| The Erie County
Bar Association and Northwestern Legal Services selected
Attorney Jim Richardson as the 2004 Pro Bono Attorney of the
Year for his dedicated service to the Legal Aid Volunteer
Attorney (LAVA) Program. Richardson contributed 46 hours of
pro bono representation as part of LAVA during the previous
year, and he has been very active in the LAVA program since
it began in 1982, taking 28 pro bono cases and donating 144
hours of pro bono representation and counsel during that
time. Attorney Richardson served on the Board of Directors
of Northwestern Legal Services from 1982 to 1992, and as
president of that board from 1988 through 1991, helping to
create the LAVA program as we know it today. |
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