OPERATION PROTECT & DEFEND’S
You are invited to Operation Protect & Defend’s Annual Law Day Award Ceremony to recognize local high school student winners of OPD’s essay and art contests. Please join us as we come together again to commemorate our 24th year of celebrating civics!
Law Day Dinner Award Ceremony
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Location: Double Tree Hotel at 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento
Cost: $90
OPD is funded entirely by sponsorship, donations, and grants. We provide a meal to every award-winning student and two of their parents, along with a meal to a teacher from each participating school. Please consider helping us provide these meals by sponsoring a student with a $80 donation.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available at the $350, $750, $1000, $1500, and $2500 levels. You can learn more on our sponsorship web page, or by email at opd@opdcivics.org
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors
Platinum:
- Colantuono Highsmith & Whatley, PC
- Patty Gregory
- Robyn Riedel & Tim Kamermayer
- Wilke Fleury
Gold:
- Porter Scott
Silver:
- Array
- Capitol City Trial Lawyer Association (CCTLA)
- JAMS
- Judicate West
- Lincoln Law School
- McGeorge School of Law
- Medina McKelvey LLP / M Resolution
Bronze:
- Asian/Pacific Bar Assn. of Sacramento (ABAS)
- California Lawyers for the Arts
- DKM Law Group, LLP
- Hon Jennifer K. Rockwell
- Hon. Deborah Barnes
- Hon. Elena J. Duarte
- Hon. Stacy Boulware Eurie
- Karli and Joshua Eisenberg
- Messer Strickler Burnette
- Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP
- Sacramento Valley Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Telfer Law
Crystal:
- Somach Simmons & Dunn
Art Patron:
- Chi Soo and Eugene Kim
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Special Thanks to Patty Gregory for Her Continued Support of the
Bion Gregory Awards