“Opportunities for Pro Bono Service”
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“Opportunities for Pro Bono Service” Click on any item to view associated materials Biographies of Speakers Daniel G. Atkins, Esquire, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Kelly Cloud Ensslin, Esquire, Office of the Child Advocate Janine Howard-O’Rangers, Executive Director Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. Jenness E. Parker, Esquire, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, President, Delaware Bar Foundation Lauren Moak Russell, Esquire, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Susan Simmons, Director of Development and Access to Justice Coordination, Delaware State Bar Association David B. Stratton, Esquire, Pepper Hamilton LLP Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Program Materials * 2012 OCA Pro Bono Honor Roll OCA - Being a Volunteer OCA - 2009 Annual Report DVLS Brochure DVLS Attorney Application Standing Order Federal Civil Panel * The forms included herein are samples only and may not be appropriate for any particular matter. 1 Bio for Daniel G. Atkins Since 1990 Dan Atkins has been a disabilities rights and poverty lawyer with the Community Legal Aid Society, Inc (“CLASI”) in Delaware. Dan began his career as a Staff Attorney with responsibilities in both the poverty and disabilities programs, became a Senior Attorney in 1995, and Legal Advocacy Director of CLASI’s Disabilities Law Program (DLP) in 1997. As Legal Advocacy Director, Dan trained and supervised attorneys, and coordinated and oversaw the advocacy efforts of the DLP statewide. Dan has litigated individual cases and/or class actions in every court in the State of Delaware, including the U.S. District Court. Dan has litigated numerous cases enforcing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Social Security Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Medicaid Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Unites States Housing Act, and various provisions of the United States Constitution. In 2015 Dan also became Project Director for CLASI’s Medical- Legal Partnership (“MLP”), in which CLASI partners with health care providers to address patients’ social determinants of health. In July 2015, Dan was promoted to become CLASI’s Executive Director. Since 1998, Dan has served as an Adjunct Professor at Widener University School of Law, where he teaches classes in Disabilities Law, Poverty Law, and Medical-Legal Collaboration, and founded an MLP to provide students and lawyers with the opportunity to work with people who are poor in Chester, Pa. Dan has published numerous articles in law reviews, public health journals, newspapers, and a chapter of a textbook, on topics related to poverty law, disability law, and MLP. Dan graduated in 1987 from the University of Michigan, with distinction, and in 1990 from the George Washington University Law School. Kelly C. Ensslin, MSW, Esq., CWLS Kelly is a Deputy Child Advocate with the Office of the Child Advocate who has worked in the child welfare field for over 15 years. Kelly began her professional career as a social worker, having graduated with her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Following graduate school she worked as a social worker and therapist in private foster care/ adoption agencies in Delaware. In 2004, Kelly began law school at Widener University School of Law. She graduated cum laude in 2008 and began working for an elder law firm while also volunteering with OCA as a pro bono attorney. In 2010, Mrs. Ensslin obtained her “dream job” as a Deputy Child Advocate with that office. In 2013, the National Association of Counsel for Children awarded Kelly Certification as a Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS). Currently Kelly represents approximately 30 children in foster care while also advocating for policy reform in all areas regarding child welfare, with a focus on mental health and permanency. Kelly participates on many policy workgroups and committees. JANINE N. HOWARD-O’RANGERS, ESQUIRE Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. Widener University School of Law P. O. Box 7306 Wilmington, DE 19803 Janine N. Howard-O’Rangers is the Executive Director of Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. (“DVLS”) and a Legal Consultant to the Widener University School of Law Delaware Civil Clinic. Before becoming Executive Director, Ms. Howard-O’Rangers was a staff attorney for DVLS where she represented victims of domestic violence with family law issues and recruited pro bono attorneys. She graduated cum laude from Temple University in 1992 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and cum laude from Widener University School of Law in 1995. She was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1995 and the Pennsylvania Bar in 1997. She is a member of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the Delaware State Bar Association (“DSBA”), and a member of the Melson-Arsht Inn of Court. Ms. Howard-O’Rangers is a former Chair of the DSBA Family Law Section. In addition, Ms. Howard-O’Rangers serves on a number of committees that address access to justice and domestic violence issues. Ms. Howard-O’Rangers is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law where she teaches courses on Interviewing and Counseling and Domestic Violence Law. Jenness E. Parker Counsel, Wilmington Litigation Jenness Parker focuses her practice on deal litigation and corporate governance litigation matters in Delaware and other state and federal courts around the country. Ms. Parker also provides advice to corporations and their boards of directors on issues of corporate governance and the Delaware General Corporation Law. Her experience includes defending corporations, directors and officers, and their advisers in derivative and class action lawsuits relating to, among other things, mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary duty challenges, and stockholders disputes. Ms. Parker was named a 2016 Delaware Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Delaware Law Weekly. In addition, she is on the board of editors of the treatise Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Litigation Under Delaware Corporation Law. Publications T: 302.651.3183 Co-Author, “Developments in Disclo- Co-Author, “Where Del. Rule 5.1 Differs F: 302.574.3183 sure-Based Deal Litigation Settlements,” From Rule 5(g),” Law360, November 9, 2012 [email protected] Practical Law, July/August 2016 Co-Author, “Depositions of Shareholder Co-Author, “Court of Chancery Continues Representative Plaintiffs in M&A Deal Education to Clarify Views of Disclosure-Based Deal Litigation: Revisiting Steinhardt v. J.D., The University of Iowa College Litigation Settlements,” Skadden, Arps, Slate, Howard-Anderson,” The M&A Lawyer, of Law, 2004 (Articles Editor, Journal Meagher & Flom LLP, May 19, 2016 April 2012 of Corporation Law) B.A., Central College, 2000 Co-Author, “Del. Scrutiny Of M&A Settle- Co-Author, “Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation: ments Lead To Varying Decisions,” Law360, Who Caused This Problem, And Can It Be November 16, 2015 Fixed?” Delaware Journal of Corporation Bar Admissions Law, January/February 2012 Delaware Co-Author, “Delaware Courts Question Illinois Long-Standing Practice of Approving Co-Author, “Delaware Court of Chancery U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Disclosure-Based Deal Litigation Settle- Advises Careful Drafting of Advance Notice ments,” Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Laws,” The M&A Lawyer, May 2008 Flom LLP, October 22, 2015 Experience Co-Author, “Delaware Court Enjoins Clerkship, Hon. Randy J. Holland of the Co-Author, “Dissecting Del.’s New Netsmart Deal,” Skadden, Arps, Slate, Delaware Supreme Court (2004-2005) Discovery Guidelines,” Law360, December Meagher & Flom LLP, March 20, 2007 14, 2012 Associations President, Board of Delaware Co-Author, “Court of Chancery Issues Bar Foundation New Rule to Govern Confidential Filings,” Member, National Advisory Council, Delaware Business Court Insider, November Central College (2007-Present) 7, 2012 Member, Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court (2005-Present) 1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Lauren Moak Russell Associate RELATED SERVICES [email protected] Education Law Labor and Employment Law p 302.576.3255 f 302.576.3750 EDUCATION Wilmington, DE Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D. Wesleyan University, B.A., with honors BAR ADMISSIONS Delaware COURT ADMISSIONS U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Lauren represents employers on a range of issues relating to compliance with local, state, and federal employment laws and constitutional provisions. She has experience in each of Delaware’s state and federal PRIOR EMPLOYMENT courts, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Lauren also regularly assists clients in administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies, including the EEOC, the Delaware Office of Prior to law school, Lauren spent a year working as a Case Anti-Discrimination, and the Delaware Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Management Assistant with Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz in Wilmington, DE. Lauren has litigated a wide variety of employment-related matters to successful resolutions, including employment discrimination cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, non-competition cases, and constitutional law cases, among others. In addition to litigation, Lauren counsels employers on a broad range of topics, including revision of handbooks and related policies to ensure compliance with state and federal employment and labor statutes. Lauren also conducts on-site training on legal compliance, including anti-harassment training. Lauren serves as an editor of the Delaware Employment Law Letter, the only monthly newsletter in Delaware written exclusively for Delaware employers. She speaks annually, on a variety of issues, at Young Conaway’s Annual Employment Law Seminar. Lauren is serving as the 2015-16 Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section. In addition to her work on behalf of employers, Lauren dedicates her time to pro bono matters in a variety of contexts. Lauren was the 2013 recipient of the William F. Taylor Pro Bono Award, for her service to the community.