LAC Honors Daniel K. Mayers and Esta E. Stecher

On Tuesday, November 10th, 2009, Legal Action Center honored this year’s recipients of the Arthur Liman Public Interest Award: Daniel K. Mayers and Esta E. Stecher. A retired senior partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Mr. Mayers has been on LAC's Board of Directors for 31 years and Chairman for the last 11 years. Ms. Stecher is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Goldman Sachs, and is nationally recognized for her outstanding corporate leadership, distinguished legal career, and philanthropic activities.

(L to R) Doug Liman, LAC Director/President Paul N. Samuels, honorees Daniel K. Mayers and Esta E. Stecher, LAC Board members Brad S. Karp, Edward J. Davis, and Stephen M. Cutler at the 2009 ALPI Awards Benefit.

The event, held at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York City, was chaired by Stephen M. Cutler, the General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Brad S. Karp, Firm Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

The Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards were established in 1998 to honor the memory of Arthur L. Liman, LAC’s co-founder and Board Chair for 25 years. The awards acknowledge superior achievements in addressing issues at the core of LAC’s mission—alcohol/drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, and criminal justice. The Liman Awards are presented at LAC's annual benefit, which raises money to support the work of the Legal Action Center and its Arthur Liman Policy Institute.