October 28, 2021 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid Honors Cherokee County Attorney Jill Campbell Penn for Pro Bono Work
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In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Jill Campbell Penn as Outstanding New Volunteer.
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. Ms. Campbell Penn will be formally recognized during two recognition ceremonies, both virtual and live. The virtual event was 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.
Jill Campbell Penn is being honored and recognized for enthusiastically joining our growing volunteer attorneys in the Nacogdoches office service area during this COVID plagued year. While she primarily specializes in Construction, Consumer, and Personal Injury Litigation, her pro bono cases are in the area where her service is needed the most, which is Family Law, in Cherokee and surrounding counties.
About Jill Campbell Penn
Jill Campbell Penn is a Partner in Richards Penn, LLP, where her practice is trial intensive. She focuses primarily on protecting individuals harmed by someone else’s actions, and is passionate about leveling the playing field, which is evident in her pro bono work. She is a staunch proponent of giving back to the community, especially local schools, as a member of the Jacksonville ISD School Board and the Parent Teacher Organization at both of her children’s schools. She also volunteers as a judge for the American Moot Court Association – Nationals Tournament, where the best and brightest advocates from colleges and universities across the United States compete.
Lone Star Legal Aid salutes Jill Campbell Penn for her deep personal commitment to pro bono service and willingness to assist some of East Texas’ most vulnerable residents.
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
