Overview
(October 24, 2018, Los Angeles) — In conjunction with national domestic violence awareness month, observed in October, Steptoe is helping to support the Los Angeles County Bar Association's (LACBA) Domestic Violence Legal Services Project (DVP). The firm has donated $5,000 to serve as the official sponsor of October 24. The DVP has 31 sponsors – one for each day in the month of October – as part of its 31 Days of Awareness campaign. Last year, the DVP helped more than 4,200 people in crisis.
Lawyers in Steptoe's Los Angeles office have donated numerous hours of pro bono legal services to support the LACBA's legal services projects including the DVP, the Aids Legal Services Project, the Immigration Legal Assistance Project, and the Veterans Legal Services Project. Steptoe of counsel Jennifer Bonneville serves as a board member for the LACBA's Counsel for Justice.
Please click here for more information on the LACBA's DVP.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
Steptoe's Richard Praseuth, Erika Aspericueta, Jennifer Bonneville and Joo Cha Webb flank Sara Rondon, LACBA domestic violence legal services project director
