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CRF held a very successful Spring Dinner on May 28, 2009. It was a truly memorable night, and thanks to the generosity of our donors, we raised nearly $900,000 to support CRF’s vital educational programs. A special thanks goes to Walmart US and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. for their incredible support.

Our congratulations again go to our honorees: Thomas M. Mars, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Walmart US, who received the Bill of Rights Award and the family of Carlton Varner, who received the Lloyd M. Smith Award in his honor.

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California Irvine, School of Law provided informative and thought-provoking keynote remarks, and the evening featured amazing and moving presentations by CRF students and volunteers.

Please take a look at CRF’s wonderful new promotional video that premiered at the dinner.

We still need your help. If you would like to make a personal gift to help us continue our vital work with students and teachers while we face the daunting financial challenges of these times, please consider making a secure online donation now to Constitutional Rights Foundation.


PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 

UNDERWRITERS

The Walt Disney Company
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

BENEFACTORS
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
DIRECTV, Inc.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Northrop Grumman Corporation
RoganLehrman LLP
Southern California Edison Company

DRAFTERS
The Ahmanson Foundation
Crowell & Moring LLP 
Louis P. Eatman
Fox Entertainment Group
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
KPMG LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Lisa Sardegna and David Carrillo
Sempra Energy
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. 
Winston & Strawn LLP

FOUNDERS
Arnold & Porter LLP
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Herbalife Ltd.
Jones Day
Kutak Rock LLP
Lynda and Dale Laurance
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP / Louis E. Kempinsky
Stroz Friedberg
Stutman Treister & Glatt
Warner Bros.

SPONSORS
E. Jane Arnault / JurEcon, Inc.
Robert C. Aronoff
Blank Rome LLP
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Deloitte
EpsteinBeckerGreen
First Legal Network
Anita and Haley J. Fromholz
Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden APC
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Murphy Rosen & Meylan LLP
NBC Universal
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Showtime Networks, Inc
K. Eugene Shutler
Sidley Austin LLP
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Susman Godfrey LLP
The TCW Group, Inc.
Union Bank, N.A.
WilmerHale LLP

Last updated: 5/13/09

HONOREES:
tom_mars.jpgBill of Rights Award
Thomas A. Mars

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer; Walmart US 
 





Varner_Carlton.JPGLloyd M. Smith Award
posthumously being awarded to
Carlton Varner
Former Partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 





SPEAKER:
chemerinsky_e.jpgErwin Chemerinsky
Dean of the UC Irvine, School of Law

 

 


Opportunity Drawing Winner
2009 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid Vehicle!

 
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Thanks to the generosity of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., CRF offered an opportunity to win the world’s first luxury performance hybrid sedan—a 2009 Lexus GS 450h. This year's winner is Katherine Kendrick.  
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