King & Spalding Law Firm Raises $65,000 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The King & Spalding Discovery Center’s annual golf tournament to raise money for blood cancer research was held this year at the historic Capital City Club in Brookhaven. This is the seventh year King & Spalding has hosted the golf tournament, raising over $65,000 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2013. In the seven years they have hosted the event, the tournament has raised more than $285,000 for the cause.

The golf tournament is called ‘The Polly’ after Polly Hatcher, a former King & Spalding attorney who lost her battle with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). The money raised at this year’s event will specifically be used to fund AML research through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

King & Spalding and TCDi were Presenting Sponsors of the tournament and Paragon supported this year’s tournament as a Platinum Sponsor. Gold Sponsors included Iris, Kiersted and Ricoh. Silver Sponsors included Recommind, FTI Consulting, Bennett Thrasher PC, ZWJ Corporation, Workshare, and Data Blue.

“It is very gratifying to once again be the No. 1 third-party fund raiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Georgia,” says Dan Willoughby, Partner over the Discovery Center at King & Spalding.  “All of the time we spend in preparation for the Polly every year is time spent honoring our beloved friend and colleague.  We are grateful to our sponsors for helping us make the tournament such a success, and proud to be able to contribute in Polly’s name to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help fund research to eradicate this disease.”

King & Spalding’s Discovery Center, started in 1995, is dedicated solely to discovery, due diligence, and other document-related matters in the law field. The Discovery Center houses 200 staff and project attorneys, paralegals, project assistants, and technical staff. Under Mr. Willoughby’s leadership, the firm’s Discovery Center has provided high quality, cost-effective and centralized discovery services to more than 200 clients.

You can learn more about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at: www.lls.org/ga.

You can learn more about King & Spalding’s Discovery Center at: www.kslaw.com/practices/Discovery-Center.

You can learn more about The Polly at: www.thepolly.org.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.

The Georgia Chapter serves patients with a variety of programs including the Patti Robinson Kaufmann First Connection Program, the Trish Greene Back to School program for children with cancer and Financial Assistance Programs which last year provided over $1.45 million to patients statewide. Currently, the Georgia Chapter funds $2.75 million towards research grants in multi-year agreements with Emory Winship Cancer Institute. There were approximately 4,070 new diagnoses for blood cancer in Georgia in 2012.