January 03, 2018
Taylor Porter is a proud sponsor of Louisiana Appleseed's 2018 Good Apple Gala to be held Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at the NOPSI Hotel, beginning at 6 p.m. The annual event is a celebration of the achievements of the legal community and professionals in their pro bono work throughout the state. Louisiana Appleseed recruits professionals to donate pro bono time to solve problems at their root cause with the goal of advancing social justice by affecting change at the policy, or systemic, level. Louisiana Appleseed's projects seek to increase access to education, opportunity and justice.
Taylor Porter Managing Partner Skip Philips serves as a board member of Louisiana Appleseed.
The 2018 Good Apple Gala Social Justice Honorees include:
The 2018 Good Apple Gala Pro Bono Honorees include:
Other sponsors of the 2018 Good Apple Gala include: The Helis Foundation, Adams and Reese, Jones Walker, Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Allison & Ben Tiller Allient Advisors, Baker Donelson, Barrasso Usdin, Capital One, Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Fayard Law Firm, Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, Huber Slack Law Firm, IBERIABANK, Steven J. Lane, Liskow & Lewis, Phelps Dunbar, Sher Garner, Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, Association of Corporate Counsel Louisiana Chapter, Bourgeois Bennett CPAs & Consultants, Fishman Hayggod, Frilot, Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Stephen and the Hon. Karen Herman, Kean Miller, Louisiana Association for Justice through its sister nonprofit entity Bayou Research Institute, Louisiana State Bar Association, Ranier Law Firm, Rebecca Maisel and Nicky Sheldon, Pool Corp., Scott Vicknair Hair & Checki, Smith and Fawer, Stone Pigman, Jeannine Sullivan, Irving Warshauer, Whitney Bank, Frischhertz Electric Company, Christy and Michael Harowski, Jessie and Beau Haynes, and Dean David Meyer.