LEGAL SERVICES/PRO BONO
Profile of Nicole J. Harrell, Kaufman & Canoles PC, Norfolk and list
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Title: Member
Other legal specialties: Intellectual property; data privacy and security
Birthplace: Norfolk
Education: Bachelor’s degree, Hollins College; law degree, University of Baltimore School of Law; MBA, University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business
Spouse: Eley Duke
Children: Parker, 13; and E, 6
First job as a lawyer: Associate at Kaufman & Canoles
Recently read book: “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway
Career mentors: David Delpierre, Scott Seymour, Scott Oostdyk
You are co-chair of the Virginia Bar Association Pro Bono Council. What are some of its projects? The VBA Pro Bono Council seeks to promote greater participation by lawyers in pro bono work. Through its Firms in Service initiative, groups of law firms around the commonwealth seek to tackle specific needs in their communities, including coordination with legal aid providers to cover areas with a high volume of cases, such as uncontested divorce, developing programs for areas emerging concern, such as eviction, and exploring innovative approaches from nontraditional perspectives, such as medical legal partnerships.
What else needs to be done to provide more legal services to underserved groups? If every lawyer in Virginia met the aspirational goal in Rule 6.1 of devoting 2% of professional time to providing pro bono services, we could significantly narrow the justice gap.
Legal Services/Pro Bono list
Gary Bryant
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk
L. Lee Byrd
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond
Tara Casey
University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond
Doris Causey
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc.
Richmond
Steve Dickinson
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc.
Richmond
Jennifer Fulmer
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Fairfax
Nicole J. Harrell
Kaufman & Canoles PC
Norfolk
Brad Jones
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston
Kristi Kelly
Kelly Guzzo PLC
Fairfax
Alton Knighton
Woods Rogers PLC
Roanoke
Nora Mahoney
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Fairfax
Henry W. McLaughlin
The Law Office of Henry McLaughlin PC
Richmond
David Mercer
MercerTrigiani
Alexandria
Robert L. O’Donnell
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk
Marcel Slag
Legal Aid Justice Center
Richmond
James Weinberg
Hirschler
Richmond
John E. Whitfield
Blue Ridge Legal Services Inc.
Harrisonburg
Tameeka M. Williams
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia
Norfolk
Kathleen Wright
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke