community partner
9th Annual “Lawyers for Literacy Trivia Challenge” Nets $25,000 to
support in-school Literacy Programs of Everybody Wins! Atlanta
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attorneys. Companies and individuals can combine to form a team
of four to six people, and companies can enter multiple teams in
the competition. It is a friendly competition and a lively display
of brainpower for a very good cause.
“Everybody Wins! is a fantastic organization with benefits that
run deep,” said Sutherland Partner and Pro Bono Chair Judith A.
O’Brien. “True to its name, not only do children benefit, but our
attorneys also find the experience especially rewarding. We are
honored to be a top participant again this year and will continue to
strive to support this worthwhile cause, year after year.”
Robert L. Jackson III, Esq., director of attorney recruitment for
sponsor Cambridge Partners, said “it has been an easy decision
for Cambridge to sponsor the Trivia Challenge. We believe in
Everybody Wins! Atlanta, and we get to rub shoulders with some
of our key clients in a setting where everyone’s having a great
time. It’s a great cause and an effective way to help spread the
word about Everybody Wins! to Atlanta’s legal community. Our
only complaint about the competition is that we haven’t won the
darn thing yet!”
t took the combined brainpower of team members from
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP to win the 9th Annual
“Lawyers for Literacy Trivia Challenge” benefitting Everybody
Wins! Atlanta, held June 1 at the offices of Alston + Bird LLP in
Midtown. The Sutherland Asbill & Brennan team took home the
coveted Challenge Cup, while Everybody Wins! Atlanta took home
$25,000 to support the non-profit’s in-school literacy programs.
In addition to the winner, the battle of wits and knowledge
challenged teams from Morris Manning & Martin (runner-up),
Alston + Bird, Cambridge Professional Group, Cohen Pollock,
Deloitte, Duane Morris, FSB Fisher Broyles, Hawkins Parnell,
Kilpatrick Townsend, KMPG, Littler Mendelson, Bryan Cave and
Pachman Richardson. The evening was sponsored by Cambridge
Partners, Alston + Bird, IKON and the Mary Brown Fund of
Atlanta.
Jeff Leonard, president of the Board of Everybody Wins! Atlanta,
said “Our 9th Trivia Challenge was probably our best yet. We’re
so thankful that the Atlanta legal community turns out to support
us and the competition gets fiercer and more fun every year.”
About Everybody Wins! Atlanta
Founded in 1997, Everybody Wins! Atlanta is a local affiliate of
a national non-profit organization that pairs elementary school
students at risk for academic failure with caring mentors who spend
one-on-one time reading with them for one hour each week for
an entire school year. The program currently serves low-income
public elementary school students in the Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb,
Gwinnett and Atlanta public school systems, and is funded through
grants and corporate and private donations. The organization also
offers StoryTime, bringing professional performers, authors and
storytellers into schools to use their creative talents to ex