2025 Annual benefit Reception

Keeping the Promise: A Legacy of Advocacy

An Event to Benefit the National Veterans Legal Services Program

The Mayflower Hotel I Washington DC

November 20, 2025 ~ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

The Annual Benefit Event is pivotal in raising the resources that allow the NVLSP team of experts to address the changing needs of our nation’s veterans and service members. It is also the premier opportunity to honor those who have made enormous contributions to improving the lives of service members, veterans, and their families.

Master of Ceremonies

Yamiche Alcindor

NBC News White House Correspondent

Leadership Committee

Dolores DiBella

Chair, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, National Football League

Donald Kassilke

Director, Global Trade Compliance Counsel, Arrow Electronics

Justin Hendrix

Assistant General Counsel Collins Aerospace, RTX

Igor Timofeyev

Partner, Litigation Department, Paul Hastings LLP

Honorees

Senator Daniel K. Inouye Award

Howard Shapiro, Partner, WilmerHale

Pro Bono Partner of the Year Award

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Corporate Leadership Award

T-Mobile

Lawyers Serving Warriors® Excellence Award

Jordan Passmore, Associate, Clifford Chance

NVLSP Lifetime Achievement Award

Stephen Kinnaird

Honorary Congressional Committee

The Honorable Jim Banks
The Honorable Richard Blumenthal
The Honorable Jack Bergman
The Honorable Julia Brownley
The Honorable Maxine Dexter
The Honorable Morgan Luttrell
The Honorable Jerry Moran
The Honorable Chris Pappas
The Honorable Delia Ramirez
The Honorable Tim Sheehy

For information about individual tickets, or any questions, please email Masha Danilenko at mariya.danilenko@nvlsp.org.

Help Us Continue to Defend Veterans Rights

About NVLSP: The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is an independent, nonprofit veterans service organization that has served active duty military personnel and veterans since 1981. NVLSP strives to ensure that our nation honors its commitment to its 18 million veterans and active duty personnel by ensuring they have the benefits they have earned through their service to our country. NVLSP has represented veterans in lawsuits that compelled enforcement of the law where the VA or other military services wrongfully denied benefits to veterans. NVLSP’s success in these lawsuits has resulted in more than $5.6 billion dollars being awarded in disability, death and medical benefits to hundreds of thousands of veterans and their survivors. NVLSP offers training for attorneys and other advocates; connects veterans and active duty personnel with pro bono legal help when seeking disability benefits; publishes the nation’s definitive guide on veteran benefits; and represents and litigates for veterans and their families before the VA, military discharge review agencies and federal courts.