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2002 Samuel J. Duboff Memorial Award
The Modern Courts
2002 Samuel J. Duboff award was presented jointly to the accounting
firm of Eisner LLP and the financial services firm of Mellon Trust
of New York, LLC for their pro bono work on behalf of victims of
the September 11th, 2001 attack. Modern Courts' Chair, Fern
Schair, presented the awards at the organization's Annual Meeting
to Richard Eisner and Larry Torella of Eisner LLP, and Jami McGlaughlin
and Scott S. Small of Mellon Trust of New York, LLC.
The 2002 Duboff Award
recipients improved the administration of justice in New York by
assisting low-income families of victims who were kitchen staff
at Windows on the World and maintenance workers in the World Trade
Center. Many of these victims were recent immigrants who spoke
limited English, and earned annual wages of between $20,000 and
$25,000. As non-lawyer volunteers, Eisner provided tax assistance
and financial planning to more than 40 surviving families.
Similarly, Mellon Trust served as Personal Administrator for, and
donated financial management services to, more than 70 surviving
families that lost a loved one.
The 2002 Duboff Awardees
were nominated by New York Lawyers for thePublic Interest, with
letters of support received from the law firms Cleary, Gottlieb,
Steen and Hamilton and Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft.
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