Houston Food Bank’s First Annual Food from the Bar is a Hit

Food from the Bar raises over $96k for the Local Food Bank

While this year marks the inaugural Houston Food Bank Food from the Bar, the organization has been around for 25 years now. Local law firms, and legal teams donate food, money, or volunteer hours in hopes of benefiting their local food bank.

The month long food dive was sponsored this year by Brooke Companies, US Legal Support, Copy source One, and Vinson & Elkins LLC. A total of 24 legal organizations gathered for the drive, and managed to raise $96,061, collected 5,066 pounds of food and donated 1,366 volunteer hours (418 volunteer shifts). That equals out to 374,378 meals for the Houston Food Bank!  Great job, guys! Here’s hoping to next year’s numbers are even better than this first year!

2016 Food from the Bar Participating Firms/Organizations

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Baker & Hostetler LLP (B&H)
Baker & McKenzie LLP (B&M)
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC (BDBC&B)
Beck Redden LLP (BR)
Bushman Law Offices (BLO)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (CW&T)
Fullenweider Wilhite, P.C. (FW)
Haynes and Boone, LLP (H&B)
Joyce + McFarland LLP (JM)
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC (KRC&L)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (K&E)
Locke Lord LLP (LL)
Phillips 66 – Legal Department (P66)
Porter Hedges LLP (PH)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (STB)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (SASM&F)
The Lanier Law Firm (TLLF)
The Muller Law Group, PLLC (MLG)
Trahan Dinn Kornegay Payne LLP (TDKP)
University of Houston Law Center (UHLC)
Will Denham & Associates (WD&A)
Winstead PC (WPC)
Winston & Strawn LLP (W&S)

 

Achievement Awards

Bronze Partners
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC
Locke Lord LLP
The Muller Law Group, PLLC
Winston & Strawn LLP

Silver Partners
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Gold Partners
The Lanier Law Firm

Platinum Partners
American Bureau of Shipping
Phillips 66 – Legal Department
Porter Hedges LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Special Awards

Creativity Award
1st Place – Kirkland & Ellis LLP
2nd Place – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
3rd Place – Winston & Strawn LLP
4th Place – Locke Lord LLP
5th Place – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Foodraiser Award
1st Place – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
2nd Place – Locke Lord LLP
3rd Place – Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC
4th Place – Winston & Strawn LLP
5th Place – Phillips 66 – Legal Department

Best Law School Award
1st Place – University of Houston Law Center

Spirit Award
1st Place – Bushman Law Offices
2nd Place – American Bureau of Shipping
3rd Place – The Muller Law Group, PLLC
4th Place – The Lanier Law Firm
5th Place – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

All-Around Award
1st Place – American Bureau of Shipping
2nd Place – Kirkland & Ellis LLP
3rd Place – Bushman Law Offices
4th Place – Phillips 66 – Legal Department
5th Place – The Lanier Law Firm

Overall Award
1st Place – Kirkland & Ellis LLP
2nd Place – Phillips 66 – Legal Department
3rd Place – Porter Hedges LLP
4th Place – American Bureau of Shipping
5th Place – The Lanier Law Firm