PAIR Gala Celebration
PAIR's Annual Gala celebration will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at the UMass Club in Boston. It will be a special evening and powerful moment to honor all those who work so hard to assist our vibrant immigrant community. The gala brings together leaders in Greater Boston’s legal, nonprofit and business communities, including law firm partners, corporate counsel, philanthropists, immigrants, and community activists. Guests have a chance to meet a PAIR client and to hear their story of hope.
The gala is PAIR’s largest community fundraiser, allowing us to serve courageous asylum seekers and detained immigrants with high quality, holistic legal services. We fundraise, particularly now, to ensure our critical programs can continue to benefit those who need it most. Each dollar donated to PAIR's Fund The Mission Drive is one more immigrant’s dream of a better life realized, one more helping hand to those desperately in need of legal aid, and one more asylum seeker who has the opportunity to find their voice and live their dream.
We are proud to honor and congratulate distinguished awardees each year. This year's incredible awardees are:
2025 Awardees
Pro Bono Asylum Award
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Pro Bono Detention Award
Susanna Stern - Landay Leblang Stern
Justice for Immigrant Families Award
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Pro Bono Interpreter Award
Eduardo Folco - Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Pro Bono Law Firm Award
Pro Bono Mentor Award
Martha Koster - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Outstanding Service Award
Foley Hoag LLP
Rapid Response Award
Mneesha Gellman - Emerson Prison Initiative
Business Leader in Human Rights Award
MassMutual
Sarah B. Ignatius Award for Excellence in Law
A. Hugh Scott - Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Tuesday, June 10th
UMass Club
6:00 pm EST
SPONSORSHIP PACKET
For further information on becoming a gala sponsor, please contact Anita Sharma at asharma@pairproject.org.
To make a gift to PAIR's Fund the Mission drive, give online or send a check to "PAIR Project," 98 North Washington Street, Suite 106, Boston, MA 02114.
2025 Gala Sponsors
The PAIR gala would not be as successful as it is without our dedicated and generous sponsors, including our foundation supporters, private donors, and corporate sponsors. Thanks to all our 2025 PAIR Gala Sponsors!
Elite Level | $50,000
20 tickets, VIP reception, prominent display in advertising materials including Gala Program and slideshow, full page display in Gala Program, featured mention in press release, spotlight recognition in all materials and platforms
Ropes & Gray LLP
Champion Level | $25,000
15 tickets, prominent display in advertising materials including Gala Program and slideshow, full page logo display in Gala Program, featured mention in press release, spotlight recognition in all materials and platforms
Diamond Level | $15,000
12 tickets, prominent display in advertising materials including Gala Program and slideshow, half page logo display in Gala Program, mention in PAIR’s press release, spotlight recognition in all materials and platforms
Foley Hoag LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Platinum Level | $10,000
10 tickets, prominent display in advertising materials including Gala Program and slideshow, half page logo display in Gala Program, spotlight recognition in all materials and platforms
Eastern Bank
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Goodwin Procter LLP
MassMutual
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
The Kraft Group
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Gold Level | $5,000
7 tickets, prominent display in advertising materials including Gala Program and slideshow, recognition in Annual Report and platforms
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
John Hancock
Kosmo Kalliarekos
McCarter & English, LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Silver Level | $3,000
5 tickets, display in advertising materials including Gala Program and slideshow, recognition in Annual Report and website
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Cloherty & Steinberg LLP
Cooley LLP
DLA Piper LLP
Fidelity Investments
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
McHaffey & Nice, LLC
Proskauer Rose LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA
Benefactor Level | $500-$2,999
2 tickets, mention in Gala Program and slideshow, Annual Report and website
AILA New England
Brown Rudnick LLP
Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C.
Nixon Peabody LLP
The Gala is PAIR’s primary source of community fundraising and also an opportunity to recognize the excellent work of all of our partners. PAIR would welcome any contribution you make. For more information, please contact Anita Sharma at asharma@pairproject.org.
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