Legal Aid honors 2010 pro bono efforts in Winston Salem

 
Celeste Harris, Esq. (2011 Volunteer Attorney of the Year)
Celeste Harris
Volunteer
Attorney of the Year

On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, the Legal Aid of North Carolina-Winston-Salem Office held its fourth annual pro bono celebration at the Hawthorne Inn in Winston-Salem to recognize and celebrate the pro bono efforts of its local attorneys in 2010. 
 

[Click here to view "Pro Bono Celebration" program (a pdf document).]

 
Awards were presented to the volunteer attorneys who did outstanding work for LANC clients in 2010.
 
Susan T. Brotherton, Esq. (Family Law Attorney of the Year, Rural Counties) receives Award from LANC's Valene Franco  Susan D. Brotherton (sole practitioner, Statesville) was  
  recognized as the Family Law Attorney of the Year,
  Rural Counties. Brotherton has taken domestic violence
  cases pro bono for several years, helping low-income clients
  in Iredell County who most likely would not have received
  legal services without her dedicated pro bono assistance.
 
Robin J. Stinson, Esq. (Family Law Attorney of the Year, Forsyth County)
Robin J. Stinson (Bell Davis & Pitt, P.A., Winston-Salem) was recognized as the Family Law Attorney of the Year, Forsyth County.
 
Mark D. Boynton, Esq. (Housing/Consumer Attorney of the Year)
  Mark D. Boynton (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP,
  Winston-Salem) was recognized as the Housing/Consumer
  Attorney of the Year.
 
 
Celeste Harris, Esq. (2010 Volunteer Attorney of the Year) - receives Award from LANC's Yvette StackhouseCeleste M. Harris (Maynard & Harris, PLLC, Winston-Salem) was honored as the Volunteer Attorney of the Year. Harris currently serves on the LANC-Winston-Salem Office's Local Advisory Council (LAC) and is the Co-Chair of the LANC Board of Directors.
 
Steve M Virgil, Esq. (Mortgage Foreclosure Attorney of the Year)  Steve Virgil (Wake Forest University School of Law) was
  recognized as the Mortgage Foreclosure Attorney of the Year.
  Virgil supervised the WFU School of Law's Community Law &
  Business Clinic, through which 24 law students handled mortgage foreclosure cases in 2010.

The law firm of Craige Brawley Liipfert & Walker, LLP
Craige Brawley Liipfert & Walker, LLP (Pro Bono Firm of the Year)(Winston-Salem) was recognized as the Pro Bono Firm of the Year.
 
Michael T. Morlock, Esq. (Special Recognition - Co-counsel)  Special recognition was given to Michael Morlock
  (Kilpartrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP) for his volunteer
  co-counsel work. John Bumgarner, Brad Collins and
  William Miller received recognition for their work as public
  interest fellows.

Wake Forest University Law School's Community Law & Business Clinic (Steve Virgil & law students)
The Wake Forest University Law School's Community Law and Business Clinic students were recognized and thanked for the numerous mortgage cases they handled for us.
 
 
Paralegals from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC were Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
  recognized for their volunteer work at
  "Safe on Seven,"Forsyth County's
  award-winning Domestic Violence Center.
  Thirty volunteer attorneys were given certificates and gifts of appreciation for the cases they handled in 2010.
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Barbara Knott (Chair, Local Advisory Council, LANC-Winston-Salem Office) calling on volunteers to participateThe evening began with a reception. Barbara Knotts, Chair of the LANC-Winston-Salem Local Advisory Council, (LAC) welcomed everyone with inspirational words.
 
 
Special guest, Honorable Lisa Menefee, spoke about the Authoring
Honorable Lisa Menefee introduced the Authoring Actino Assegai Outreach Ensemble  Action Assegai Outreach Ensemble, and her role
  with the organization. Authoring Action is a nonprofit
  educational enrichment and outreach organization
  with programs designed to develop youth as authors
  and advocates for social change in our communities.
Judge Menefee introduced three students from the ensemble who presented their creative writing pieces to the audience about pro bono work and justice.
 
Paul Shepard, Esq. (2009 Volunteer Attorney of the Year)  Paul Shepard, a member of the LANC-Winston-Salem
  LAC and the 2009 Volunteer Attorney of the Year,
  closed the program by thanking everyone for their volunteer
  time and dedication to Legal Aid of NC.
 
 
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To sign up to volunteer for pro bono service for our clients, click here.
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[ALSO SEE: 
"Legal Aid of North Carolina salutes pro bono efforts in Winston Salem"
  (April 21, 2011 article, Probono.net/NC website)

 


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