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Volunteer Profile: David Dirks, Esq.
After graduating from law school some time ago, I decided to take the Maryland bar exam in February 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic progressed, and we were on lockdown when the results were released – I passed, yet I found myself unsure of how I could transition out of my then-current career into the practice of…
Staff Profile: Thomas Azari
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Rockville, Maryland What brought you to Baltimore? I came to Baltimore for college, and I’m currently finishing up my undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Where did you go to school and what was your major/focus? I major in Political Science with a focus on Law and Justice. I am looking to go…
Volunteer Profile: Nancy Hudes, Esq.
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC is a majority woman-owned firm that is owned and operated by attorneys providing experienced law and non-law professional advice in the emergent and all but exploding space of Environmental Social Governance (ESG). I actually pivoted my practice into the ESG space during the pandemic. That is, I started this new practice…
Volunteer Profile: Fina Santa-Maria
I am originally Cuban. My parents took us out of Cuba in 1960, fleeing from the Cuban Revolution and the lack of freedom that resulted from it. I grew up in Puerto Rico, so my first language is Spanish, but I learned English from about the fourth grade and up. I graduated from the University…
Press Release: Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Among Nine Recipients of Johns Hopkins University Innovation Award to Stabilize Communities in Baltimore
CONTACT: Sharon Goldsmith, Executive Director sgoldsmith@probonomd.org | 443.703.3048 Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Among Nine Recipients of Johns Hopkins University Innovation Award to Stabilize Communities in Baltimore BALTIMORE, MD – Last week, the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland was one of nine recipients of the Johns Hopkins University’s Innovation Fund for…
PBRC in the News: Maryland lawyers anticipate eviction surge but uncertainties remain
Courtroom Advocacy Project (CAP) team members, Director Katherine Davis, Esq., and Staff Attorney Melissa Chiasera, Esq., were quoted in The Daily Record in an article by Eric Neugeboren. The article explains the perspectives of various Maryland legal aid providers on the looming eviction crisis and how they anticipate they will respond in order to…
The Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland’s 22nd Annual Partners for Justice Conference Prioritizes Confronting Barriers to Justice Head On
In an unprecedented year, the barriers confronting low-income and marginalized Marylanders have been laid bare. The long-felt ramifications of the COVID-19 health crisis and the protests for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd’s murder have exposed faults in our justice system and left many questioning where true justice lies in the legal system. The Pro Bono Resource…
Staff Profile: Ky Qureshi
Rawalpindi, Pakistan My parents immigrated to the United States. I don’t know why they chose Maryland out of all the states, but everything happens for a reason… I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 2018 from The University of Baltimore. I continued my education at The University of Baltimore and…
Staff Profile: Nataly Karimi
Dallas, Texas. After completing my university degree and a year-long stint as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Syracuse, NY, I received my first job opportunity in Baltimore. Despite having only lived here for two years (one of those during a pandemic), it already feels like home. I attended George Washington University and received a B.A.…
Volunteer Profile: Phil Hanlon, Esq.
I retired full-time in 2015 after 45 years involved in business enterprises. I never practiced law full-time. At retirement I was fortunate to join the Law Firm of Silverman Thompson Slutkin and White, as Of Counsel, intending to work in part-time capacity. It has been a great relationship of taking on various legal assignments as…