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Thank You for attending the 2017 Justice For All Ball and for your generous support for the mission of The Pro Bono Project.
Whether you are a sponsor, individual ticket buyer, purchased raffle tickets, bid on auction items, or made an online donation - your dollars help us provide civil legal services to those in need all year long!
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Time and Place
Friday, September 15, 2017
8:00 pm – midnight
Audubon Tea Room
6500 Magazine St, New Orleans
Patron Party
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Audubon Tea Room
Sponsors and Combo Ticket Holders Only
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504.581.4043 Ext. 202
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Hungry For Justice: JFAB 2017
Join The Pro Bono Project for the 2017 Justice For All Ball
Friday, September 15, 2017
8:00 pm – midnight
Audubon Tea Room
6500 Magazine Street, New Orleans
Adults only, please
Attire
Black Tie Optional
Honorary Chair
Chef Leah Chase
Dooky Chase Restaurant
Committee Chair
Dana Douglas
Shareholder, Liskow & Lewis
JFAB Music Patron Party Music
The Bucktown All-Stars Leah Chase Kamata
Celebrity Auctioneer Emcee
John Calhoun Mark Romig
Special Art & Posters Special Sponsors
Gustave Blache, III Sharonda Williams | Wine & Champagne
Baker Donelson | Late Night Snack Read About:
Chef Leah Chase
What's New at JFAB 2017
Media Release: Hungry For Justice?
Online Invitation Sponsor
We thank Event Kingdom for sponsoring our online invitations and reply management. Please visit them at https://www.eventkingdom.com.
This year’s Justice For All Ball will feature the same kind of wonderful food and music that is part of our Louisiana tradition, as well as new and exciting auction and raffle items and, some surprises in store for all. See What's New at JFAB 2017 and Hungry For Justice?
Tickets and Pricing
Individual
$200 in advance
$225 door
Individual Combo
includes Patron Party & Ball
$500 advance purchase only
Young Lawyer
(less than 5 years' experience)
$100 in advance
$125 at door
Law Students
$75 in advance
$100 at door
Raffle Tickets
(available at the event)
$5 each
$25 for 5
All ticketing will be done through Eventbrite; processing and service fees will be added at checkout.
Multiple Ticket Packages | Corporate Sponsorships
Download sponsorship and multi-ticket packages for JFAB 2017. If you are interested in purchasing a sponsorship or multi-ticket package, please email The Pro Bono Project office, call 504.581.4043 ext 201, or download the pledge card and fax to 504.566.0518, or deliver to The Project's office at 615 Baronne Street, Suite 203.
Benefactors*
* Current as of 08/31/17
Pan-American Life Insurance Group
Rittenberg Family Foundation
Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLC
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein &
Hilbert, L.L.C.
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn LLP
Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C.
Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C.
Adams and Reese LLP
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman
Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C.
Dooky Chase
Frischhertz Electric Co., Inc.
Gieger, Laborde &
Laperouse, L.L.C.
Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C.
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC
Krebs Farley PLLC
* Current as of 08/31/17
Kay E. Donnelly and Associates
Kenneth M. Carter A. Professional Law Corporation
King, Krebs, & Jurgens
Kinney, Ellinghausen, Richard & DeShazo
LA Assoc of Defense Counsel
Laitram LLC
Landry & Swarr, L.L.C.
Legier & Company, APAC
Michelle Egan
Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett
Newman, Mathis, Brady, & Spedale
Proskauer Rose LLP
Pugh Accardo
Robichaux Law Firm L.L.C
Shields | Mott L.L.P.
Shuart and Associates, Legal Search and Staffing
Sullivan Stolier
The deLaup Law Firm
The Kullman Firm
Thomson Reuters
Tulane Law School
Wagar Richard Kutcher Tygier & Luminais LLP
Whitney Bank
Association for Women Attorneys
Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC
Bourgeois Bennett CPAs
Bradley, Murchinson, Kelley & Shea LLC
Bruce & Jackie Shreves
Capital One
Capitelli and Wicker
Chaffe McCall, L.L.P.
Crescent Bank and Trust, Inc.
Deutsche Kerrigan LLP
District Attorney
Paul D. Connick, Jr.
Fishman Haygood, L.L.P.
Frilot, L.L.C.
Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC
Gordon, Arata, Montgomery, Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC
Harrah's
Heller, Draper, Patrick, Horn & Dabney, LLC
Homestead Title Company
Huber Slack Thomas & Marcelle
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan M. Hayden
Jefferson Parish Bar Association
Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison
Kabacoff Family Foundation
* Current as of 08/31/17
Ball Contributors*
Mother's Next Door
Muriel's
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Oceana Grill
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
Royal China
Sassafras
Southern Candymakers
Taylor Made
The Original Fiorella's Café
Toulouse Gourmet Catering
Audubon Nature Institute
Balise
Besh Restuarant Group
Broussard's
Crabby Jack's
Desi Vega's Steakhouse
Dook's Place
GW Fins
Jacques Imo's
La Petite Grocery
Lucky Dogs
Maurice French Pastries
Patron Party Contributors
Commander's Palace
Dickie Brennan's
* Current as of 08/25/17
Special Acknowledgements
Mark Romig
New Orleans CityBusiness
Website, Invitation and Production Services by Solomon Group
Printing by DocuMart
Adler’s
The BizMark Group Inc
Gambit Communications, Inc.
Goldring Family Foundation
Community Partners
Baptist Community Ministries
New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
JFAB Committee
Kevin Columb
Sharonda Williams
Committee Co-Vice Chairs
Mark Kaplinsky
Kyle Keenan
Camalla Kimbrough
Mimi Koch
Steve Lane
Cheryl Mintz
Catherine Napolitano
Cherie Nobles
Inem O’Boyle
Lacey Rochester
Mathilde Semmes
Bruce Shreves
Mark Surprenant
Cory Vidal
Katherine Wells
Erica Williams
Tomoro Wilson
Justin Woods
Susan Zackin
Chef Leah Chase
2017 Justice For All Ball Honorary Chair
Dana Douglas
Committee Chair
Jennifer Rizzo-Choi
Executive Director
Committee Members
Lisa Afrik
Erin Bambrick
Greta Brouphy
Joanna Broussard
Laura Springer Brown
Nina Camacho
Laura Cannon
Laura Carlisle
Edgar Chase III
Joseph Ching (deceased)
Chelsea Cusimano
Michael DePetrillo
Bobby Dressel
Katie Dysart
Lesli Harris
Jackie Hickman
Ben Janke
Colleen Carr Jarrott
Chauntis Trenelle Jenkins
Rachael Johnson
Boards of Directors
Norm Rubenstein
Immediate Past Chair
Steven Lane
Secretary
Patrick Fraizer
Treasurer
Ex-Officio Members
Jan Hayden
Lindsey Ladouceur
J. Van Robichaux
Chris Short
Executive Director
Jennifer Rizzo-Choi
Sherry Dolan
Chair
Chris Ralston
1st Vice-Chair
Michael DePetrillo
2nd Vice Chair
Board Members
Nadège Assalé
Dana Douglas
Philip Franco
Pam Hansen
Chauntis Trenelle Jenkins
Rachael Johnson
Bob Kutcher
Roxanne Newman
Wendy Hickok Robinson
Nancy Samuels
John Strausser
Raffle Winners
R - 19 VAN ROBICHAUX
Maison on Frenchman gift card
Value: $100
R - 20 DANA DOUGLAS
Maison on Frenchman gift card
Value: $100
R - 21 SHAWN TOOMEY
Perlis Store Gift Card
Value: $100
R - 22 MALVERN BURNETT
Perlis Store Gift Card
Value: $100
R - 23 NICOLE TYGIER
Copeland’s Gift Card
Value: $25
R - 24 KELLY BECKER
Drago’s Themed Gift Basket:
Includes gift card to the restaurant, speciality glasses and Zapp’s chips
Value: $75
R - 25 NICOLE TYGIER
Fausto’s Restaurant Gift Card
Value: $75
R - 26 GERALD SLATERRY
The Bearded Lady Barbership
Gift certificate for a Hot Towel Shave
Value: $50
R - 27 BRUCE SHREVES
Gift certificate to floral products (flowers, bouquet), sold at the store
Value: $100
R - 28 STEVEN LANE
Casa Garcia gift card
Value: $50
R - 29 NORM RUBENSTEIN
Marcello’s Restaurant gift card Value: $50
R - 30 REBECCA GARCIA
Marcello’s Restaurant gift card Value: $50
R - 31 ROBERT KUTCHER
Planet Beach – Uptown gift certificate for 1-month unlimited membership Value: $100
R - 32 JOHN STRAUSSER
Mia Bella Beauty Lounge gift certificate for custom facial
Value: $130
R - 33 CAMALLA KIMBROUGH
Dave & Buster’s gift card
Value: $50
R - 34 ELONIDE SEMMES
Dave & Buster’s gift card
Value: $50
R - 35 ROBERT KUTCHER
Perfume Grab Bag: Assorted Giogio Aramni Si perfumes; Flower Bomb by Viktor Rolf; Giorgio Armani Beauty Si Rollerball Perfume
Value: $113
R - 36 BEN JANKE
Charlie’s Steakhouse gift card
Value: $100
R - 1 MICKEY DELAUP
Individual 3-Month Membership to Anytime Fitness Lakeview
Value: $200
R - 2 MATT WOLF
Individual 3-Month Membership to Anytime Fitness Lakeview Value: $200
R - 3 JUDITH SCHEURMANN
Café Reconcile Gift Package:
$75 gift card and Cookbook
Value: $75
R - 4 PHIL FRANCO
Woman’s haircut and style service from Carpe Diem Boutique Salon.
Value: $110
R - 5 NORM RUBENSTEIN
Green to Go NOLA Dining $65 restaurant gift card Value: $65
R - 6 CINDI VOISIN
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens Tour for 2 people, plus on-site plantation restaurant gift cards
Value: $125
R - 7 ZHANDRA MARIN
Juan’s Flying Burrito gift card
Value: $45
R - 8 MALVERN BURNETT
Mais Arepas Gift Card
Value: $50
R - 9 LAURA TUGGLE
Maison de Cheveux Basket: $25 gift card, and assorted hair products
Value: $70
R - 10 JAN HAYDEN
60-minute Full Body Massage at Massage Envy Metairie
Value: $90
R - 11 BEN JANKE
Maypop Restaurant gift card
Value: $50
R - 12 ROBERT KUTCHER
Includes limited edition McIlhenny Company Tabasco Product toy collector’s truck, and an assortment of McIlhenny products
Value: $75
R - 13 N/A
R - 14 JOHN STRAUSSER
2 Premier Fitness Day Passes One-day passes, valid at their Airline Drive location
Value: $40
R - 15 LYNN WOLF
2 Premier Fitness Day Passes
One-day passes, valid at their Airline Drive location
Value: $40
R - 16 KATIE DYSART
Stein’s Market & Deli gift card ; Downtown location
Value: $30
R - 17 APRIL DAVENPORT
Tour Cycles Studio gift card;
Warehouse district cycling studio
Value: $50
R - 18 ROBERT KUTCHER
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse gift card
Value: $100
Auction Winners
LIVE AUCTION
Creation New Orleans U.S. Mint Rare Document:
Nancy Samuels
Portrait of Lady Justice, by Nationally Renowned Artist Gustave Blache III:
Sherry Dolan
Trinity Restaurant’s Chef Michael Isolani’s Cooks an Intimate Dinner For 6 at Your Own Home: Mark Kaplinsky
Offshore Fishing Trip:
Elonide Semmes
New Orleans Craft Brewery & Spirit Tasting Tour Package:
O E Springer
Experience Christmas in NOLA: Laurie Young
All Access Pass to NCIS: New Orleans: Norm Rubenstein
All Access Pass to NCIS: New Orleans: Alan Brackett
FUND-A-NEED
Special thanks to all those who contributed to our first Fund-A-Need. Together, we raised almost $8,000 for our adoption program.
Aaron Coffey
April Davenport
George Demos
Jackie Hickman
Melissa Jagers
Mark Kaplinsky
Bart Kelly
Olisa Ojeh
Claudine Perrett
Judy Perry Martinez
Nancy Samuels
O E Springer
SILENT AUCTION
Brunch & Tour Gift Package: Jennifer Thornton
Luxurious Creole Lifestyle Package: Olisa Ojeh
Eclectic NOLA Book Basket:
Ed Cassiere
The Foodie Package: Dallas Belford
Dooky Chase Family Gift Basket: Dawn Arevalo
Garden Art: Laurel Sheridan
Ashley Arnold Painting:
Brian Lawrence
Garden Gates Christmas Tree: Laurie Young
Yoga Gift Package:
Alex Aughtry
Men’s Fashion Package:
Olisa Ojeh
1900’s Era Antique Ice Bucket: Norm Rubenstein
Walter Anderson Print, Alligator in Marsh Grass:
Hillary Christiansen
Designer Sweater Dress:
George Demos
Print 001: Dual-Signed Poster Print of “Pouring Oysters.”
Autographed by Renowned Artist Gustave Blache III, and
by the portrait’s subject, Chef Leah Chase: Steven Lane
Walter Anderson Print, Blue Crab: Joanna Broussard
One-month Membership to Body B. Fit NOLA: Ashley Edwards
Painting With A Twist:
Anne Wittmann
Nothing Bundt Cakes:
Blanche Comiskey
Fried Chicken Festival:
Breard Snellings
New Orleans Museum of Art: Brodie Glenn
New Orleans Baby Cakes:
Bryce Murray
New Orleans Saints Football: Kat Rito
New Orleans City Park:
Dawn Arevalo
Ralph Lauren Basket:
Dallas Belford
Clarisonic Basket:
Anne Wittmann
Women’s Black Opium Basket: Kathleen Legendre
Women’s Giorgio Armani Si Gift Basket: Katherine Hassen
Designer Labels Body Gift Basket: Laurel Sheridan
Brunch in a Historic French Quarter Home:
Jennifer Thornton
Custom Tailored Men’s Suit: Kerry Hand
Justice For All Ball 2016
In case you missed the 2016 JFAB, we invite you to enjoy some of the images from the evening. If you can't get enough, you can still view all the images and order photos here.
