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KATTEN FOUNDING PARTNER ALLAN DC OFFICE EXCEEDS FUNDRAISING
MUCHIN RECEIVES VISIONARY GOAL FOR LEGAL AID’S ANNUAL
AWARD FROM NOBLE NETWORK FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
This year, our Washington, DC, office raised $8,400 for Legal
Allan B. Muchin, founding partner of Katten and Chairman Aid DC (Legal Aid), surpassing last year’s total raised by
Emeritus of the Noble Network of Charter Schools (Noble), Katten. Donations were collected through a combination of
received Noble’s inaugural Visionary Award on April 25 during direct contributions and the office’s annual cocktail show-
its 25th Anniversary Gala. Allan, who co-founded the firm that down event, which generated $2,026. The June 9 event
bears his name and also helped found Noble, was recognized featured volunteer bartenders competing to raise the most
as the “bold, action-oriented, and unwavering leader our com- funds. A duo of the Washington, DC, office’s Managing
munity needed,” as stated by former Noble CEO Constance Partner Seth Messner, Structured Finance and Securitization,
Jones when presenting him with the award. She went on to and Transactional Tax Planning Partner Brandon Hadley,
describe Allan’s vision for Noble, which is “rooted in a deep emerged victorious, collecting over $550. The firm’s dona-
belief that every student in Chicago deserves access to a free, tions contributed toward a broader summer fundraising cam-
high-quality public school education.” Noble serves more than paign that raised $4.27 million total for Legal Aid, $500,000
12,000 students and 28,000 alumni across 17 open-enroll- more than the previous summer. The campaign accounts for
ment public charter schools in Chicago. approximately 30 percent of the organization’s annual fund-
ing for supporting critical services.

UK PRO BONO COLLABORATIVE PLAN’S PRO BONO RECOGNITION
LIST NAMES 18 KATTEN LAWYERS

From our London office, 11 Katten lawyers were selected for the Pro Bono Recognition List by the UK
Collaborative Plan for Pro Bono, highlighting their efforts to improve access to justice in the United
Kingdom. Honorees include Financial Markets and Funds Senior Associate Christopher Collins, Private
Credit Partner Peter Englund, London Deputy Managing Partner and Intellectual Property Partner Terry
Green, Financial Markets and Funds Partner Carolyn Jackson, Financial Markets and Funds Associates
Ciara McBrien and Sara Portillo, Transactional Tax Planning Partner Charlotte Sallabank, Financial Mark-
ets and Funds Partner Edward Tran, Corporate Associate George Warren, Litigation Senior Associate
Brigitte Weaver, and Corporate Senior Associate David Wood. Honorable mentions, who exceeded the
25-hour pro bono requirement, include Real Estate Legal Executive Rebekka Visser, London Trainee
Georgia Griesbaum and Intellectual Property Associate Larry Wong.

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