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  • July 01, 2004

    Inside the Bar July 2004: Bar welcomes new pro bono coordinator

    Attorney Jeffery Brown, Madison, joined the State Bar staff as pro bono coordinator in May. The pro bono coordinator works with the Bar's Legal Assistance Committee and the legal community statewide to expand access to programs that provide civil legal services for low-income individuals.

    Inside the Bar
    July 2004

    Bar welcomes new pro bono coordinator

    Attorney Jeffery Brown, Madison, joined the State Bar staff as pro bono coordinator in May. The pro bono coordinator works with the Bar's Legal Assistance Committee and the legal community statewide to expand access to programs that provide civil legal services for low-income individuals. Brown is responsible for recruiting, retaining, and recognizing attorneys and other legal professionals for legal services provided at no or reduced cost to low-income Wisconsin residents.

    The pro bono coordinator also acts as a clearinghouse for successful statewide and national pro bono programs. Brown will implement the Pro Bono Initiative, a statewide coordinated program that will increase pro bono efforts in Wisconsin. The initiative, in collaboration with the judiciary, legal service groups, and the legal profession, improves public access to the legal system, promotes solutions to eliminate barriers to effective access to the civil and criminal justice systems, and increases the availability of pro bono resources.

    "I know that Wisconsin lawyers are committed to increasing access to justice for low-income Wisconsin families," says Brown. "I'm looking forward to working with my fellow Bar members and the larger community to increase the opportunities for turning that commitment into solutions that make a difference in people's lives."

    Brown brings unique experience as a pro bono advocate to the State Bar. He provided legal counsel and pro bono coordination services for civil legal services programs while working for the National Legal Aid & Defender Association in Washington, D.C. He also worked extensively with the American Bar Association Litigation and Business Law sections' pro bono committees. Brown was an in-house attorney with several Wisconsin financial services companies, a volunteer mediator for the Dane County Bar, and was active in the pro bono efforts of the law firms where he practiced in Madison, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C.

    A native of Detroit, Brown received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1989 and joined the Wisconsin Bar in 1997. He is also a member of the Illinois and District of Columbia bars.

    "I encourage Bar members to contact me with questions, suggestions, or comments about pro bono and access to justice issues," says Brown.

    Contact Jeff Brown at (608) 250-6177 or (800) 444-9404, ext. 6177.


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