2015

Annual
Report
Letter from the President and CEO
Legal Momentum’s research, analysis, advocacy, and policy engagement, and its ability to move the needle on
women’s issues nationwide has held steady for more than four decades. For 45 years, Legal Momentum has
been committed to advancing the economic and physical security of women and girls across the country, and
to developing groundbreaking legal strategies that bring about dramatic and lasting change in law and policy.
From precedent-setting discrimination litigation, to innovative law enforcement strategies, Legal Momentum
continues to advance the rights of women and girls nationwide.

Our 2015 annual report highlights our legal and policy work on behalf of all girls and women, including ending
gender bias in the courts, preventing violence against women, protecting survivors’ access to justice in the
courts and on campus, and ensuring fairness in the workplace.

As we look to 2016 and beyond, and to continuing to do what we do so well, we are grateful to our partners
around the country and the globe, and for the generous financial support of the donors who make our work
possible. Thanks for standing with us.

President & CEO

Mission
Legal Momentum's mission is to ensure
economic and personal security for all
women and girls by advancing equity in
education, the workplace, and the courts.
We provide an expert legal voice to seek
justice for women in law and government
policy.
Vision
Legal Momentum envisions a society in which all
women and girls are economically secure,
empowered to make their own choices, and can
live and work free of discrimination and violence.
In this society, all women enjoy the conditions,
opportunities, and support that enable them to
realize their human rights and freedoms.
Achieving Change in Fiscal Year 2015
Building on a 45-year tradition of groundbreaking
initiatives, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 Legal Happy Birthday VAWA!
Momentum continued to introduce new, innovative,
In September, 2014, Legal Momentum and other
“disruptive,” and diverse strategies to promote gender
women’s rights advocacy organizations celebrated
equality. The result: meaningful and visible legal reform.
the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women
Our work to promote safety and equity in education,
Act (VAWA), historic legislation that Legal
end gender bias in the courts, prevent violence against
Momentum played a key role in drafting and passing.
women, and ensure fairness in the workplace included
The occasion was marked by renewed commitment
precedent-setting litigation settlements, helping to pass
to continuing and improving the law in the future,
comprehensive new legislation, building national
and Legal Momentum will be working closely with
coalitions of activists, and more.
the office of the Vice President on this effort. Legal
Momentum also conducted a successful “Happy
In the Workplace:
Birthday VAWA” social media campaign to raise
• In March 2015, Legal Momentum launched “This awareness of the law’s significant impact in reducing
Workplace Is a DV-Free Zone,” a model policy for gender-based violence.
employers to address domestic violence in the
workplace, whether employees are victims or perpetrators. With the launch of the model policy, we offered a
webinar for more than 50 service providers and legal professionals and conducted a social media campaign
that included a “DV-Free Zone Bill of Rights” poster to display in workplaces. The model policy is designed to
be easy for employees to understand and for employers to adopt.
• Following a precedent-setting ruling in early 2014 that failure to accommodate breastfeeding could be a
violation of Title VII, Legal Momentum settled a suit on behalf of four women sheet-metal workers against
construction firm Vamco. The consent decree committed Vamco to implement anti-discrimination practices.

On Campus:
• In May, 2014, Legal Momentum filed Title IX and
Campaigning for Gender
Clery Act complaints against Brown University on Equity in Professional Sports
behalf of Lena Sclove, a Brown student who
reported that she was assaulted by another  Social Media Awareness Campaign:
student. The complaints were filed because Brown #breakthegrassceiling
failed to adequately respond or to expel the  Huffington Post blog
respondent even though it found him to be  Major Media Exposure:
responsible. As a result of the complaints, the  The Guardian US Op-Ed
Federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil  Women’s eNews
Rights (OCR) opened an investigation.  The New York Times Sports Letter to
• On July 7, 2015, “Enough Is Enough,” the Editor
groundbreaking legislation to combat sexual  WBUR Radio
violence on college and university campuses in New
 York State, was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Legal Momentum advocated forcefully for the
new law. It provides comprehensive policies to prevent sexual violence and support victims when it occurs.
• Throughout the fiscal year, Legal Momentum participated in advocacy and educational efforts, including
testifying before the New York City Council, conducting a “teach-in” at Columbia University, and participating
in the Dartmouth and Annapolis national summit meetings on campus sexual assault. Legal Momentum also
published “Know Your Rights” fact sheets for survivors of campus sexual assault.

In the Courtroom:
• Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) was awarded a grant by the Department of
Justice Office of Violence against Women (OVW) to develop an introduction to the issues involved in teen
dating violence and its intersections with other areas of the law. The new educational materials present an
opportunity for judges, courts, and court-related professionals to protect victims, intervene with
perpetrators, and educate the communities they serve on prevention.
• NJEP continued its outreach to educate judges and other court professionals on the realities of sexual and
domestic violence, providing trainings in Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Washington, and Wyoming, and for the
National Association of Women Judges. NJEP also presented two free webinars, The Intersection of Stalking
and Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Sexual Assault: The Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence.
• NJEP was awarded a second new grant from OVW that will provide $600,000 over three years to develop a
new curriculum that will train sexual assault and domestic violence victim service providers to help their
clients navigate the criminal justice system.

Ending Commercial Sexual

Trafficking of Girls and Women
 Carter Center—World Summit: End
Sexual Exploitation 2025

 Human Trafficking & the State Courts

Collaborative

 Working with Survivors, Service

Providers, NGOs, Governments to End
Online Sex Trafficking
Amicus Briefs
In 2015, the United States Supreme Court decided several cases in which Legal Momentum filed friend-of-the-
court briefs. In Young v. UPS, the Court upheld some of the key provisions in the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, as
Legal Momentum had urged it to do in our amicus brief. In Texas v. Inclusive Communities, the Court reaffirmed
the Fair Housing Act as an important tool for combating not only racial segregation, but also denials of housing to
victims of domestic violence. As our brief explained, victims of domestic violence are often evicted in response to
municipal nuisance ordinances. In King v. Burwell, the Court affirmed a key component of the Affordable Care Act,
allowing millions of women to access affordable health insurance.

Child Custody under the Hague Convention

 In the Matter of A.L.C. and E.R.S.C. v. Carlwig

Domestic Violence & Fair Housing

 Texas Department of Housing v. Inclusive Communities
 Tucker v. Chicago Housing Authority

Minimum & Overtime Wages

 HCAA v. Weil

Pregnant Women
 Young v. UPS

Non-Traditional Occupations
 Mach Mining v. EEOC

Reproductive Rights
 Archdiocese of St. Louis v. Burwell
 Wheaton College v. Burwell

RICO
 Chevron v. Donziger

Title IX
 James Hill as guardian and friend of BHJ v. Madison County School Board
 Robert Schanne v. Jenna Addis
 Pro Bono Partnerships
Each year, Legal Momentum leverages its resources with many hours of pro bono assistance from outstanding
private firms and highly talented attorneys and other professionals.
Chadbourne & Park: Bankruptcy Issues Related to Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP: Campus Sexual Assault
Kaye Scholer LLP: Calling an End to Gender Bias in World Soccer
Latham & Watkins: Preserving Girls and Women’s Rights Using RICO Law
Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP: Access to Justice for Women

Partnerships & Alliances

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic
& Sexual Violence
American Bar Association Commission on Women
in the Profession
African American Policy Forum
Asian/American Center at Queens College (CUNY)
Translation Program
Battered Women’s Justice Project
The Carter Center
Duke University Moxie Project
Equal Rights Amendment Coalition
Ford Foundation/The Op-Ed Project
George Washington University Law School
Human Trafficking and the State Courts
Collaborative
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African
American Community
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx N.Y. & Fulton County
Georgia Family Courts (Referrals)
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic
Violence against Women
N.Y.C. Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence
New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
New York State Attorney General
New York University Law School
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project
OPS
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
PowHerNY—Pay Equity Advocacy
Rutgers Law School
Senators Gillibrand, McCaskill, Blumenthal (Campus
Accountability & Safety Act)
Senator Mark Kirk (Protecting Domestic Violence &
Stalking Victims Act)
Service Providers in Boston, Minneapolis, Florida, &
Arizona
Seattle Against Slavery
StolenYouth
Thomson Reuters Foundation
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY
Women’s Media Center

Thanks to Our Volunteers

Legal Momentum’s mission of advancing the rights of women and girls could not be achieved without the help of our
amazing volunteers, who range from students making the most out of internship opportunities to professionals who want
to lend a hand to a cause to which they are dedicated. We extend our deepest thanks and appreciation.
Media Highlights & Publications
• Huffington Post Blog Launched—June 2015
• Op-Eds: Miami Herald, The Guardian, The Record
• The New York Times Sports, Letter To The Editor
• The Judges’ Journal Article
• Legal Momentum Experts Quoted:
o The New York Times
o Bloomberg Business
o The Guardian U.S.
o Washington Post
o MSNBC
• Schlesinger Library Exhibition
• Young v. UPS Major Media Coverage
o TalkPoverty
o Fortune
o ThinkProgress
o North Country Public Radio

Honors & Awards

• ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence: 20/20 Vision Award—Lisalyn Jacobs and former Legal
Momentum attorneys Sally Goldfarb and Julie Goldscheid
• The Mary Byron Project: Celebrating Solutions Award—National Judicial Education Program
• ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence: Sharon L. Corbitt Award—Lynn Hecht Schafran
• 2015 Ford Public Voices Fellowship—Carol Robles-Román
• Public Leadership Education Network—Lisalyn Jacobs
• Leaders Magazine: New York Brava! Award—Carol Robles-Román
• Bronx Chamber of Commerce: Women of Distinction—Carol Robles-Román
Cultivation & Fundraising Events
Katha Pollitt PRO Book Signing
New York, June 2015

Aiming High
New York, May 2015

Women of Achievement
San Francisco, March 2015

NAWL “Night of Giving”

Chicago, July 2014

VAWA “Birthday Party”

New York, September 2014

Mentoring & Training

New York City Council Young Women’s Initiative

Summer & School Term Law, College, & High School Interns
Financials
Audited financial statements are available on request.
Donors
$100,000 and Above KPMG LLP White and Williams LLP
The Ford Foundation Mayer Brown LLP Anonymous (3)
Rhoda L. Honigman Morgan Stanley
Otterbourg P.C. $1,000–$2,499
$25,000–$99,999 Reed Smith LLP Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
Ally Financial Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Arnold & Porter LLP
The Bechtel Group, Inc. Wells Fargo Corporation Alexis Azria
Marlys Becker Kerry Barrett
Bloomberg L.P. $5,000–$9,999 Nancy E. Barton Foundation
Citi Professor Kent P. Bach Mekayla Beaver and Greg Brown
DLA Piper Maliz Beams Becton, Dickinson and Company
Econ One Research Carol L. Bernick Brunswick Group LLC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Chevron Corporation William Campos
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Terri Dial Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP
International Paper Duane Morris LLP City University of New York
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP Estate of Janet Elmiger Donald Conway
MasterCard International Inc. Farella Braun + Martel LLP The Depository Trust Company
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Susan Green Mary Donovan
PricewaterhouseCoopers Haynes and Boone LLP Fay and Edgar Dresner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Karen Katen EisnerAmper LLP
United States Steel Corporation Robert M. Kaufman, Esq. Janice Reals Ellig
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Marcus Kon Laura Fisher
Lillian E. Kraemer Fisher & Phillips LLP
$15,000–$24,999 JoAnn Kukulus and Fred Weiner Flesch Family Foundation
Agilent Technologies LeClairRyan Kerry L. Francis
Anheuser-Busch InBev Mary Shannon Little Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Elizabeth J. Cabraser Patricia Yancey Martin Abe Friedman
eBay NERA Economic Consulting Mary K. Gaillard
Intellectual Ventures The Honorable M. H. Patel & M. C. Patel Maryann Gallagher
Susan B. and Arthur Lindenauer Perkins Coie LLP Kim A. Gandy
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Mr. and Mrs. Marco Quazzo Gardiner Charitable Fund
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. Lisa Gilford
Deborah L. Rhode Sedgwick LLP Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP Karen E. Silverman Gordon & Rees, LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP TM Financial Forensics GTC Law Group LLP
Marissa C. Wesely Bertram J. Wyman Andrew Hodge
Randall Sanger Trust K&L Gates LLP
$10,000–$14,999 Matthew S. Kahn
Allen & Overy LLP $2,500–$4,999 Dr. Elaine Kant
Ballard Spahr LLP American Express Beth L. Kaufman
Becker Meisel LLC Colleen C. Barrett The Kerruish Fund
Binder & Schwartz LLP Paul A. Dirmeyer Susan J. Kohlmann
Mary Byron Project, Inc. Durie Tangri LLP Amy D. Kopelan
Sabine Chalmers Lynn Toby Fisher & John Lee Compton Hilary Krane
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Kathie Florsheim Barbara Lawrence
Clifford Chance US LLP Alice M Gates Trust Lori E. Lesser
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Martha E. Gifford Phoebe R. and John D. Lewis Foundation
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP Gail Gorlitz and Chris Smith Susan Lindquist
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Natasha Innocenti Ben Littauer and Kathy Kerby
Goldman, Sachs & Co. K&L Gates LLP Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Jan Griesinger Patty Lipshutz Locke Lord LLP
Lucy Lee Helm Frances G. and John E. Pepper Stewart Macaulay
Hogan Lovells Sidley Austin LLP Ellen R. Marram
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ Taylor & Company Law Offices, LLP Susan Marsch
Kaye Scholer LLP Carolyn F. Webber Emily Mason
Kekst and Company Edward Westerman
$1,000–$2,499 (continued) Maribelle & Stephen Leavitt
Verrill Dana Roger Lehecka
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co.
Maria T. Vullo Naomi Lehr
Michele Coleman Mayes
Richard D. and Madeleine Wachter Lori Leskin
Carlyn S. McCaffrey, Esq.
Karen E. Wagner, Esq. Elizabeth Levy
Estate of Caroline M. McCollom
Jay W. Waks Victoria Lewis
Ruth M. McKay
Li-hsia Wang and Henry Abrons Kathleen M. Logan
McMillan LLP
Marcia D. Weber Aaron Lopata
Susan Altman Miller
G. Elaine Wood Kathryn S. Love
Avy L. & Roberta L. Miller Foundation
Anonymous (2) Lowenstein Sandler PC
Judith L. Mogul
J. Basil Lyden
New England Legal Search $500–$999 Joanne Lyman
Nissan North America Ida Abbott Raymond T. and Maryanne Lyons
Nossaman LLP Judy Allen Morton & Sophia Macht Foundation, Inc.
Nutter Mcclennen & Fish Jan Aronson Margaret E. Mack & John L. Powell
Outten & Golden LLP Dr. Dean Attaway and Timothy Haas Barbara A. Marcus
Jennifer W. Pileggi Steven and Beth Bangert Linda Puls McGuire
Bettina B. Plevan Bederson Susan A. Meisel
Martin Pollack Debra Bergoffen Stacey L. Meisel
Prosek Partners Leslie A. Berkoff Melinda Mendelson
Robert Rachofsky Robert A. Billstein Anne Miller and Stuart Breslow
Toni Rembe and Arthur Rock Gaylen R. Brubaker Patricia S. Mirsky, Ed.D
Resources Global Professionals Vadim Brusser Julia A. Molander
Arthur Rock Gail E. Chester Warren Motley
The Theo T. & Hilda Rose Foundation The Clorox Company Xavier Oustalniol
Kenneth A. Rosen Frances J. Codispoti The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel
David M. Rothstein & Marcia Osburne Elizabeth L. Colton Elizabeth Pipkin
Catherine Samuels & Jeremy Henderson Janet M. Conn Stephen A. Ploscowe
Marlene Sanders Shannon Coughlin George L. Psak
Susan Schwegman Catherine A. Culver Rabinowitz, Lubetkin & Tully, LLC
Estate of Kathleen G. Slawson Dorene Curtis Lewis S. Rosenbloom
Lynda Spence Mary and Evan Davis Tanina Rostain and Richard Schottenfeld
Cynthia Staley Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Mona Sabet
Elizabeth Steele Kay Deaux Edwin M. and Joan Broskly Schur
Brande Stellings Amy DeMarco Mrs. Irene M. Senter
Andrew B. Struble Alexander and Jill C. Dimitrief Jeffrey S. Sherman
James and Victoria Sutton R. Stanton Dodge Sussan H. Shore
Antoinette Terrana James Donohue Janet Singer
Sylvia L. Thayer William Edlund The Honorable Fern Smith
Joyce Thibodeaux Jay and Judy Espovich Jessica Snyder and Gary Sachs
Stephanie Tilden Fish & Richardson P.C. Silda Wall Spitzer
Daena Title and Jay Greenspan Patricia L. Fluhrer Sujatha A. Srinivasan
Toyota Robert Folz Joan L. Stephenson
John Vanderstar & Elizabeth Culbreth Diane H. Frankle Suzanne M. Stuckwisch
John and Jill Freidenrich Jill Totenberg
Planned Giving Patricia K. Gillette Anne B. Vendig
Legal Momentum would like to Elizabeth Grayer Ilene Wachs
Diane H. Gulyas Don and Zelma Waggoner
recognize the generous legacy gift
Jennifer Haggerty Sharon J. Weinberg
made by the Estate of Victoria J. Vivien and David Hanson Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Mastrobuono. In honor of this gift, Anne L. Harper, Ph.D. Gertrude K. and Theodore W. Winsberg
Legal Momentum has established a Mary W. Helms Katharina Wohl
Larry Hothem Helen and Oliver Wolcott
Women’s Rights Champion Society Dr. Ava Jensen Barbara Yanni
to honor major benefactors whose Judy M. Judd Violet G. Young
lifetime or legacy gifts make a Janet M. Kindy Linda Zukauckas
sustaining contribution to Legal Joyce L. Kramer Joyce Thibodeaux
Rachel Krevans Anonymous (4)
Momentu’s mission and work. Kroll
All listings represent cash gifts made between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
Board of Directors

Officers
G. Elaine Wood, Chair, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal, Global Forensic and Dispute
Services
Laura A. Wilkinson, First Vice Chair, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Deborah L. Rhode, Vice Chair, McFarland Professor of Law, Director, Center on the Legal
Profession, Stanford University School of Law
Robert M. Kaufman, Treasurer, Proskauer Rose LLP
Brande Stellings, Secretary, Senior Director, Advisory Services, Catalyst Inc.
Jay W. Waks, General Counsel, Kaye Scholer LLP
Carol Robles-Román, President and CEO, Legal Momentum
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, At Large, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP

Directors
Dede Thompson Bartlett, Director, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV)
Sabine Chalmers, Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Ethan Cohen-Cole, PhD, MPA, MA, Managing Director & Financial Services Practice Lead, Econ
One Research Inc.
Alexis S. Coll-Very, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kim Gandy, President and CEO, National Network to End Domestic Violence, (NNEDV)
Patricia K. Gillette, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Jennifer Choe Groves, CEO, Titanium Law Group LLC
Matthew S. Kahn, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Amy Dorn Kopelan, President and Founder, Bedlam Productions Inc.
Susan B. Lindenauer, The Legal Aid Society (Retired)
Stephanie A. Sheridan, Sedgwick LLP
Karen E. Silverman, Latham & Watkins LLP
Emily Ward, Vice President, Technology, IP & Litigation, PayPal Inc.

As of June 2015
 Looking Forward
• Ending commercial sexual exploitation of at-risk youth
• Making every workplace a “DV-Free Zone”
• Ending pregnancy discrimination
• Protecting sexual assault victims’ access to the criminal justice system (rape kits, advocate training)
• Ending gender bias in courts nationwide
• Ending gender discrimination in professional sports

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