2009-11-20 12:12:03 -

The attorneys and business staff at international law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., are helping to ensure that 46 families in Overtown will be able to enjoy the wonderful American tradition of a Thanksgiving feast this year.

Greenberg Traurig president Matthew Gorson, Miami managing shareholders Mark Bloom and Rick Giusto and Environmental and Land Development associate Iris Escarra presented $75 Publix gift cards and food items to parents of the Overtown Youth Center (OYC), a program of Alonzo Mourning Charities, on Wednesday evening. The food and gift cards were generously donated by Greenberg Traurig attorneys and staff who contributed $3760 and/or contributed non-perishable food items during a Thanksgiving food drive held November 2-17 in the firm’s Miami office.

The OYC provides educational, cultural

and recreational enrichment for students from second grade to graduation through in-school, after-school, weekend, and summer programs that include academic enhancement, physical fitness and nutrition, creative arts and family-oriented activities.

“We are grateful to have the support of the community, and especially Greenberg Traurig,” said OYC executive director Carla Penn. “Donating these items extends beyond providing a Thanksgiving meal for these families. It shows the residents of Overtown that they are thought about, that they are cared about.”


“We often talk about the financial crisis that our country and the world are going through right now,” said Bloom. “But we don’t have to look very far to see that life is much more challenging for some than for others, especially in the Miami community where there are stark economic disparities. So it is a privilege and a responsibility for those of us who have been blessed with material wealth to meet the needs of those who have been less fortunate.”


About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 20 on The National Law Journal’s 2008 NLJ 250. In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome, TA Lawyers GKJ in Tokyo, and Weber Law Office in Zurich. The firm was Chambers and Partners' USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com : .



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