Volunteer Recognition
Highlighting members that make our ATJ events a success
Arizona Attorneys Respond Free Legal Clinic: Employment Law - February 17
Volunteer attorneys provided free legal consultations to members of the public on Employment Law issues. 17 people signed up. Many of the attorneys went far longer than the 30 minutes offered. Thank you to our volunteers!
Our Volunteers:
Michelle Ganz
Brandi Cowan
Don Johnsen
Matt Norton
Kimberly Eckart
Katya Lancero
D. Tevis Noeltin
Elizabeth Faulkner
Carrie Ryerson
Samantha Blevins
Shifa Alkhatib
Denise Blommel
Maricopa County Veterans StandDown - March 17
State Bar volunteer attorneys consulted with veterans at the actual event and virtually. 116 veterans received free legal consultations and two cases were taken on pro bono. Community Legal Services along with the Maricopa County Public Defenders Office all had attorneys on the scene helping veterans. Check out video from the event.
Our State Bar volunteers include:
Tracy Essig
Seema Patel
May Potenza
Misbah Rashid
Marc Paquette
Jack Brooks
Katherine Kraus
Kareen O'Brien
Jessica Clark
Robin Dugas
Jeff Katz
Jake Lee
Philippe Martinet
Diane Drain
Arizona Attorneys Respond Monthly Free Legal Clinic - Family Law - March 23
Volunteer attorneys participated via Zoom and offered advice on Family Law matters.
10 people received a free consultation.
Our volunteers include:
Laura Oven
Florence Bruemmer
Sally Colton
Ardene Fox
Arizona Attorney Responds: Law Day 2022 Legal clinic
84 people received free legal consultations. Our attorneys helped people from all over the state - even someone in Japan! They helped people file paperwork, find the proper forms and fill them out, respond to orders and much more. Participants were incredibly grateful for the help our attorneys so generously offered.
Thank you to our volunteer attorneys:
- Laura Lawless
- Matt Norton
- Jeff Katz
- Robin Dugas
- Lewis Liebler
- Tracy Essig
- Marc Paquette
- Roman Kostenko
- Thea Gilbert
- Paul Nordini
- Susan Dana-Kobey
- Jill Ann Herman
Wills for Heroes Arizona, Phoenix Fire Department, May 21, 2022
Volunteer lawyers prepared 114 documents for 38 members of the Phoenix Fire Department and their families. Notaries and witnesses also volunteered. This was the first Wills for Heroes Arizona event since COVID hit more than two years ago! Thank you to all the volunteers that made it happen. More events are coming!
Volunteer lawyers:
Krystie Reeves
Marion Madine
Rebecca Elliot
David Estes
Kaitlyn Salmans
Sylvina Cotto
Jennison Cox
Caryl Maniscalco
Austin Thies
Leonard McDaniel
Jennison Weilenmann
Leighton Tyau
Kelsi Lane
Rich Palmatier
Volunteer Notaries:
Adriana Garcia
Mary Beth Ryan
Holly Bowen
Andrea Marshall
Christine Faber
Volunteer Witnesses:
Shayna Maniscalco
Tonia Scruggs
Mikkel Stoevland
Ken Kriske
Maria Magana
Jennifer Elcock
Arizona Attorneys Respond Monthly Legal Clinic: Family Law
Forty-three members of the public received free legal consultations on Family Law matters, August 30. These were virtual consultations. Our volunteer attorneys spent three hours advising some very grateful participants.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Laura Oven
Florence Bruemmer
Roman Kostenko
Patricia Lenzner
Ruby Torres
Chelsea Lynch
Falynn Baum
Pedro Santana
Arizona Attorneys Respond and Glendale's Stand Up for Veterans
Fifty-Seven veterans received free legal consultations on Family Law, Wills and Trusts, Collections, Tax, Bankruptcy, Criminal, Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Veteran Affairs and Civil Litigation matters. These were in-person consultations held at the Arizona Christian University.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Bernard Johnsen
Tracy Essig
Vicki Lopez
John Schill
Mary Hone
Erik Hoyle
Jayme Lehman
Jim Hundman
Mark Romaneski
Kareen O'Brien
Chris Provera
Vince Schiavoni
Mikaela Colby
Colleen Auer
Justin Atkinson
Bradley Baugher
Shadman Hosseini
Yulingxuan Lui
Arizona Attorneys Respond Monthly Legal Clinic: Family Law and Landlord/Tenant
Twenty-One members of the public received free legal consultations on Family Law and Landlord/Tenant Law matters. These were virtual consultations which allowed registrations from members of the public across the state.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Florence Bruemmer
Roman Kostenko
Adam Weisman
Stockton Banfield
Arizona Attorneys Respond Monthly Legal Clinic- Family Law: November 15, 2022
Six members of the public attended and received free legal consultations on Family Law matters. Consultations were held on Zoom which allowed members of the public to register from across the state.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Roman Kostenko
Thea Gilbert
Arizona Attorneys Respond and ABC15- Let Joe Know: Live Phone Bank- December 16, 2022
One hundred twenty-one members of the public called the live phone back hosted by ABC15's-Let Joe Know to speak to volunteer attorneys regarding Landlord/Tenant matters.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Stockton Banfield
Mary Hone
Rich Elley
John Halk
Zalman Zapad
Anthony Clark
Martin Coleman
Arizona Attorneys Respond and ABC15- Let Joe Know: Live Phone Bank- January 18, 2023
One Hundred and Ninety-five members of the public called the live phone back hosted by ABC15's-Let Joe Know to speak to volunteer attorneys regarding Family Law matters
Thank you to our volunteers:
Lauren Bostick
Kareen O'Brien
Brad Crider
Joan Bundy
Susan Pintel
Alane Ortega
Greg Davis
Arizona Attorneys Respond and ABC15- Let Joe Know: Live Phone Bank- February 15, 2023
One Hundred and Eighty-Eight members of the public called the live phone back hosted by ABC15's-Let Joe Know to speak to volunteer attorneys regarding Wills and Trust matters
Thank you to our volunteers:
Bernard Johnsen
Juli DuBerry
David Sessions
Claudia L. Grajeda
Marc Paquette
Amy Dodell
Paul Deloughery
Wills for Heroes Arizona-Maricopa County Sheriff's Office: December 10, 2022
Volunteer lawyers prepared documents for 58 members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and their families. Notaries and witnesses also volunteered. Thank you to all the volunteers that made it happen!
Volunteer lawyers:
Timothy Butterfiel
Kenneth Downey
David Estes
Steven Goldstein
David Keys-Nunes
Joseph Leverence
Marion Madine
Caryl Maniscalco
Joe Napoli
Sarah O'Neill
Samantha Orwoll
Rick Palmatier
Krystie Reeves
Kaitlyn Salmans
Arizona Attorneys Respond and ABC15- Let Joe Know: Live Phone Bank- December 12, 2022
Fifty-Eight members of the public called the live phone back hosted by ABC15's-Let Joe Know to speak to volunteer attorneys regarding Tax matters.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Stephanie L. Brooks
Tracy Essig
Tim Tarter