Legal Services NYC honored Kramer Levin as one of its "Pro Bono Visionaries" for 2011 for its continued staffing of a full-time Housing Court externship at South Brooklyn Legal Services. 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: current South Brooklyn extern Samantha M. Ford, former extern Lee C. Strock, and Peggy J. Farber for other pro bono assistance. The firm's award was accepted by Current Pro Bono Co-Chair James A. Grayer and former Pro Bono Chair Jeffrey S. Trachtman.