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Cory Watson doubles their Champion for Justice support

Cory Watson doubles their Champions for Justice support, becoming a Gold Level supporter. “Cory Watson is a longtime supporter of access to justice and happy to increase our support of Volunteer Lawyers Birmingham,” said Ernie Cory, managing shareholder of Cory Watson. “I encourage all Birmingham firms to support this organization that helps us as attorneys provide needed pro bono services to our neighbors who often have nowhere else to turn,” said Ernie.

Ernie Cory

Thank you also to the following new Champions for Justice: Regions, Warren Averett, and Bainbridge Mims. Become a Champion for Justice today! Contact Nancy Yarbrough , executive director, or click here for more information.   VLB would like to thank Cory Watson as they join these firms as a Champion for Justice:

PLATINUM LEVEL LEADERSHIP DONORS

GOLD LEVEL DONORS

SILVER LEVEL DONORS 

BRONZE LEVEL DONORS

Judge John & Susan Carroll Jim & Julie Goyer

DONORS

Bainbridge Mims Rogers & Smith Dawson Law Matthew Swerdlin, Attorney at Law

Welcome Kintisha Matthews

Kintisha Matthews is the new Safe Families Program Attorney for VLB. Kintisha brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the position after working as a judicial assistant for presiding Domestic Relations Judge Patricia Stephens. She is a great addition to our team and will help us in our mission of providing legal services to low-income families.    Volunteer at the Domestic Relations Help Desk or the Pro Se Docket and meet Kintisha!

Kintisha Matthews

You can make a difference!

BANKRUPTCY Please help this client file a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. She has all of her paperwork ready to file.  I Can Help!

WILL Help these elderly clients draft their wills. They originally had their wills done in 1974 but would like to update them so that their family is taken care of.  I Can Help!

WILL Please help this mother and daughter draft separate wills so that they can make sure their loved ones are taken care of.  I Can Help!

PROPERTY This elderly client’s neighbor is building a fence on the client’s property that is obstructing the client’s driveway. She needs help resolving this situation so that she can continue to have access to her property.  I Can Help!

Thank you Help Desk volunteers

Ryan Thompson at the Bankruptcy Help Desk

Bankruptcy Help Desk Volunteers Monica Hatcher , Daisy Holder , Glenn Mazer , Ted Stuckenschneider , and Ryan Thompson (Maynard). Sign up for the next Bankruptcy Help Desk on Friday, 9/7

Lightfoot Attorneys AJ Enyinnia (left) and Lane Morrison (second from right) with their summer associates Patty Walton and Kelsey McKeag

Civil Help Desk Volunteers Josh Bell (Balch), AJ Enyinnia (Lightfoot), Kendra Johnson , Lane Morrison (Lightfoot), Preston Neel (Bradley), Honza Prchal (Heninger Garrison), Neena Speer , Moses Stone , and Donnie Winningham (Bressler).   Summer Associates: Nathan Stotser (Heninger Garrison), Allison Bendal (Heninger Garrison), Denzel Okinedo (Bressler), Patty Walton (Lightfoot), and Kelsey McKeag (Lightfoot). Sign up for the Civil Help Desk on Monday or Thursday

Alex Parish (left) and Rolando Rankin (right) meet with a client

Domestic Relations Help Desk Bobby Davis , Judge Kechia Davis , (Birmingham Municipal Court), Halley Gillis , Melinda Guillaume , Leon Johnson , John Milledge , Alex Parish (Carr Allison), Rolando Rankin , Pam Weed , and Stella Wennberg . Sign up for the Domestic Relations Help Desk on Wednesday

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