Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Board of Directors has recently announced Sandy Brown is stepping down after serving as the nonprofit legal assistance organization’s longest-standing Executive Director for the last 13 years. “Every organization’s natural evolution is for the...
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Meredith Girard named Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive Director
Meredith Girard named Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive DirectorMid-Shore Pro Bono’s Board of Directors recently announced Meredith Lathbury Girard will serve as the non-profit’s Executive Director. Girard currently serves as Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Managing Attorney and will...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono recognizes top volunteer attorneys
Mid-Shore Pro Bono joined the Oct. 24-30 National Celebration of Pro Bono by recognizing its volunteer attorneys for their work providing access to legal representation for civil matters and the public good. The nonprofit hosted an Oct. 27 outdoor reception at Legal...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono looking for help providing equal access to civil justice for all
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is launching a call to action to help with the influx of civil legal needs. The nonprofit offers free legal services up and down the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They’ve worked hand in hand with the Attorney Generals’ Covid-19 access to justice task...
The Daily Record – MD Lawyers anticipate eviction surge but uncertainties remain
Attorneys who represent tenants across Maryland are bracing for a surge of evictions in the coming weeks, saying it’s unclear whether rental assistance programs or the lingering slowdown in the state’s courts will stave off many of those proceedings.Read the full...
MSPB Participates in Pro Bono Call to Action
COVID-19 created a health, economic, and civil justice crisis. As attorneys, YOU can help abate that crisis. The Maryland Attorney General, Maryland Judiciary, Maryland State Bar Association, and Maryland Access to Justice Commission are proud to join forces to...
Derek Hills of Easton receives 2021 Maryland Pro Bono Service Award Lee A. Caplan Award
EASTON — Local attorney, Derek Hills received the Lee A. Caplan Award this month at the MSBA Legal Summit. Nominated by Mid-Shore Pro Bono, Hills was chosen for the Caplan Award — an award geared toward a solo or small firm practitioner who has rendered pro bono...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Elects New Officers and Welcomes New 2021 Board Members
EASTON, MD – June 2021 – Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB), a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free or reduced fee legal services to eligible community members, today announced the addition of four new board members, Ruth Thomas of Preston,...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Recruiting New Board Members to Make a Difference in the Community
EASTON, MD – April 2021 – Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB), a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free access to legal services to low-income community members, today announced its search for new MSPB board members to expand the...
The Talbot Spy – Mid-Shore Pro Bono Launches Life Planning For All Initiative Video
Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) launched today ‘Life Planning For All,’ an initiative to assist local families with legal, financial, and health care directives at no charge - read the full press release on the Talbot spy. Contact us to fill out an intake form or call the...
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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...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive Director Sandy Brown to step down
Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Board of Directors has recently announced Sandy Brown is stepping down after serving as the nonprofit legal assistance organization’s longest-standing Executive Director for the last 13 years. “Every organization’s natural evolution is for the...
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