Legal Services NYC honored Kramer Levin as a "Pro Bono Visionary" for 2012 for its continued staffing of a full-time Housing Court externship at South Brooklyn Legal Services – a position the firm has maintained since 1998. Legal Services NYC, the umbrella organization for Legal Services offices in New York and the largest provider of free civil legal services to low-income people in the United States, also presented individual pro bono recognition awards to several Kramer Levin associates, including former South Brooklyn externs Kristin DiFrancesco, Philip Ellenbogen, and Samantha M. Ford; Peggy J. Farber was recognized for her work on behalf of the Brooklyn Family Defense Project. The firm's award was accepted by former Pro Bono Chair, Jeffrey S. Trachtman, who recently joined the Legal Service NYC board.