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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 16, 2022
WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)’s “Delivering on Our Promise” Fourteenth Annual Benefit Reception will be held this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The annual benefit raises resources that will enable NVLSP’s team of legal experts to assist our nation’s veterans and service members. The reception and one-hour program provides an opportunity to honor those who have made significant contributions to improving the lives of our veterans and their families.
“We are very grateful for the support of our volunteers and donors. Because of their generosity, NVLSP is able to continue to advance its mission to help veterans and their families obtain the benefits they have earned in service to our country,” said NVLSP Executive Director Paul Wright.
The event highlight’s NVLSP commitment to its mission and to defend veterans rights and secure benefits for veterans and their families.
Our MC for the evening is CNN’s Brianna Keilar, anchor and author of “Home Front” column.
NVLSP will recognize four distinguished honorees at the event for their dedicated service to veterans, service members and military families.
- NVLSP’s 2022 Pro Bono Partner of the Year Award will be presented to McGuireWoods.
- NVLSP will honor Raytheon Technologies with its 2022 Corporate Leadership Award.
- NVLSP will present the 2022 Lawyers Serving Warriors® (LSW) Excellence Award to Liam Montgomery, a Partner at Williams & Connolly LLP.
- NVLSP will honor Rosie and Le Roy Torres, Founders of Burn Pits 360, with our highest honor, the 2022 Senator Daniel K. Inouye Award.
Top sponsors for this year’s benefit reception include:
Diamond sponsors: Accenture; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP; and WilmerHale
Gold sponsors: AIG; Baker McKenzie; Covington & Burling LLP; Hunton Andrews Kurth; King & Spalding; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; Leonardo DRS; McGuireWoods; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Pfizer; Raytheon Technologies; Sidley Austin Foundation; T-Mobile; Williams & Connolly LLP; and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Silver sponsors: Carrier; Dechert LLP; Delta Air Lines, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; GE; Hogan Lovells; Paul Hastings LLP; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Reed Smith LLP; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; The Steptoe Foundation; Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders; and Verizon
Bronze sponsors: AECOM; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Benjamin Block; Chevron Corporation; Cisco; Comcast NBCUniversal; Cozen O’Connor; DLA Piper LLP (US); Hewlett Packard Enterprise; HP Inc.; Intel Corporation; Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; McDermott Will & Emery LLP; Microsoft Corporation; Morrison & Foerster Foundation; Nixon Peabody LLP; Amy Schuh, Shearman & Sterling; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; White & Case; Winston & Strawn LLP
Copper sponsors: Ballard Spahr LLP; Bank of America; Chapman and Cutler LLP; Chipotle Mexican Grill; Clifford Chance; Crowell & Moring LLP; Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP; Ronald S. Flagg; General Motors Company; Will Gunn; Holland & Hart LLP; K&L Gates LLP; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Barry McCoy; Northrop Grumman; Nancy Morrison O’Connor; ORACLE; SRD Legal Group; VMware
About The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)
The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is an independent, nonprofit veterans service organization that has served active duty military personnel and veterans since 1981. NVLSP strives to ensure that our nation honors its commitment to its 22 million veterans and active duty personnel by ensuring they have the benefits they have earned through their service to our country. NVLSP has represented veterans in lawsuits that compelled enforcement of the law where the VA or other military services denied benefits to veterans in violation of the law. NVLSP’s success in these lawsuits has resulted in more than $5.2 billion dollars being awarded in disability, death and medical benefits to hundreds of thousands of veterans and their survivors. NVLSP offers training for attorneys and other advocates; connects veterans and active duty personnel with pro bono legal help when seeking disability benefits; publishes the nation's definitive guide on veteran benefits; and represents and litigates for veterans and their families before the VA, military discharge review agencies and federal courts. For more information go to www.nvlsp.org.
Media contact:
NVLSP: Patty Briotta, office 202-621-5698, patty@nvlsp.org