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Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network presented its annual Excellence Awards on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 in Harrisburg. Several awards were presented recognizing efforts in providing and supporting pro bono service. Below are the video tributes offered to those individuals:

• Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership - a unique collaboration of corporate legal departments, law firms, and the Allegheny County Bar Foundation that was honored for their creative efforts to provide increased legal services to persons of limited means through increased volunteerism of attorneys and paralegals.
  
  
• Wood Street Commons - Legal Team - honors pro bono attorney, Carol A. Gershon, Esq. of Philadelphia who worked with Mark Schwartz, Esq. and Bridget Coyne, Esq. of Regional Housing Legal Services in saving Wood Street Commons in Pittsburgh and preserving affordable housing for people attempting to transition out of homelessness.
  
  
• Susan K. Danforth - the Lancaster County Pro Bono Coordinator for MidPenn Legal Services, is widely regarded as one of the key reasons for the success of pro bono in Lancaster County
  
  
• John K. Moody - a "full-time" volunteer in North Penn Legal Services' Bethlehem office providing disability advocacy and direct services to the low income community

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Participating Organizations:

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Legal Services to the Public Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Pro Bono Center of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation
Philadelphia VIP Pro Bono Legal Services
Philadelphia Bar Association
Dauphin County Bar Association Pro Bono Program
Erie County Bar Association Legal Aid Volunteer Attorneys (LAVA) Program
Lackawanna Pro Bono, Inc.
Pennsylvania IOLTA Board