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Community Involvement
Loeb & Loeb’s attorneys contribute to the enrichment and growth of the legal profession by being actively involved in the communities in which we work and live. We frequently donate our time and experience to help those who otherwise would be unable to afford legal assistance.
We have a long and proud history of commitment to pro bono activities, ranging from founder Joseph Loeb’s successful reform of the Los Angeles County Bar Association to Herman Selvin’s persuasive United States Supreme Court advocacy that prevented the repeal of California's fair housing laws.
Our work includes some of the most important civil rights and civil liberties litigation of recent decades. We were honored for our work in helping overturn the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ 1981 redistricting plan on the grounds that it unconstitutionally discriminated against the county's three million Latino residents. This resulted in the election of a Latina – the first woman ever elected to the board and the first Hispanic to serve on that powerful body in 115 years. We were also honored by the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) for our work defending the rights of Central American immigrants and by Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS) for successful litigation that permitted an important battered women's shelter to continue operating.
Most recently, Loeb & Loeb was instrumental in assisting another firm pro bono client, Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), in formulating and achieving passage of The Songwriters Capital Gains Tax Equity Act, which is part of the Tax Reconciliation Act of 2005.
In 2004, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California honored John Frankenheimer with its annual Torch of Liberty Award. Announcing the Award, the ACLU Foundation cited his "extraordinary commitment to social issues central to the work of the ACLU, including artists’ rights, children's rights, medical rights, immigrant rights and the rights of the homeless." It also noted our "outstanding dedication" to civil rights and civil liberties. In 2003, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California named Douglas Mirell its Pro Bono Advocate of the Year.
Loeb & Loeb has a particularly strong commitment to pro bono activities on behalf of children and represents such organizations as the Children’s Aid Society, Children’s Rights, the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA), Hope for Youth, Lawyers for Children and JFS. As part of our commitment to the protection of neglected and abused children, we established the Loeb & Loeb Child Advocacy Fellowship at Lawyers For Children, one of the nation’s leading providers of free legal and social work services for children. In 2004, the Children’s Aid Society held a reception at the National Arts Club in New York honoring our commitment and pro bono work on behalf of children and families in need.
These are among the other organizations we represent on a pro bono basis:
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American Jewish Congress
- Daniel Pearl Foundation
- Dress for Success
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Milarepa Fund
- Progressive Jewish Alliance
- Public Counsel
- Seeds of Peace
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Stanley M. Isaacs Center
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- WaterWheel Foundation
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