Thurgood Marshall Summer Internship Program
We have sponsored and participated in the Thurgood Marshall Summer Internship Program. It is part of the New York City Bar’s continuing efforts to enhance the diversity of the legal profession. The Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program places high-achieving inner-city high school students with legal employers for the summer. In addition, the students participate in Weekly development programs, including a law class at Columbia University School of Law, a mock trial before a federal judge at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of NY, and multiple career development workshops with a diverse group of attorneys. Since the program’s inception in l993, the Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship has placed more than 2,000 students in law Firms, corporate law departments, non-profit government organizations and law schools throughout the city.
Certain Thurgood Marshall Summer Interns interning at our Firm have been hired on as legal assistants and continued as legal assistants throughout the year to the present.
Mighty Mutts, Inc., d/b/a Ollie’s Place
We are General counsel to Mighty Mutts Inc., which is a not-for-profit 50l(c)(3) a no-kill, wholly volunteer organization dedicated to successfully helping to save stray animals in and about New York City: www.mightymutts.org.
Wild Bird Fund
We have assisted in the development and establishment of New York City’s very first Wildlife Rehabilitation Center: www.wildbirdfund.com. Our certified service dog Kuro rescued Dylan, who was hit by a vehicle and found injured in the middle of the street during a thunderstorm at Battery Park City’s West Thames Street and South End Avenue. Wildlife Rehabilitation Center’s Rita McMahon tended to Dylan’s broken wing and injuries. Dylan was successfully saved, and rehabilitated and re-joined a flock: www.wildbirdfund.com.
Battery Park City Little League Baseball
The Firm has and continues to sponsor two Little League “Devereaux Lawyers” baseball teams in Battery Park City.
Battery Park City Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”)
Battery Park City Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”), is New York City’s first FEMA trained and certified emergency response team. Sidney Baumgarten founded the Battery Park City Community Emergency Response Team and served as its Chief for five (5) years. Its Marine Response Team is one of the few CERT teams deployed to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and was awarded a Presidential Citation: www.bpccert.org.
Humane Society of Walden, New York
We were engaged to represent the interests of Pepper, an abused Great Dane mix abandoned and found in Prospect Park, Brooklyn New York. We won the battle to save Pepper from “euthanasia,” that is, destruction. The Human Society of Walden is caring for and training Pepper. We negotiated a stipulation amicably resolving the issues, saving Pepper’s life: hswalden@yahoo.com; 248 Albany Post Road, Walden, NY 12586 (845) 778- 5115
Elks Club
The Elks Club, Queens County Chapter, invests in their communities through programs that help children grow up healthy and drug-tree, by undertaking projects that address unmet needs, and by honoring the sewice and sacrifice of our veterans: www.elks.org. Sidney Baumgarten has been a long-serving member of the Elks Club.
Defense Association of New York, www.defenseassociationofnewyork.org
Bringing together attorneys and others in the State of New York who devote a significant amount of their professional time to the handling of litigated cases and whose representation in such cases is primarily for the defense and also those Whose practice consists in representing insurance companies, self-insured firms and corporate defendants. DANY promotes and inspires improvements in the administration of justice, including, among other endeavors, the prompt and adequate payment of every just and meritorious claim, and the equitable and expeditious handling of disputes.
En Foco, Inc.
Sidney Baumgarten is serving on the Board of En Foco, Inc., a not-for-profit organization promoting cultural diversity in photography: www.enfoco.org.
Brooklyn-Manhattan Trial Lawyers Association
The Association brings together judges, trial lawyers and other professionals serving the public, practicing law or assisting in the practice of law with respect to achieving the proper administration of justice. Michael J Devereaux is proudly serving as first Vice-President of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Trial Lawyers Association.
Exchange Club
The Exchange Club’s mission is to help build a better America, and in doing so, bringing out the best in yourself: www.nationalexchangeclub.org. Sidney Baumgarten has been a long-serving member of the Exchange Club.
Lions Club
The Lions Club aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and global scale: www.lionsclubs.org. Sidney Baumgarten has been a long-serving member of the Lions Club.
New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc.
Sidney Baumgarten is the Board Chairman ofthe New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc., a drug rehabilitation program he helped found over thirty (30) years ago during his service as General Counsel to Phoenix House: www.staynout.org.