NOVEMBER 11, 2015
The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation expands
public access to the justice system in central Virginia
by facilitating the delivery of pro bono legal services
and service projects.
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Matches nonprofit organizations to volunteer attorneys
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Helps create a stronger community
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With a virtual law firm of 350 attorneys from 75 different
firms, the Clearinghouse connects the nonprofit
community to a pro bono volunteer who can assist with
that specific need.
Giving Good Advice
To Those Doing Good
Since 2001, we have matched 530 nonprofit organizations to
our volunteer attorneys, and resolved over 1,000 legal
transactions, including:
o Employment Matters
o Lease Negotiations
o Bylaw & Articles of Incorporation
o Merger Assistance
o Liability Protection
o Trademark & Copyright Issues
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We help nonprofit organizations invest dollars in
charitable missions, instead of in legal fees.
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With over $2.5 million in legal services provided pro bono
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We have helped 530 nonprofit organizations, like
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Southside Child Development Center
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Armed Services Arts Partnership
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Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence
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Heart Havens
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Phyllis C. Katz
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Recently retired Shareholder and member of the Local
Government and Employment groups at Sands Anderson
Over 30 years experience representing and advising clients
in employment law issues
Served as County Attorney for Brunswick, Dinwiddie, New
Kent and Powhatan Counties
Prior to Sands Anderson, served as General Counsel to
William & Mary, to Mary Washington University and the
Virginia Department of Education
Led the Virginia Department of Employee Relations
Counselors, with appointments by three Governors.
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Phyllis has served as a volunteer and champion for the
nonprofit sector since her early career.
She has spent decades serving on various Board of Directors
of nonprofit organizations, including:
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Phyllis C. Katz
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Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)
Institute of Philanthropy, University of Richmond School
of Continuing Studies
Commonwealth Catholic Charities
American Cancer Society
YWCA of Richmond
After her own fight with cancer, Phyllis co-founded the
nonprofit Legal Information Network for Cancer (LINC) to
help those battling for their lives easily connect to lawyers to
handle the legal issues.
Some of Phyllis Katz’ other recognitions and honors:
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YWCA, Outstanding Women (1994)
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Richmond Bar Association, Pro Bono Publico Award (2000)
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Phyllis C. Katz
Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association, Woman of
Achievement (2004)
Virginia State Bar, Lewis B. Powell, Jr. Pro Bono Award
(2008)
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Virginia Law Foundation Fellow, Class of 2009
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Virginia Lawyer Weekly, Influential Women of Virginia (2015)
Since 2014, we have partnered with the Virginia Bar
Association to manage a Veteran’s legal case
placement process. Connecting Veterans, service
members and their families to pro bono attorneys.
Today, we honor three attorneys who have shown great initiative,
determination and leadership in creating organized opportunities for the
legal community to serve our Veterans.
Robert J. Barrett (“Bob”)
Matthew A. Kapinos (“Matt”)
Heather H. Lockerman
Congratulations for becoming the first recipients of the
George H. Hettrick Leadership Award
“Whenever we reach out to help someone else, to
provide our talent, our skills, to another human being
who needs it, and we do that without expectation of
anything in return, we grow spiritually. And for that, we
are better people.”
—Hunton & Williams Pro Bono Partner George Hettrick when
he accepted the American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award
for Pro Bono Service
This year, GRBF created and named this Leadership award
after George H. Hettrick to honor all his work in the pro
bono service arena. Some highlights of his contributions:
 Created a pro bono office for Hunton Williams in Church
Hill, Charlottesville and Atlanta.
 Created Pro Bono associate positions to assist Legal Aid.
 Led Hunton & Williams to surpass the Pro Bono
Challenge of 3% of professional hours of the entire firm
as pro bono, including having years of 100% participation
 Founding member and Past President of the Greater
Richmond Bar Foundation
Robert J. Barrett (“Bob”)
 Assistant General Counsel with Suez
Treatment Solutions North America
 Graduate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point
 Served as Army Infantry Captain with
over five years of active duty
 Co-creator of the Veterans Initiative
program of the VBA
 Tireless advocate for creation of Veterans
Court
Matthew A. Kapinos (“Matt”)
 McGuireWoods attorney on Energy team
 Graduate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point
 Served in U.S. Army in the 82d Airborne
Division and the 3rd U.S Infantry Regiment
 Graduate of U.S. Army Airborne, Ranger and
Jumpmaster schools
 Recipient of the Combat Infantryman’s
badge and two Bronze Stars
 Co-creator of the Veterans Initiative program
of the VBA
Heather H. Lockerman
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Senior Assistant Attorney General and Section Chief
of Financial Law & Government Support
Provides counsel to Department of Veterans Services
Volunteer since 2013 for the Veterans Initiative
program of the VBA
Champion for new Veterans Village program
throughout the Commonwealth which will provide pro
bono services in variety of critical needs, including
legal
Provided pro bono legal assistance to ChildSavers,
Greater Richmond SCAN, Housing Opportunities
Made Equal (HOME) and clients of the Legal
Information Network for Cancer
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, PC
Midkiff, Muncie & Ross
Setliff & Holland
Spotts Fain PC
Kalbaugh Pfund
To support the critical needs of our community, GRBF urges firms
and law departments to join the Pro Bono Promise with a pledge
to commit a percentage of time to the provision of pro bono legal
services to the disadvantaged, and/or to include financial
support of the legal service entities each year.
When a culture of pro bono service is fostered, then pro bono
service can truly make a difference.
These firms and law departments prioritize pro bono service as a
workplace value. Together, they make pro bono happen.
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Capital One
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McGuireWoods LLP
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Dominion Resources Inc.
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Thompson McMullan, P.C.
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Hirschler Fleischer
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Troutman Sanders
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Hunton & Williams
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Williams Mullen
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McCandlish Holton, P.C.
Thanks to years of collaboration with CVLAS, LAJC & Capital One,
JusticeServer™ is used in central Virginia as an all-inclusive case
management system for pro bono services.
• Reduces costs for legal service organizations.
• Increases efficiency for Legal Aids in providing client service.
• Grants Access to a growing pool of volunteers:
Over 800 Volunteers
• Provides private attorneys an easy to use website for finding
and handling pro bono cases
As of November 2015, JusticeServer has
helped serve over 37,000 individuals,
families, Veterans and nonprofit
organizations with critical legal needs.
THANK YOU
JusticeServer and its potential impact on the Access to
Justice Gap has garnered national attention.
In a pool of over 140 international & domestic nonprofits,
the JusticeServer project is in the
TOP 8
for this year’s FORCE FOR CHANGE grant.
Next week, the team presents in San Francisco to support
an award for national expansion.
Thank you to the Core Team members at Central Virginia Legal
Aid Society, Capital One & Legal Aid Justice Center.
We all appreciate the support of the Virginia Law Foundation,
Firms In Service – Richmond, Mary Morton Parsons
Foundation, The Community Foundation, and all our
Volunteers.
… OF PRO BONO.
CONNECT. COUNSEL. SERVE.