Â鶹ֱ²¥’s Detroit office and 18 of its attorneys have been named to the State Bar of Michigan’s 2020 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll.
The honor roll recognizes individual attorneys, solo practitioners, law firms and corporations that support access-to-justice efforts by providing pro bono legal services to low-income individuals and families throughout Michigan.
Law firms that achieved a per-attorney average of 30, 50, or 100+ hours of qualifying pro bono legal services in 2019 were eligible for inclusion on the list, as were individual attorneys who provided 30, 50, or 100+ hours of qualifying pro bono services last year.
The Detroit office was one of five firms included in Tier 2, which honors those that contributed 30 to 49 hours of pro bono legal services per attorney in 2019.
The attorneys named to Tier 1, which honors those who contributed 100+ hours of pro bono services last year, are:
Jennifer Z. Belveal
Christopher R. Boll
Christopher V. Burtley
Maxwell A. Czerniawski
The attorneys named to Tier 2, which honors those who contributed between 50 and 99 hours of pro bono services in 2019, are:
Michael L. Jespersen
Leslie A. Pinney
The attorneys named to Tier 3, which honors those who contributed 30 to 49 hours of pro bono services last year, are:
Mark A. Aiello
John Birmingham
Jacqueline Hayduk
Jeffrey S. Kopp
Bradley M. Krul
Gjina Lucaj
Vanessa L. Miller
Robert C. Okonowski
Philip B. Phillips
Christopher R. Struble
John R. Trentacosta
Ryan C. Watkins*
*Now in the Houston office
