Sometimes, all it takes is a helping hand to make a huge difference in a person's life -- for example, documenting a homeless woman's income so that she can qualify for benefits that will get her off the street. The same goes for organizations. When the Homeless Persons Representation Project in Baltimore was between executive directors and its board of directors needed help finding a new leader, it turned to the Maryland Legal Services Corp., one of its major funders.
The story of how Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann LLP came to be honored last month for its pro bono work with military veterans begins with an email. Craig B. Merkle read a story two years ago in The Daily Record about lawyers helping veterans obtain benefits through a program based at the Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc. Merkle is a partner in the Baltimore firm, the son of a veteran and nephew of a retired military man.
Ask anyone at the Homeless Persons Representation Project who has met Antonia Fasanelli to describe her, and the first word you will hear is "energetic." This will quickly be followed by any combination of the words "passionate," "dedicated" and "experienced. It is no secret that the HPRP staff, which has been without an official director since March, is looking forward to Fasanelli's first day as director on Dec. 3.
It was always going to be an uphill task. Wiping out homelessness in Maryland is a pretty tall order by any standard, and for the last 14 years J. Peter Sabonis has done his best.
The David v. Goliath model wasn't lost on two small, public interest law firms when last spring they decided to file a lawsuit against the state for dragging its feet on delivering food stamps and medical benefits to thousands of low-income Marylanders. So the Baltimore nonprofits -- the Public Justice Center and the Homeless Persons Representation Project -- enlisted some help to level the playing field: the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, and Kirkland & Ellis, a 1,500-lawyer firm with offices around the world (which signed on pro bono).
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston announced that Frederick "Fred" Singley Koontz, a partner in the firm's estates and trusts section, was recently honored by ACTION IN MATURITY (AIM) at the organization's 35th anniversary event. AIM, a nonprofit with a mission to sustain senior mobility and engagement in the community, recognized Koontz for his invaluable work as chair and a 20-year member of their board of directors. Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke presented Koontz with the first Champion for the Aging Award. Matthew G. Summers, an associate in the Baltimore office of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, has been elected to the board of the Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc. The Homeless Persons Representation Project provides direct legal counsel to those in need. Attorneys with th...
Day laborers in Baltimore yesterday increased the pressure on politicians and employers alike in an effort to improve pay and working conditions. Gathering in the largely Hispanic neighborhood of Upper Fells Point, advocacy group CASA of Maryland, in partnership with the city's Homeless Persons Representation Project, launched a new report calling for stricter enforcement of workers' rights and a code of conduct for employers.
While attorneys know they have an ethical responsibility to serve the public -- most notably, to help fellow citizens who can't afford a lawyer with critical legal problems -- the reality is that many don't perform their pro bono duty. People have lots of excuses -- and some are justified," said University of Maryland law professor Douglas L. Colbert, who has written extensively about the profession's ethical responsibilities.
...Brown Realty, Inc. is helping the Homeless Persons Representation Project in its search for n...
Homeless man sues A homeless man who sought state disability assistance but was denied because of a funding freeze triggered by the state's fiscal problems has filed suit in Baltimore City Circuit Court, representing himself and approximately 8,300 other destitute and disabled Marylanders. Gustav Ketchersid seeks a temporary restraining order to halt the freeze and require the state to pay him and other applicants. Ketchersid, a former laborer, is represented by the nonprofit Homeless Persons Representation Project.
While a wide abyss may separate the theoretical from the practical in some areas of the law, that's not the case at the University of Baltimore's Center on Applied Feminism, which keeps its feet firmly planted on the ground. This center is an attempt to be a bridge between theory and practice -- to bring insights from feminist legal theory into the work we do for clients and to bring things we see happening on the ground to inform legal theory," said center co-director Michele Gilman. "Or, as we like to say, from the ground to the ivory tower and back.
... Legal Aid, the House of Ruth and the Homeless Persons Representation Project," said Gilman, who ...
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