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Yesterday’s fifth annual Charlotte Triage Pro Bono Partnership event was a huge success. Attorneys and leaders from corporations, law firms, legal aid groups and other public-interest organizations gathered together to further strengthen this partnership, which brings together all sectors of the city’s legal community to address the critical legal needs of Charlotte’s most vulnerable residents.
We would like to extend special thanks to the leaders of the partnership:
- Bank of America
- Duke Energy
- Husqvarna
- McGuireWoods
- Moore & Van Allen
- Wells Fargo
And to our partners on the housing/eviction team:
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Greg Volk from Bank of America
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Mark Kinghorn from McGuireWoods
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Nader Raja from Moore & Van Allen
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Paul Osowski from Nelson Mullins
Ashley Campbell, CEO of Legal Aid of North Carolina, was a speaker at the event. Other speakers were:
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Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Duke Energy
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Kieth Cockrell, President, Bank of America Charlotte
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Mark K. Metz, Deputy General Counsel, Wells Fargo
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Toussaint Romain, CEO, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
O’Shauna Hunter, head of our Charlotte office’s housing unit, and Casey Burke, joint pro bono coordinator for our Charlotte office and Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, are members of the Charlotte Triage Task Force. Other members are:
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Sarah Byrne, Senior Counsel, Moore & Van Allen
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Alex Castle, Deputy General Counsel, Duke Energy
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John Grupp, VP Americas, Deputy General Counsel, Arrival
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Stephanie Gryder, Senior Manager of Diversity & Community Initiatives, Moore & Van Allen
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Mandy Schuller, Legal Department, Wells Fargo
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Todd Stillerman, Associate General Counsel, Wells Fargo
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Joanna Wade, Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Bank of America
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Angie Zimmern, Counsel and Pro Bono Director, McGuireWoods
Isaac Sturgill, head of our Housing Practice Group, and Thomas Holderness, supervising attorney in our Charlotte office’s housing unit, prepared a virtual CLE program on representing tenants facing eviction, which was screened at the event.
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