June 30, 2006 MEDIA RELEASE
Paul
Shepard
elected to board of directors of Legal Aid of North Carolina
(Raleigh, NC) – Paul C. Shepard of Winston-Salem was elected for a
three-year term to the
board of
directors
of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) during the 2006 LANC Annual
Meeting in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Shepard will serve on the LANC Board as a representative from the 21st
Judicial District A Bar.
Shepard is an attorney and sole practitioner focusing on family law,
disability and injury in Winston-Salem, NC. He is a 1981 cum laude
graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Law. He also
attended
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY,
where he graduated in 1970 with a Bachelors of Arts in history.
Among his professional associations, Shepard is a member of the NC Bar
Association (NCBA), where he has served on the NCBA Pro Bono
Planning Committee, NCBA Public Service Advisory Committee (Chairman,
2000-01 & 2001-02) and the NCBA Modest Means Access Committee (Chairman,
2004–06).
Shepard also serves as a member of the Local Advisory Board of the
Winston-Salem office of Legal Aid of North Carolina.
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC)
is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in
civil matters to eligible, low-income people in all 100 counties in
North Carolina through 24, geographically located offices in North
Carolina. LANC’s clients typically have an annual income of 125% or
less of the federally established poverty levels. In 2005, LANC
closed more than 19,000 cases across North Carolina.
CONTACTS:
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Dock Kornegay (Director, Public Relations & Development),
Raleigh, NC, 919-856-2564
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Paul Shepard. (Attorney at Law), Winston-Salem, 919-420-1829;
website: www.paulcshepardattorney.com
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