Join Us for ALRP’s 41st Anniversary Annual Reception!
This beloved tradition brings together hundreds of friends in the local legal community who make our work possible. Proceeds support ALRP’s vital role in advancing and protecting the rights, dignity, and health of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area.
Join us this year at a new venue:
The Grand, 520 4th Street, San Francisco
Guests will enjoy an open bar with ample hors d’oeuvres.
Our Honorees
Bruce Vilanch
Inaugural Bill Hirsh Award
Bruce Vilanch, two-time Emmy Award winner, will be honored for his extraordinary record of volunteering his voice, time, and talent in support of organizations serving people living with HIV/AIDS and the LGBT community, and for unflinchingly and hilariously challenging and lampooning homophobia and political extremism.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Clint Hockenberry Leadership Award
A social worker by profession and a principled advocate for justice, Congresswoman Barbara Lee was first elected in 1998 to represent California’s 9th Congressional District. Congresswoman Lee will be honored for her lifelong dedication to achieving an AIDS-free generation, including authoring or co-authoring every major piece of federal HIV/AIDS legislation since she was elected.
Michael Rooney
Attorney of the Year
Michael Rooney joined ALRP as a Panel Attorney in 2007 and has accepted 36 referrals since that time, often going above and beyond to support clients on multiple matters. In 2023, he contributed over 200 hours of pro bono time to ALRP, including work on two affirmative housing cases for ALRP clients.
With Special Guest Host
Marga Gomez
Marga Gomez (she, they) has been a nationally touring openly Lesbian comic since before Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet. Her awards include “2024 Best Comedian” by the Bay Area Reporter and a GLAAD Award for Off-Broadway Theater.
Marga’s stand-up has been featured on PBS, Comedy Central, Showtime’s Latino Laugh Festival, and on HBO’s Comic Relief at the invitation of the late Robin Williams, who called Marga “amazing … a Lesbian Lenny Bruce.”
Marga is also the writer/performer of 15 solo plays that have been presented locally, Off Broadway, nationally, and internationally. Her most recent piece Swimming With Lesbians premiered April 2024 in New York City at the iconic La Mama ETC. Her acting has been featured on Netflix’s Sense8 and in the Warner Brothers film Sphere. Her website is margagomez.com.
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Thank You to our Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor
Amicus Curiae
Supreme Court
Advocates Court
Circuit Court
Cooley LLP
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Hogan Lovells
Jones Day
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
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Perkins Coie Foundation
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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District Court
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Fenwick LLP
Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood
King & Spalding LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC
Venable LLP
Community Court
BALIF
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Creitz & Serebin LLP
DLA Piper
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Hanson Bridgett
Holland & Knight LLP
Kaiser Permanente
Lathrop GPM
Renaker Scott LLP
Roberts Disability Law, P. C.
Sidley Austin LLP
Stoel Rives LLP
Swanson & McNamara LLP
Trucker Huss APC
Uber Technologies, Inc.
Unruh Law, P.C.
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Palace Hotel San Francisco
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Red Jeep Tours
River Creek Golf Course
South Gate Brewing Company
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