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MVLS Volunteer Awarded MSBA Tax Section’s Pro Bono Award
MVLS tax volunteer Gary Compton will be awarded the MSBA Tax Section’s J. Ronald Shiff Pro Bono Award at its annual Irving Shulbank Memorial Dinner and Program on May 17, 2012. Mr. Compton is a senior lawyer who began practicing tax law after retirement from the Social Security Administration. He is a dedicated volunteer who … Read More »
MVLS’s Richard R. Chambers Chosen for MSBA Leadership Academy
MVLS Deputy Director Richard R. Chambers has been chosen to participate in the Maryland State Bar Association’s 2012-2013 Leadership Academy, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The Leadership Academy is a year-long program that trains lawyers to develop their leadership skills and provides opportunities for them to assume leadership roles in the MSBA and local … Read More »
Hope Tipton, Esq., Director of Project HEAL, receives 2012 WBA Annual Pro Bono Award
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS) announces that Hope Tipton, Esq., Director of Project HEAL, has been selected to receive the 2012 Women’s Bar Association Annual Pro Bono Award for Baltimore City/Baltimore County/Carroll County. Project HEAL is an MVLS program and in partnership with The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (Hopkins Children’s), which provides free advocacy and … Read More »
“March Madness” Themed Benefit a Huge Success!
On the evening of March 15th, over 250 MVLS ‘fans’ gathered at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards for an evening of basketball, food, fun and just a little madness. Thank you to all of our sponsors, guests and auction item donors. Due to your generosity, over $100,000 was raised to support MVLS programs! … Read More »
Bonnie Sullivan and Board Members Caroline Ciraolo and M. Natalie McSherry announced in Daily Record’s Top 100 Women
The Daily Record is proud to announce this year’s Top 100 Women. Since 1996, we’ve recognized more than 1,000 high-achieving Maryland women who are making an impact through their leadership, community service and mentoring. The winners are selected by an outside panel of business leaders based on professional accomplishment, community involvement and commitment to mentoring. … Read More »
Project HEAL Selected as AHLA Pro Bono Champion
The law firm Ober|Kaler announced on 2/29/2012 that the firm’s Project HEAL Pro Bono initiative was selected as one of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) 2011 Pro Bono Champions. Launched this year, the Pro Bono Champions program [PDF] honors AHLA members who have contributed at least fifty hours per year to pro bono work … Read More »
Sixteen MVLS Directors named to “Maryland Super Lawyers” list for 2012
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service announces that sixteen members of its Board of Directors have been selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers for 2012: Edward J. Baines, Saul Ewing LLP; Rignal W. Baldwin, Baldwin, Kagan & Gormley, LLC; Alan C. Cason, McGuireWoods LLP; Caroline D. Ciraolo, Rosenberg | Martin | Greenberg LLP; Lawrence D. Coppel, … Read More »
M. Natalie McSherry Received Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award
Ms. McSherry, Principal at Kramon & Graham, PA and MVLS Board Member, received the Maryland Legal Services Corporation’s 2011 Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award at its annual awards ceremony December 5, 2011. The award is presented to an attorney who has rendered extraordinary service by providing civil legal services to the poor or by improving … Read More »
Michelle Swift receives William L. Marbury Outstanding Advocate Award
Ms. Swift, Director of Pro Bono Programs at MVLS, received the Maryland Legal Services Corporation’s 2011 William L. Marbury Outstanding Advocate Award at its annual awards ceremony December 5, 2011. The award is presented to a non-attorney who has demonstrated outstanding service in Maryland representing the rights and legal needs of low-income persons. READ MORE … Read More »
Maureen van Stone recognized as one of Daily Record’s ‘Leading Women’
Ms. van Stone, Director of Project HEAL at Kennedy Krieger Institute, was recognized as one of the Daily Record’s 2011 Leading Women on December 1, 2011. This award is presented to women age 40 or younger for the tremendous accomplishments they have made so far in their career. They are judged on professional experience, community … Read More »
