Law firms' and attorneys' cash donations to the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee pushed the nonprofit to a record $685,908 gain for the 2006 annual campaign.
LAS Executive Director Ashley Wiltshire told NashvillePost.com this afternoon that continued momentum has already yielded pledges equal to half the financial goal of the group's 2007 campaign, which doesn't officially begin until tomorrow.
Julian Bibb of Stites & Harbison chaired the 2006 campaign committee, which was made up of 17 lawyers and judges. Bibb will be succeeded by Adams & Reese's Gif Thornton during a 2007 campaign kickoff rally tomorrow at noon.
Wiltshire said the 2006 campaign attracted 1,735 gifts from firms and individuals, with a total value more than $39,000 greater than the 2005 annual-campaign total. This year's proceeds included $110,500 contributed by donors outside the legal profession. That non-lawyer portion of the campaign was led by Rob McNeilly, president of SunTrust Bank.
Wiltshire said that thanks to the now-traditional early pledges of Nashville law firms, the 2007 campaign will officially begin with $355,000 in pledges already in the coffer, toward this year's $710,000 goal.
Adams & Reese LLP |
The Law |
Julian L. Bibb |
Ashley T. Wiltshire Jr. |
Rob McNeilly |
Stites & Harbison PLLC |
SunTrust Bank |
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee |
Guilford F. 'Gif' Thornton Jr.
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