The ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service annually recognizes individual attorneys, law firms, and other legal groups that have provided extraordinary pro bono services through ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org—a virtual legal clinic through which income-eligible clients can post civil legal services questions to be answered by pro bono attorneys from their state.
February 09, 2023
2022 ABA Free Legal Answers Pro Bono Leaders
Individual Attorneys
The following attorneys have been recognized for answering 50 or more civil legal questions through the program in 2022.
Alaska
Stephanie Rhoades
Arizona
David W. Engelman, Engelman Berger, P.C.
Robert J. Murillo, Pivotal Legal Ltd.
Paul D. Nordini, Paul D. Nordini, Esq.
Arkansas
Donna D. Branch, Branch Legal Services
Mary E Green, Mary E. Green, PA
Jerald C McKinney, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC
Connecticut
Ronald D Japha, Private Practice
Megan E Kelly-Maynard, MM
Vivian M. Moreno-Zelinka, Weaving Justice Law Firm, LLC
Federal
Dahlia M French, French Legal, PLLC
Lawrence G Widem, Widem Law Group
Florida
Gypsy Bailey, The Florida Bar
Luis E Basagoitia, The Law Office of Luis Basagoitia, P.A.
Eric Beutens, Eric Buetens, Atty.
Craig R Dearr, Dearr Perdigon, Attorneys at Law
Dennis F Fountain, Private Practice
Bruce A Minnick, Minnick Law Firm
Kelly B Puckett, Private Practice
Barbara B Stage, Stage Law Firm PA
Leah R Wiederspahn
Georgia
Mary R. Dovel, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Kathryn B Hecker, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Hawaii
Sean Hartlieb, Private Practice
Illinois
Reuben A Bernick, Feinberg Sharma PC
Anthony Frank, MCC
Laura Gastel, Pro Bono Network
Sara T Ghadiri, Chapman and Cutler LLP
Harold B Hilborn, Much Shelist
Jennifer L Kincaid, Pepping, Balk, Kincaid & Olson, Ltd.
Steven C Lindberg
Mike McElvain, Law Office of Mike McElvain
Barbara J O'Brien, Pro Bono Network
Kerrianne L Waters, Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, LLC
Nancy N Zhao , Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg
Indiana
Eric Beutens, Eric Buetens, Atty.
Carrie S Cloud, Cloud Legal LLC
Michael B Gastineau, Cook Medical
Maxwell Happe, Pro Bono Indiana
Daniel C Reuter, Reuter Law Office
Brittney N Sharp, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Cara N Weingartner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Kevin Werner, Kevin Werner Atty at Law
Robert Scott Wylie, Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana
Adam D Zacher, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Iowa
Quinn R. Eaton, Jackson Lewis PC
Louisiana
Amber C Sheppard, Sheppard Law PLLC
Peter S Thriffiley, Peter S. Thriffiley APLC
Cornelia Ullmann, Law Office of Cornelia S. Ullmann LLC
Maine
Michael Asen, MillerAsen
Fred W Bopp III, Bopp & Guecia
Maryellen Sullivan, Port City Legal, LLC
Maryland
Jeanette L Cole, Private Practice
Massachusetts
Peter Benjamin, Retired
Anthony M Czar, Private Practice
Peter J Fellman, Law Office of Peter J. Fellman
Keith G Langer, Keith G. Langer, Attorney at Law
Douglas W McCormac, Retired
Alan J Pransky, Law Office of Alan Pransky
Meg M Rehrauer, Liberty Mutual
Kristen M Whittle, Liberty Mutual Corporate Legal Department
Nicholas J Stabile, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Mississippi
Seth Shannon, Attorney at Law
Missouri
Christopher P Cox, Law Office of Christopher P. Cox, L.L.C.
Ronald J Eisenberg, Schultz & Associates LLP
Barry Ginsburg, Private Practice
Hon. Paul T Luckenbill, Retired
Robert S Moss, Robert S. Moss, Attorney
Robert G Pennell, The Law Offices of Robert Grant Pennell, LLC
Barbara A Urick
Bernardo Zito Porto, Husch Blackwell
Nebraska
Quinn R Eaton, Jackson Lewis PC
Catherine M Mahern, Creighton Law School
Ryan Sullivan, University of Nebraska College of Law
New Hampshire
Stephanie Annunziata, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.
Martha L Davidson, Braucher & Associates, PLLC
L Phillips Runyon III, Runyon Law Office, PLLC
Jennifer E Warburton, Shanelaris & Schirch, PLLC
New Jersey
Michael P Sawka, Law Offices of Michael Sawka LLC
New Mexico
Lisa K Cummings, Retired
Damon J Hudson, The Jones Firm
New York
Michael J Del Piano, Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP
Daniel S Gobaud, Gobaud Law Firm
Jeffrey Hoffman, Law Office of Jeffrey Hoffman
Phillip Hurwitz, Phillip R. Hurwitz, Attorney at Law
Arthur A Katz, Of Counsel, Otterbourg PC
Linchi Liang, L Law Firm PLLC
Jon M Probstein, Law Offices of Jon Michael Probstein
Adam S Proujansky, Blank Rome LLP
Del Seligman
John Suda, John Suda Law
North Carolina
Adam W Arthur, Kirkman Attorneys at Law
Afi S Johnson-Parris, Fox Rothschild LLP
Linda R Oldham, Crockett Oldham Pope & Donadio
Brandon A Robinson, Brandon A. Robinson, Attorney at Law
Linda C Trees, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Oklahoma
Timothy C Dowd, Elias, Books, Brown & Nelson
Mary J Rounds, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis
Travis C Smith, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Paula D Wood, Wood Law Office Associates
South Carolina
Bailey Crosby, MGC
Tara E Nauful, Beal, LLC
Pamela D Robinson, USC School of Law
Tennessee
Kevin D Balkwill, Ethics Law, PLLC
Richard B Gossett, Private Practice
Bryan C. Hathorn
Samantha Lunn, Law Offices of Samantha A. Lunn
Mary Jo Middlebrooks, Middlebrooks & Gray, P.A
Bruce A. Ralston, Law Office of Bruce A. Ralston
Carl E. Seely, Divorce Incorporated
Yasmin K Stiggons, Husch Blackwell LLP
Brian M Wetzstein, Husch Blackwell LLP
Texas
Elie D Al-Chaer, Law Offices of Elie Al-Chaer
Emma Kate F Blackwood, Dykema
Fran Brochstein
Ronald Ned Dennis, Ronald Ned Dennis, Attorney at Law
Kelsey Q French, Locke Lord LLP
Andre H Hays, Hunton Andrew Kurth
Garrett L Korbitz, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Vesta M Kuntz, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Stuart A Lautin, Higier Allen & Lautin PC
Carra Miller, Welder Leshin LLP
Christopher D Richardson, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Karon L Rowden, Texas A & M School of Law - Family & Veterans Advocacy Clinic
Utah
Jacob R Davis, Grimmer Davis Revelli & Ballif, PC
Vermont
Roger E Kohn, Kohn Rath
Virginia
Gerald Auerbach, US Department of Justice, Retired
Julie A Currin, Private Practice
Suzan D Herskowitz, Suzan D. Herskowitz, P.L.L.C.
John D Williams
West Virginia
M. Jane Glauser, Schrader, Companion, Duff & Law, PLLC
Richard Goldstein, Solo Practitioner
Wisconsin
Karen M Bauer, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee
Michelle A Behnke, Michelle Behnke & Associates
Stephen C Harkess, Midwest Legal Services
Jill L Johnson, J. Johnson Law Group L.L.C.
JJ Moore, Legal Action of Wisconsin
Michael Tobin, Retired
Wyoming
Nila Jeanne Core, WCADVSA
Michael C Ross, Private Practice
Legal Organizations
The following legal organizations were recognized for each collectively answering 75 or more questions in 2022:
Barnes & Thornburg
Blank Rome
Bowles Rice LLP
Butler Snow LLP
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Cook Group
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Entergy
Faegre Drinker
Holland & Knight
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Husch Blackwell
Jackson Lewis
Legal Services Alabama
Liberty Mutual
Mayer Brown LLP
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Pro Bono Network
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
State Farm
Taft Law
University of Nebraska College of Law
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
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