SAVE THE DATE: The Legal Action Center 2022 Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan and virtually. We’re thrilled to be honoring John G. Finley, Senior Managing Director & Chief Legal Officer of Blackstone, with the Arthur Liman Public Interest Award and Michael “Zaki” Smith, Social Justice Advocate on the Clean Slate New York Campaign, with the Edward J. Davis Service Award.
For more information about our 2022 Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit, or LAC’s important work, please contact Katarina Leiser, Director of Corporate & Individual Giving at kleiser@lac.org or (212) 243-1313.
Honorary Chair Sponsor • $100,000+
Paul, Weiss
Benefit Chairs
Brad S. Karp
Gerald Balacek
John J. Suydam
Richard B. Zabel
LAC Board of Directors
Brad S. Karp, Chairman
Mary Beth Forshaw, Vice Chair
Lymaris Albors
Gerald Balacek
Eric D. Balber
Elizabeth Bartholet
Suzanne B. Cusack
Dawn Dover
Jason Flom
Alexis Gadsden
Jeffrey D. Grant
Doug Liman
Ann-Marie Louison
Elaine H. Mandelbaum
Kamran Masood
Michael Meltsner
Mark C. Morril
Mary E. Mulligan
Danielle Nicosia
Debra Pantin
Elizabeth M. Sacksteder
Sharon L. Schneier
John J. Suydam
Harya Tarekegn
James Yates
Richard B. Zabel
Arthur L. Liman, Founding Chair
Daniel K. Mayers, Chairman Emeritus
About LAC
The Legal Action Center (LAC) uses legal and policy strategies to fight discrimination, build health equity, and restore opportunity for people with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS. Dismantling racial injustice in our criminal legal and healthcare systems is central to our mission and vision.
Fighting Discrimination
LAC works to protect and enhance the legal rights of individuals with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, HIV, and AIDS and defend them against discriminatory policies and practices.
Building Health Equity
LAC works to address the structural inequity that pervades our system of healthcare, ensure that healthcare is accessible and affordable for all, and end the criminalization of substance use disorders and mental illness.
Restoring Opportunities
LAC works to eliminate unjust barriers to employment, housing, legal benefits, and other life essentials that individuals in reentry and recovery need to support themselves, their families, and our shared communities.
