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Community Builder
Texas C-BAR partners with an extraordinary group of dedicated attorneys, corporate legal departments, and law firms to help nonprofits and small businesses accomplish their goals. Our Community Builder of the Month feature highlights volunteer accomplishments on a monthly basis. Thank you for helping us to improve Texas communities.
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
July Community Builder
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., one of Texas C-BAR's founding volunteer law firms, has been a go-to
source of committed and excellent legal assistance to both Texas C-BAR and our nonprofit clients for the last seven years.
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ExxonMobil
May Community Builder
“Microentreprenuers have varied legal needs, but one of the most commonly unmet areas of need is in the realm of intellectual property,” explained LAMP staff attorney, Andrea Beleno. Because she had little knowledge in this area of the law, Beleno needed a mentor to give a thorough introduction. Darryl Tyus of ExxonMobil, provided the introductory orientation on intellectual property law, focusing especially on patent law, along with specific assistance to a low-income client.
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Baker Botts L.L.P.
April Community Builder
"It is important to our firm to have pro bono opportunities that are within the interest and related to the experience of our transactional lawyers, and indeed that can expand their experience,” explained Gerald Spedale of Baker Botts L.L.P.. Baker Botts was one of the first law firms to volunteer their services through Texas C-BAR when it was first begun seven years ago. They have continued this practice of community consciousness and in the last five years have taken on at least seventeen new cases a year.
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AMD
March Community Builder
This month, Texas C-BAR recognized exemplary legal work by Katy Wells and AMD that provided critical assistance to the Hays-Caldwell Women's Center. “This effort could very well have saved lives by maintaining the confidentiality of our location,” Marla R. Johnson, Executive Director of Hays-Caldwell Women's Center explained after the matter was concluded.
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Vinson & Elkins LLP
February Community Builder
The volunteer attorneys of Vinson & Elkins “have assisted us greatly,” said Consuella
Johnson of Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, Inc., a Houston nonprofit. Fifth Ward Enrichment Program strives to
empower boys of the Fifth Ward, one of Houston’s most economically distressed neighborhoods, to become responsible
men and productive members of their families and community.
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
January Community Builder
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, one of Texas C-BAR’s newest volunteer law firms, has
demonstrated stellar dedication to Texas nonprofits, accepting 10 matters during the six months they’ve
partnered with Texas C-BAR.
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