PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY
Torrance-based AgnewBrusavich provided community college scholarships this year to 27 students from 16 local high schools. The firm's annual banquet for the recipients, held May 18, 2009, at the Torrance Double Tree Hotel, included their parents, friends, teachers and counselors. Recipients were selected based on a personal application and essay, among other factors. The firm has donated more than $106,000 to 355 students since the program's inception in 1994. Flanking the recipients of the 2009 AgnewBrusavich Law Corporation Scholarship are, at left in second row, name partner Gerald E. Agnew, Jr.; at right front row, name partner Bruce M. Brusavich. Also in attendance are shown guest speakers Retired Justice J. Gary Hastings, first right in second row; and El Camino College Honors Transfer Program Director Joe Holliday, second right in second row.
The 2009 scholarship recipients are: Kevin O'Shea, El Segundo High School; Annalyn Quitain, Gardena High School; Eduardo Bracamontes, Hawthorne High School; Joel Corona, Hawthorne High School; Elizabeth Escobar, Lawndale High School; Nancy Machado, Lawndale High School; Jennifer Dang, Leuzinger High School; Medina Jones, Leuzinger High School; Erick Zerecero, Leuzinger High School; Nicole Perrault, Mira Costa High School; Lauren Park, Narbonne High School; Yu-Jen Kao, Narbonne High School; Kaitlyn Imamura, North High School; Jordan Suyeto, North High School; Melissa Shimizu, North High School; Michael Basen, Palos Verdes High School; Alana Noland, Palos Verdes High School; Kaysee Murakami, Peninsula High School; Elizabeth Tinajero, Port of Los Angeles High School; Colleen McCormick, Redondo Union High School; Desiree Bendo, Redondo Union High School; Nayeli Lamas, Redondo Union High School; Christina Onorato, San Pedro High School; Stacy Gray, Kurt T. Shery High School; Jessica Virgen, Kurt T. Shery High School; Taren Fernandez, Torrance High School; and Lauren Ayers, West High School.
CLOTHES THE DEAL
AgnewBrusavich is proud to be a supporter and facility drop-off site for Clothes the Deal, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the unemployed, low wage earners and at-risk youths to obtain employment and move toward self-sufficiency. Gently used clothing and shoes can be dropped off at AgnewBrusavich where they are collected by Clothes the Deal to be recycled to give these individuals a second chance.
LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY TRINITY CARE HOSPICE
AgnewBrusavich supports several local causes and charities, including the Little Company of Mary Trinity Care Hospice, which provides hospice services, free of charge, to the terminally ill.
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
Gerald E. Agnew, Jr., and Bruce M. Brusavich are members of Southwestern University School of Law "Deans Cabinet"
Bruce M. Brusavich serves on the California Advisory Board of Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii
