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Latham Raises Record US$187,000 for Generous Associates Campaign Benefiting the Legal Aid Society of Washington D.C.

Thursday, August 03, 2017

Latham Raises Record US$187,000 for Generous Associates Campaign Benefiting the Legal Aid Society of Washington D.C.

Firm is the top fundraiser in campaign involving 85 local law firms which raised $1.79M total.

"Latham raised a record US$187,000 for this year’s Generous Associates Campaign, an effort to generate financial support for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. This beats last year’s record by US$11,000 and is the largest amount ever raised by any single firm in the history of the campaign. The annual two-month summer campaign raised US$1.79M to support the operations of Legal Aid, eclipsing last year’s total by US$300,000 and providing more than one quarter of Legal Aid’s annual budget. Additionally, Latham, once again, donated US$75,000 to Legal Aid’s Annual Servant of Justice Awards Dinner, bringing the firm’s total 2017 donation to Legal Aid to US$262,000."

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