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2023 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll

The State Bar of Michigan is pleased to publish the 2023 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll. The 2023 Honor Roll recognizes individual attorneys, law firms, and corporations that support access-to-justice efforts by providing pro bono legal services to low-income individuals and families throughout Michigan.

Law firms and corporations that submitted an Honor Roll application and achieved a per-attorney average of 30, 50, or 100+ hours pro bono legal services in 2022, as well as firms and corporations that provided at least 100 cumulative hours of pro bono legal services in 2022, were eligible for recognition on the 2023 Honor Roll.

Individual attorneys who submitted an Honor Roll application and provided 30, 50, or 100+ hours of qualifying pro bono legal services in 2022 were also eligible for recognition on the 2023 Honor Roll.

For the 2023 Honor Roll, more than 40,000 pro bono service hours provided by more than 1,000 Michigan-licensed attorneys in the 2022 calendar year were submitted to the State Bar. While most eligible attorneys wanted to be publicly recognized for their qualifying pro bono service, many attorneys did not wish to be included on the published version of the Honor Roll and submitted their 2022 pro bono service hours for reporting purposes only.

The individual and firm applications for the 2024 Pro Bono Honor Roll, recognizing eligible pro bono service hours provided in the 2023 calendar year, will be available in January 2024. Please visit www.alawyerhelps.org for more information about the Honor Roll and to find pro bono opportunities in your area.

Individual Attorneys & Solo Practitioners

Pro Bono Tier 1

100+ Hours of Service

Bryndan Arnold
Chelsea Mariah Austin
Sabrina Balgamwalla
Callie Barr
Stephanie Blumenau
Barbara Bowman
Charles E Burpee
Michael S Callahan
Megan E Callahan-Krol
Valerie Canter
Christopher Capoccia
Poncé D Clay
Andrew Clopton
Angela Cole
Thomas W Cranmer
Erik R Daly
Shannon C Duggan
Daniel S Elkus
Jailah Emerson
Monique S Eubanks
Parker J Feldman
Bobby Ficklin
Darren Findling
Nina Gavrilovic
Robert Gillett
Alan Gocha
Leo P Goddeyne
Saul A Green
Nazneen S Hasan
Mary A Hennessey
Jamie Hochman Herz
Ieisha Humphrey 
Aimee J Jachym
Sandra Jasinski
Erica L Jilek
Kurt Johnson
Kenneth A Johnson
Jonathan Kirkland
Rochelle E Lento
Marla Linderman Richelew
Thomas W Linn
Christina J Marshall
Michael P McGee
William Mills
Paul J Mooney
Michael Morse
Heidi A Naasko
Melissa L. Neckers
Eric Nicholson
Olayinka Ope
Stephen J Ott
Tyler J Owen
Rick Pacynski
Alexandra S Page
Albert Pak
Samuel L Parks
Nashara AL Peart
Cameron H Piggott
Harold D Pope
Sarah C Reasoner
Amanda Rice
Wendolyn W Richards
Kelly Riegel-Green
John Sier
Khalilah V Spencer
Bridget L Underhill
Stephen J Van Stempvoort
Jane Warkentin
Leighton A Watson
Lori J Zellers
Maria Zografi

 

Pro Bono Tier 2

50–99 Hours of Service

Gerald L Aben
Kelechi Akinbosede
Paul Albarran
Celeste Arduino
Geaneen Arends
Lauren E Babbage
Justin Bagdady
Keith Banka
Paul H Beach
Thomas Behm
Andrew T Blum
Melissa Bridges
James E Brunner
Howard Burdett
Jacob L Carlton
Charlotte G Carne
Huntley M Chamberlain
Abigail J Cote
Jeffrey A Crapko
Rian C Dawson
Daljit S Doogal
A. Joseph Duffy IV
Conor B Dugan
Ashlee Duplessis
Amir E El-Aswad
James P Feeney
Schuyler A Ferguson
Michelle A Freeman
Douglas J Fryer
Gregory Gamalski
Regan Ann Gibson
Erika L Giroux
Rabih Hamawi
Rebecca Haven
Nadine Hessi
Jennifer Hetu
Alise S Hildreth
Steven H Hilfinger
Mark Hills
Ann Hollenbeck
John Holler
Robert Marvin Huff
Noraline Issak
Paul J Janes
Emily Jenks
Lara L Kapalla-Bondi
Livia Khemmoro
Courtney F Kissel
Eric Klein
Jeffrey S Kopp
Melissa Kopriva
Stephen S LaPlante
Mark LeBlanc
Krista L Lenart
Scott R Lesser
Mark Lezotte
Abigail Lynch
Mark J Magyar
Giuliano D Mancini
Anita C Marinelli
Jeffrey May
Patti L McKenney
Raymond J McVeigh
Scott Melton
Francie Novar
Robert C Okonowski
Arthur O'Reilly
David R Padalino
Emily C Palacios
Stephen G Palms
Richard L Perez
Leslie A Pinney
D Andrew Portinga
Angela Quinn
Robert M Riley
Wayne Roberts
E. Carolina Rodriguez-Hatt
Reshma M Sambare
Sarah Schairbaum
Lawrence Schneider
Kimberly L Scott
David LJM Skidmore
Maya Smith
Alexis Smith-Scott
Ronald A Spinner
Stanley J Stek
Thomas J Gezon Tom
Christopher E Tracy
Matthew B Van Dyk
Samantha Van Sumeren
Wei Wang
Bill K Warners
Michael J Watkins
Laura A Weingartner
Aaron D Wiseley
Amanda Zack
Glen Zatz
Mahja D Zeon

 

Pro Bono Tier 3

30–49 Hours of Service

Mark A Aiello
Brad B Arbuckle
Robin W Asher
Jacqueline August
Justin Azar
Elizabeth B Baker
Alan Baldridge
Laura C Baucus
Jennifer Z Belveal
Jaron Bentley
Migladys Bermudez 
John T Brown
Crystal P Bui
Lori A Buiteweg
Alexander Burridge
Shane P Callaghan
Mary Cebula
Richard O Cherry
William Cho
Thomas D Colis
Jason P Colvin
Jason Conti
Peter Conway
Emily Conway
Michael G Cumming
Joseph Cunningham
Eric J. Dalek
Nardeen Dalli
Gregory D DeGrazia
Amy DeNise
Jane Derse Quasarano
Katrina P Desmond
Alexandra Dieck
Zhiguo Du
Lani M Duffy
Matthew Dupree
Christopher M Dutot
Rebecca El Badaoui
Caleb Erbert
Patricia Felix
Courtney E S Fisk
Anthony J Frasca
Julie Gafkay
Manpreet Gill
Gerald J Gleeson
Joshua Goodrich
Jacqueline Gordon
Rebecca L Grove
Jewel M Haji
Jewel Haji Boelstler
Jeffrey Hart
Ashley N Higginson
Scott H Hogan
Danica N Hosaka
Kelly Hwa
Joslyn Iafrate
Michael L Jespersen
Sydney G Johnson
Jeffrey Jones
Alan Kellman
Tyler J Kemper
Paulina Kennedy
William Kohler
Michelle Kolkmeyer
Susan Kornfield
Denise LaFave Smith
Charles Lawler
Ronald C Liscombe
Dennis W Loughlin
Tessa G Mallett
Alexandra Markel
Trevor Mason
George L McCargar III
John T McFarland
Micheal J McFerran
Patrick F McGow
Andrew McInnis
Vanessa L Miller
Thomas T Moga
Philip Moilanen
Serj Mooradian
Michael E Morden
Robert E Murkowski
Gregory Narsh 
Robert Nederhood
Beverley Nettles
Gregory A Nowak
Felicia S O'Connor
Jennifer Oertel
Katherine L Pullen
Jane Derse Quasarano
Charlie Quigg
Rasul M Raheem
Nasseem S Ramin
Badrinath Rao
Stephen T Reaume
Sinéad Redmond
Victoria E Remus
Patricia Ressler-Billion
Joshua J Reuter
Steven A Roach
Richard A Roane
Michael J Roth
Ahmad Sabbagh
Miriam M Saffo
Kimberly Savage
Larry J Saylor
Emily Scholler-Kwolek
Laura H Selzer
Katherine Sharkey
Teresa Sharp
Julianne C Sharp
Paul Sher
Annette Skinner
Brian T Smith
Diane Soubly
James E Spurr
Veronica Stachurski
Guy Sweet
Kenneth P Tableman
Thomas Tallerico
Melissa Tetreau
Kris Thavarajah
Robert P Tiplady
Sheryl L Toby
Michelle Tombro Tracy
Carrie Trimpe
Ryan J Vanover
Peter Veldkamp
Marisa Vinsky
Bryan R Walters
Richard W Warren
Kathryn Wayne-Spindler
Sarah K Willey
Neil Youngdahl
Ashley L Yuill
Carly A Zagaroli

Firms & Corporations

Per-Attorney Hours
Recognition Based on Firm's Per-Attorney Average Hours

Tier 1

50-99 Hours of Pro Bono Service per Attorney Average

Jones Day

Tier 2

30-49 Hours of Pro Bono Legal Services per Attorney Average

Miller Johnson
Gruel Mills Nims and Pylman PLLC
Bodman PLC
Foley & Lardner LLP
Miller Canfield

 

Cumulative Hours
Recognition Based on Firm's Total Hours

Tier 1

4,000-5,999 Total Firm Hours

Bodman PLC
Miller Canfield

Tier 2

2,000-3,999 Total Firm Hours

Dykema
Jones Day
Miller Johnson

Tier 3

100-1,999 Total Firm Hours

Chartier & Nyamfukudza PLC
Foley & Lardner LLP
Gruel Mills Nims and Pylman, PLLC
Kitchen Sharkey PLLC 
Honigman LLP
Nichols, Sacks, Slank, Sendelbach, Buiteweg & Solomon PC
The Probate Pro
Rhoades McKee PC
Varnum LLP
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Young Basile