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The Access to Justice Committee of the State Bar of Michigan is pleased to publish the inaugural A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll (Honor Roll). The 2019 Honor Roll provides recognition to many individual attorneys, solo practitioners, law firms, and corporations that support access to justice efforts by providing pro bono legal services to low-income individuals and families throughout Michigan.

Law firms and corporations that submitted an Honor Roll application and achieved a per-attorney average of 30, 50, or 100+ hours of pro bono legal services in 2018 are eligible for recognition on the 2019 Honor Roll. And for the first time, individual

attorneys and solo practitioners that submitted an Honor Roll application and provided 30, 50, or 100+ hours of qualifying pro bono legal services in 2018 are also eligible for recognition on the 2019 Honor Roll.

For the 2019 Honor Roll, the pro bono service hours provided by more than 500 Michigan-licensed attorneys in 2018 were submitted to the State Bar. While most eligible attorneys wanted to be publicly recognized for their qualifying pro bono service, many attorneys did not want to be included on the published version of the Honor Roll and submitted their 2018 pro bono service hours to the State Bar for reporting purposes only.

Honoring Lawyers’ Commitment to Pro Bono Service

2019 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll

For more information on pro bono opportunties in your area, please visit the State Bar of Michigan’s A Lawyer Helps website at www.alawyerhelps.org.

Pro Bono Tier 1 100+ Hours of Service

Russell Reid AbrutynBrad B. ArbuckleDonald J. BaranskiMary V. BaumanGabriel Esteban BedoyaMichael Joseph BlalockThomas H. BleakleyRobert David BoleyJohn F. BrowerRussell BucherLori A. BuitewegMichael Hugh CarlinAngela M. ColeVincent Patrick CondonJanet L. ConigliaroJacob K. DanzigerCarl W. DufendachDarren M. FindlingErika Lynn GirouxLeo P. GoddeyneWilliam W. HallRabih HamawiJessica Jean HammonSarah HazimiRoy C. HebertPatrick Michael JaicomoBlair M. JohnsonRebecca J. Callebs KerrSusan M. KornfieldKathrin E. KudnerDenise M. LaFave SmithChelsea D. LarsenJason Y. LeeBrian P. LennonRochelle E. LentoThomas W. LinnF. William McKee, Jr.Scott R. MeltonFred M. MesterMatthew MrkonicWilliam Symula NahikianShalini NangiaMatthew T. NelsonLawrence Patrick NolanDavid D. O’BrienRonald S. OlszewskiStephen J. Ott

Rick A. PacynskiBrittany D. ParlingCameron H. PiggottRichard E. PriehsBadrinath K. RaoAdam Troy RatliffWendolyn W. RichardsMonika U. Holzer SacksNicole Alexandra SamuelKimberly L. ScottTeresa H. SharpMatthew D. ShellSamuel SimkinsMatthew R. SmithKhalilah Vonn SpencerAmy L. StikovichGeorge C. SummerfieldGeorge R. ThompsonMaynard L. TimmStephen J. Van StempvoortAndrew Thomas VanEgmondRyan Jason VanOverOlivia Kaitlin VizacheroLaura M. VogelJames Lewis Woolard, Jr.Glen M. Zatz

Pro Bono Tier 2 50–99 Hours of Service

Ciarra Charnae AdkinsAmanda E. AttipoeGerald A. BagazinskiThomas R. BehmSherri L. BelknapAndrew T. BlumBarbara A. BowmanMichael G. BradyRobert G. BrodyMichael S. CallahanJason Daniel CastineMary Chartier-MittendorfAmy Marie ChristenKathleen L. ColeNicole Lee ColemanPeter L. ConwaySandra Miller CotterMichael G. CummingMaxwell CzerniawskiRian Cierra Dawson

Firms and Corporations

Tier 1 50–99 Hours of Pro Bono Service per Attorney Jesse Law OfficeNolan, Thomsen & Villas, P.C.Schaedler & LaCasse PCChartier & Nyamfukudza, PLCNichols Sacks Slank Sendelbach Buiteweg & Solomon PC

Tier 230–49 Hours of Pro Bono Legal Services per AttorneyGruel Mills Nims & PylmanBodman PLCDykema GossettMiller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLCSchiff Hardin LLP

Individual Attorneys and Solo Practitioners

The 2020 Honor Roll application will be available in January 2020 and accessible on the State Bar’s A Lawyer Helps website.

Go to michbar.org/alawyerhelps

Pro Bono Honor Roll data is based on a calendar year.

2019 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll

Ryan Patrick DuffyMatthew Anthony DupreeIan Kennedy EdwardsMichael Patrick FannonJames P. FeeneyConor Terrence FitzpatrickRonald L. FosterAndrea Melissa FraileyAnthony J. FrascaGregory J. GamalskiCaroline Brooks GiordanoStuart A. GoldShirin Savliwala GoyalJesse S. HalfonNazneen S. HasanJames F. HermonNhan Thi Ngoc HoAimee Jean JachymJ. Paul JanesSamuel R. KilbergScott Richard KocienskiWilliam J. KohlerMelissa Marvina KoprivaAnna M. KovarPeter M. Kulas-DominguezDavid Edmer LacasseKrista L. LenartBarnet George LeVineDennis W. LoughlinAudra Rose McClureOdey K. MerouehKimberly Margaret MoehleMelissa L. NeckersLeo D. NevilleSamuel Edward NuxollTakura Nicholas NyamfukudzaEmily C. PalaciosMary Arhodia ParisienMelissa Maria PearceNashara A Latoya PeartJames R. PetersonMichael John PinjuvEric S. PolanD. Andrew PortingaLouis C. Rabaut

Victoria A. RadkeKimberly Ann RayKristyn Patricia RecchiaPaul Matthew RenzoRobert M. RileyRichard A. RoaneEmerita C. Rodriguez-HattHenry Moris RubinsteinMaria Angela RuggirelloJacqueline Rose Elizabeth RussellReshma Madhukar SambarePhillip A. SchaedlerDaniel Robert SchipperChristie Manchester SchlegelTheodore W. SeitzRobert J. SharkeyAnnette E. SkinnerFrancine S. SnyderRonald Alfred SpinnerJessica Anne SprovtsoffDaniel L. StanleyStephen Christopher SwiftCharles R. ToyThomas Charles McCloskey TurnerSarah Elizabeth WaidelichDiane J. WechterLeon J. WeissClinton W. WestbrookDonald C. Wheaton, Jr.Robert D. WolfordMichael E. Wooley

Pro Bono Tier 3 30–49 Hours of Service

Gerald Lawrence AbenMatthew P. AllenPeter M. AlterJeffrey S. AmmonJeffrey S. AronoffMohamed Muzzafar AwanAaron Edward BassErica L. BereznyBrett A. BorderKa’Nea Kenyetta BrooksJoel C. Bryant

Arthur R. ButlerMichael CampbellBrandon James CoryThomas W. CranmerErik Robert DalyKelsey M. DameJoseph Rene DeHondtMichael Frederik DerksenRoquia Kamal DraperJoseph DuffyDaniel J. EricsonStephen R. EsteyArnold FinkelsteinJoseph J. GavinNina GavrilovicGaetan Gerville-ReacheGerald J. Gleeson, IICaroline Amy GrossMaroun J. HakimJason T. HanselmanAndrew M. HarrisIrene Bruce HathawayNoah Sklar HurwitzAnthony Ilardi, Jr.Mark D. JacobsSuzanne M. JohnsonDouglas Evan KelinEric Salomonsen KleinIan KofflerPeter J. KokKenneth E. KonopSheldon G. LarkyVeronique LiemMilo Reed MadoleEvgeny MagidenkoTara Elizabeth MahoneyAnthony J. MavrinacApril LaJoy McKieWilliam MetrosMichael T. MillerDonald Pierce MooreJohn Darby Moran, IIIMatthew James MoussiauxBrittany Joann MouzourakisTheresa Antonina Munaco

Robert Edgar MurkowskiMelvin J. MuskovitzHeidi A. NaaskoFlorise Neville-EwellMelissa L. NeckersGregory A. NowakJessica PaskAndrew PauwelsLucas John PolcynDavid RabinoviciRobert C. ReilandHon. William J. RichardsBrittni RileyEmily Suzanne RuckerLarry J. SaylorMary P. SclawyMuhammad Misbah ShahidJohn M. SierBrian T. SmithPaul Tobin StewartFrederik F. Stig-NielsenAmy L. StikovichLaurel Stuart-FinkMichael Joseph SulakaJulie A. SullivanDeborah J. SwedlowAndrew J. SwitalskiToi Jasmin ThomasRobert P. Tiplady, IIStuart TragerAnne Marie VanderBroekLauren Elizabeth Verbiscus RoweGary G. VillasPeter W. WaldmeirKimberley A. WardLaura Ann WeingartnerAdam Michael WennerJeanne M. WhalenDennis Garry WhittieW. Alan WilkMonica B. WilkinsonDawn Nicole WilliamsBruce C. YoungMatthew R. Zischke

Individual Attorneys and Solo Practitioners

If you are interested in developing a pro bono policy for your office or firm or have questions about the Honor Roll, please contact State Bar Pro Bono Service & Justice Initiatives Counsel Robert Mathis at rmathis@michbar.org or (517) 346-6412.

2019 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll