Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC)

EPIC Grant 2026 Sponsors and Donors

Diamond (Multiple Grants)

• Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation
• Paul J. Murphy 86L and Gia M. Partain
• Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver 72L

Summer Grant Sponsors

• Eversheds Sutherland, LLP
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
• The Bauer Family - Mary Carole Cooney 75L & Henry R. Bauer, Jr. 67L, and Lisa J. Bauer 05L & S. Derek Bauer 00L
• Adam Gleklen 90C 95L & Pamela Gleklen
• Corey Fleming Hirokawa 00L & Benjamin T. Hirokawa
• Jocelyn Kirsch 22L
• Kristen Tullos Oliver 12L and Ryan Oliver
• Laura Huffman 08L
• Debbie Segal 79L and Randy Cadenhead

Endowment Sponsors

• Professor Frank Alexander and Mrs. Joan Alexander (Frank S. Alexander Fellowship with the Home Defense Program of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.)
• Paul S. Davis EPIC Endowment
• Linda and Christopher Patrick Ford Promise of Justice Award Fund
• Ben Shapiro 64C 67L and Nancy Shapiro Endowment
• A. Stephens Public Interest Endowment Fund
• Stephen and Beatrice Dodd Toth Public Service Endowment Fund

Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Public Service Award

• Supported by Mark Wasserman 86L & Rebekah Wasserman 87AH

Platinum

• Alan Chan 00L & Colleen Chan
• Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
• Paula Rosenthal 88C & Howard Rosenthal
• Elizabeth Schoen 90L and Randy Schoen
• Chet Tisdale, Jr. 72L

Gold

• Anonymous, in honor of the EPIC Board
• Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section
• Berman Fink Van Horn
• Lawrence J. Bracken II and Tracy Bracken
• John Chandler & Elisabeth Tanis
• Fellows LaBriola LLP
• Hoelting & McCormack LLC
• Professor Jennifer Mathews and Michael Elliott
• Jay Sadd
• State Bar of Georgia Privacy and Technology Law Section

Silver

• Silas Allard 11T 11L 25G
• Atlanta Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section
• Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Association
• Carolyn Bregman 82L
• Cannella Snyder LLC
• Caplan Cobb LLC
• John Fleming 70C & Lisa Fleming
• Huff Powell & Bailey LLC
• Professor Paul Koster 24T
• Professor Polly Price 86C 86G
• Megan Ross Pulsts 09L
• Beth Tyler 70C 84L & Larry Tyler
• Sara Warren 13L

Bronze

• Sarah Babcock 07L
• Emily Baker 98C 01L & Chris Bly 99C 02L
• Fiona Brett 00L
• Professor Nancy Daspit 95L
• Deborah Ebel 75L
• Paula Frederick
• Freed Grant LLC
• Laura Jackson 16L
• Michelle Kelson 91L
• Hannah (Mahafza) Krawczyk 25L & Dr. Zachary Mahafza
• Lee Pasackow
• Dean Natasha Patel
• Melinda Renshaw 98L & Suneel Tummala
• Claudia Saari 87L & Jeffrey Boatright 91G 92PhD
• Vice Dean Joanna Shepherd 01G 02PhD & Richard Fields
• Saaby Simon 24L
• State Bar of Georgia Creditors Rights Law Section
• Gary Trachten 78L & Evelyn Trachten