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LONDON LAUNCHE S FIF TH DAY
INITIATIVE TO CONNECT
BUSINESS PROF ESS IONALS
WITH PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES

On February 1, Katten’s London office became a supporter of Fifth Day, an organization
that helps connect law firm business professionals with pro bono opportunities. London
Managing Partner Christopher Hitchins championed the initiative, saying that it is
important that we give all of our people the opportunity to participate in pro bono work,
not just for the benefit of the good causes we support but also for our people’s profes-
sional fulfillment. “Learning what charitable work we have individually been involved in,
and what that means to us personally as well as to the organizations we support, also
helps to bind us together,” Chris said when announcing the initiative.

NEW YORK ATTORNE YS VO LUNTE ER
WITH WEST SIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
HUNGER’S EMERGENCY PANTRY PROGRAM

In July, a group of nine New York Katten attorneys, summer asso- Securities Litigation Associate Thomas Artaki;
ciates and business professionals spent the day at the St. Paul Summer Associate Emmaline Friederichs; Structured
and St. Andrew United Methodist Church putting together food Finance and Securitization Associate Matthew Jennings; Summer
packs for beneficiaries of the West Side Campaign Against Associate Eldred Lesansee; Summer Associate Audrey Nelson;
Hunger’s (WSCAH) emergency pantry program. In total, Katten Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Partner Mitchel
helped prepare roughly 300 packs of produce, grains and other Pahl; Structured Finance Associate Chris Romaka; and Diversity,
ingredients. Katten’s volunteers, all from New York, included Equity & Inclusion Specialist Quinton Turner.
Commercial Litigation Associate Nathaniel Ament-Stone;

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