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...]
Patrick Lewis
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...]
Isreal Miller
Volunteer of the Month – February 2021 Isreal Miller is Of Counsel with Gray Reed & McGraw LLP. How did you first get involved in pro bono? I first got involved in pro bono work when I was a law student at Texas Tech. I did initial intake application interviews at legal clinics for Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Lubbock. Describe your most compelling … [Read more...]
Weston M. Love
Volunteer of the Month – January 2021 Weston M. Love is an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. What type of cases have you accepted? I have personally worked on immigration cases relating to clients hoping to secure Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and cases relating to clients who desire to have certain arrests and misdemeanors expunged from their records in order to remove certain barriers from … [Read more...]
Rachel Morgan
Volunteer of the Month – November 2020 Rachel Morgan is Vice President, Associate General Counsel at AT&T. How did you first get involved with pro bono? During my third year in law school, I took a seminar on juvenile justice and researched the treatment of juveniles held in detention centers throughout Texas. It was such an eye opener for me to see how the justice system treats some of our most … [Read more...]
David Taubenfeld
Volunteer of the Month – October 2020 David Taubenfeld is a Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP. How did you first get involved with pro bono? When I first graduated from Law School in 1985, I took a post-appeal death row inmate case and I volunteered as a mediator for a juvenile offender mediation program here in Dallas County. Also, I participated in veterans clinics and other pro bono activities. It was just … [Read more...]
Ashlie Alaman
Volunteer of the Month – September 2014 Firm: Luminant In her role as corporate counsel for Luminant, the largest competitive power generator in Texas, Ashlie handles a variety of matters spanning across multiple practices. Her work for DVAP includes volunteering at monthly clinics, serving as a volunteer attorney for pro se clients at the monthly prove up, and representing clients in a variety of cases. Ashlie was … [Read more...]
