Volunteer of the Month – March 2024 Eugene Temchenko is a senior associate in the Complex Commercial Litigation group at Vinson & Elkins LLP. How did you first get involved in pro bono? Having arrived to the United States on a humanitarian parole, my family and I were no strangers to dealing with poverty and a litany of legal twists and turns. And while I quickly gravitated to large commercial disputes … [Read more...]
Eugene Temchenko
Kate Eberhardt
Volunteer of the Month – December 2023 Kate Eberhardt is a senior associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. How did you first get involved with pro bono? I had exposure to pro bono in law school, but my substantive involvement began when I joined Hunton Andrews Kurth in 2019. The firm’s commitment to pro bono is outstanding, and soon after joining the firm I took a case pro bono with the Genesis Women’s … [Read more...]
Camie McKee
Volunteer of the Month – November 2023 Camie McKee is an associate at Haynes and Boone, LLP. How did you first get involved with pro bono? My first pro bono experiences were at UT Law. I worked with the INCLUDE Project, where we counseled special education students and their caregivers/supporters in Austin and Laredo about guardianship, probate and Supported Decision Making agreements. My first pro bono … [Read more...]
Laura Hunt
Volunteer of the Month – October 2023 Laura Hunt is an associate at Alston & Bird LLP. How did you first get involved with pro bono? I was staffed on a pro bono matter almost immediately upon starting at Alston & Bird. I attended a firm meeting about a project with the Promise of Justice Initiative and reached out to the firm team to be assigned to a case. What types of cases have you … [Read more...]
Sushil Iyer
Volunteer of the Month – April 2023 Sushil Iyer is a Principal at Fish & Richardson, P.C. How did you first get involved with pro bono? I came across my very first (unofficial) pro bono case on Facebook. The town in which I live has a Facebook page. Another resident had posted that she and her husband had been separated for over a decade, and wanted to get a divorce. She could not afford an attorney. She … [Read more...]
Yubin Ding
Volunteer of the Month – March 2023 Yubin Ding is a sole practitioner. How did you first get involved with pro bono? I got involved in pro bono cases when I was in school. I once took a clinic class which was held in a community lawyering center, and the supervising attorney assigned each student a few pro bono cases. What types of cases have you accepted? I have accepted pro bono cases … [Read more...]
Morgan Armbrust
Volunteer of the Month – February 2023 Morgan Armbrust is a sole practitioner. How did you first get involved with pro bono? After moving to Texas, I wanted to get involved in the legal community in Dallas. I also really missed the work I did as a public defender, and working with pro bono clients helped me to acclimate to Dallas, and fill the void after no longer working in a public defenders office. … [Read more...]
