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Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Committee
on Pro Bono Services Hosts Outreach Meeting in Hampden County
The Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Services held an outreach meeting at the Western Housing Court in Springfield on September 19. Judges and attorneys discussed pro bono services in Hampden County and statewide, sharing their professional experiences, insights, and best practices with the audience. Members of the bar, judiciary, and students from Western New England College School of Law attended the event to learn about pro bono services and opportunities.
Established in 1999, the Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services works to promote volunteer legal work in Massachusetts to help people of limited means in need of legal representation, in accordance with SJC Rule 6.1.
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Pictured, from left, are three of the speakers: Supreme Judicial Court Justice Francis X. Spina, Committee Member; Attorney Mark Mason of Cooley, Shrair, P.C., President, Massachusetts Bar Association; and, Attorney Paul Rothschild of Bacon & Wilson, P.C., President, Hampden Bar Association
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Seated, left to right: Western Housing Court First Justice William H. Abrashkin; Probate and Family Court Circuit Judge Anne Geoffrion; Justice Spina; Hampden County Probate and Family Court First Justice David Fuller; and Attorney Mary Ryan of Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Committee Chair and Moderator
Standing, left to right: 2005 Adams Pro Bono Publico Award Recipient Attorney Mark Berson of Levy, Winer & Berson, P.C.; Supreme Judicial Court Senior Administrative Attorney Barbara Berenson; Attorney Cristina Elzeneiny, Executive Director, Western Massachusetts Legal Services; Attorney Suzanne Garrow of Heisler Feldman McCormick & Garrow, P.C., 2006 Adams Pro Bono Publico Award winning firm; Attorney Alan Ells, Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers Service of the Massachusetts Justice Project; Western Housing Court Assistant Clerk-Magistrate Jesse Cochin; Attorney Mason; Attorney Rothschild; and Attorney Dorothy Varon, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Matters, MassMutual Financial Group, and Vice President, Women’s Bar Association |
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(Photos were taken by Casey Okamura, a court officer in the Housing Court Department, Western Division).
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