2017 Meeting

This year’s Captains’ Breakfast took place at the offices of K&L Gates in mid-December 2017, with special guest speaker Brent Henry of Mintz Levin.

The EJC presented 2017 Walk to the Hill Attendance awards to:

Highest Participation Award: Ropes & Gray
Exceptional Support Awards: WilmerHale and Morgan Lewis
Nancy King Award: Fitch Law Partners (highest percentage of attorneys participating)

2016 Meeting

This year’s Captains’ 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)

2015 Meeting

This year’s Captains’ Breakfast took place at Morgan Lewis. Walk to the Hill Captains learned about this 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 last year.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend!

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)

2014 Meeting

The Equal Justice Coalition’s annual breakfast gathering of Walk to the Hill Captains was held at Holland & Knight. We welcomed our captains for the 2015 Walk to the Hill, and presented awards for participation in last year’s 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)

2013 Meeting

The Captains’ 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)

2012 Meeting

The Captains’ 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)

2011 Meeting

The Captains’ 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 the following firms:

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)

2010 Meeting

The annual Captains’ 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.

Walk to the Hill attendance awards were presented to the following firms:

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)

2009 Meeting

The Walk to the Hill Captains’ Lunch took place at Choate Hall & Stewart. The following captains were recognized with “Best Attendance” awards for their firms’ participation in Walk to the Hill 2009:

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)