iCivics

Spearheaded by the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, iCivics is a web-based education project designed to reinvigorate civics teaching and learning. iCivics features free lesson plans, interactive modules, and games. With these tools, iCivics will help empower the first generation of ‘digital natives’ to become knowledgeable civic participants and leaders. The Foundation is working with the assistance of IADC members to promote iCivics and bring it into classrooms across the United States. Lawyers interested in helping with iCivics should visit the iCivics website for more information and a guide for volunteering in the classroom.

Sandra Day O'Connor Legacy Fund

The Foundation of the IADC is proud to announce a $100,000 donation to the newly created Sandra Day O’Connor Legacy Fund, which benefits iCivics in furtherance of its mission to reinvigorate civic education. The Foundation of the IADC is a longtime supporter of iCivics. Founded by O’Connor in 2009, iCivics has provided more than 7 million K-12 students with the tools they need for active participation and democratic action. The Sandra Day O’Connor Legacy Fund was established specifically to support the organization’s current operations and growth and to ensure iCivics continues to engage the next generation of citizens. In addition to the IADC Foundation’s $100,000 grant, the IADC Foundation is asking IADC members and their firms and companies to donate. We hope to be able to match the Foundation’s $100,000 grant with IADC member donations. Thank you to those who have donated so far. To donate, please use this form.

We have currently raised $43,000 -- thank you to our donors!


Sandra Day O’Connor Legacy Fund

Donations and Pledges - Individuals
Mark Beebe, Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, LA
Julie Callsen, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, OH
E. Paul Cauley, Jr., Sedgwick LLP, Dallas, TX
Molly H. Craig, Hood Law Firm, LLC, Charleston, SC
Evelyn F. Davis, Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, GA
Bill and Mary DiSipio, Lavin, O'Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, PA
Darby V. Doan, Haltom & Doan, Texarkana, TX
Jennifer Haltom Doan, Haltom & Doan, Texarkana, TX
Amy Sherry Fischer, Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, OK
Cathy Havener Greer, Wells, Anderson & Race, LLC, Denver, CO
Peggy Kubicz Hall, Greene Espel P.L.L.P, Minneapolis, MN
Tripp Haston, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL
Andrew Kopon, Jr., Kopon Airdo, LLC, Chicago, IL
Jerome Kraisinger, Avendra LLC, Rockville, MD
Mary Beth Kurzak, IADC, Chicago, IL
Donna Lamontagne, Lamontagne, Spaulding & Hayes, LLP., Providence, RI
Wendy D. May, Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP, Dallas, TX
Kenneth R. Meyer, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ
Lorena Olmos, Modrall Sperling, Albuquerque, NM
Alfred R. Paliani, Quality King Distributors, Inc. / QK Healthcare, Inc., Bellport, NY
Bruce R. Parker, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD"
Stephen S. McCloskey, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, MD
Archie Reeves, McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge, LLP, Mobile, AL
David J. Rosenberg, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
M.C. Sungaila, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Costa Mesa, CA
Quentin Urquhart, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, New Orleans, LA
Max E. Wright, Kelly, Hart, & Hallman L.L.P., Midland, TX
Al Vance, Altec, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Jessalyn H. Zeigler, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN

Donations and Pledges – Companies and Firms
Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, OK
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, Pittsburgh, PA

Trial Academy Faculty Pledges
The Penhooligans
Bruce Barze, Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL
John Bateman, Lavin, O'Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, PA
Brigid Carpenter, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Nashville, TN
Andrew Chamberlin, Ellis & Winters LLP, Greensboro, NC
Mary Alane Downs, Morgan, Carlo, Downs & Everton, P.A., Hunt Valley, MD
Bobby Hood, Jr., Hood Law Firm LLC, Charleston, SC
Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV
Walter Johnson, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS
Wendy May, Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP, Dallas, TX
Mary Anne Mellow, Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard P.C., St. Louis, MO
Stuart Miller, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock, AR
Christopher Parkerson, Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy P.C., Boston, MA
John R. Penhallegon, Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, P.A., Towson, MD
Chas Reynolds, II, Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, FL
Steven Schwegman, Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., St. Cloud, MN

The Campbell Souperstars
Jim Campbell, Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy P.C., Boston, MA
E. Paul Cauley, Jr., Sedgwick LLP, Dallas, TX
Pat Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, TX
Bill DiSipio, Lavin, O'Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, PA
Kathy Maus, Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tallahassee, FL
John Mayne, Bikakis, Mayne,Arneson, Hindman & Hisey, Sioux City, IA
Donna Melby, Paul Hastings LLP, Los Angeles, CA
John R. Penhallegon, Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, P.A., Towson, MD
Regina Petty, Fisher & Phillips LLP, San Diego, CA
Mary Quinn-Cooper, McAfee & Taft, Tulsa, OK
Susan Roney, Nixon Peabody LLP, Buffalo, NY
David J. Rosenberg, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Quentin Urquhart, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, New Orleans, LA

The Silver Glatiators
Donna L. Burden, Burden, Gulisano & Hansen, LLC, Buffalo, NY
M. Warren Butler, Starnes Davis Florie, LLP, Mobile, AL
Emily G. Coughlin, Coughlin Betke, LLP, Boston, MA
Asim K. Desai, Gordon & Rees LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Gustave A. Fritchie, III, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, New Orleans, LA
Alex J. Hagan, Ellis & Winters, Raleigh, NC
Bradford B. Ingram, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL
James W. Jennings, Jr., Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke, VA
Jeffrey R. Johnson, Scheer & Zehnder LLP, Seattle, WA
Gerry Lowry, Norton Rose Fulbright, Houston, TX
Christine A. Marlewski, Gray Robinson P.A., Tampa, FL
Stephanie M. Rippee, Watkins & Eager PLLC, Jackson, MS
James F. Rogers, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, SC
Spencer H. Silverglate, Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami, FL
Henry M. Sneath, Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA

Bruce’s Almighties
Michael K. Brown, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce R. Parker, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, Coats Rose, New Orleans, LA

Barbarians at the Bar
Margaret Fonshell Ward, Ward & Herzog, LLC, Baltimore, MD
Jeptha F. Barbour, Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, FL
Amy Sherry Fischer, Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, OK
James A. King, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Columbus, OH
Neva G. Lusk, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, WV
Alba Arriaga Romano, Riley, Hewitt, Witte & Romano P.C., Pittsburgh, PA

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Thank you to our iCivics State Ambassadors.

National Ambassadors
Molly Craig and Catherine Templeton

State Ambassadors
Alabama: Bruce Barze
Arkansas: Robert Veon
California: MC Sungaila and Susan Zimmer
Colorado: Cathy Havener Greer
Connecticut: John Robinson
Florida: Bob Fitzsimmons, Scott Newman, and Connie Collins
Georgia: Evelyn Davis and Jennifer Cooper
Idaho: Brad Dixon
Indiana: Michael Brown
Iowa: Greg Lederer and Juliana Mayne
Illinois: Deborah Cole
Kansas: Ted McDonald
Louisiana: Leigh Anne Schell and Dinah Bradford
Maryland: Steven McCloskey, Bruce Parker, and Peggy Ward
Massachusetts: Becky Wilson
Mississippi: Stephanie Rippee
Montana: Max Davis
New Jersey: Ken Meyer and Jeff Campbell
North Carolina: Tom and Jeanie Cottingham, Peter Santos and Rick Coughlin
North Dakota: Paul Ebeltoft
New Hampshire: Matt Cairns
New York: Rosemary Stuart
Ohio: Nancy Lawson
Oklahoma: Amy Sherry Fischer
Pennsylvania: Betsy Christof, George Murphy, Joe O’Neil and David Rosenberg
Rhode Island: Donna Lamontagne
South Carolina: Molly Craig and Catherine Templeton
Tennessee: Brigid Carpenter and Gino and Jeanne Marchetti
Texas: Wendy May
Washington, DC: Eric Lasker
Wisconsin: Mary Wolverton
West Virginia: Robert Trumble, Kathleen Trumble and Tammy White