October 28, 2021 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid Honors Smith County Attorney Leigh Hunt Goodson for Upholding Justice
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LONE STAR LEGAL AID’S TYLER OFFICE ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR AWARD
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Leigh Hunt Goodson as Attorney of the Year, Smith County.
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. Hunt Goodson will be formally recognized on October 28, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Smith County Court by The Honorable Nathaniel Moran, Smith County Judge, with an Award Certificate 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 Smith County Bar Foundation.
Leigh Hunt Goodson has handled pro bono cases through Lone Star Legal Aid since she moved to Tyler from California, shortly after obtaining an LL.M in Taxation there. She has always responded to the call for help and routinely assists in the quarterly Smith County Bar/Lone Star Legal Aid LegaLine, as well as representing clients pro bono in contested divorces, obtaining Guardianships for parents with disabled children who have become adults, obtaining Chapter 7 discharges for clients needing debt relief, and providing estate planning assistance. Her volunteer service has not wavered, and actually increased, throughout the pandemic, earning her the recognition of Attorney of the Year.
ABOUT LEIGH HUNT GOODSON
Leigh Hunt Goodson is the Owner and Principal at The Goodson Firm, PC, established in 2017 with offices in Tyler and Dallas. Her practice includes Estate planning, Probate, Elder Law and Guardianships, in addition to business entity formation and succession planning services. Leigh is married to Jim Goodson and in addition to her extensive work with Lone Star Legal Aid, she is very involved in both state and local bar leadership. She is the immediate past President of Smith County Bar Association, is the Nominations Committee Co-Chair and Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a Director of the Rose City Food Education, Inc., and the Smith County Bar Foundation, a member of the East Texas Estate Planning Council, and Chair of the Women and the Law section of the State Bar of Texas.
Lone Star Legal Aid salutes Leigh Hunt Goodson and proudly recognizes her as Attorney of the Year in Smith County, Texas.
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
