Equal Justice Works Press Release

	press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2007 CONTACT: James Carroll Communications Manager Phone: (202) 466-3686 ext. 137	Email: jcarroll@equaljusticeworks.org Web: www.equaljusticeworks.org
AKIN GUMP PARTNER KIM KOOPERSMITH JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Equal Justice Works today announced that Kim Koopersmith, a partner with the New York office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, has joined its board of directors. Ms. Koopersmith joins 23 other leaders in the legal profession to support and direct the activities of the national nonprofit. Ms. Koopersmith has litigated a wide range of issues in federal and New York State courts. She is also active in firm management, serving on the management committee, the compensation committee, and as chair of the partnership committee. Ms. Koopersmith received her B.A. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and her J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law in 1984. She is a member of the New York Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 3rd Circuits. "Akin Gump has a long history of public service and I am honored to continue that tradition by serving on the Equal Justice Works board," said Ms. Koopersmith. "No organization has done more than Equal Justice Works to revitalize the field of public interest law. I look forward to working with them to ensure that all members of our society have access to quality legal representation." Akin Gump has committed to sponsoring two Equal Justice Works fellowships each year. The firm's current fellow (2006-2008), Carolyn Seugling, is working at the National Center for Refugee & Immigrant Children, a project of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Its next fellow (2007-2009) is Jessa DeSimone, who will be working at the Legal Aid Society of New York. The Equal Justice Works Board of Directors is a diverse group of national leaders from law firms, law schools, corporate legal departments, and the public sector. Board member terms are three years. Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1986 by law students dedicated to working for equal justice on behalf of underserved communities and causes. Today, Equal Justice Works is the national leader in creating summer and postgraduate public interest opportunities for law students and lawyers as well as in urging more public interest programming at law schools. For more information about Equal Justice Works, visit www.equaljusticeworks.org. - end -
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