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McGuireWoods and Charlotte partner Mark Kinghorn received awards for pro bono service during the Mecklenburg County Bar Association’s annual meeting May 21, 2024, in Charlotte. The Council for Children’s Rights, an advocacy and legal services program for at-risk children, honored McGuireWoods as its Outstanding Law Firm. McGuireWoods has a longstanding relationship with the Council for Children’s Rights, one of the largest beneficiaries of pro bono services in the Charlotte area. The …

The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center inducted 32 McGuireWoods lawyers into its 2021 North Carolina Attorney Pro Bono Honor Society. Each lawyer reported completing 50 or more hours of pro bono legal service last year, meeting the aspirational threshold set by the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct.The resource center also began collecting information on paralegals’ pro bono contributions. McGuireWoods was one of nine firms recognized for batch-reporting on behalf of their …

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In celebration of Pro Bono Month, McGuireWoods’ Charlotte office partnered with U.S. Bank and the NC Pro Bono Resource Center on Oct. 7, 2020, for CLE training and a virtual driver’s license restoration clinic. Twenty-two volunteers from McGuireWoods and U.S. Bank worked in teams via Zoom and in person to screen records and advise dozens of low-income clients whose driver’s licenses were suspended due to their inability to pay …

… Triage’s progress expanding access to legal services for those most in need,” added J. Tracy Walker IV, McGuireWoods’ managing partner. “It is especially rewarding to collaborate with valued clients whose contributions are essential to the project’s success.” “It is a privilege to work with talented, community-minded attorneys from law firms and corporate legal departments who are passionate about serving their neighbors in need,” said McGuireWoods partner Mark Kinghorn, a co-coordinator …

… contributions are essential to the project’s success.”The national PBI honor is the latest recognition Charlotte Triage has earned for pro bono service. The Mecklenburg County Bar presented Charlotte Triage with its “Collaborative Pro Bono Project Award” in 2019 and the North Carolina State Bar will honor Charlotte Triage with its “Outstanding Pro Bono Collaborative Service” award later this year. PBI invited Charlotte Triage leaders to lead a panel, “Building a Second Ring …

The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center inducted 32 McGuireWoods lawyers into its 2019 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. According to the PBRC, these lawyers each provided 50 or more hours of pro bono legal services in 2019, thus meeting the aspirational threshold set by the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. The full list of 2019 inductees included 520 lawyers who provided pro bono legal services to North Carolinians living in poverty. Each …

… assistant general counsel Todd Stillerman; McGuireWoods senior counsel Angie Zimmern, who co-coordinates pro bono efforts for the Charlotte office; representatives from Duke Energy, Husqvarna, Wells Fargo, and Moore & Van Allen; and members of Legal Aid of North Carolina-Charlotte and Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy.The Sept. 5 kickoff event included remarks from Leitch, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Duke Energy vice president and chief litigation officer Vijay Bondada, and Jim Sandman, president of …