CAPTAINS’ BREAKFAST

FY26 Captains’ Breakfast

The FY26 Campaign Captains’ Breakfast took place on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at WilmerHale’s Boston office.

2024 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Ropes & Gray, winner of the Highest Participation Award
Goodwin Procter, winner of the Exceptional Support Award
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, winner of the Nancy King Award
WilmerHale, winner of the Team Advocacy Award
UMass Law, winner of the Highest Participation for a Law School Award
Davis Malm, winner of the Social Media Advocacy Award

FY25 Breakfast

The FY25 Campaign breakfast took place on January 4, 2024, at WilmerHale’s Boston office.

2023 Talk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Ropes & Gray, winner of the Highest Participation Award
Goodwin Procter, winner of the Exceptional Support Award
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, winner of the Nancy King Award
Ropes & Gray, winner of the Team Advocacy Award
UMass Law, winner of the Highest Participation for a Law School Award
Davis Malm, winner of the Social Media Advocacy Award

FY24 Breakfast

The FY24 Campaign breakfast took place online on January 9, 2023.

2022 Talk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Ropes & Gray, winner of the Highest Participation Award
Goodwin Procter, winner of the Exceptional Support Award
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, winner of the Nancy King Award
Goodwin Procter and Ropes & Gray (tie), winners of the Team Advocacy Award
UMass Law, winner of the Highest Participation for a Law School Award
Davis Malm, winner of the Social Media Advocacy Award

FY23 Breakfast

The FY23 Campaign breakfast was held online on January 12, 2022.

2021 Talk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Morgan Lewis, winner of the Highest Participation Award
WilmerHale, winner of the Exceptional Support Award
Meehan Boyle, winner of the Nancy King Award
WilmerHale, winner of the Team Advocacy Award
UMass Law, winner of the Highest Participation for a Law School Award

Read more about the 2022 Captains’ Breakfast.

FY22 Breakfast

At the FY22 Campaign breakfast, the EJC presented 2020 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards to:

Morgan Lewis: Highest Participation Award
Liberty Mutual: Exceptional Support
Fitch Law Partners: Nancy King Award
WilmerHale: Team Advocacy Award
UMass Law: Highest Participation for a Law School Award

Read more about the 2021 Captains’ Breakfast.

FY21 Breakfast

The FY21 Campaign breakfast took place at the offices of WilmerHale on Thursday, January 9, 2020.

2019 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Highest Participation Award: Morgan Lewis
Highest Participation from a Law School Award: University of Massachusetts School of Law
Exceptional Support Award: Ropes & Gray
Nancy King Award: Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow
Team Advocacy Awards: WilmerHale

Read more about the 2020 Captains’ Breakfast.

FY20 Breakfast

The FY20 Campaign breakfast took place at the offices of Ropes & Gray on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, with special guest speaker Margaret Marshall, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

2018 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Highest Participation Award: Ropes & Gray
Highest Participation from a Law School Award: University of Massachusetts School of Law
Exceptional Support Award: Morgan Lewis
Nancy King Award: Fitch Law Partners
Team Advocacy Awards: CMBG3 Law, Hogan Lovells, and Robinson+Cole

FY18 Breakfast

The FY18 Campaign breakfast took place at WilmerHale in early January 2017, with special guest speaker State Senator Cynthia Creem.

2016 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Highest Participation Award: WilmerHale
Exceptional Support Awards: Foley Hoag and Ropes & Gray
Nancy King Award: Breakstone, White & Gluck (highest percentage of attorneys participating)

FY17 Breakfast

The FY17 Campaign breakfast took place at Morgan Lewis. Walk to the Hill Captains learned about the year’s legislative budget campaign, heard about the importance of legal aid from Chief Justice Hines, shared strategies to make Walk to the Hill more successful than ever, and celebrated the teams that joined the Walk the previous year.

2015 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Highest Participation Award: WilmerHale
Exceptional Support Awards: Foley Hoag and Ropes & Gray
Nancy King Award: Sally & Fitch  (highest percentage of attorneys participating)

FY16 Breakfast

The FY16 Campaign breakfast gathering of Walk to the Hill captains was held at Holland & Knight. The EJC welcomed captains for the 2015 Walk to the Hill, and presented awards for participation in the 2014 Walk.

2014 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Highest Participation Award: WilmerHale
Exceptional Support Awards: Nutter McClennen & Fish and Ropes & Gray
Nancy King Award: Sally & Fitch  (highest percentage of attorneys participating)

FY15 Breakfast

The FY15 Campaign breakfast was held at Nixon Peabody. Greater Boston Legal Services Executive Director Jacqui Bowman discussed the profound impact of civil legal aid for clients and attorneys.

2013 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

Highest Participation Award: Bingham McCutchen (70 attorneys)
Exceptional Support Awards: WilmerHale and Ropes & Gray (47 attorneys participated from each firm)
Nancy King Award: Sally & Fitch (16 of the firm’s 22 attorneys participated)

FY14 Breakfast

The FY14 Campaign breakfast was held at Ropes & Gray. Greater Boston Legal Services Executive Director Jacqui Bowman shared how legal aid attorneys helped a single mother gain custody of her children after her husband fled with them to Kenya.

2012 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

1st Place: Ropes & Gray (65 attorneys participated)
2nd Place: Bingham McCutchen (36 attorneys participated)
3rd Place: Goodwin Procter (33 attorneys participated)
Nancy King Award: Sally & Fitch (16 out of 21 of the firm’s attorneys participated)

FY13 Breakfast

The FY13 Campaign breakfast was held at Bingham McCutchen, with team captains representing more than 30 law firms in attendance. Greater Boston Legal Services Executive Director Jacqui Bowman discussed how the prolonged funding crisis has severely impacted advocates and clients.

2011 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

1st Place: Ropes & Gray (42 attorneys participated)
2nd Place: WilmerHale (41 attorneys participated)
3rd Place: Nutter McClennen & Fish (25 attorneys participated)
Nancy King Award: Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi (7 out of 15 of the firm’s attorneys participated)

FY12 Meeting

The FY12 Campaign meeting was held at Ropes & Gray. Team captains representing nearly 30 law firms that participated in Walk to the Hill 2010 gathered to discuss strategies to make Walk to the Hill 2011 more successful than ever. Greater Boston Legal Services housing attorney Stefanie Balandis discussed the extreme strain that the funding crisis is having on her work.

2010 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

1st place: WilmerHale (50 attorneys participated)
2nd place: Goodwin Procter (44 attorneys participated)
3rd place: Ropes & Gray (40 attorneys participated)
Nancy King Award: Sally & Fitch (17 of 20, or 85% of the firm’s attorneys participated)

FY11 Meeting

The FY11 Campaign meeting took place at Choate Hall & Stewart.

2009 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards were presented to:

1st place: WilmerHale (75 attorneys participated)
2nd place: Ropes & Gray (56 attorneys participated)
3rd place: Choate Hall & Stewart (55 attorneys participated)
Nancy King Award: Sally & Fitch (68% of the firm’s attorneys participated)