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T H E P R I M E R U S P A R A D I G M
·
Justus Jansen is member of the Board
of AIJA (Association Internationale
des Jeunes Avocats).
·
Eckard von Bodenhausen and Philipp
von Dietze are supporting various
social national and international
projects in their capacity as member
of the board of local Rotary clubs.
·
Eckard von Bodenhausen is member
of a group giving free counsel and
advice to founders in the IT area.
·
Eckart Broedermann serves as
President of the Harvard Club
Hamburg and Secretary of the
Harvard Law School Association
of Germany. In both capacities he
organizes numerous discussion
circles and (partial) stipends for
students at the Harvard University.
In addition, the firm's pro bono
works includes assisting a local dealer
in a dispute with his new landlord
on refurbishment work and related
costs; representing the widow of an
insolvent entrepreneur to the insolvency
administrator; and representing an
inventor without income against his
licensee, a big machine construction
company.
Cardelli Lanfear
At Cardelii Lanfear, community service
goes beyond monetary donations to
giving time and talent. For four years,
the firm has sponsored Detroit Cristo
Rey High School's work study program
with an annual contribution of $28,000.
This Catholic, co-ed college-preparatory
high school on Detroit's southwest side
offers a private school education to
mostly minority students who could
not otherwise afford one. Seventy-five
Prof. Dr. Eckart Broedermann works
voluntarily as the managing director
of the Chinese European Arbitration
Centre. Since 2004, Broedermann Jahn
has actively contributed to the founding
and development of CEAC, which was
opened in Hamburg in September 2008.
Other attorneys' efforts include:
·
Philipp von Dietze is member of the
board of a foundation, established in
Hamburg more than 100 years ago,
operating a residence for elderly
people with little income.
·
Tina Denso is continuously involved
in the parent's delegation of a local
school and member of the board of a
kinder garden.
percent of Cristo Rey's population
tests behind grade level in reading and
math when they enter the school. The
centerpiece of the Cristo Rey model is
that each student is part of a team of four
students who together fill a single, full-
time entry level position at a sponsoring
employer. Through the support of
business, Cristo Rey has been able
to send 100 percent of its graduating
seniors on to college.
In addition to providing the
educational opportunity, the employees
at Cardelli Lanfear interact with the
students on a daily basis by mentoring,
training and providing life skills advice
to students who might not ever be given
access to positive role models. At the
end of her second year with Cardelli
Lanfear, one student wrote, "Working at
Cardelli has been a second home and
another family to me. Even though I
won't be coming back here to work next
year, I hope we can still stay in touch.
I need strong women I can look up to,
so I can achieve my dreams, and not
struggle like my family has in the past."
Carroll & O'Dea
The list of organizations that have
benefited from the generosity of the law
firm of Carroll & O'Dea and its attorneys
is long. They include:
·
Reform organizations including the
Human Rights Committee for the
Australian Lawyers Alliance, the
Injury Compensation Committee of
the Law Society and the Australian
Labour Law Association.
·
The MOSAIC program, which
provides free legal advice to refugees,
asylum seekers and recently settled
migrants in the community.
Primerus Community Service
Mandelbaum Salsburg
P.C. won the 2014
Primerus Community
Service Award. This
year's finalists are
Broedermann Jahn of
Hamburg, Germany;
Cardelli Lanfear of
Detroit, Michigan; Carroll
& O'Dea of Sydney,
Australia; and Kinnard,
Clayton & Beveridge of
Nashville, Tennessee.