Defending Dignity, Advancing Justice

Thursday, October 15, 2026 | The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Join Casa Cornelia Law Center for an inspiring evening honoring the individuals, organizations, and community leaders whose compassion and commitment help advance justice and protect human dignity. Guests will gather in support of Casa Cornelia’s mission to provide high-quality pro bono legal services to vulnerable immigrants, asylum seekers, and survivors of human rights violations.

For event and sponsorship details, please contact
Jerry Webber at (619) 231-7788 x330 or jwebber@casacornelia.org

When you support Casa Cornelia, your sponsorship makes possible free, high-quality legal services that protect due process and defend human dignity.

* Sponsorship commitments and logos for inclusion in invitation materials are due June 30, 2026; Sponsorship commitments, logos, and ads for event program materials are due September 4, 2026.
    

2025 LA MANCHA AWARDS

DISTINGUISHED PRO BONO
ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR

Max DeWit, Esq.
Mayer Brown LLP

LUCY HOWELL
HUMANITARIAN AWARD

The Most Reverend Michael M. Pham
Bishop of San Diego

THANK YOU TO OUR
2025 SPONSORS

All proceeds raised, in donations and sponsorships, will fund Casa Cornelia’s programs, which provide crucial legal support to victims of human and civil rights violations.

Thank you for your support!

Humanitarian Sponsor

Visionary Sponsors

Guardian Sponsors

Gerard A. Trippitelli and Tessa P. Yutadco

Marilyn (Sisolak) Manzer and Tony Niewijk

Champion Sponsors

Paul Hastings

Defender Sponsors

Advocate Sponsors

Cory Family Fund

Dr. Nigel and Rhonda Farrar

Drs. Gloria Bader & J. David Archibald

Foley & Lardner LLP

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Lucy and Steve Howell

Mary and Ron Siegrist

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

Robert E. and Mary K. Shields

Rosing Pott & Strohbehn

Tom and Lisa Laube

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

Ambassador Sponsors

Brittany Applestein Syz Family

Carmen Chavez and Matthew Agostinelli

Dr. Sue A. Farus and Gregory A. Vega, Esq.

Gary D. Lynn and KhaiDung Nguyen

Kevin Quinn, Esq

Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kraus Law Corporation

Linda and Mel Katz

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Ron Mehrtash

Schaffer Family Law Group, APC

Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

The Drakulich Firm, APLC

Witham Mahoney & Abbott LLP

Patron of Justice Sponsors

California Western School of Law

Cara McMahon

Dr. Barbara DeConcini

Duane Morris

Hanson Bridgett LLP

Joann & David Stang

Margaret Carroll

Niddrie Addams Fuller Singh LLP

Rose Immigration Law

Steve and Nancy Keane

Walter and Rosemary Johnston