Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
ACC May Lunch-PBP Check (L-R:Rachel Spears (PBPA), Scott Burton (Sutherland), Michael Fong (Recommind), Brett Lockwood (Smith Gambrell & Russell) and Geoff Frost (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore) The 2012 Association of Corporate Counsel-Georgia Chapter (ACC-GA) Value Challenge event raised $31,000 for Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (PBPA). Sutherland, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Smith, Gambrell & Russell …
Happy Perkins, then-General Counsel of GE Energy, called a meeting back in 2004. He wanted to know if the Atlanta legal community was interested in bringing the Pro Bono Partnership model down south from New York. Attorneys would be paired with nonprofits in need of free legal assistance, opening up more pro bono opportunities to …
To celebrate another successful year, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta held its seventh annual appreciation reception for donors and volunteers. Over 100 attorneys gathered at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan on January 24, 2012 to recognize the incredible work accomplished by PBP-Atl volunteers this past year. After PBP-Atl clients Jimmy Wilson of Loganville Community Ministry Village …
Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta proudly welcomes four new Board members: Kathleen Bardell, General Counsel for Power Generation Services at GE Energy; Jared Brandman, Securities Counsel for the Office of the Secretary at The Coca-Cola Company; Brent Houk, Labor & Employment Counsel for United Parcel Service; and Tricia Kinney, Senior Counsel of Litigation for Kimberly-Clark …
Imagine sending your child to a school with a student teacher ratio of 6:1, where students from all socioeconomic backgrounds are excelling, and are well above the national average in every subject, and to top it all off, the school is free. While that may sound too good to be true, it isn’t. Thanks to …
Over 100 attorneys gathered at AGL Resources on January 25, 2011 to celebrate another successful year for Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta. For the sixth year in a row, PBP-Atl held an appreciation reception for its donors and volunteers and also presented special recognition awards. PBP-Atl’s Board Chair, Frank Landgraff of GE Energy, started off …