Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Announces 2012 Excellence Award Recipients

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network is proud to announce the recipients of its 2012 Excellence Awards.

The list includes a variety of civil legal aid professionals and friends of civil legal aid across Pennsylvania who are being recognized for their efforts in support of the clients served by the civil legal programs of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network.

Individuals selected to receive the 2012 PLAN Excellence Award include:

• Mary K. Austin, Esq.
  Associate Counsel to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health System of Pittsburgh
   
• Carolyn L. Carter, Esq.
  Deputy Director of Advocacy for the National Consumer Law Center
   
• Francesca Chervenak, Esq.
  Managing Attorney of the Pittsburgh office of the Pennsylvania Health Law Project.
   
• Wayne Jacobs 
  Co-founder and Executive Director of X-Offenders for Community Empowerment (XCE), a North Philadelphia based organization which works to remove legal barriers faced by formerly convicted individuals.
   
• Minta Livengood
  Client representative serving on the Board of Directors of Laurel Legal Services and is the President-Elect of that organization.
   
• Suzanne Noble, Esq.
  Staff Attorney for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
   
• Robert A. Oakley, Esq. 
  Executive Director of Northwestern Legal Services.
   
• Irwin L. Trauss, Esq.
  Supervising Attorney of the Consumer Housing Unit of Philadelphia Legal Assistance.
   
• Pamela Walz, Esq.
  Supervising Attorney for Community Legal Services and is the co-head of the CLS Aging and Disabilities Unit.
   
• Laurie Yurejefcic
  Paralegal in the Lebanon office of MidPenn Legal Services.

The 2012 Excellence Awards will be presented at the annual awards dinner on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers.

The featured speaker for the event will be the Honorable John E. Jones, III, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Judge Jones is well known and respected nationally for his stance on the importance of judicial independence, and is a long supporter of civil legal aid and pro bono efforts.

A social hour will take place from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, followed by a buffet dinner. Cost for the dinner is $50 per person. Dinner reservations may be made and paid for online at the link below. VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover are all accepted by the online reservation system.

PLAN, Inc. is accepting event sponsorships and advertisements for the event program. Sponsorships and advertising may be submitted and paid for at the link below. For more information about sponsorship and advertising opportunities please contact Christine Kirby at ckirby@palegalaid.net or 412-586-6137.

Online Dinner Reservations and Sponsorship/Advertising Opportunities
Advertising and Sponsorship Information [PDF]

About the 2012 Excellence Award Recipients