September 30, 2002 MEDIA RELEASE
Kilpatrick Stockton fellow to serve with Legal Aid of North Carolina
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Lisa Flowers |
(Charlotte, NC) – Lisa Flowers, an associate with Kilpatrick Stockton in
Charlotte, will serve a six-month fellowship with Legal Aid of North Carolina
beginning in October 2002.
"We selected Legal Aid of North Carolina as the partnering organization for
this fellowship," noted Debbie Segal, Pro Bono Counsel for Kilpatrick Stockton,
"because of our excellent working relationship with the Charlotte Office in pro
bono work."
Flowers will provide legal representation to low-income people in the
Mecklenburg County area through the
Charlotte
office of Legal Aid of North Carolina. She will focus on housing litigation.
Flowers is the first recipient of the Kilpatrick Stockton Fellowship in North
Carolina.
"We are honored to be the host office for this extraordinary contribution by
Kilpatrick Stockton," said Ted Fillette, Assistant Executive Director for Legal Aid of North Carolina, "At the present time, no other law firm in North Carolina has
established a fellowship such as this."
Fillette also noted that Flowers has a remarkable history of pro bono
(volunteer) work during her two years as an attorney in the Charlotte area.
In 2001, Flowers contributed 177 pro bono hours and was named the recipient of
the 2002 YLD (Young Lawyers Division) Pro Bono Award by the North Carolina Bar
Association. She also received the Mecklenburg County Bar 2002 VLP (Volunteer
Lawyer Program) Award for her outstanding volunteer work, some of which was in
partnership with Legal Services of Southern Piedmont.
Flowers received her B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1985, and her J.D.
from North Carolina Central School of Law, magna cum laude, in 2000. While in
law school, Ms. Flowers served as Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Central
Law Journal, Secretary of the Trial Advocacy Board, and also was an active
member of the Moot Court Board.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full service international law firm with more
than 500 attorneys in offices in Atlanta and Augusta, GA; Charlotte, Raleigh and
Winston-Salem, NC; Washington, DC; Miami, FL; London, England; and Stockholm,
Sweden.
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit organization that
provides free legal representation in civil matters for low-income people
through its 25 area offices and four, statewide project units. Legal Aid of North Carolina
has a staff of 235 employees, of whom 100 are attorneys.
CONTACTS:Ted Fillette
(Assistant Executive Director, Charlotte, NC)
704-971-2621
Dock Kornegay
(Manager, Public Relations & Development, Raleigh, NC)
919-856-2564
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