Maryland Pro Bono Service Awards
These statewide awards, presented each year by the Pro Bono Resource Center, represent some of the very best examples of pro bono service from individuals and the judiciary as well as pro bono programs, corporate governmental legal departments, and non-legal entities serving the legal field. Here are the recipients from previous years:
2010 Maryland Pro Bono Service Award Recipients
Individual Award
Alexandra Drobnick, Esq.
John David Gabel, Esq.
Thomas X. Glancy, Esq.
Christopher Vaughn, Esq.
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Melody Tagliaferri Cronin, Esq.
Lee Caplan Memorial Award
Sayra Wells Meyerhoff, Esq.
Distinguished Service Award
Constance Putzel, Esq.
Law Firm Award
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Joan Bellistri
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Government/Corporate Law Department Award
Robert C. Cain, II, Esq.
Non-legal Award
Carla Reeves
2009
Individual
Kelly Tubman Hardy
Todd Chase
Alison Velez Lane
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Michael W. Siri
Bowie & Jensen, LLC
Lee Caplan Memorial Award
Michael J. Belsky
Law Offices of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A.
Law Firm
Jennings & Treff
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Pro Bono Family Law Clinic -
Barbara Jorgenson and the law firm of
Joseph, Greenwald and Laake, P.A.
Non-legal
Priority Process Servers - Michael Daigneault
2008
Individual awards
Ellen D. Marcus, Esq.
Matthew G. Summers, Esq.
Mark J. Shmueli, Esq.
Emily T. Wright, Esq.
Alex Fee Memorial
Jason C. Hessler, Esq.
Herbert S. Garten Special Project
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Baltimore County Department of Social Services
Kinship Care Resource Manual
Judiciary
The Hon. Julia B. Weatherly
Pro Bono Program
Jewish Legal Services
Non-legal Organizational Involvement
Prince George's County Bar Association
Winifred C. Borden
2007
Individual awards
Kathleen T. Bailey
Carl J. Clayton
Doug R. M. Nazarian
Andrew R. Strait
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Hilary Baldwin Ruley
Lee A. Caplan Award
Joshua R. Treem
Judiciary
Judge Karen A. Murphy Jensen
Pro Bono Program
Mid Shore Pro Bono Project
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Miles & Stockbridge PC - Domestic Violence Pro Bono Program
Legal Aid Ministry of Baltimore
Government or Corporate Legal Department
State of Maryland - Office of the Public Defender
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
E. Duane Smith
2006
Individual awards
Anu B. Kemet
Ann Baer Cogan
Sharvari-Dalal Dheini
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Youshea A. Berry
Judiciary
Judges of the Carroll County Circuit Court
Law Firm
Saul Ewing LLP
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Reese & Carney LLP
2005
Individual awards
F. William DuBois, III
John P. Evans
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Linda J. Springrose
Lee A. Caplan Award
Francis J. Gorman
Pro Bono Program
Community Law Center, Inc.
Civil Justice Network, Inc.
Law Firm
Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Project HEAL
2004
Individual awards
Michael A. Pretl
David L. McGill
Michael Hecht
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Susan M. Euteneuer
Lee A. Caplan Award
Hillary Galloway Davis
Pro Bono Program
Trial Lawyers Care
Law Firm
King & Spalding LLP
Government or Corporate Legal Department
MD Attorney General's Office
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Cathy Miller
2003
Individual awards
Michael C. Hickey
Charles Balint
Kathleen A. Ellis
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Stephanie Ketchum
Lee A. Caplan Award
Stephen J. Nolan
Pro Bono Program
The Law Foundation of Pr George's County, Inc. - Latino Legal Access Project
Law Firm
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
2002
Individual awards
Ward B. Coe, III
Young Song
Alex Fee Memorial Award
Terri Ann Lowery
Judiciary
Hon. William D. Missouri
Pro Bono Program
Women's Law Center of MD
Law Firm
DLA Piper Rudnick, LLP
Government or Corporate Legal Department
Somerset County Welfare to Work Program
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Hon. Deborah S. Eyler
James L. Thompson
Pamela J. White
2001
Individual awards
Emily Vaias
Frank Mastro
Stephen Sachs
Lee A. Caplan Award
Carl R. Gold
Judiciary
Judges of U.S. Bank. Court for the District of MD
Pro Bono Program
University of Baltimore School of Law Clinical Programs
Law Firm
Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Stanley S. Herr
Government or Corporate Legal Department
Family Services Program - Administrative Offices of the Courts
2000
Individual awards
Cathy Hollenberg Serette
Douglas M. Bregman
Lee A. Caplan
Judiciary
Judge Deborah S. Byrnes
Pro Bono Program
The Law Foundation of Prince George's County, Inc.
Law Firm
Hogan and Hartson, LLP
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Michael Daigneault of Priority Process
1999
Individual awards
Jeffrey Liss & William Crowley
Lee Sachs
Daniel Schmitt
Law Firm
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
MICPEL
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Beverly Mondin Vander Haar
1998
Individual awards
Cynthia Fenimore
Mary Anna Donohoe
Bryan A. Bishop
Judiciary
Circuit Court for Baltimore County
Pro Bono Program
Bruce David Blum, Family Law Clinic
Law Firm
Stark & Keenan, P.A.
Venable, Baetjer & Howard Tax Section Clinic
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Salomon Reporting Services
1997
Individual awards
James F. Gilligan
Mark Kopec
Sylvia Quinton
David Wasserman
Judiciary
Hon. William O. Carr
Law Firm
Armitage & Armitage
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Weinberg & Green, LLC & Law Office of Matthew Ruble - AIDS Housing Project
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Art Miller & Associates
1996
Individual awards
John H. Price, Jr.
Craig F. Ballew
Linda S. Spevack
Judiciary
Hon. J. Frederick Sharer
Pro Bono Program
House of Ruth Domestic Violence Legal Clinic
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Legal Forms Helpline - Women's Law Center
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Joe Dishman, At Your Service Process Service
Margaret Kahlor, Rent Court Video
1995
Individual awards
David V. Diggs
Thomas J. Mulrenin
Scott B. Baron
Pro Bono Program
Harford County Bar Foundation
Law Firm
Goldstein & Baron
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
MVLS
Pro Bono Earned Income Credit Project (MSBA Section on Tax)
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
MD Hispanic Bar Association
1994
Individual awards
Michele LaRocca
Lane M. Terwilliger
Sean W. Glynn
Pro Bono Program
Bar Association of Baltimore City Legal Services to the Elderly Program
Law Firm
Gallagher, Evelius & Jones
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Mid-Shore Council on Family Domestic Violence Legal Advocacy Program
1993
Individual awards
Suzanne Kirby Welch
Thomas C. Dane
Judith Wolfer
Judiciary
Hon. Alan J. Karlin
Pro Bono Program
Wicomico County Bar Association
Law Firm
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Women's Law Center's Family Law Hotline
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
The Daily Record
1992
Individual awards
Mitchell Y. Mirviss
Edward J. O'Connor, Jr.
Andrew Gendron
Judiciary
Hon. Robert B. Watts
Pro Bono Program
Charles County Bar Association Pro Bono Program
Law Firm
Hogan & Hartson
Herbert S. Garten Special Project Award
Public Justice Center's Tenant Advocacy Project
Government or Corporate Legal Department
Office of the Public Defender for Montgomery County
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
TCI Cablevision of Annapolis
video production of "Victims No More: Emergency Relief in MD Courts for Victims of Domestic Violence"
1991
Individual awards
Frederick A. Balkin
Margaret Maupin
Michael Gerace
Pro Bono Program
Homeless Persons Representation Project
Law Firm
Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker
Government or Corporate Legal Department
Office of the Attorney General
Non-Legal or Organizational Involvement
Mead Data Central's Pro Bono Partnership
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