October 18, 2021 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid Honors Nacogdoches Branch Office Pro Bono Heroes
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In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors the following with Nacogdoches Branch Office Pro Bono Awards:
- W. Albert Weatherly – Attorney of the Year, Nacogdoches County;
- Holly Perkins-Meyers – Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service;
- Carter A. Meyers – Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service;
- Lynda K. Russell – Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service;
- Jill Campbell Penn – Outstanding New Volunteer;
- Kristen Beall Burns – Outstanding New Volunteer; and
- Dorothy L. Scheehle – Law Office of W. Albert Weatherly – Legal Assistant of the Year.
Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure that all East Texas residents have equal access to the courts. The Honorees will be formally recognized during two recognition ceremonies, both virtual and live. The virtual event will be conducted via Zoom on October 26th at 12 p.m., with recognitions by several distinguished speakers, including Paul E. Furrh, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star Legal Aid, keynote speaker Honorable J. Brett Busby, Texas Supreme Court, and several East Texas judges, including the Honorable Clyde Herrington, County Court at Law No. 2, Angelina County. The live Awards Presentation will be November 18, 2021 at noon during the Nacogdoches County Bar Association meeting at the Fredonia Hotel.
The week of October 25th – 29th has been designated the “National Pro Bono Celebration” by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Pubic Service. The goal is to showcase the remarkable difference that pro bono lawyers make to our nation, our system of justice, our communities and, most of all, the clients they serve. For more information, visit www.celebrateprobono.org.
Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations. Lone Star Legal Aid serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines that reside in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties of southwest Arkansas. Lone Star Legal Aid focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety and stability, health and well‐being; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at https://www.lonestarlegal.org.
Media contact: Media@LoneStarLegal.org
