Jones Walker was a sponsor of the American Heart Association's New Orleans Heart and Soul Gala, held May 28 at the Sheraton New Orleans. The gala, which the American Heart Association described as "an elegant celebration of life," served as a fundraiser to further the organization's goal of reducing coronary heart disease and stroke risk by 25 percent by 2010. The American Heart Association is the nation's premier volunteer health agency dedicated to reducing disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke, which are the most deadly and third most deadly diseases in the United States, respectively.