3rd Annual Dutchess Partners in Justice Reception

POUGHKEEPSIE – Legal Services of the Hudson Valley has announced that it will honor Timmian Massie, Senior Vice President for Marketing, Public Affairs and Government Relations at Health Quest as Champion of Justice and Iseman Cunningham Riester & Hyde, LLP as Advocate for Justice at its 3rd Annual Dutchess Partners in Justice Reception, a fundraiser to support its programs in this county. The event will be held on Thursday, September 22, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., at Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie.

Mr. Massie will be honored for his extraordinary level of community service to over 50 organizations located throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond, as well as for his support of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s work in Dutchess County.

The law firm Iseman Cunningham Riester & Hyde, LLP will be honored for its generous support of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley over the past ten years.

There are various sponsorship and advertising opportunities and benefits available. Those individuals and companies who respond on or before July 25th will be recognized – with logo, if appropriate – on Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s website, in all event publicity – including the invitation package – and in the organization’s social media campaigns for this event.

Guest tickets to the event cost $60 each. The price of Friend tickets is $125 each and Patron tickets is $250 each; Friends and Patrons will be listed in the program booklet as supporters of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s CEO, Barbara Finkelstein explained why this awareness-raising event deserves support, saying “Since 1967, we have been assuring fairness in the justice system — regardless of income — to hundreds of thousands of our neighbors who have nowhere else to turn. The work we do each day provides free civil legal services to those who can’t afford an attorney when necessities of life are at stake.”

This year’s sponsors and supporters, confirmed as of today’s date, are: Iseman Cunningham Riester & Hyde, LLP; Ettinger Law Firm; Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Additional support has been received from

Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea, LLP; Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey, Sappe & Regenbaum; Central Hudson; Ulster Savings Bank.

For more information about the event, or to purchase tickets, sponsorships or ads in the program booklet, call Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s Assistant Development Director Loretta Spence at (845) 471-0058, x. 423 or e-mail LSpence@lshv.org.

Information on Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s programs is available online at www.lshv.org. To obtain assistance, call 1-877-574-8529.