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Dallas Bar Lawyers Conclude Successful Campaign: $800,000 Raised

02-02-2012 03:58 AM CET | Politics, Law & Society

Press release from: Dallas Bar Association

The Dallas Bar Association and Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas have concluded the annual “Equal Access to Justice Campaign,” which funds the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program in order to provide free legal assistance to over 4,000 low-income families with civil legal needs each year. The lawyers of Dallas raised a record-breaking—$800,000.

The Co-Chairs of 2011-2012 Campaign were Rob Crain, of Crain Lewis, L.L.P., and Bradley C. Weber, of Locke Lord LLP.

Donors of $2,500 and up were:

CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE ($50,000)—Lisa Blue Baron and Mike Kaeske

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ($30,000)—Crain Lewis, L.L.P.

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL ($25,000)—Anonymous; Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson; Payne Mitchell Law Group

DIAMOND SPONSORS ($15,000)—AT&T, Locke Lord LLP, Slack & Davis, L.L.P.

PLATINUM SPONSORS ($10,000)—Andrews Kurth LLP; Baker Botts, L.L.P.; Brown McCarroll L.L.P.; D Magazine; Dallas Lawyers Auxiliary Foundation; Ralph C. Jones; Jones Day; KoonsFuller; Mike McKool, Jr.; Patton Boggs LLP; Shore Chan Bragalone DePumpo LLP; and Vinson & Elkins

GOLD SPONSORS ($5,000+)—Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P; Jerry C. Alexander; Baron & Budd, P.C.; Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; Duffee & Eitzen LLP; Exxon Mobil; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.; Half Price Books Community Services; Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer & Kern LLP; The Hartnett Law Firm; Haynes and Boone LLP; J.L. Turner Legal Association Foundation; Jackson Walker L.L.P.; Neiman Marcus Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas; SNR Denton US, LLP; Spencer Crain Cubbage Healy & McNamara, PLLC; Thompson & Knight LLP; Turley Law Firm; DBA Business Litigation Section; DBA Corporate Counsel Section; DBA Mergers & Acquisitions Section; DBA Probate, Trusts & Estate Section; and DBA Tax Law Section

SILVER SPONSORS ($2,500+)¬—A.H. Belo Corporation; Roger Bivans & Sarah Donch; Bracewell & Giuliani LLP; E. Leon & Debra Carter; Sally L. Crawford; David W. Elrod; Cheryl Engelmann; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; J. Mark Hollingsworth; Daniel J. Sheehan, Jr.; Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC; Super Lawyers; Texas Lawyer; Robb L. Voyles; Waters & Kraus, L.L.P.; Joel & Terilyn Winful; DBA Construction Law Section; DBA Intellectual Property Law Section; DBA Real Property Law Section; DBA Securities Section; and DBA Tort & Insurance Practice Section.

The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP) is a joint program of the Dallas Bar Association and Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas. DVAP conducts neighborhood legal clinics each month at seven community locations, and provides specialty legal clinics for veterans and the elderly. DVAP recruits and trains volunteer attorneys, and provides staff support to the volunteers.

For more information on the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program or the Equal Access to Justice Campaign, contact Alicia Hernandez, director of the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, at ahernandez@dallasbar.org or (214) 220-7499.

The Dallas Bar Association is a professional, voluntary organization of more than 10,000 Dallas-area attorneys. Find out more at www.dallasbar.org. To find out more about the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, log on to www.dallasvolunteerattorneyprogram.org.

Dallas Bar Association
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
Jessica D. Smith
Communications/Media Director
jsmith@dallasbar.org
214-220-7477

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