There’s no doubt the legal community has come together once again in a big way for Santa! Thirty-seven firms, offices and groups donated over $20,000 in monetary and toy contributions, equaling just over 1,000 toys.

Gifts collected in the LBA’s Toy Drive are donated to local children who were not adopted from the Salvation Army Angel Trees. Each year, thousands of children are either not adopted or no gifts have been returned for them. Thanks to the generosity of the LBA, these children will not be without gifts for the holidays.

Special thanks to the participating firms and office coordinators listed below, and to the many unnamed individuals who donated time, money, or gifts. And a huge round of applause to Mapother & Mapother who raised an astounding $2,700 and to Baptist East Healthcare System who raised over $2,000!

Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Julie Daniels
Baptist Healthcare, Tracy Lee-Huber & Rebecca Wireman
Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Betsy A. Rodway
Blackburn Domene & Burchett, Diane M. Laughlin
Boehl Stopher & Graves, Darryl S. Lavery
Hon. Gina Kay Calvert, Jefferson District Court
Darby & Gazak, Sharon Stable-Smith
Dismore & Shohl, Angela L. Edwards & Charity Johnson
Fernandez & Haynes, Donna Voyles
Frost Brown Todd, Bettina Larimore
Goldberg Simpson, Mary Ann Rausch
Hayden Craig & Grant, Vian Hayden
Hummel Coan Miller Sage & Rose, Sandy Foster
LBA Auxiliary, Gerry Klapheke and Jane O’Roark
LBA Staff, Kate Lindsay
Landrum & Shouse, Jennifer A. Peterson & Sally Whalin
Louisville Metro Public Defender’s Office, Sharon Johnson & Samantha Block
Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman, Janice Allison
MacKenzie & Peden, Leslie Seaton
Mapother & Mapother, Leah Gardner
McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Ginny Sill
Middleton Reutlinger, Lisa Huber & Penny M. Wellman
Morgan & Pottinger, Melinda T. Sunderland
Naber Joyner & Associates, Elsie Green
Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Susan D. Phillips & Megan O’Reilly
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, Tanisha Hickerson
Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, Jeffrey A. Hamilton & Belinda May
Schiller Osbourn Barnes & Maloney, Angela Coots
Stites & Harbison, Kristie Wetterer
Stoll Keenon Ogden, Michael G. Swansburg, Jr.
Tachau Meek, Lynn McLeroy
Travis & Herbert, Valerie A. Herbert
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Kenda Ernst
Valenti Hanley & Robinson, Linda Robinson
Weber & Rose, Russell H. Saunders & Donna Hanger
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Allison B. Vermilion

***Harlan Scholars as Holiday Elves

Once again, Harlan Scholars from the University of Louisville helped wrap up the annual LBA Toy Drive, by acting as the elves tasked with picking up all the gifts and donations. With Louisville’s temperatures dropping to near-North Pole numbers, the elves ran from floor to floor and building to building, picking up more than 1,000 toys and gifts donated from firms and offices. This colossal chore couldn’t be accomplished without their help.

Michelle Fox
Shelby Lemaster
Kayla Russell
Olivia Feldkamp
Brian Wood