Senate Confirms Six Nominees to LSC’s Board of Directors

On March 19, 2010, six presidential nominees were confirmed by the
U.S. Senate  to serve on the Board of Directors of the Legal
Services Corporation (LSC).

The six nominees were Sharon L. Browne, Robert J. Grey, Jr., Charles
N.W. Keckler, John G. Levi, Victor B. Maddox and Martha L. Minow.
President Obama announced their nominations last year and the
nominations were approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions, led by Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking
Member Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.).

LSC is the single largest provider of civil legal assistance for the
poor in the nation. Funded by Congress, LSC operates as an independent
501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that promotes equal access to justice
and provides grants for high-quality civil legal assistance to
low-income Americans. Legal Services NYC is the LSC's New York City grantee.

On August 6, 2009, the White House announced the nominations of
Robert Grey, a partner in the Richmond, Va., and Washington offices of
the Hunton & Williams law firm; John Levi, a partner in the Chicago
office of Sidley Austin LLP, and Martha Minow, dean of the Harvard Law
School.

On December 17, 2009, the White House announced the nominations of
Sharon Browne, a principal attorney in the Pacific Legal Foundation's
Individual Rights Practice group and a member of the foundation's
senior management; Charles Keckler, who teaches civil procedure and
evidence at Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law,
and Victor Maddox, a partner in the Louisville, Ky., law firm of Fultz
Maddox Hovious & Dickens PLC.

Two other LSC nominees, Julie A. Reiskin, executive director of the
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, and Gloria Valencia-Weber, a
professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, await
confirmation by the Senate. Last year, the Senate confirmed Laurie
Mikva, a staff attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Illinois
Department of Employment Security, to the LSC Board. The White House
has not announced the remaining two nominees for the Board.