Pro Bono Honor Roll
Selina Andrews
Joseph Bean
Alan Boyack
Maria Booth
Howard Chuntz
David Connors
Roberto Culas
Michael Deamer
Reha Deal
Frank Falk
Richard Gallegos
Samuel Gardiner
Chad Gladstone
Anthony Grover
Richard Henriksen
Joseph Henriod
Neil Harris
Daniel Irvin
Troy Jensen
Matthew T. Johnson
Louise Knauer
Steven Kuhnhausen
Dan Larsen
Suzanne Marelius
Daniel McKay
Sam Meziani
Robert Neeley
William Ormond
James Peters
Bret Randall
Scott Thorpe
David Turner
Todd Turnblom
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Pro Bono Honor Roll
Utah Legal Services and the Utah State Bar wish to thank these attorneys for their time and willingness to help those in need. Call Brenda Teig at (801) 924-3376 to volunteer.
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by Nick Angelides
My experiences in providing pro bono assistance at Utah Legal Services here in Salt Lake City this past year have been most gratifying and interesting.
Generally, I help out a few hours a week in the Senior Lawyer Volunteer Project providing legal services to low income people, mostly seniors, and in the Possession Bond Project by providing representation to low income tenants facing eviction actions at possession bond hearings.
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by Fred Anderson
Utah Legal Services, a non-profit agency providing essential legal services to those who are living in poverty, is fortunate to have pro bono attorneys and law students who willingly share their expertise and a portion of their time to address the legal needs of the less fortunate. Todd Richardson, an inactive member of the Utah State Bar, is a very special volunteer. He is married and has five children, and formerly practiced law. Todd began volunteering in February 2003. He was familiar with Utah's legal forms, statutes, and processes, so he was a natural fit. He speaks fluent Spanish and we needed an interpreter to help in clinics in Tooele, Farmington, and Salt Lake City. Todd has made the pro se clinics effective for both English and Spanish speaking attendees with a variety of basic legal problems and has helped to translate clinic materials into Spanish.
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by Linda F. Smith
Jensie Anderson entered the U of U law school in 1990 hoping to develop a career that made a difference to people and to the law that affected them. She has done so, many times over, through her pro bono efforts.
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by Anne Milne
Lauren I. Scholnick is a partner in the firm of Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC. She has been volunteering at the Guadalupe Center's legal clinic since 1999.
For the last five years, Lauren Scholnick has been volunteering one Tuesday night a month at Guadalupe Center legal clinic. Lauren says she volunteers after work, "because I know how hard it is to get legal help within our system. It is often confusing and frustrating for people to figure out what they should do when confronted with a legal problem even if they speak English. By helping those who primarily speak Spanish at the Guadalupe, we are able to help people with language barriers access and navigate the system to solve their legal problems. That language barrier means that many people are taken advantage of."
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Special Thanks To:
The objective of the Utah State Bar’s Pro Bono Project is to provide access to pro bono legal services for low income clients in our community who would not otherwise be able to receive these legal services. The Utah State Bar would like to recognize and thank the following attorneys for their willingness to help with our pro bono project!
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