Volunteer of the Month – May 2016 Firm: McGuire, Craddock & Strother, PC Jim Rea is an associate attorney at McGuire, Craddock & Strother, PC, where his practice includes commercial litigation and a broad range of bankruptcy matters. Jim routinely represents debtors, creditors, and Chapter 7 Trustees in bankruptcy proceedings throughout the United States. Jim’s work for DVAP includes handling individual cases, … [Read more...]
Jim Rea
Chrissy Williford
Volunteer of the Month – April 2016 Firm: Andrews Kurth LLP Chrissy Williford is a corporate/securities associate at Andrews Kurth LLP and has been actively involved with DVAP since shortly after she relocated to Texas and joined the firm in April 2011. Over the years, DVAP has provided her with the ability to take a wide variety of cases, including several divorces, a non-disclosure, an expunction, and a will drafting … [Read more...]
Anjulie Ponce
Volunteer of the Month – March 2016 Firm: Powers Taylor LLP Anjulie Ponce is an attorney with Powers Taylor LLP, where she focuses her practice on personal injury and product liability cases. During her years of volunteering with DVAP, she has interviewed applicants at the South Dallas Legal Clinic, and also helped coordinate volunteer attorneys and organize a DVAP Clinic in the Vickery Meadows Community. She has taken … [Read more...]
Dustin Mauck
Volunteer of the Month – February 2016 Firm: RegitzMauck PLLC Dustin Mauck practices intellectual property law at RegitzMauck PLLC, which just opened its doors in 2015. He is the current chair of the Veterans Outreach Subcommittee of the DBA Pro Bono Activities Committee, which has a primary objective of promoting the Veterans Legal Clinic. Since the clinic’s inception six years ago, Dallas attorneys have counseled thousands … [Read more...]
Jeremy Aleman
Volunteer of the Month – January 2016 Firm: Grau Law Group Jeremy Aleman is an attorney with the Grau Law Group who focuses his practice on the defense of entities involved in construction and manufacturing-related industries. He has handled bankruptcy cases in the past for DVAP clients. More recently, in March of 2013, he attended a DVAP orientation after learning that DVAP needed attorneys to staff community clinics. Since … [Read more...]
Erik Hudak
Volunteer of the Month – December 2015 Firm: Erik Hudak, Attorney at Law As a sole practitioner, Erik Hudak focuses primarily on probate, family, and business law. Erik has been volunteering with DVAP since he was licensed in 2013, and has worked on various divorce and probate pro bono cases during that time. As a lawyer, Erik has benefitted from DVAP’s fantastic training programs and from the mentorship provided. “Working … [Read more...]
2015 Award Winners
DVAP Award Recipients 2015 Annual Award Ceremony DVAP annually presents awards to those that go above and beyond their call of duty. Their efforts are what make our organization a success. We would like to congratulate the recipients, listed below, for their outstanding efforts in the justice system! Natalie Smeltzer was awarded Lawyer of the Year. Judge Drew Ten Eyck was awarded The Hartman Judicial Pro Bono Service … [Read more...]