The attorneys and staff at O’Malley & Langan offer support, food and supplies to striking workers. We write letters to the media and do whatever we can to help local workers get the fair treatment they deserve. Whether it includes taking a public stand against an unfair employer, or speaking publicly on the rights of injured workers, O’Malley & Langan has a strong community voice. Our attorneys have fostered great relationships with local organizations and unions, and we feel that our involvement truly makes a difference. The concept of “Community Service” and working with Charitable Organizations at O’Malley & Langan comes as a normal and almost daily practice.
Each year, the firm raises money for the Bill Bursis Foundation, an organization that hands over the donations to the Miami Project for Spinal Cord Research. Attorney Todd J. O’Malley was a founding board member of the Bill Bursis Foundation, which has raised over $340,000 in the last 8 years. The foundation is affiliated with the Miami Project and all funds raised are used for research in spinal cord injuries.
In terms of community service, our proudest accomplishment is the “Kids are Special” program, developed by O'Malley & Langan in 1995. This program goes the extra mile to provide a safe and secure environment for the children of our community. Kids are Special is privately funded and devoted to ensuring the safety of children through an accurate means of identification. Our staff attends local schools, carnivals, picnics and social events throughout the year, offering free fingerprinting and photographing to children of all ages. Since the inception of Kids are Special, over 5,000 children in our community have been enrolled in the service.
The annual “Relay for Life,” a twenty-four hour relay event sponsored by the American Cancer Society, is an event close to our hearts. We have been an active in this event since its inception in Northeastern Pennsylvania and have raised in excess of $25,000.00.
Each year during the holiday season, the office organizes a children’s holiday party that includes entertainment, food and a picture with Santa. We invite the children and grandchildren of our clients to ensure that all are able to enjoy the holiday season.
The firm also takes part in other various worthwhile community events. The “Race for the Cure” and “Denim Day”, both benefit breast cancer research, events that are on our yearly calendar. In 2002, a new event was added to the charities we support, the “Buddy Walk.” The Buddy Walk is a fundraiser for the National Down Syndrome Association. We had a team of employees participate in the walk and make contributions to the local Buddy Walk that was organized by one of our employees, Sara Wolff. Sara received the award “National Down Syndrome Young Woman of the Year”, a source of great pride for her friends and family at O’Malley & Langan.
On a more entertaining aspect of community service, O’Malley & Langan enters a float into one of the largest Saint Patrick’s Day Parades in the nation, right in its own neighborhood of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Being active in, and placing high standards on, community service is just one more contribution that the law offices of O’Malley & Langan make to Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.
Community Services & Charities
- Kids are Special
- St. Patrick's Day Parade
- Race for the Cure - Susan G. Komen
- Relay for Life - American Cancer Society
- Holiday Party
- Denim Days - American Cancer Society
- Buddy Walk - National Down Syndrome Society
- Daisy Days - Lupus Foundation
- Daffodil Days - American Cancer Society Speeches & Publications
