Volunteer of the Month – August 2022 Christina Jenkins is a sole practitioner. How did you first get involved in pro bono? In 2007, the housing market crashed. Our mortgage banking clients were disappearing overnight and our firm had a massive layoff. At times, there was no work to do. I had already attended some DVAP CLEs, so I asked my managing partner if, during down time, I could work on DVAP cases. He … [Read more...]
Christina Jenkins
Jake Torres
Volunteer of the Month – July 2022 Jake Torres is an associate at Vinson & Elkins LLP. What types of cases have you accepted? Early on I mostly worked on asylum and guardianship cases. Recently, I’ve spent a lot of time defending tenants in eviction hearings. Which clinics have you assisted with? I’ve volunteered at DVAP’s Eviction Clinic as well as the West Dallas Clinic. … [Read more...]
Barry Hocking
Volunteer of the Month – June 2022 Barry Hocking is a sole practitioner. How did you first get involved in pro bono? Even before I moved to Texas in 2020, I knew that volunteering for pro bono cases would be a key activity for me in this next career phase, so not long after arriving here, I started searching the internet for volunteer attorney organizations in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. DVAP turned out to be … [Read more...]
Juanita DeLoach
Volunteer of the Month – May 2022 Juanita DeLoach is a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. What types of cases have you accepted? For DVAP, I have accepted mainly simple divorce cases and a few wills. Through my firm Barnes & Thornburg, I have a Compassionate Release case in the District of Columbia, Criminal Division. I am not a family law or a criminal law attorney, but I love learning new legal … [Read more...]
Jason Tyra
Volunteer of the Month – April 2022 Jason Tyra is a sole practitioner. What types of cases have you accepted? I am also a CPA, so I like to take cases that have a financial angle to them. I have taken DTPA, debt collection, and estate planning matters, and a few will drafting cases. Describe your most compelling pro bono case. To me, the cases I accept are all compelling because I only … [Read more...]
Brielle Rowe
Volunteer of the Month – March 2022 Brielle Rowe is an associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. What types of cases have you accepted? Thus far I have done a number of estate planning cases which involve drafting a client’s will and ancillary power of attorney documents. I have also taken on some divorce cases. Describe your most compelling pro bono case. I recently did an … [Read more...]
Misty Farris
Volunteer of the Month – February 2022 Misty Farris is a Senior Counsel with Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP. How did you first get involved in pro bono? A long time ago, I worked at a firm that had a pro bono project in which we took simple divorce cases, got training at our office, and the judge came in and handled prove-ups one day in our conference room. I’m sorry to say that I didn’t continue at that … [Read more...]
