this May, it is thanks in part to the
community service work of Rothman
Gordon. The marathon was cancelled
in 2004 when the lead sponsor pulled
out and the city was on the verge of
bankruptcy. Rothman Gordon attorney
Louis Kushner was instrumental in
bringing it back, serving as chair and
president of the marathon board until
the marathon was back on. He continues
to serve as Chair as the revived marathon
begins its fourth year. The law firm
also provides pro bono legal advice to
the race, helped draft their 501(c)(3)
application to obtain charitable exemp-
tion and continues to attend board
meetings, review and/or draft sponsor
contracts and provide labor and employ-
ment counsel, free of charge.
The firm also supports Big Brothers/
Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh,
Legal Services Association and Squirrel
Hill Health Center, in addition to other
organizations.
always been community service-minded,
in recent years the firm increased their
giving efforts in honor of one of their own.
In 2009, Brennan, the son of Hull
Barrett attorney Tara Rice Simkins and
grandson of attorney Patrick Rice, was
diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
on the eve of his 8th birthday. After four
bone marrow transplants and spending
three birthdays in a row in the hospital,
the family returned home from St.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee, in August 2011,
excited to have fought off the disease.
Since Brennan's first diagnosis, the
family founded the Press On Foundation
and raised close to half a million dollars
provides funding to cancer treatment
trials that are ready to go into final test.
Employees of the firm rallied around
the effort by raising money, making and
distributing bumper stickers, wearing
wrist bands with Brennan's name on
them, holding two Dress Down to Press
On fundraising days, forming a team for
the 2011 Relay for Life and participating
in the bone marrow registry drive.
In addition to helping fight childhood
cancer, the firm also has supported Lee
National Denim Day for breast cancer,
American Red Cross tornado relief,
Golden Harvest Food Bank, and the
Salvation Army's Kroc Center.
Please join us in congratulating these
fine Primerus law firms for their work
and for exemplifying the Community
Service pillar to all Primerus members.