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Using the attorney’s fees earned from a successful pro bono case won by John Oberdorfer, the firm established the Patton Boggs Foundation to commemorate the retirement of founding partner James R. Patton, Jr. The Foundation annually grants a Public Policy Fellowship to exceptional law students who spend their summers working on public policy matters for either a non-profit institution or a government agency.
By making this Fellowship available, the Foundation embodies the firm’s commitment to creating new and valuable opportunities in the public policy field for tomorrow’s attorneys.
The Foundation’s Board of Directors includes Chairman and President James R. Patton, Jr., Mary Patton, Vice-Chairman Thomas H. Boggs, Jr., Timothy J. May, and John Oberdorfer.
Congratulations to our Fellowship recipients:
2006 Recipients – Washington, D.C.
Honored January 2007
- Colby Barrett, George Washington University Law School (worked on the Trade Remedy Compliance Staff of the U.S. Import Administration)
- Elizabeth Meltzer, Georgetown University Law Center (worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Public Health Division)
- Amanda Wahlig, Georgetown University Law Center (worked on behalf of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations)
2005 Recipients – Washington, D.C.
Honored January 2006
- Shawn Bates, Georgetown University Law Center (worked at the Federal Communications Commission)
- Jessica Galante, Georgetown University Law Center (worked at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance)
- Alex Mejias, University of Virginia Law School (worked at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in DC)
- John Wynn, George Washington University Law School (served as a Law Clerk at the Office of the General Counsel, African Development Foundation)
2005-2006 PB Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Washington, D.C.
(l-r): Jessica Galante, John Wynn, Amanda Wahlig, Shawn Bates, and
Elizabeth Meltzer
2007 Recipients – Denver
Honored August 2007
- Warren Myers, University of Colorado (worked for the Denver Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review)
- Lucia Wolff, University of Denver (worked at Socorro: Legal Services for Immigrant Women and Children, a Colorado non-profit which provides legal assistance to victims of human trafficking, domestic abuse, abandonment, and persecution, and which seeks to increase public awareness through education, outreach, and research)
- Mary Jo Lowrey, University of Denver (worked at the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services)
- John Bergmayer, University of Colorado (worked for Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C. public interest advocacy group)
2007 PB Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Denver
(l-r): Warren Myers, Lucia Wolff, Mary Jo Lowrey, and John Bergmayer
2006 Recipients – Denver
Honored September 2006
- Jennifer Eyl, University of Denver (worked for the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault)
- Michael Wautlet, University of Colorado (worked at the U.S. State Department – U.S. Embassy in Conakry (Guinea, West Africa))
2006 PB Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Denver
Jennifer Eyl (far left) and Michael Wautlet (far right),
centered by Patton Boggs partner Mark Savit
2006 Recipients – Dallas
Honored March 2007
Andrea Kelly Bouressa, Southern Methodist University Law School (selected for a U.S. Senator John Cornyn Clerkship – Immigration Court) Mary "Cassie" Evans, Southern Methodist University Law School (selected for a U.S. Senator John Cornyn Clerkship – Senate Judiciary Committee) Angela North, University of Texas (worked at the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia) Peipey Tang, University of Texas (woked at the Santa Monica office of the Natural Resources Defense Counsel)
2005 Recipients – Dallas
Honored December 2005
- Meyling Ly, Southern Methodist University Law School (clerked for Dale Wainwright, Justice of the Texas Supreme Court)
- Adam Jeffrey Pan, Southern Methodist University Law School (worked at the Environmental Protection Agency)
The Foundation plans to expand the Fellowship program for law students in the future. It also has established a Fellowship for art museum curators at the University of North Carolina. James and Mary Patton are exemplary patrons of the arts and inspired this Fellowship at the Ackland Art Museum, to which they are giving their incredible art collection.
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