Tenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee
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About the Committee:
The Tenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee is a group comprised of lawyers and judges that strives to enhance equal access to justice by encouraging and promoting pro bono work in the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
About the Circuit:
The Tenth Judicial Circuit is in the Third Appellate District and includes Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark and Tazewell Counties. The Honorable Katherine S. Gorman is the Chief Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
Membership:
Chair: Honorable Lisa Wilson, Circuit Court of Peoria County
Members:
Laurie Bell, Prairie State Legal Services
Kirk W. Bode, Law Offices of Kirk W. Bode
Honorable Michael E. Brandt (Ret.), Attorney at Law
Kathleen M. Carter, Miller, Hall & Triggs, LLC
Thomas Dennis, Prairie State Legal Services
Noah Dwyer, Benckendorf & Benckendorf, P.C.
Michelle Eggert, Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, LLC
Abigail Fleming, Fleming Law Office
Mike Fleming, Michael A. Fleming, P.C.
Mitch A. Gilfillan, Quinn Johnston
Kelly R. Giraudo, Butler, Giraudo, & Meister P.C.
Jeremy Heiple, Heiple Law Offices
Scott Kriegsman, Eliff Keyser Oberle & Dancey
Jeff Krumpe, Westervelt Johnson Nicoll & Keller
Charlotte Kukundakwe, The Immigration Project
Peter J. Lynch, Hasselberg, Rock, Bell & Kuppler, LLP
Julie Mackert, Michael A. Fleming, P.C., Law Offices
Honorable Jerelyn D. Maher (Ret.), Bradley University Center for Legal Studies
Ambrose V. McCall, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Gabe McLeod, Peoria County Courthouse
Tami Meister, Butler Giraudo & Meister, P.C.
Austin Nichols, Black, Black & Brown
Marie-Joe Noon, The Immigration Project
Ann Pieper, Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission
Allison M. Piper Geber, Black, Black & Brown
Tricia Richmond, Tazewell County Courthouse
Yolanda Riley, The Law Offices of Yolanda J. Riley, LLC
Daniel A. Staley, Caterpillar Legal Department
Committee Activities:
The Committee was launched on October 1, 2013. Several subcommittees have been established to focus on specific projects, including one to develop pilot help desks in the Peoria and Tazewell Courthouses through which pro bono attorneys would volunteer to staff a two-hour window of time where they would provide advice and brief services to eligible clients.
If you have any questions about this Committee or its work, contact PILI Managing Attorney, Abigail Causer, by email or at 217-693-6017.