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waiting and hospitality center next to the
pediatric ICU; and a $100,000 gift to a
Morris County ARC association assisting
challenged adults to live independently.
The firm's community service efforts
are guided by a charity committee,
which seeks input from all attorneys and
employees in selecting the organizations
that will benefit from the firm's efforts.
"As a result, there is a personal
connection to virtually all of the firm's
charitable efforts, which helps inspire
participation and enthusiasm," the firm's
application said.
The firm hosts Denim Days every
other month, when all firm employees
can wear denim to work in exchange for
a small donation to a selected charity.
This summer, the firm supported Project
Backpack, which provides school
supplies for children who otherwise may
not have what they need for school.
For each quarterly networking event
of the firm's Women's Initiative, the
women of the firm ask their attendees to
support a charity by bringing items to
donate. In 2014, the women collected
and donated thousands of dollars of
clothing to Morris County Dress for
Success, hundreds of pounds of food
to the Community Food Bank of New
Jersey, as well as an entire car full
of donations and supplies for a local
animal shelter.
The Roseland, New Jersey, firm, won
the 2014 Primerus Community Service
Award, as announced at the Primerus
Global Conference in October. Primerus
names award finalists in addition
to the winner. 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.
Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C.
"Our philosophy is quite simple ­ we
are very fortunate, and we want to give
back to those who are not as lucky as we
are," the winning firm said in their award
application.
The example of community service
comes from the top at Mandelbaum
Salsburg, starting with Managing Partner
Barry Mandelbaum. His fundraising
efforts in the past for Cerebral Palsy
of North Jersey have resulted in
donations of more than $550,000. In
his capacity as a trustee of the Steven
& Beverly Rubenstein Foundation, he
has also facilitated donations including
a $450,000 grant to the Valerie Fund,
which assists children with cancer and
blood disorders; a $500,000 gift to
St. Jude's Hospital to fund a parents'
Broedermann Jahn
The community service work of attorneys
from Broedermann Jahn includes efforts
from academic teaching and practical
training to pro bono work.
The partners of Broedermann Jahn
have, for many years, taught at different
universities and training centers in areas
including of the art of contract drafting,
company law, international arbitration,
mediation, antitrust law and international
private law.
Primerus Community Service
Whether they're raising money for non-profits that help sick children and their
families, or providing school supplies for students who might not otherwise have
any, or donating business clothes to women seeking jobs, the attorneys of Primerus
member firm Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C. waste no time in serving their community.
Primerus Names 2014 Community Service
Award Winner and Finalists