BECOME A SPONSOR TO CELEBRATE JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS
We invite you to sponsor the Human Trafficking Legal Center’s ninth annual On My Side Celebration. This special, in-person event in Washington will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 and the Palermo Protocol—landmark achievements in the global fight against human trafficking. We will celebrate the resilience of trafficking survivors, and honor the pro bono advocates who have fought for justice by their side. Join us and our global community of survivors, policymakers, lawyers, philanthropists, members of the media, allies, and advocates as we recognize attorneys and advocates whose groundbreaking pro bono work has restored freedom to survivors. Your support for the Human Trafficking Legal Center advances justice for trafficking survivors, holds traffickers accountable, and strengthens the movement for systemic change.
ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGAL CENTER
Justice should not be out of reach for trafficking survivors. The Human Trafficking Legal Center bridges that gap, connecting survivors with pro bono attorneys who fight for their rights. In the last ten years, we have referred more than 600 cases to skilled legal advocates. The Human Trafficking Legal Center holds traffickers, corporations, and governments accountable, exposing systemic failures that fuel exploitation. We champion survivor leadership and push for transformative change to dismantle forced labor across the globe.
BECOME A SPONSOR TO CELEBRATE JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS
We invite you to sponsor the Human Trafficking Legal Center’s ninth annual On My Side Celebration. This special, in-person event in Washington will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 and the Palermo Protocol—landmark achievements in the global fight against human trafficking. We will celebrate the resilience of trafficking survivors, and honor the pro bono advocates who have fought for justice by their side. Join us and our global community of survivors, policymakers, lawyers, philanthropists, members of the media, allies, and advocates as we recognize attorneys and advocates whose groundbreaking pro bono work has restored freedom to survivors. Your support for the Human Trafficking Legal Center advances justice for trafficking survivors, holds traffickers accountable, and strengthens the movement for systemic change.
ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGAL CENTER
Justice should not be out of reach for trafficking survivors. The Human Trafficking Legal Center bridges that gap, connecting survivors with pro bono attorneys who fight for their rights. In the last ten years, we have referred more than 600 cases to skilled legal advocates. The Human Trafficking Legal Center holds traffickers, corporations, and governments accountable, exposing systemic failures that fuel exploitation. We champion survivor leadership and push for transformative change to dismantle forced labor across the globe.
The Advocate of the Year Award recognizes a pro bono attorney who has shown extraordinary commitment to advocacy in support of trafficking survivors’ rights. This year, the Human Trafficking Legal Center is honoring Carolyn Small and her team at Jenner & Block.
In 2023, the Human Trafficking Legal Center referred a complex labor trafficking case to Jenner & Block, which Small accepted as a pro bono matter. Since then, she has led the Jenner pro bono team with immense skill and compassion. Exhibiting exemplary trauma-informed lawyering, Small and her colleagues investigated multiple additional avenues to win justice for this client, including an application for compensation to the California State Crime Victim Fund, applications for debt relief, investigation for tax relief, and advocacy to cancel loans fraudulently obtained in the survivor’s name.
The Human Trafficking Legal Center presents this award to Carolyn Small and the Jenner & Block pro bono team: Natasha Brown Harris, Carolyn Brown, Tayisiya Tkachuk, Luba Yartseva, Michelle Li, Laura Koeller, and Tal Ratner Solovey. The award celebrates their patient and innovative survivor-centered advocacy. The Human Trafficking Legal Center commends Carolyn Small for her leadership and uncompromising focus on this survivor’s needs and goals.
The Litigator of the Year Award honors an individual who has shown exceptional skill in securing justice for survivors of forced labor or sex trafficking. This year, we are delighted to present the award to Daniel Werner, a partner at Radfort Scott, LLP.
For more than twenty years, Werner has been a leader in the strategic litigation community, filing forced labor cases for trafficking survivors in the federal courts. Since filing his first forced labor case soon after the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), Werner has litigated multiple groundbreaking cases across the United States. His legal advocacy has shaped the law and won justice for trafficking survivors.
Werner has won significant damages, with public awards exceeding $20 million dollars for trafficking survivors. The legal precedents that he has established are providing a path for survivors to pursue justice now, and for years to come. Through Werner’s creative and compassionate advocacy, he is a driving force in the strategic litigation movement to end forced labor. We are honored to call him a colleague. And now we are honored to call him the Litigator of the Year.
The Champion of the Year Award is presented to an individual who has made a significant impact in the lives of trafficking survivors. The Human Trafficking Legal Center is delighted to name Kenya Davis as this year’s Champion of the Year for her exceptional work leading a pro bono team to victory in a forced labor civil case, Gomez-Echevierra v. Purpose Point Harvesting, LLC.
In May 2025, Davis and her team at Boies Schiller Flexner prevailed at trial in this hard-fought litigation, securing a $570,256.34 jury verdict for five Guatemalan farmworkers in a federal labor trafficking case. The victory in this case is remarkable in light of how rare jury trials are in federal trafficking civil cases. This award recognizes Kenya Davis and the Boies Schiller Flexner pro bono team: Benjamin Solomon-Schwartz, Jessica Mugler, Suleman Masood, Luis Lopez, Victoria Moran, Ruth Zheng, Joshua Arnold, and Sophia Stoute, along with the Migrant Legal Aid team: Teresa Hendricks and Molly Spaak.
Davis' powerful advocacy has led these trafficking survivors to victory. Her legacy stretches from the courtroom to the classroom, from labor trafficking cases to sex trafficking cases. The Human Trafficking Legal Center honors her deep, long-standing commitment to accountability for trafficking in both the public and the private sectors.
