Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
Recently, while sitting in the office of the executive director of one of our nonprofit clients, I noticed a plaque on the wall that read: “Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list.” Of course anyone that has ever completed a tax return can appreciate the …
Nearly 100 attorneys gathered at Georgia Power Company on January 26, 2010 to celebrate another successful year for Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (PBP-Atl). For the fifth year in a row, PBP-Atl held an appreciation reception for its donors and volunteers and also presented special recognition awards. PBP-Atl thanks Georgia Power Company for hosting the …
Can you believe that we are already half-way through 2009? Given the challenges of this year, many of you are probably happy that we’re over the hump. Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta is busier than ever, helping nonprofits address those challenges and get through these tough times. For the first six months of 2009, the …
When Harvey Anderson of Home Repair Ministries signed up to participate in a free “Nonprofit Legal Check-up” with Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (PBP-Atl), he had no idea of the wealth of legal information and advice he was about to receive. From Left to Right: George Sewell, Harvey Anderson and Robyn Miller. Although Home Repair …
Rachel Epps Spears, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, talks with Happy R. Perkins, Vice President of the GEneral Electric Company and General Counsel of GE Energy, about the Atlanta in-house legal community’s commitment to pro bono service. Read it in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Special Report.
“It all started about a year ago, when Rick Hobish, executive director of the White Plains, N.Y.-based Pro Bono Parnership, spoke to several representatives from Atlanta corporate legal departments and law firms at a luncheon sponsored by GE Power. … [His] presentation inspired in-house attorneys at the luncheon–lawyers from companies such as GE, The Coca-Cola …