Please join us for the 2022 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards Dinner on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at the Hilton Harrisburg.

We are pleased to welcome Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5), co-chair of the Congressional Access to Civil Legal Aid Caucus, as our Keynote Speaker.

The evening will begin with a social hour from 5:00 PM-6:00 PM. After the reception, guests are invited to join us for a banquet dinner where we will present the recipients with their awards and a commemorative video highlighting their accomplishments.

The recipients of the 2022 Excellence Awards who will be honored include:

• Consumer Subcommittee of the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee
• Doreen Mitchell, Neighborhood Legal Services
• John Gandrud, Esq., Northwestern Legal Services
• Julia Simon-Mishel, Esq., Philacelphia Legal Assistance
• Liz Chacko, Esq., Justice at Work 
• Morgan Lewis
• Pittsburgh Eviction Prevention Collaborative
• Randy & Debbie Blough

In addition to these recipients, Mark Schwartz, Esq. and Robert Racunas, Esq. will be honored with the Samuel W. Milkes Outstanding Leadership Award. This award of distinction is not given every year, but reserved for those who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in support of civil legal aid. 

The award was renamed last year to honor former PLAN Executive Director Sam Milkes's decades of outstanding leadership, and it is presented to these individuals for their dedication and efforts to making civil legal aid available for thousands of low-income Pennsylvanians throughout their remarkable careers.

Check out our Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities for ways to support civil legal aid and the extraordinary accomplishments of our 2022 Excellence Award Winners.

For inquiries about the Excellence Awards, please contact Brianna Bosak at bbosak@palegalaid.net or call (717) 710-3840.