Assistance Needed

We currently have clients who need assistance with the following matters: URGENT: 2 Child Support Cases – both have 2/28/11 court dates 2 Uncontested Custody Cases 2 Contested Divorce Cases 1 Contested Visitation Case 1 Consumer Case  1 Bankruptcy Case 1 Employment Case If you can help with one of these please contact Alison at atrefry@vlpmadisoncounty.com or 256-539-9324.

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Women's Committee Clinic

The Women’s Committee for the Huntsville Madison County Bar Association is staffing a legal clinic for the Lilies of the Valley ovarian cancer support group. The Clinic will be March 3, 2011 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Lanier Ford. Please contact Casey Cogburn at ccogburn@halllawpractice.com for more information. Thank you to the Women’s Committee […]

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HYL to host fundraiser for VLP

The Huntsville Young Lawyers are “hosting” a CLE event to help raise money to support the VLP. On February 28, Shannon Lisenby, a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Birmingham, will speak on the topic of “Board of Director Ethics & Responsibility”. The event will provide 1 hour of Ethics CLE credit and will be […]

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Pro Se Uncontested Divorce Clinic a Continued Success!

The MCVLP is proud to announce that our second Pro Se Uncontested Divorce Clinic was a huge success! A last minute venue change (the result of a broken air-conditioner at the law library and the hospitable staff of the Children’s Advocacy Center) did not deter six dedicated volunteer attorneys from providing pro bono legal assistance […]

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Young Lawyers Phonathon adds 28 to MCVLP enrollment.

On April 7 , the State Bar Young Lawyers group, led by Bob Bailey of Lanier Ford, held a phonathon enrollment drive to encourage the young lawyers in the Madison County Bar Association to join the MCVLP.  The Young Lawyers’ work paid off, and 28 new attorneys enrolled in the MCVLP, bringing the total enrollment […]

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MCVLP Article in State Bar Addendum

The State Bar recently recognized the progress of the Madison County Volunteer Lawyers Program in this article in the Addendum: http://www.alabar.org/publications/addendum_articles/february10/textonly Please check out the article, and remember to thank the members of the Pro Bono Task Force the next time you see them!

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