2024 ABA Free Legal Answers Pro Bono Leaders
The ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service annually recognizes individual attorneys, law firms, and other legal groups that have provided extraordinary pro bono services through ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org —a virtual legal clinic through which income-eligible clients can post civil legal services questions to be answered by pro bono attorneys from their state.
Individual Attorneys
The following attorneys have been recognized for answering 50 or more civil legal questions through the program in 2024.
Alaska
Stephanie Rhoades, Private Practice
Arizona
Paul D. Nordini, Paul D. Nordini, Esq.
Robert J. Murillo, Pivotal Legal Ltd.
Arkansas
Allison E. Raley, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Mary E. Green, Mary E. Green PA
Christopher T. Brown, Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure & Thompson, P.A.
Christine Dillard, Southwest Power Pool
California
Payton W. Wilson, Legal Access
Philip R. Cosgrove, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Connecticut
Richard M. Lucas, Charter Communications
Ronald D. Japha, Private Practice
Federal
Dahlia M. French, French Legal, PLLC
Florida
Jonathan Benjamin, Benjamin Law Practice, PLLC
Craig R. Dearr, Dearr Perdigon Attorneys at Law
Kevin C. Gleason, Florida Bankruptcy Group LLC
Jaime K. Council, Law Offices of Curtis & Associates, P.A.
Kelly B. Puckett, Private Practice
Barbara B. Stage, Stage Law Firm, P.A.
Luis E. Basagoitia, The Law Office of Luis Basagoitia, P.A.
Georgia
Kathryn B. Hecker, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Paul R. Krebs, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Shane M. Duer, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Illinois
Reuben A. Bernick, Birnbaum Gelfman Sharma & Arnoux LLC
Billie J. Constant, Constant, Wawrzynek & Grove LLC
Danny L. Grossberg, Mayer Brown LLP
Anthony Frank, MCC
Harold B. Hilborn, Much Shelist, P.C.
Barbara J. O'Brien, Pro Bono Network
Maria R. Rossi, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Akwei O. Acquaye, State Farm Insurance Company
Karen L. Kapela, State Farm Insurance Company
Illinois and Iowa
Jennifer L. Kincaid, Pepping, Balk, Kincaid & Olson, Ltd.
Indiana
Michael B. Gastineau, Cook Medical
Cara N. Ralston, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Jonathan Kroot, Ice Miller LLP
Andrea Cross, Private Practice
Maxwell Happe, Pro Bono Indiana
Michael A. Huerta, Retired Attorney
Daniel C. Reuter, Reuter Law Office
Robert Scott Wylie, Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana
Indiana and Florida
Eric Buetens, Solo Practitioner
Kansas
Marilyn M. Harp, Retired Attorney
Kansas and Oklahoma
Zac R. Hargis, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison and Lewis
Louisiana
Cornelia Ullmann, Law Office of Cornelia S. Ullmann LLC
Brian R. Johnson, Liskow & Lewis, APLC
Peter S. Thriffiley, Peter S. Thriffiley, APLC
Gregory L. Landry, Private Practice
Maine
Michael Asen, MillerAsen, P.A.
Maryellen Sullivan, Port City Legal, LLC
Massachusetts
Keith G. Langer, Keith G. Langer Attorney at Law
Kristen M. Whittle, Liberty Mutual
Maureen L. Pachucki, Liberty Mutual
Meg M. Rehrauer, Liberty Mutual
Anthony M. Czar, Private Practice
Douglas W. McCormac, Retired Attorney
Mississippi
Seth Shannon, Private Practice
Missouri
Ronald J. Eisenberg, Eisenberg Law LLC
Christopher P. Cox, Law Office of Christopher P. Cox, L.L.C.
Robert S. Moss, Law Office Of Robert S. Moss
Robert G. Pennell, The Law Offices of Robert Grant Pennell, LLC
Barbara A. Urick, Private Practice
Margaret A. Kwawer, Private Practice
Nebraska
Carol A. Cleaver, National Indemnity Company
Stephen Talipski, Private Practice
New Hampshire
Martha L. Davidson, Braucher & Associates, PLLC
L. Phillips Runyon III, Runyon Law Office, PLLC
New Mexico
Damon J. Hudson, Hudson Injury Law
Paul G. Fyfe, Private Practice
New York
David J. Solimeno, Barclay Damon LLP
Adam S. Proujansky, Blank Rome LLP
Jon M. Probstein, Law Offices of Jon Michael Probstein
David Mills, Mayer Brown LLP
Arthur A. Katz, Of Counsel, Otterbourg PC
North Carolina
Adam W. Arthur, Arthur & Kirkman PLLC
David Goldberg, Athenian Oath Advisors
Brandon A. Robinson, Brandon A. Robinson, Attorney at Law
Isabella V. Hohler, Breeden Law Office
Manisha P. Patel, Law Office of Manisha P. Patel, PLLC
Janet E. Steddum, Retired Attorney
Ethan C. Goemann, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Meghan K. Moran, University of North Carolina School of Law
North Dakota
Catrina Smith, MinnDak Law, PLLC
Oklahoma
Timothy C. Dowd, Elias, Books, Brown & Nelson
Travis C. Smith, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oregon
Elizabeth Welch, Elizabeth Welch Attorney at Law
John W. Lundeen, Solo Practitioner
Pennsylvania
Fred H. Hait, Allied Attorneys of Central PA, LLC
Matthew C. Lasewicz, Brennan & Associates, P.C.
David M. Korman, Emeritus Attorney
Mary S. Timpany, Mary S. Timpany, Esq., LLC
Marjorie Bagnato, NEC Corporation of America
Richard J. Freyvogel Jr., Private Practice
Amy B. Good, Private Practice
South Carolina
Tara E. Nauful, Best Law, PA
Destinee S. Wilson, Cordell Law LLP
Pamela D. Robinson, Retired Attorney
South Dakota
Marwin L. Smith, Colorado River Indian Tribes
Tennessee
Carl E. Seely, Divorce Incorporated
Ryan K. Easterbrook, Easterbrook Law
Kevin D. Balkwill, Ethics Law
Yasmin K. Stiggons, Husch Blackwell LLP
Bryan C. Hathorn, Law Office of Bryan Hathorn
Richard B. Gossett, Private Practice
Steven C. Frazier, Steven C. Frazier, Attorney at Law
Texas
Tully M. Campbell, Dorsey & Whitney
Garrett A. Heckman, Heckman Law, PC
Stuart A. Lautin, Higier Allen & Lautin, P.C.
Cheng Li, Holland & Knight LLP
Joshua P. Downer, Holland & Knight LLP
Asa T. Winsauer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Luke D. Sherley, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Madison C. Amons, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
W. Michael Reed, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Cary A. Slobin, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Benjamin A. Montanez, Norton Rose Fulbright
Kelsey Q. French, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Sahil Nooruddin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Francine M. Bennett, Private Practice
Mike Merar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Karon L. Rowden, Texas A&M University School of Law, Family and Veterans Advocacy Clinic
Fran Brochstein
Virginia
Ara L. Tramblian, Retired Attorney
Kevin M. Allison, Retired Attorney
Maxanne Witkin, Retired Attorney
West Virginia
M. Jane Glauser, Schrader Companion Duff & Law, PLLC
Richard Goldstein, Solo Practitioner
Nigel E. Jeffries
Wisconsin
Michelle A. Behnke, Boardman & Clark LLP
Jennifer Morales, Centro Legal
Max Chester, Foley & Lardner LLP
Jill L. Johnson, J. Johnson Law Group, L.L.C.
Suzanne Edwards, Law Office of Suzanne Edwards
JJ Moore, Legal Action of Wisconsin
Stephen C. Harkess, Midwest Legal Services
Michael Tobin, Retired Attorney
Wisconsin and North Dakota
Martha C. Broadnax, Dorsey & Whitney
Wyoming
Laurie Seidenberg, Seidenberg Law Office
Law Firms/Corporation Law Departments/Legal Organizations
The following law firms, corporate law departments and legal organizations were recognized for each collectively answering 75 or more questions in 2024:
Alston & Bird LLP
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Baker Donelson
Barclay Damon LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Blank Rome LLP
Bowles Rice LLP
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Cooley LLP
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Entergy
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Husch Blackwell
Legal Action Wisconsin
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Mayer Brown LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Offices of the United States Attorneys
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings LLP
Pro Bono Network
Quarles & Brady LLP
Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison and Lewis
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
State Farm Insurance Company
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke
University of North Carolina School of Law