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Law firm DLA Piper lawyer receives Florida pro bono service award
2/22/2006
Richardson has been active in several pro bono causes throughout his career. He made significant contributions to the study and report produced by DLA Piper and the D.C. Appleseed Foundation that aimed to reduce the number and costs of disputes between parents and special education students and the District of Columbia Public Schools, so that funds could be redirected to classroom services. For more than two years, on a pro bono basis, he worked to help a D.C, couple obtain guardianship of their three nieces, who had been abused by their mother.
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D.C. will be evaluated on condom distribution and needle exchanges
12/6/2005
A nonprofit public policy organization charged with reviewing the District of Columbia'€™s success in fighting HIV will include both condom-distribution and needle-exchange programs among the criteria it will examine in its February analysis, The Washington Post reports.
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HIV/AIDS: District lives are at stake
11/20/2005
In a recent report by the D.C. Appleseed Center on HIV and AIDS in Washington, a high ranking official in the District government claims that the nation's capital is potentially 10 to 15 years behind where it should be in its efforts to battle the disease
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How to Regulate CareFirst
10/1/2005
Opinion Editorial in the The Washington Post by Walter Smith, Director of DC Appleseed
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CareFirst's D.C. Insurer Could Lose Tax Break
9/1/2005
The District-based affiliate of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, already facing legislation that could force it to spend far more on community needs, now risks losing a million-dollar tax benefit it enjoys because of its nonprofit status.
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Washington, D.C., HIV/AIDS Administrator Wants Condoms in Schools, Needle-Exchange Programs
10/1/2004
Washington, D.C., needs to be prepared for measures that make condoms available in schools and needle-exchange programs available for injection drug users, if the city is to tackle HIV/AIDS effectively,
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