Volunteer Recognition

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