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Geoffrey Cooke, Esq. Joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono as Staff Attorney

Geoffrey L. Cooke, Esq. of Easton, MD, has recently joined the Easton and Salisbury offices of the non-profit Mid-Shore Pro Bono as a staff attorney. Cooke is a previous Mid-Shore Pro Bono volunteer attorney and has spent the last nine years helping clients in family...

Mid-Shore Pro Bono Welcomes New Board Members

Mid-Shore Pro Bono has announced its new Board of Directors members while recognizing the service of a departing Board member. Newly elected are Directors Hillary Lindeman, Clinton Pettus, Ph.D., Rosemary Ramsey Granillo, and Anthony Rodriguez, Esq. Officers...

Advance Directives Workshops Held May 2 Across Mid-Shore

Mid-Shore Pro Bono and the Maryland State Bar Association are hosting free informational sessions for seniors on advance medical directives beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Mon., May 2, at locations in Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Queen Anne’s Counties. Participants...

Meet Austin Graham, Esq., Mid-Shore Pro Bono Intern Alumnus

Austin Graham, Esq. of Easton MD, and now Alexandria, VA, interned with Mid-Shore Pro Bono in 2013 when he was between his first and second years of study at William and Mary Law School. Graham is a 2008 Easton High School graduate and earned a Bachelor of Science...

Laura L. Chafey named Mid-Shore Pro Bono Legal Director

Mid-Shore Pro Bono recently named Laura L. Chafey, Esq. as the non-profit’s Legal Director. Chafey most recently served as Dorchester County’s Assistant State's Attorney, where she gained extensive experience working on legal issues impacting families and children....

Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces promotion, new Administrative Director

Mid-Shore Pro Bono has recently announced Alicia Myers of Queen Anne, Md. has been promoted from Community Outreach Coordinator to Elder Law Case Manager, and Cheryl Lee of Preston, Md. has been hired as the nonprofit’s new Administrative Director. Both are working...

Elliett Earhart named first Sandy Brown Public Interest Intern

Elliett Earhart of Westover, MD, has been named Mid-Shore Pro Bono's first Sandy Brown Public Interest Intern. The paid internship program was established in late 2021 to honor MSPB Past Executive Director Sandy Brown. The donor-funded program provides undergraduate...

Meet Laura L. Chafey, Esq.

Laura L. Chafey, Esq. of St. Michaels, Md. includes her Mid-Shore Pro Bono internship as part of the preparation she received to serve in her current role as Dorchester County’s Assistant States Attorney, a position she’s held since 2015.“I was eager to intern with...

Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces new internship program

Mid-Shore Pro Bono announced a new Sandy Brown Public Interest Internship at a Dec. 2 reception to honor Brown, who is stepping down at the end of December after serving for 13 years as the legal assistance network’s Executive Director. Current Mid-Shore Pro Bono...

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Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton Office Expands, Relocates

Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton office moved to a larger location on December 22, 2022. The new offices are located at 499 Idlewild Ave. and accommodate expanded free legal services for housing and family law. Mid-Shore Pro Bono had operated out of its 8 South West Street...

Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton Office Expands, Relocates

Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton office moved to a larger location on December 22, 2022. Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton office moved to a larger location on December 22, 2022. The new offices are located at 499 Idlewild Ave. and accommodate expanded free legal services for...

Tenants Rights Resource Fair is Dec. 15

Mid-Shore Pro Bono is hosting a Tenant Rights Resource Fair on Thurs., Dec. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with organizations offering housing assistance and learn more...

Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Salisbury Office Expands, Relocates

Recent expansions of services and staff have Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Salisbury office moving to a larger location beginning Nov. 1. The new offices are at 601-B Naylor Mill Rd. to accommodate expanded free legal services for housing and family law. Since 2020, Mid-Shore...

Emily Jenkins Joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono as Housing Fellow

Emily Jenkins of Chester, Md. has recently been named a Maryland Legal Services Corporation Housing Fellow at Mid-Shore Pro Bono, where the third-year University of Baltimore School of Law student works directly with staff attorneys to handle a variety of landlord and...

ShiAnn Steele joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono

ShiAnn Steele of Smyrna, Del., has recently joined the Salisbury office of the non-profit Mid-Shore Pro Bono as the Lower Shore Intake and Outreach Coordinator. In this position, Steele is responsible for initiating services with clients in Wicomico, Worcester, and...

Mid-Shore Pro Bono offers new tenant counsel services

Mid-Shore Pro Bono recently received funding from two grants to help provide access to pro-bono legal services for tenants facing eviction. The program enhances Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s housing justice program, with funding awarded by the Maryland Legal Services...

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