Volunteer of the Month – September 2021 Sanford Holmes is a sole practitioner. How did you first get involved in pro bono? I first got involved a couple years ago by volunteering for a DVAP clinic in West Dallas. It was a great chance to get a sense of the need for affordable legal assistance in our city. I began to do my most intense pro bono work through my participation in the Entrepreneurs in Community … [Read more...]
Sanford Holmes
Ted Huffman
Volunteer of the Month – August 2021 Ted Huffman is an associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. How did you first get involved in pro bono? One of my first exposures to pro bono work was during law school, when I had the opportunity to serve as a student attorney in SMU’s Civil Clinic. The Clinic is set up where law students work as part of a “mini-firm” under an attorney mentor and undertake a wide variety … [Read more...]
Tu Nguyen
Volunteer of the Month – July 2021 Tu Nguyen is a sole practitioner. How did you first get involved in pro bono? After law school, I took a brief pause from the law to focus on family and a family business. When it was time to return to my legal practice full-time, I wanted to focus on ways to continue giving back to the community. DVAP was a great fit. The support staff and mentoring attorneys … [Read more...]
Belinda Boling
Volunteer of the Month – June 2021 Belinda Boling is an Assistant Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel at AT&T. She is also the Co-Chair of the AT&T Legal Department’s Pro Bono Committee. What types of cases have you accepted? I have accepted a variety of matters, including divorces, a guardianship of an incapacitated person, a veteran’s discharge upgrade application, asylum cases, DACA … [Read more...]
Montae Carr
Volunteer of the Month – May 2021 Montae Carr is an attorney with Carr & Carr. How did you first get involved in pro bono? I volunteered for the legal help line. I realized I could do more with helping others who couldn’t afford quality legal services. It has been a goal of mine to provide those services. Describe your most compelling pro bono case. A disabled client seeking a divorce … [Read more...]
Patrick Lewis
Volunteer of the Month – April 2021 Patrick Lewis is an associate at Andrea Sager Law PLLC. How did you first get involved in pro bono? I just wrapped up my first year of practice. I made a commitment to myself that I would make pro bono work be a staple and a routine in my practice. I had heard great things about DVAP and the support they provide attorneys, so I decided to start taking cases. Taking on … [Read more...]
Bradford Patterson
Volunteer of the Month – March 2021 Bradford Patterson is a Senior Associate at Alston & Bird LLP. How did you first get involved in pro bono? With some other attorneys in our office, I became involved in a clinic to assist military veterans in obtaining expunctions and orders of non-disclosure related to past criminal convictions. Describe your most compelling pro bono case. It was … [Read more...]
