Legal Aid celebrates pro bono efforts in Winston Salem
March 6, 2008
On Thursday, March 6, 2008, the Winston-Salem office of
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. held a reception to recognize and
celebrate the pro bono efforts of our local attorneys. J
Janet Ward Black, the featured guest, gave a touching speech
extolling the virtues of pro bono work and related how this
work allows us to be ambassadors for the legal community.
Awards were given out as follows:
Reginald Combs -
Most
Housing/Consumer Cases Taken
Combs
recently
established his own law firm, but welcomes
cases from Legal Aid of
NC.
Richard
"Dick" Crouse - Most Family Law Cases
Taken
Crouse is a retired lawyer who is willing to take 50-B cases
and has taken many
of our DV cases.
Katherine
"Katie" Bosken - Pro bono
Attorney of the Year
Bosken
has taken a variety of cases for Legal Aid,
including
GAL, 50-B, housing, and
consumer cases, and is always willing
to help Legal Aid of NC
in many different ways.
Kilpatrick Stockton
- Pro bono Law Firm of
the Year
Kilpatrick Stockton encourages its attorneys to do
pro bono
work. Kilpatrick allows
50 hours of pro bono work to be
included in billable
hours, which helps enable its attorneys to
sacrifice their time to
our cause.
Each pro bono attorney received a certificate and a token of
our appreciation.
Thanks to all of our pro bono attorneys for the work you do for our
clients!!!
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