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This
ad, developed for airing during the 2008 Olympics, lists some of the
challenges facing society – including threats to our legal rights,
natural disasters and domestic violence – and reminds viewers that
lawyers are available to help navigate us through life’s important
moments and to protect our rights. |
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This 30-second ad highlights the contributions attorneys in
Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin make every day by volunteering
their expertise to help build their communities and by working for the
best interests of clients when buying a home or at other important times
in their lives. |
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Attorneys Ellen
Frantz and David Russell, both of La Crosse, volunteer their legal
expertise at free legal clinic sponsored by the La Crosse County Bar
Association.
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Attorney John
McMullen of Tomah counsels homeless veterans at the Tomah Veterans
Administration Hospital.
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Madison attorneys Jennifer Binkley (left)
and Marsha Mansfield help meet the needs of unrepresented family law
litigants at the Dane County Bar Association's Family Law Assistance
Center, created in 2002 by the association's Delivery of Legal Services
Committee.
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Attorneys Don Herrling, Appleton, and Mary Rose Orcutt, Green
Bay, volunteer their legal skills at local nonprofit senior centers
helping the elderly navigate difficult situations.
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Attorney Jessica King (above), one of six lawyers featured for
volunteering their services to children and others in the community,
with a student at the charter school where she created an art and music
program for at-risk high school teens.
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This 30-second television spot – airing December 2005
through March 2006 during Badger basketball games – highlights
lawyers'
community service statewide.
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Milwaukee County Assistant Family Court Commissioner Lucy
Cooper
offers guidance about the court system, provides referrals to volunteer
attorneys
for follow up assistance and other community services, and even offers
up hot
meals several evenings a month at the Milwaukee Outreach Center.
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Milwaukee Municipal Court Judge Derek Mosley is an active
participant in Milwaukee's north-side Latino Community Center, a
unique
youth leadership outreach program that offers troubled teens positive
alternatives
to gangs.
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Attorney Jim Connell, an attorney with Crooks, Lowe &
Connell S.C. in Wausau, is featured in a north woods television spot for
his efforts in providing representation to public defense cases for more
than 25 years.
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Wausau
attorneys Erin (left) and Brynne McBride are featured in a north woods
television spot for founding the Legal Grounds Wisconsin® Coffee
House, which offers assistance to low-income residents with law-related
resources and legal advice.
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This 30-second television spot - airing June 10 - 26, 2005 in
central and northern Wisconsin – highlights lawyers'
community service statewide.
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The La Crosse County Bar Association (LCBA) is featured for its
efforts to provide food to local school-aged children and their
families. The LCBA, which was the first local bar to partner with the
State bar to produce a television spot, provides funds to support
Jim's Grocery Bag to stock food pantries at 11 local schools in
the La Crosse area.
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This 30-second television spot – airing December 2004
through March 2005 during Badger basketball games – highlights
lawyers' community service statewide. |
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These vignettes aired April through September 2004 on WISC-TV3 and
UPN-14 to a potential viewing audience of 645,000. |
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Attorney Michael F. O'Brien is spotlighted for leading the
effort to create the Eau Claire County Bar Association Free Legal
Clinic, which provides general legal information to members of Eau
Claire and surrounding communities.
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Attorney Dan Wood is spotlighted for offering his legal
expertise to help his neighbors when a tornado passed through
Friendship.
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 Attorney John Mitby (second row, center) at
Reddan Soccer Park. Mitby is spotlighted for his guidance in building
Wisconsin's largest soccer-specific facility, attracting more than
1,200 teams and more than 85,000 youth and adult players
annually.
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 Attorney Beth Roney Drennan (right)
is spotlighted for her service to the poor.
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Attorneys Dean Richards (right) and Lance Grady are spotlighted
for their involvement with Delafield's fire department, emergency
medical team, and search and rescue dive time. They have responded to
more than 2,000 calls for help since 1998.
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Attorney Troy Mayne with Hmong family at taping of April
spotlight. Mayne conducted more than 65 free closings for Habitat for
Humanity for low-income families.
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