Bell Nunnally’s pro bono program continued its partnership with the Austin Street Center and the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP) to provide a pro bono legal clinic for the shelter’s clients for the third time. The firm’s partnership with the Austin Street Center and DVAP is led by Partner Benjamin L. Riemer, Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Attorneys, including the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee, Partners Riemer and Pro Bono Co-Chair John D. Smart, and Associate Vikram O. Kadiri provided legal counseling to 25 center residents.
For more than 30 years, Austin Street Center has been caring for the most vulnerable homeless men and women of Dallas. They are the largest low barrier shelter in the city with the goal of helping their clients transition from homelessness to independence.
DVAP is a program aimed at training and supporting volunteer attorneys to increase and enhance pro bono legal services to those in need in Dallas. DVAP volunteers provide advice and full representation in a variety of cases including, family, housing, landlord-tenant, real property, consumer, wills, expunctions and non-disclosures, probate and more.
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