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INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR MOST PRO BONO CASES LITIGATED In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Pete Milne for Most Pro Bono Cases Litigated. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure that […]
LONE STAR LEGAL AID’S BRYAN OFFICE ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Mark R. Maltsberger as Attorney of the Year, Brazos 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 […]
INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO SERVICE In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Tab Beall for his Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise […]
VETERANS ORGANIZATION RECEIVES ACCOLADES In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid, in collaboration with the Smith County Bar Foundation, honors local Veteran outreach organization, CampV, with a Community Partner Award. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to […]
INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO SERVICE In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Donald Delgado for his Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure […]
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25 – 29), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Baker & Associates with the 2021 Bryan Branch Office Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal […]
INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR MOST CLIENTS ASSISTED AWARD In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Cheryl Ann Wulf with the Most Clients Assisted Award. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure that […]
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Paula E. Silva as an Outstanding New Volunteer. Ms. Silva will be formally recognized on Friday, October 29, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Brazos County Courthouse, in a recognition event hosted by the Honorable Kyle Hawthorne, 85th District Court, with Award […]
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors the following with 2021 Bryan Branch Office Pro Bono Awards: Mark R. Maltsberger – Attorney of the Year, Brazos County; Donald Delgado – Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service; Paula E. Silva – Outstanding New Volunteer; Baker and Associates – Outstanding Commitment to Pro […]
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors the following with Nacogdoches Branch Office Pro Bono Awards: W. Albert Weatherly – Attorney of the Year, Nacogdoches County; Holly Perkins-Meyers – Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service; Carter A. Meyers – Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service; Lynda K. Russell – Outstanding Commitment […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Houston, Texas – Tenants of Coppertree Village Apartment and Lone Star Legal Aid’s Fair Housing Team are celebrating a U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals win. In litigation that spanned over 3 years, Coppertree Tenants shared stories of the deplorable living conditions in the Section 8 Project where they lived. Unable to leave, for fear of losing […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2021 Media Contacts: Clarissa Ayala, Communications Director at Lone Star Legal Aid, (713) 652-0077 or cayala@lonestarlegal.org Colin Cox, Environmental Integrity Project (832) 316-0580 or ccox@environmentalintegrity.org Austin, Texas. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on October 15, 2021, agreed to investigate whether Texas violated the civil rights of a mostly African-American community in Port Arthur by allowing dangerous amounts […]
For immediate release – In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors the following with 2021 Tyler Branch Office Pro Bono Awards: Leigh Hunt Goodson – Attorney of the Year, Smith County; Cheryl Ann Wulf – Most Clients Assisted; Pete Milne – Most Pro Bono Cases Litigated; Tab Beall – Outstanding Commitment […]
Houston, Texas – Lone Star Legal Aid has been awarded a $500,000 grant from Wells Fargo Foundation to support the Housing Stability for Low-Income Renters in Harris County Program. With these funds, we will help renters and their families fight eviction, prevent homelessness, and gain housing stability. With Wells Fargo’s help, we will cover legal issues like nonpayment of rent, […]
HOUSTON/GALVESTON—Free legal resources are available to low-income individuals affected by flooding and other conditions created by Hurricane Nicholas. The State Bar of Texas’s toll-free disaster legal services hotline—800-504-7030—puts callers in touch with legal aid providers in their areas who can help with: Replacement of important legal documents lost or destroyed in the disaster; Life, medical, and property insurance claims; Home […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Houston, Texas – Our website has a new look and optimized features, thanks to Roni Lagin & Co. based out of Philadelphia, PA. Much like our Houston office’s renovation, the website has been redesigned to maximize the efficiency of our mission: providing resources and access to free civil legal assistance to low-income Texans. While there are many […]
Houston, Texas – We are celebrating our 1-year anniversary of The Safe Space with a video montage of the past 12 episodes. The Safe Space is a live-streaming video outreach series aimed at providing survivors of sexual assault with free legal information and resources. Sexual violence can have an immediate and devastating effect on the survivor in nearly every aspect […]
The 85-Year-Old Oxbow Petroleum Coke Plant in Port Arthur is One of the Largest Sources of Sulfur Dioxide Pollution in the State EMBARGOED for Release: 10 am CST, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Media Contacts: Clarissa Ayala, Communications Director at Lone Star Legal Aid, (832) 627-8404 or cayala@lonestarlegal.org Ari Phillips, Environmental Integrity Project, (505) 629-6148, aphillips@environmentalintegrity.org Note to TV reporters and […]
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law has announced the 47 fellows that have been selected to partake in the 2020 Racial Justice Institute, “a leadership program that equips and coordinates anti-poverty advocates to affirmatively advance racial equity.” Attorneys Ashea Jones and Deborah Concepcion will be representing Lone Star Legal Aid as they explore racial equity concepts that they can apply […]
Lone Star Legal Aid and Staff Awarded Three 2021 Pro Bono Excellence Awards Annually, the State Bar of Texas Committee for Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters presents awards to individuals, groups, and entities that perform exceptional work in the field of legal services to the poor. Lone Star Legal Aid and staff members, Dana Karni and Lena […]