The Access to Justice Campaign ensures access and fairness for all in the justice system. It is a centralized fundraising effort administered by the Michigan State Bar Foundation in partnership with the State Bar of Michigan to increase resources for 14 regional and statewide civil legal aid programs throughout the state.
GRATITUDE TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
Gifts from the legal community provide essential support to legal aid organizations. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the attorneys, law firms, and corporate legal departments that uphold the fundamental belief that access to justice should be a right and not a privilege. The Voluntary Pro Bono Standard adopted by the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly encourages attorneys to provide 30 or more hours of pro bono legal services each year or contribute a minimum of $300 (or $500 for those whose income allows a higher contribution) to support civil legal services for low-income individuals. Your financial commitment makes a meaningful difference, and we are grateful for your dedication to ensuring access to the justice system for low-income families facing challenging circumstances. Thank you for being such an essential part of this important work.
RESULTS
In 2024, legal community gifts to the Access to Justice Campaign totaled $1,234,779, a giving rate of $36 per attorney and a $30,000 total increase from 2023. Additionally, 44 law firms of two or more attorneys gave a minimum of $300 per attorney to earn recognition as ATJ Campaign Leadership Firms. The campaign saw an 11% increase in firms that gave $1,000 or more.
Thank you to all ATJ Campaign donors. For the entire 2024 ATJ Campaign recognition list, visit atjfund.org.
2024 ATJ CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP FIRMS
Thank you to the 44 Leadership Firms. The tiers reflect the per attorney amount given to the ATJ Campaign in 2024.
$1,000 AND ABOVE PER ATTORNEY
The Googasian Firm
Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman
Mantese Honigman
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers
Riley & Hurley
Soble Rowe Krichbaum
$750-$999 PER ATTORNEY
Hooper Hathaway
Kitchen Sharkey
Pinsky Smith
$500-$749 PER ATTORNEY
Altior Law
Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick
Crippen, Urquhart & Weber
Curtis Curtis & Brelinski
Glenn A. Saltsman
Goethel Engelhardt
McGarry Bair
Nichols, Sacks, Slank, Sendelbach,
Buiteweg & Solomon
Palmer Rey
Rhoades McKee
Schmick Law Offices
$300-$499 PER ATTORNEY
ArentFox Schiff
Bodman
Bogas & Koncius
Conybeare Law Office
Dykema
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes
Foster Swift Collins & Smith
Fraser Trebilcock
Hickey Hauck Bishoff Jeffers & Seabolt
Honigman
Howard & Howard
ImLaw
$300-$499 CONTINUED
Inosencio & Fisk
Kerr Russell
Miller Canfield
Plunkett Cooney
Price Heneveld
Sinas Dramis Law Firm
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Taft
Thrun Law Firm
Varnum
Warner Norcross + Judd
Willingham & Coté
2024 ATJ CAMPAIGN FIRMS AND CORPORATE COUNSEL
Thank you to the law firms, corporate legal departments, and SBM sections that supported the ATJ Campaign. The tiers reflect total given to the ATJ Campaign in 2024.
$100,000-$199,999
Honigman
$50,000-$99,999
Bodman
Varnum
Warner Norcross + Judd
$25,000-$49,999
Dickinson Wright
Dykema
Ford Motor Company
Foster Swift Collins & Smith
Miller Canfield Miller Johnson Plunkett Cooney Rhoades McKee Taft
$10,000-$24,999
Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick
Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman
Howard & Howard
Kerr Russell
Mantese Honigman
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Thrun Law Firm
$5,000-$9,999
ArentFox Schiff Butzel Long
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes
Fraser Trebilcock
Hooper Hathaway
Riley & Hurley
SBM Business Law Section
Sinas, Dramis, Larkin, Graves & Waldman
Soble Rowe & Krichbaum
Troutman Pepper Locke
2024 ATJ CAMPAIGN INDIVIDUAL DONORS
$5,000 AND ABOVE
Thomas R. Behm
Michael E. Cavanaugh
Candace Crowley
Barbara Kessler and Richard Soble
Susan M. Kornfield
Cary S. McGehee
Michael L. Pitt
Robert F. Riley
$2,500-$4,999
Charles W. Borgsdorf
Jeanne D. Dodd
Wendolyn W. Richards
Hon. Victoria A. Roberts
$1,000-$2,499
Abrahamsen Family Charitable Fund
Peter M. Alter
LeRoy L. Asher
Samuel Bagenstos and Margo Schlanger
Susan C. Benedict
N. Cornell Boggs III
Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer
Lori Buiteweg
Michael G. Campbell
Daniel W. Cieslak
Daniel L. Conklin
Barry Conybeare
Peter Cunningham
Erik Daly
Timothy Damschroder
Jeffrey A. DeVree
Ronald DeWaard
Nancy J. Diehl
Hon. Susan L. Dobrich
Julie I. Fershtman
David Foltyn
Katherine S. Gardner
Floyd E. Gates Jr.
Robert F. Gillett
Wallace Hart
Steven G. Howell
Susan Im
Elaine Sterrett Isely
Thomas G. Kienbaum
Daniel S. Korobkin
Kenneth J. Kurncz
David Leonard
Thomas Woodrow Linn and Diane
Elizabeth Linn
Craig H. Lubben
Gerry Mason
Marilyn Mullane
Thomas P. Murray Jr.
Melissa Neckers
Edward H. Pappas
H. Rhett Pinsky
Eve and Richard Primus
Daniel Quick
Lawrence and Marjorie Roegge
Glenn A. Saltsman
Amy Sankaran
V. Carl Shaner
Tom and Shelly Sinas
William J. Stapleton
Sheldon and Rita Stark
Timothy J. Waalkes
Robin Wagner and Sharon Haar
Suzanne L. Wahl
Deborah J. H. Weber
Thomas W. Weeks
Janet Welch
Matthew Wikander and Rachel Roseman
William A. & Shirley P. Yolles Support Foundation
FOR A FULL RECOGNITION LIST STARTING AT $300, VISIT ATJFUND.ORG