 Lab Rescue of the Labrador Retriever Club
of the Potomac
 This organization, which saves over 650 homeless dogs a year and provides medical care, foster homes and kenneling for homeless labs, is where both Ms. Nelson and Mr. Simek do much of their hands-on community service. When they are not busy presenting, traveling or servicing Sensei clients, Ms. Nelson and Mr. Simek donate much of their free time to transporting dogs from the Tidewater area to Northern Virginia where there are many more potential adopters. They also manage the lab rescue website and head up the organization’s fund-raising efforts. Sharon and John are never happier than when they have four furry hitchhikers in the back of their Pathfinder. They believe that the most rewarding work in the world is saving God’s innocent creatures and finding them forever homes.
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Fairfax Law Foundation
 Established by the Fairfax Bar Association in 1982, the Fairfax Bar's charitable Foundation supports local programs to improve the community's access to justice and promote education regarding the legal system. The Foundation offers programs that allows members of our profession to "give back" and make a difference in our community. As part of her contribution to causes that make an effort to provide equal access of the law to all socio-economic strata, Ms. Nelson is a member of the Foundation's Board. Moreover, Sensei is a major donor to the Foundation and will be recognized on a plaque to be hung in the new Fairfax Courthouse addition when it opens in 2008.
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Jazz 4 Justice
 Ms. Nelson and Mr. Simek have been generous sponsors of the annual Jazz 4 Justice concert since 2002. This wonderful jazz concert, held at George Mason University each fall, helps raise monies to deliver legal services to the working poor.
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Virginia State Bar
 Each year, Ms. Nelson and
Mr. Simek donate their time to lecture for the “baby lawyers,” those who have just passed their bar exams. As Ms. Nelson notes ruefully, “they get younger every year.” Ms. Nelson also donates a lot of time to the Virginia State Bar (VSB) as professional “giveback.” She current serves on the VSB’s governing Council, and on its Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board and its Technology Committee.
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 Just the Beginning Foundation
 Ms. Nelson and Mr. Simek proudly assist the publicity outreach task for the September 2008 Conference of the
Just the Beginning Foundation (JTBF), an organization dedicated to achieving diversity in the legal profession.
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Western Fairfax Christian Ministries
 Sensei has been a contributor to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) for over five years and also donates most of their refurbished computers to WFCM for distribution to children who have no computer at home.
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The American Bar Association
 This is another great forum for professional giveback. Both Ms. Nelson and Mr. Simek have been lecturing for the ABA TECHSHOW since 2000. Ms. Nelson is a past Chair of TECHSHOW and Mr. Simek currently serves on its planning Board. Ms. Nelson serves on the Council of the Law Practice Management Section and both Ms. Nelson and Mr. Simek are members of LPM’s Technology Core Group, where they have recently been joined by Sensei’s Director of Computer Forensics, Mike Maschke. Moreover, Mr. Simek and Ms. Nelson both write a monthly column for the ABA and produce podcasts for them as well.
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Chipping In to End Domestic Violence Charity Golf Tournament
 Sensei has been a sponsor of this tournament for the last three years. Our support to this charity greatly benefits the women and children at Fairfax County Women's Shelter, a domestic violence shelter in our area.
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 Sensei began this program in 2000, taking in discarded computers from local law firms and rehabbing them for distribution to children in economically disadvantaged families. They recently had the enormous pleasure of seeing a recipient of one of their computers lauded in the New York Times for her acting success!
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