Leadership Circle

The Leadership Circle recognizes Foundation donors who contribute annual gifts of at least $2,500 for law firms and corporations and $250 for individuals and other organizations.

We sincerely thank the following donors who made 2012 Leadership Circle gifts through December 31.

Law Firms & Corporations

TRUSTEE ($25,000 & above)
Kilpatrick Townsend

PATRON-PLATINUM ($10,000-$24,999)
Arnold & Porter LLP
Calvo Fisher & Jacob LLP
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Keesal, Young & Logan, A Professional Corporation
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lim Ruger Foundation
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Milstein Adelman LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Foundation
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
The Sidley Austin Foundation
Dentons US LLP
Southern California Edison, An Edison International Company
Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas & Electric
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation 

PATRON-GOLD ($5,000-$9,999)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

PARTNER ($2,500-$4,999)
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Cooley LLP
CourtCall
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Downey Brand
Farella Braun + Martel
Goodwin Procter LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Thomson CompuMark
WilmerHale

To find out more about targeted giving opportunities for law firms and corporations, click here.


2012 Cy Pres Awards
Special thanks to Marlin & Saltzman, LLP  and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy for naming the California Bar Foundation as a recent Cy Pres award recipient.

_Individuals & Other Organizations

PATRON-GOLD ($5,000-$9,999)
Frederick & Christine Brown
Mario Camara
Cameron & Jane Baird Foundation
Joan Kupersmith Larkin & Christopher Larkin
The Rathmann Family Foundation 
Rosenberg Foundation
Herbert M. Rosenthal & 
Hon. Margarita V. Rosenthal (Ret.)
Douglas A. Winthrop & 
Yamilee O. Bermingham


PARTNER-PLATINUM ($2,500-$4,999)
Ronald L. Blanc
Alec Y. Chang
S. Raj Chatterjee
Nancy L. & Edwin R. Fineman
Robert D. Infelise
Amy M. Ross
Dianne Baquet Smith
Julie Taylor
Shawn A. Williams


PARTNER-GOLD ($1,000-$2,499)
Julia De Beers
Hon. Marguerite D. Downing
Hon. Holly J. Fujie
Sandra S. Fujiyama
Patricia Glaser
Steven & Carol Goldberg
Martha K. Gooding
David & Joilene Grove
Dean Hansell
Ray Hartman
Susan K. Jamison
Ronald Johnston & Joan Lesser
Edward E. & Joyce K. Kallgren
Loren Kieve
Paul Konovalov
Richard W. Odgers
David & Cynthia Paternak
Toni Rembe
Arthur Rock
S. Terry Schubert
Stephen E. Taylor
Paul S. Tepper
Mary Ann Todd
Nancy Whang


FELLOW-PLATINUM ($500-$999)
Ramzi Abadou 
Raul Ayala
Peter & Suzanne Boutin
Geoffrey Brown 
Richard W. Canady
Victoria J. De Goff
Travis E. Downs
James Elacqua
Michael G. Ermer
Donald R. Fischbach
Scott Fink & Kathy Klein
Mark E. Garscia
Pauline W. Gee
Sonia Gonzales
Robert A. Goodin
Susan Goodman
Arthur W. Gray, Jr.
Marshall B. Grossman
Leslie T. Hatamiya
Geoffrey T. Holtz
Bonnie Rose Hough
Justin T. Miller
Wendy Munger
Heather Rosing & Scott Carr 
Marci Rubin
Sandra & Mark Sullivan
Christy Susman
Ben Suter
Ted T. Ting & Melanie J. Dunn
Richard S. Tom & Margaret E. Lennon
Pauline A. Weaver
Kenwood Youmans


FELLOW-GOLD ($250-$499)
Carol & Rand April
Ruthe Catolico Ashley
Peter Benvenutti & Lisa Pearlman
Charles A. Bird 
Gregory Caligari
Richard Chernick
Sharon Clisham
John J. Duffy
Richard D. Esbenshade
Jerome B. Falk, Jr.
David H. Fry
Michael Gless
Irwin & Clarann Goldring
Richard K. Grosboll
John J. & Elizabeth Hanson
Craig & Dora Holden
Perry S. Hughes
Diana I. Iorlano
Karen Johnson-McKewan
Patrick M. Kelly
Jonathan S. Kitchen
Julie Kole
John H. Kuhl
Thomas A. Larsen
James A. Lonergan
Casey McKeever
Phillip R. Nicholson
Gregg A. Noel
Randy Orlik
Amy S. Park
James Perzik
Russell S. Roeca
Joel S. Sanders
David H. Sands
Dirk & Patsi Schenkkan
Sean M. SeLegue & Richard A. Zuniga, N.D.
Thomas Silk
John Slafsky
Virginia Slocum
Cheryl Spangler
Sheila Tepper
Melissa Tidwell
John K. Van de Kamp
Alicia N. Vaz
Kenneth Williams
Shirley Wilson
Hon. Erica R. Yew