In the Community
Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland Personal Injury Attorneys
ChasenBoscolo has a long history of caring for our community. Over the years, we have donated thousands of dollars and countless hours to local charities and initiatives.
Events
We participate in several local charity and nonprofit events, such as:
- American Heart Association—Go Red for Women Day - Participants: Nearly every member of our firm
- American Cancer Society—Relay for Life - Participant: Ben Boscolo & family
- American Cancer Society—Springfield/Burke Relay for Life - Participant: David Falcon
- J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association Annual Scholarship Dinner - Participant: Jessica Bhagan - Hours donated: 50
- Light the Night Walk Leukemia Walk - Participant: Ben Boscolo
- Neighbors Foundation - Operation Care Package 5K - Participants: Ben Boscolo & Jason Zappasodi
- Whitman-Walker Clinic—AIDS Walk - Participant: Hala Bouhafa
Financial Donations
- American Cancer Society—Relay for Life
- American Heart Association We sold candygrams on Valentine’s Day to raise money for our local chapter of the American Heart Association.
- Maryland Brain Injury Association—Eat a Peach Challenge Bike Ride - Family 10K bike ride; proceeds benefit care and research for traumatic brain injury.
- Neighbors Foundation—Operation Care Package 5K - Family 5K; proceeds to be used for sending packages to troops in Iraq & Afghanistan.
- ORT America—Whiskey Creek Tournament; proceeds benefit schools and training programs for the appreciation and understanding of Jewish traditions.
At the end of 2009, the firm offered $3,000 to be designated to charities of our employees’ choosing, which include:
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross—Haiti Relief
- Arden House - The firm sponsored a mother and her two children by donating wrapped gifts and gift cards for Christmas.
- Kid’s Chance of Maryland
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Parkinson’s Golf Classic Hole Sponsor - Sponsor: Ben Boscolo
- (SOME) So Others Might Eat—Family Sponsor - The Boscolo family adopted a family in Mississippi and, throughout the year, they sent the family donations.
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Straight Ahead Ministries
- The Box Project
We also support local schools, hospitals and legal organizations, including:
- Bullis School
- DeMatha Catholic High School—Hockey Team
- Lime Kiln Middle School
- Maryland Workers' Compensation Education Association—Conference and Reception Sponsor
- Rosaryville Conservancy Rosaryville - Conservancy promotes preservation of park lands in Southern Maryland.
- Sherwood High School—Soccer and Fall Theater Programs
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association—Conference Reception Sponsor
The Boscolo family has made general and scholarship donations to American Cancer Society, Lawyers’ Campaign Against Hunger, Lafayette College, SUNY Buffalo and the Washington College of Law.
Professional Education
Our attorneys often lecture at community events, seminars, conferences and classes, such as:
- Baltimore County Bar Association—How to prove Causation in Workers’ Compensation Cases - Lecturer: Ben Boscolo
- Baltimore Education Scholarship Trust (B.E.S.T.)—Molly Hathaway Project - Presenter: Tiffani Sterrette - ChasenBoscolo’s Tiffani Sterrette spoke to a large group of high school girls about women in leadership and how to recognize and take advantage of opportunities.
- Maryland State Bar Association—Hot Tips in Workers’ Compensation - Lecturer: Ben Boscolo
- Maryland State Bar Association—Introduction to Workers’ Compensation - Lecturer: Ben Boscolo
- Maryland Workers’ Compensation Educational Association—Moderated Presentation on New Regulations for Settlement Agreements - Lecturer: Ben Boscolo
- National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)—Panel Meeting - Presenter: Gerry Herz - Topic: Case Review
- National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)—Recent Cases Presentation - Lecturer: Ben Boscolo
- Presentation to high school girls and their moms about college readiness - Presenter: Tiffani Sterrette
- Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA)—Panel Meeting - Presenter: Gerry Herz Topic: Case Review and Legislative Changes
- Thomas Johnson Middle School—Real Women Read, Real Women Talk Presenter: Jessica Bhagan - The program paired professional women, such as attorneys, doctors, engineers and politicians, with middle school aged girls for a poetry reading and discussion. ChasenBoscolo’s Jessica Bhagan presented a rendition of the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou. She then spoke to the girls about what the poem meant to her, and how she has overcome the challenges in her life.
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association—Advanced Workers’ Compensation Seminar - Presenter: David Falcon - Topic: Representing Foreign Workers
- Gerry Herz revised and edited chapter 17 in Law of Professional and Amateur Sports, “Professional Athletes and the Law of Workers’ Compensation: Rights and Remedies” a (4-volume) treatise published by Thomson Reuters/West.
