For attorney Dan Keating, giving his time to help Community Legal Aid clients just makes sense.
“I mostly volunteer in the area of probate,” he said. “I’ve seen that so many people don’t have a will. It’s easy for me and helpful for them.”
Niles resident Keating has been part of Community Legal Aid’s pro bono program for more than a decade. During that time, he’s handled more than 120 cases.
His service to the organization is so meaningful that our Volunteer Legal Services Program team selected him as the Trumbull County Volunteer of the Year for 2024.
In 2024, we honored several other attorneys as our Volunteers of the Year: Michele Sherrin (Medina), Rosemary Rubin (Stark), Marquita Thatcher (Summit), Timothy R. Thomas (Portage), Richard Schwartz (Mahoning) and Monica Miyashita (Wayne).
We are also grateful for corporate legal partners such as Goodyear, FirstEnergy and Brennan Manna Diamond for their pro bono work for our clients.
“We can't do the work we do without the attorneys who take part in our Volunteer Legal Services Program,” said Elsa Reale-Gottfried, the managing attorney who oversees the program. “Whether they took one case or 10, we are so thankful to them for sharing their time to help our clients.”
The need for legal services for low-income people is great, and we are always in need of more pro bono volunteer attorneys.