2023 VIPS

Platinum Donors

Steve Salbu, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

Sharon Silvermintz, BakerHostetler

Sarah Erntz, Alston & Bird

Gold Donors

Angela Arnould

Baker Donelson

 

Jonathan Boros, Taylor English Duma LLP

Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Silver Donors

Michelle Adams, Kutak Rock LLP

Michael Barney

Theodore Blum, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Anthony Hatchett, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Bethani Oppenheimer, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr., The Cochran Firm Atlanta

Lynette Smith, Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Gary Snyder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Nina Tickaradze, Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

Richard Valladares, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Christy Walsh, Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP

Natasha Wilson, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Bronze Donors

Courtney Allaert
Holly Baer, The Baer Law Firm
Lisa and Derek Bauer
James Blanchard, Columbia Judicial Circuit
Greg Bosseler, Morgan & Morgan - Atlanta Office
Kevin Bradberry, BakerHostetler
William Bradbury
Wayne Bradley, Troutman Pepper
Anthony Bryant
Robert & Elizabeth Buckley
Christopher Bupp, BakerHostetler
Danielle Chattin, King & Spalding LLP
William Ching, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
James Cobb, Caplan Cobb LLC
Charlotte Combre, BakerHostetler
Steven Dakins
Dawn Deans, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc
Tina DeNapoli, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Erica DeSimone
Stephen Devereaux, King & Spalding LLP
Tashwanda Dixon
Marcella Ducca, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Marj Economopoulos
Emerson Edwards
John Elrod, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Emily Escoe, Fortson, Bentley & Griffin, P.A.
Andrea Farley, Troutman Pepper
Eric Frisch, Copeland, Stair, Valz, and Lovell, LLP
Guirlaine Gregory, Burr Forman
John Grieb, McGuireWoods
Alison Grounds, Troutman Pepper
Joe Habachy, Habachy Law
Jeff Hamrick, Ballard Spahr LLP
Chason Harrison, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
Richard Hays, Alston & Bird
Amanda Heath
Heather Hestley, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
Tim Holdsworth, Elarbee Thompson
Jeffrey D. Horst, Krevolin Horst, LLC
Rachel Hudgins
William Hunter, Oliver Maner LLP
Talmadge Infinger, UPS Corporate Legal
Stefanie Jackman
C. Brian Jarrard, C. Brian Jarrard Law
Emily Johnson, UPS Corporate Legal
Belinda Katko, The Wilson PC
Marcus Keegan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Atlanta District Office, Legal Unit
Eric Koontz, Troutman Pepper
David Kurzweil, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Val Lawrence, Taylor English Duma LLP
Jessica Lister, Cantor Colburn
Tywanda Lord, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Atlanta
Kelly Ludwick
Laura Maki
Quentin Marlin, Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP
Tom McKenna, Aflac Legal
Maria Morris
Cheryl Naja, Alston & Bird
Ann-Marie Notaro, Troutman Pepper
Justin Oliverio
Susan Pangborn, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Atlanta
Jonathan Pannell, Gray Pannell & Woodward LLP
Jason Pastor
Susannah Pedigo, The Pedigo Law Firm, P.C.
Matthew Petrie
Regina Quick
Henry Quillian, Taylor English Duma LLP
Brian Rafferty, BakerHostetler
Tiffiny Robinson, Morgan and Morgan Alpharetta Office
Laura Rollman
Amy Rooks, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Evan Rosenberg, Morgan and Morgan Alpharetta Office
Robert Rosenbloum, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Daniel Russell, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Darren Shuler, King & Spalding LLP
Andrew Smith, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Bryson Smith, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
James Stevens
Michael Sullivan
Bernard Taylor, Alston & Bird
Sara Thompson, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ryan Van Meter
Michael Wall, Troutman Pepper
Larry Wolfe
David Yates, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Kathryn Zickert, Smith, Gambrell, & Russell LLP

Copper Donors

corey aitken,
Luisa Alejos, LPA Law Firm
Ryan Babcock, The Babcock Law Firm, P.C.
Robert & Shawn Baker,
Deepa Balavijayan, Parker Poe
Gerardo Balboni, Balboni Law Group LLC
Rafe Banks,
Eric Barnum, BakerHostetler
Andrew Bayman, King & Spalding LLP
Mark Beaver, BENEDICT FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC
Celeste Boisclair,
janine bowen, BakerHostetler
Lawrence Bracken, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Daniel Bradfield,
Ernessa Brawley,
Melissa Bray, Durham Bray Law Firm
Helen Britt, King & Spalding LLP
Julie Brown,
John Brumbaugh,
Vance Burgess,
Joan Burtner, Mercer University
Ian Byrnside, BakerHostetler
Christopher Carr, GEORGIAGOV
Scott Casey, UPS Corporate Legal
Al-Qahira Cawthon, Burroughs Elijah Attorneys
Douglasq Chandler, Chandler Law, LLC
Thomas Chappell, USBC - Augusta Office
Phillip Chritton,
Tiffany Cochran Edwards, The Cochran Firm Atlanta
Louise Cohen, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Halli Cohn, Troutman Pepper
Ellen Collins,
Randall Constantine,
Brandon Cox, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Emily Crosby, BakerHostetler
Matthew Crosby, Crosby Law
Thomas Cullen, HunterMaclean
Jacob Dean, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Bradley Denson, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Julie Dewindt,
Matthew Dials,
Curtis Dornburg, King & Spalding LLP
Russell Dunlap, Taylor English Duma LLP
Danny Durham, Durham Bray Law Firm
Erich Durlacher,
John Dyer, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Megan Eckel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Whitney Edwards, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Andrew Egan,
Antoinette Ellison, Jones Day
Susann Estroff, Georgia Tech Office of the General Counsel
Peter Farley, McGuireWoods
Elizabeth Fite, Kutak Rock LLP
Brendan Flanagan, Flanagan Law, P.C.
Marcus Fluevog, Morgan and Morgan Alpharetta Office
Stephen Forte, Smith, Gambrell, & Russell LLP
Matthew Fox, Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender
Michael Gambill, McGuireWoods
Walker Garrett, Morgan & Morgan - Columbus Office
Heather Gaskins, Young, Thagard, Hoffman LLP
Jacquelibe Gaul,
Matthew Gettinger, Sutton Law Group
David Ghegan, Troutman Pepper
Raymond Giudice, Raymond Giudice
Julie Granger, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Thomas Green, Att
Scott Greenbaum,
Christopher Greene, McGuireWoods
Grant Greenwood, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
Patricia Griffithe, Ford and Harrison LLP
Shelby Guilbert, McGuireWoods
JOSEPH HABACHY,
Derek Hardesty, King & Spalding LLP
William Harkan, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
Steven Harkins, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
JON HARRIS, King & Spalding LLP
Katie Harris, King & Spalding LLP
Peter Hauenstein,
Henry Hibbert,
Robert Hodges, Pabst Patent Group LLP
Angela Hsu, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Robert Huestis, Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, PC
Laura Huffman, King & Spalding LLP
John Hutchins, BakerHostetler
John Hyman,
David Ivey, BakerHostetler
William Jenkins, Jenkins & Roberts LLC
Sarah Jett,
Daniel Johnson, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kelly Johnson,
Joanna Jones, Fidelity National Financial
William Jordan, King & Spalding LLP
W Austin Jowers, King & Spalding LLP
Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Balch & Bingham LLP
Ahkibah Khan,
Elizabeth Kim,
Frances Kim, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Bob King, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Alana Kirkland, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Theresa Kitay, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Jarred Klorfein, Caplan Cobb LLC
Matthew Kristufek, UPS Corporate Legal
Sarah Lamar, HunterMaclean
Gerond Lawrence, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Janet Layman,
Meredith Layman, chatham county
Greg Lea,
Robert Lee, Troutman Pepper
Rick Lenner, Halpern Enterprises
D. Gregory Leopard, Floyd Leopard, LLP
Francesca Macchiaverna, HunterMaclean
Wade Malone, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Joel May, Jones Day
Angie McCord, Alamedinjuryclinics
Wade McGuffey, Goodman McGuffey, LLP
Carroll McGuffey III, Troutman Pepper
Robert McKeon, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Beth McLeod, Fulcher Hagler
Erica McVicker, Krevolin Horst, LLC
Charles Medlin, Bovis Kyle Burch & Medlin, LLC
Amy Merrill, Creative Planning
Bruce Millar, The Millar Law Firm
Steve Miller, Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP
Elizabeth Millwood,
Roger Mitchell, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
jeff Mokotoff, Ford and Harrison LLP
John Morrison,
Paula Murray,
Mary Myers,
Kenneth Neighbors, McGuireWoods
Shalen Nelson, GEORGIAGOV
Katie Newsom, Morgan and Morgan Alpharetta Office
Jane Nix,
Courtney Noce, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Barbara Nolting,
Richard North, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Kathleen Novak, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Armin Oskouei, AvoTek Capital
Edward Pankowski,
ALee Parks, Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.
Tyler Pate,
The Patels,
Shirley Patterson,
Pamela Perkins,
Henry Perlowski, Arnall Golden Gregory
Angela Phillips,
Tracy Plott, Akerman LLP
Sarah Plunkett, Smith, Gambrell, & Russell LLP
Judith Powell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Allison Pryor, Troutman Pepper
Thomas Rainey, Morgan and Morgan Alpharetta Office
Mark Rankin, Rankin law office
Kristen Rasmussen, BakerHostetler
Stephanie Ratcliffe, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jennifer Rentenbach,
Alan Reyes, Romanoff Renovations
Cameron Roberts, Caplan Cobb LLC
Kenneth Robin, Jarrard & Davis, LLP
Julie Robinson,
Tony Roehl,
PAUL Roman,
Travis Sapaugh, CBRE
Caroline Scalf, Parker Poe
Eric Seeger,
Jamie Shipp, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Joseph Silver, DLA Piper
Sandra Skinner,
Brittiny Slicker,
Bryson Smith, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
Caryl Greenberg Smith, Hunton & Williams LLP
Ellen Smith, Parker Poe
Greg Sowell, James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP
Susan Stebbins,
Colette Steel,
Robin Steinbrenner,
Julia Stone, Caplan Cobb LLC
Nellie Sullivan, Holland & Knight LLP
David Swift,
Stephen Swinson,
Greg Tanner, BakerHostetler
Anthony Tatum, McGuireWoods
Eric Taylor, Hunton & Williams LLP
David Tetrick, King & Spalding LLP
Jaime Theriot,
Aaron Thomas, prenups.com
Gerald Thomas, McGuireWoods
Jim Thomas, Jim Thomas
Keshia Tiemann, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Rachel Tobin, Tobinink
Nick Utley, The Utley Law Firm
Mark VanderBroek, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Rex Veal, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Richard Walker, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Kyle Wamstad,
Frederick Warren, Ford and Harrison LLP
Kathleen Wasch,
Lisa Washington,
Bryan Webb,
Shea Weed, Morgan & Auten, P.C.
Jared Welsh,
Brian White, King & Spalding LLP
Eric Wilensky, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Lavern Wilson,
Sarah Wilson, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Faye Wurm, Bhhsmmr

WHO CAN BECOME A VIP

ANYONE! Whoever makes a major donation or matches donations up to $500 or more will be recognized as a Legal Food Frenzy VIP. You could even have multiple VIPs from your team. This includes:

  • Your firm or company (we can look up if you already have a matching program in place!)
  • A managing partner or employee
  • A client
  • An outside company, group, or individual
VIP MATCHING LEVELS
Platinum $10,000+
Gold $5,000+
Silver $2,500+
Bronze $1,000+
Copper $500+

HOW MATCHING WORKS

While anyone can simply make a major donation and be recognized as a VIP, we encourage you to increase employee engagement by offering to "match donations." Here are examples:

  • Matching Ratios. The matcher can “DOUBLE DONATIONS” by pledging to donate $1 for every $1 raised during the competition or TRIPLE donations by donating $2 for every $1 raised. They can also do a .5 = 1 ratio, 50 cents for every $1 raised, and so on.
  • You can apply a maximum to matching. The matcher can pledge to match up to $1,000 in donations or $5,000 in donations, etc.
  • Limit matching to a specific day. The matcher could pledge to match all donations on the first day of the competition or the final day.
  • Have an idea? Let us know! We are open to creative matching ideas that will increase your impact.

WHY MATCH

  • Increase your ability to fight hunger! This will increase employee buy-in! Studies show that mentioning matching has led to a 51% increase in donations from individuals. Every match has the possibility to double or triple the number of meals the food banks can distribute with your donations.
  • Get an edge in the competition! The matching contribution will count towards your firm or organization’s Legal Food Frenzy point total, so you will be much more competitive!
  • Get extra recognition! This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your brand and to gain recognition on the Legal Food Frenzy website. The matcher will be placed in one of the recognition tiers below based on how much they pledge to donate and, ultimately, how much they do donate.