October 28, 2021 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid Honors Brazos County Attorney Donald Delgado for Upholding Justice
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INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO SERVICE
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Donald Delgado for his Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service.
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. Mr. Delgado will be formally recognized on Friday, October 29, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Brazos County Courthouse, in a recognition event hosted by the Honorable Kyle Hawthorne, 85th District Court, with Award Certificates from Lone Star Legal and the Honorable J. Brett Busby, Justice, Supreme Court of Texas. A reception will follow the ceremony sponsored by Lone Star Legal Aid and the Brazos County Bar Association.
Donald Delgado’s exemplary pro bono participation has included assisting several Lone Star Legal Aid clients in the past year, including currently offering extended representation in a breach of warranty matter to a Veteran, and advice to other clients in contract/employment matters. One of these clients stated she was grateful for Donald’s expertise and felt confident that her entire family could finally move forward following a contract dispute exacerbated by the pandemic.
About Donald Delgado
Donald Delgado is a commercial litigation partner with West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry, P.C. in College Station, Texas. Donald and his wife Elizabeth reside in Bryan and have three young children.
When not assisting clients through Lone Star Legal Aid, Donald is extensively involved in other community organizations, currently serving as Secretary of the Brazos County Bar Association, Treasurer of Brazos Valley Young Lawyers Association, and Member of the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee. He has also previously served on the Board of Directors, as Vice President and Executive Committee Advisor, for the Texas Young Lawyers Association. He is also the recipient of the Texas Young Lawyers Association President’s Award of Merit and the Keith L. Krueger Leadership Award.
Lone Star Legal Aid salutes Mr. Donald Delgado for his outstanding commitment to Pro Bono Service.
About the National Pro Bono Celebration
The week of October 25 – 29, 2021 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
