Community Involvement - Samson, Pipis, & Marsh, LLC

The attorneys at Samson, Pipis & Marsh believe in giving back to the community. In 2009,the
firm was recognized by the Boulder County Bar Association as one of four firms in Boulder
County in which all attorneys in the firm had taken on pro bono cases.

Our attorneys have given substantial time to serve on the following boards:

Rick Samson
      Partners of Boulder County (President)
      Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce (Chair)
      Good Samaritan Committee - First Evangelical Lutheran Church (chairman)

Mike Pipis
      The Hover Community

Rich Marsh
      Legal Counsel to Carbon Valley Chamber of Commerce
      Ed and Ruth Lehman YMCA of Longmont Board (executive committee member)

Cyril Vidergar
      Metro Volunteer Lawyers (pro-bono attorney)
      Boulder County Legal Services
      Longmont Community/Neighborhood facilitation program (mediator)
      Outreach United Resource Center, Inc. (OUR Center board member)
      Longmont Housing Development Corporation

Rick, Rich, and Cyril all volunteered their time to mentor mock trial teams in Greg Taffel’s
eighth grade class at Westview Middle School in Longmont. In addition, Cyril mentored Steve
McNichols’ “We the People” team at Silver Creek High School in Longmont, Colorado, that qualified
for the state tournament for the first time in its history.

During 2010, the firm has financially assisted the following community organizations:
      Partners of Boulder and Broomfield County
      Ed and Ruth Lehman and YMCA
      Longmont Ending Violence Initiative (LEVI)
      The St. Vrain Family Shelter
      Frederick High School Men’s Basketball Team
      Mead Community Days
      Frederick Miners Day Celebration

In late 2008, Rick Samson, along with several other area business owners, formed Longmont
Investing For Tomorrow (LIFT). Scott Oliver acted as associate counsel. LIFT is a non-partisan
pro-business organization formed to advocate for policies, conditions and leadership that create and
support a healthy economic environment as a recognized foundation of a quality community. LIFT
sponsored an economic summit in conjunction with the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce in
April, 2009 and partially as a result of LIFT’s activities, four candidates for City Council were elected
that share LIFT’s core beliefs.