firm
Ray, Wood & Bonilla, L.L.P.
Regina Rogers
Reeves & Brightwell LLP
Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz, L.L.P.
The Rusk Law Firm, P.C.
Scott, Douglass & McConnico
Stanley, Mandel & Iola, L.L.P.
Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
Tekell, Book, Matthews & Limmer, LLP
Temple & Temple
Thompson & Knight LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Whitehurst, Harkness, Ozmun & Brees, P.C.
Winstead P.C.

Visionary Society

The Visionary Society is a group of individuals committed to ensuring justice for their fellow Texans through their generous gifts to Texas Appleseed.

Platinum
Contributions of $5,000 and above
David Beck
Lisa Blue Baron
Allene D. Evans
Edward F. Fernandes
Jay Fitzgerald
Bill & Kyra Fitzgerald
R. James & Cheryl George
David & Heidi Gerger
Robin & Lela Gibbs
Mark W. Lanier
Richard & Ginny Mithoff
Carrin F. Patman
Carrin Mauritz Patman
Allan Van Fleet
Mark Wawro & Melanie Gray

Gold
Contributions of $2,500 to $4,999

Leon Carter

Dennis Duffy
Gary Ewell & Teresa Oppedal

Mark Glasser
Carla Herron
Gregory Huffman
Layne & Gayle Kruse
Ronald C. Lewis
Michael & Julie Lowenberg
Elizabeth Mack
Diana Marshall
John McDonald
Justice Jack Pope

Carla Herron
David & Vicki Sharp

Silver
Contributions of $1,000 to $2,499

J. Chrys Dougherty
N. Scott Fletcher
Laura & Bob Higley

Paula Hinton
Cisselon Nichols Hurd & Jim Hurd
Susan Karamanian
Charles & Maria Kelley
Rebecca Lightsey
Annette LoVoi & Jim Marston
Kurt L. Lyn
Neal Manne
Regina Rogers
Pat Shackelford

Law Offices of Broadus A. Spivey

Karyl Van Tassel
J. McDonald Williams

Bronze
Contributions of $500 to $999

Carolyn & Kevin Aiman
Jack Balagia
Tom & Susan Brandt

John Carter
Uri Clinton

Craig & Lydia Deats
Sean Gorman

Marcy & Samuel Greer
Hon. Laura & Tommy Jacks

Dale Linebarger
Stan McLelland

John Padilla

Jason & Kimberly Phillips

Hon. Elizabeth Ray & Frost Haechen

Beverly Reeves
Hannah De Marco Sibiski
Charles Swindell
Stephen & Pamalah Tipps
Nicola FuentesToubia