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Recognition and Awards

• Mike Levengood, Atlanta Litigation partner, was honored in February 2009 with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s Public Service Award. The award is given to individuals who over the years have gone above and beyond in their service to the community an its residents.  The award was presented to Mike at the 61^st Annual Dinner Event. 
• The Denver Bar Association (DBA) awarded the Denver office with its 2007-2008 “We CAN Award” at the DBA’s annual party to recognize MLA’s exceptional level of involvement with the DBA Community Action Network’s (CAN) events. Under the leadership of Sandra Wick Mulvany, over the past several years, the Denver office has actively participated in DBA CAN events.
• In July 2008, Founding Partner Clay Long received the Rotary Club of Atlanta’s (RCA) esteemed Armin Maier Award. The award, RCA’s oldest honor, recognizes the Rotarian who has given extraordinary service to the community in the past year. 
• In September 2008, Government Affairs Senior Managing Director Eric Tanenblatt represented the Corporation of National Community Service (CNCS) at the Service Nation Summit in New York City, which celebrated the power and potential of citizen service. As a CNCS Board of Director, Eric often attends programs like the summit to further promote national service and the goals of the CNCS. 
• The Daily Report recently honored Atlanta Associate Elizabeth Hall with its 2008 Pro Bono Award for Juvenile Legislative Advocacy. The award recognized the firm’s contributions to the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (in conjunction with JUSTGeorgia) project to revise the Georgia Juvenile Code. 
• The Washington, DC Office recognized its Pro Bono All-Stars for exemplary pro bono legal services in 2008. Based largely on the efforts of these pro bono leaders, the Washington office led the firm in the percentage of total client service hours devoted to pro bono matters. Committee Chair Dan Jarcho bestowed special medallions to office name plates as a daily reminder of their commitment to the community through the provision of free legal services. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded. See highlight link for 52 awardees’ names (49 attorneys, 3 paralegals). 
• The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (PRB-ATL) recognized partner Kate Lewis and her Atlanta team with its 2008 Volunteer of the Year Award at PBP-ATL’s annual Volunteer and Donor Reception. Team members (Kate Lewis, Summer Chandler,  Doug Flaum, Monique Gonzalez, Matt James, Russell Love, Scott Manning and Peter Yoxall received the award for dedicating 300 pro bono hours in 2008 to a series of real estate transactions for H.O.P.E, a non-profit organization that provides supportive housing programs to Atlanta’s homeless people and special-needs families.
• In fall 2008, the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (WLCH) recognized MLA's Litigation team with a special pro bono award for its work challenging a landlord’s conversion of an apartment building into condominiums. MLA negotiated a highly favorable settlement for the Parkway Tenants Association that prevented the eviction of numerous families, secured them special tenancies, and required the repair of Housing Code violations.
• On November 5^th, 2007, President George W. Bush recognized National Government Affairs Group Senior Managing Director Eric Tanenblatt’s public service record and nominated him to serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
• In 2007, for the second year in a row, the San Francisco office won the city’s Food Bank Platinum Partner Award and the Per Capita Award for their efforts in the San Francisco Bar Association’s Food from the bar food drive.   
• In October 2007, the firm was honored to receive the Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award for its Guantanamo Bay pro bono work. The award was presented during the annual banquet of the Southern Center for Civil Rights, a non-profit group dedicated to protecting civil and human rights.