The Fond du Lac County Bar Association is recognizing three lawyers on their membership in the Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society. The recognition will take place at the November Meeting of the Fond du Lac County Bar Association on November 19, 2015 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. at South Hills Country Club, 1175 Fond du Lac Ave., Fond du Lac, WI 54936. These local lawyers are part of the group of 398 lawyers who earned membership in the Pro Bono Honor Society by providing at least 50 hours of qualifying free or low cost legal assistance to help low income residents in 2014.
Atty. Catherine F. Jones
Atty. Peggy Lautenschlager
Atty. Jeffrey T. Haase
As all the justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently noted in their open letter, “Volunteers are a key component of our legal services delivery system in Wisconsin and their services are a valuable contribution to the fair and effective functioning of our courts. . . . The generosity of the Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society attorneys helps to ensure equal access to justice for all.” The Pro Bono Honor Society was created by the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission as a volunteer recognition program for attorneys. Jim Gramling, President of the Access to Justice Commission echoed the Supreme Court’s congratulations, saying that “these volunteers have made a very substantial donation of their time and are a vital part of the system of making equal justice available to more Wisconsin residents.”
