2024 ISBA Pro Bono Honor Roll in celebration of October as National Pro Bono Month

Iowa attorneys donate thousands of hours of pro bono legal services annually and financially contribute to legal service organizations. The ISBA is grateful for the generosity of Iowa's legal community members and recognizes them in this annual honor roll list.

According to the information provided to the ISBA, the following attorneys volunteered with these organizations and projects between July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024.

Iowa Legal Aid:

• Christopher Adam
• Jeff Andersen
• Karmen A. Anderson
• Steven C. Anderson
• Rachel C. Antonuccio
• Ronald D. Arispe
• Adam James Babinat
• Kelly Baier
• Elizabeth E. Battles
• Abby Becker
• Thomas Becker
• Victoria L. Biggerstaff
• Eric L. Bigley
• Janice Binder
• Christopher A. Bjornstad
• Jessica Board
• Laurel L. Boerner
• Kaitlin Boettcher
• Erin M. Boggess
• Matthew Boleyn
• Tim C. Boller
• Eric Borseth
• Robert M. Box
• Willard L. Boyd III
• William Bracker
• Denise P. Brennan
• Scott Brennan
• Nathan Britton
• Maria E. Brownell
• David D. Burbidge
• Angela Burmeister
• James Burns
• Natalie Williams Burris
• Randal B. Caldwell
• Andrew D. Cardon
• Amber L. Causey
• Peter J. Chalik
• Shea Chapin
• Charles L. Corbett
• Philip G. Crnkovich
• Samuel P. Cropper
• H.J. Jack Dane
• Steven K. Daniels
• Esther J. Dean
• Robert B. Deck
• Ed Detlie
• Julie R. Devries
• Blaine Doerrfeld
• Doug Drees
• David J. Dutton
• Daniel D. Dykstra
• Tracy Eaton
• Jill Eimermann
• Dani Eisentrager
• Danielle M. Ellingson
• Jim Elliott
• Matthew Ellis
• Ted H. Engel
• Robert J. Engler
• Amanda D'amico Erickson
• Leif D. Erickson
• Brian T. Fairfield
• Krista D. Ferguson
• Scott Finneseth
• Joseph L. Fitzgibbons
• Jeremy Flaming
• John A. Flaten
• Douglas E. Flom
• Jordan H. Fox
• Sally Frank
• Ed Frueh
• Ashley J. Fuhrmeister
• Karla A. Furger
• Robert S. Gallagher
• Paul Gamez
• Timothy L. Gartin
• Anthony Gentile
• Peter Gierut
• Alex J. Golay
• Bridget L. Goldbeck
• Judy L. Goldberg
• Maegan M. Gorham
• Katherine E. Gral
• Elaine F. Gray
• Elena Greenberg
• Karin R. Gregor
• David A. Grooters
• Carolyn A. Gunkel
• Michael W. Halpin
• Sang-ki Han
• Melissa A. Hancock
• David J. Hanson
• Marc S. Harding
• Ashley N. Hardt
• Danni J. Harris-Avery
• John W. Harris
• Alice Helle
• Jay Campbell Helton
• John J. Hines
• Stephanie L. Hinz
• Dustin D. Hite
• Debra A. Hockett-Clark
• Alex L. Hofer
• James C. Holmes
• Karrie R. Hruska
• R. J. Hudson
• Stephen B. Jackson Sr.
• Chris Jefferson
• Nan Jennich
• Philip Jensen
• Donald L. Johnson
• David A. Jones
• Samuel E. Jones
• Michelle M. Jungers
• Steven Kahler
• Wyatt Kaldenberg
• Brian J. Kane
• Bradley J. Kaspar
• Norbert Kaut
• Rick C. Kimble
• Rae M. Kinkead
• Veronica Kirk
• Jessica Y. Kirkpatrick
• Vaughn Klopfenstein
• Adrian T. Knuth
• Dean J. Konrardy
• Emily Kresowik
• David Kuehner
• Katelyn J. Kurt
• Rachel R. Laborde
• Thomas Ryan Lamb
• John P. Lander
• Lance W. Lange
• Mary M. Lauver
• Emily Rose Lavery
• Nathan M. Legue
• Lynnette M. Lindgren
• Reid A. Loftsgard
• Gregory N. Lohr
• Thomas D. Lowry
• Catherine Lucas
• Martha J. Lucey
• Erin P. Lyons
• Joseph G. Lyons
• Mike J. McCarthy
• Lora McCollom
• Rachel Riley McCrate
• James W. Mailander
• Liam Mangan
• Priyanth Paul Manjooran
• Kelsey A.W. Marquard
• Mike E. Marquess
• Ron A. May
• Norma Meade
• Robert F. Meis
• Clarence B. Meldrum Jr.
• Brian S. Mensen
• Megan R. Merritt
• Jennifer L. Meyer
• Raymond C. Meyer
• Mark Milder
• Diana L. Miller
• Donna R. Miller
• Jason W. Miller
• Joseph M. Miller
• Karina A. Miller
• John S. Moeller
• Joshua M. Moon
• Joseph T. Moreland
• Michael J. Moreland
• Richard R. Morris
• Thomas W. Mott
• Michael J. Mulert
• Thad J. Murphy
• Noelle Murray
• Katie Naset
• Bill Nassif
• Jacob Natwick
• Lori Johnson Nelson
• Jazmin E. Newton
• Melissa A. Nine
• Melinda Nye
• Allison O'Brien
• Teresa A. O'Brien
• Matthew O'Hollearn
• Evie Ocheltree
• Sarah Oldsen
• Mark A. Otto
• Sharaya D. Owens
• Reed Palmer
• Brett D. Papendick
• Judd J. Parker
• Sara A. Pasquale
• Joseph C. Pavelich
• Donald J. Pavelka Jr.
• Carla Pearson
• Timothy G. Pearson
• Bridget R. Penick
• Brian W. Peters
• Jacob J. Peters
• David M. Pillers
• Jazmine Polk
• Joseph Porter
• Todd Prichard
• Zach Ramirez
• Vidhya K. Reddy
• Bruce Reinders
• Alex C. Rice
• Emilie J. Roth Richardson
• Jeorgia K. Robison
• Amy Roepke
• Elizabeth A. Rosenbaum
• Matthew L. Roth
• James G. Rowe
• Averey M. Ruble
• Roxann Ryan
• Maura Sailer
• Matthew A. Scott
• Douglas C. Scovil
• Johnathan L. Sears
• Martha L. Shaff
• Kristen A. Shaffer
• Anjela A. Shutts
• Kent A. Simmons
• James Sines
• Amy Skogerson
• Caitlin Slessor
• Alison Werner Smith
• Matthew J. Sowden
• Maurice Cortez Spencer
• Jamie Splinter
• Elizabeth Srp
• Constance Peschang Stannard
• Nicole C. Steddom
• Ashley C. Stewart
• Leslie Ellis Stokke
• Christopher Surls
• Steven J. Swan
• Amy K. Swanson
• Mitchell L. Taylor
• William J. Thatcher
• Christina I. Thompson
• Grace E. Tobin
• Ashley A. Tollakson
• Roman Vald
• Thomas C. Verhulst
• Lois J. Vroom
• Barbara K. Wallace
• Christopher S. Wallace
• Rhonda Ward
• David C. Waterman
• Steven Weidner
• Steve Weiss
• Michael T. Wells
• Marcus M. Weymiller
• David L. Wiederstein
• Jay Willems
• Douglas D. Wolfe
• Thomas D. Wolle
• Larry F. Woods
• Dana B. Wortman
• Rachel A. Yaggi
• Nicolas B. Yost
• Mark L. Zaiger
• Paul Zingg
• Shanon E. Zisman

Special thanks to the members of the Iowa Legal Aid Board of Directors and the Iowa Legal Aid Foundation Board of Directors.

Iowa Legal Aid Board of Directors:

• Steven Bradford
• Matt Chapman
• Richard A. Davidson
• Scott Folkers
• Auna Goodman
• Karin Gregor
• Alision Guernsey
• Samuel Jones
• Tim Krumm
• Shenika McGill
• Michael Mahaffey
• Eric Nemmers
• Margaret Seymour
• Karen Shaff
• Melvin Shaw
• Nate Willems
• Shal-Marie Winter
• Danielle Young-Kruger

Iowa Legal Aid Foundation Board of Directors:

• Willard L. Boyd III
• David L. Brown
• David W. Creasey
• Edward J. Gallagher III
• Onna Houck
• Carla Hughes
• Christopher J. Jessen
• Gregory L. Kenyon
• Timothy J. Krumm
• Jennifer E. Lindberg
• Sara Strain Linder
• Margaret McCaffery
• Thad Murphy
• Erin Nathan
• John C. Pietila
• Angie Johnson Reier
• Anjela A. Shutts
• Nick Smithberg
• Sean Solberg
• Suzan Stewart
• Gary Streit
• Robert V. P. Waterman

Disaster Legal Hotline Volunteer Lawyers:

• Sue Dulek
• Gunda Brost
• Bruce Walker

Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project:

The following volunteer lawyers reported closing one or more pro bono referral cases. A case is closed when all work on the case is completed, and the final disposition of the case is reported to the Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. The PCBA thanks all Iowa attorneys for their generous commitment and support of pro bono services to the public.

• Karmen Anderson
• Abby Becker
• Kaitlin Boettcher
• Eric Borseth
• Scott Brennan
• Nathan Britton
• Maria Brownell
• Michael Dayton
• Danielle Dunne
• Emelia Edwards
• Carmen Eichmann
• Ted Engel
• Jeremy Feitelson
• Susan Fitzsimmons
• Robert Gainer
• Matthew Gardner
• Alex Grasso
• Lisa Green
• Amanda Green
• Elena Greenberg
• John Guthrie
• Marc Harding
• Danni Harris
• J. Campbell Helton
• Debra Hockett-Clark
• Shanon Hounshell
• Jordan Hutchinson
• Michael Kuehner
• Katelyn Kurt
• Matthew Laughlin
• Cynthia Letsch
• Laura Lockwood
• Andrea McGinn
• Maria Mayorga
• Donna Miller
• Michael Moon
• David Morse
• Katie Naset
• Tim Pearson
• Bridget Penick
• Anjela Shutts
• Christina Thompson
• Ashley Tollakson
• Brandon Underwood
• Roman Vald
• Sydnee Waggoner
• Jana Weiler
• Sarah Wilson

Special thanks to the officers and board members of the Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project:

• Maria Brownell
• Emily Chafa
• Michael Kuehner
• Erin Lain
• Lance Lange
• Hon. Heather Lauber
• Stephen Marso
• Jill Nepper
• Tim Pearson
• Elizabeth Van Arkel

Iowa Free Legal Answers:

• Janice Binder
• Tammi Blackstone
• Aaron Blair
• Willard L. Boyd III
• Matthew Brandes
• Nathan Borland
• David L. Brown
• Ven Bujimalla
• Carrington Buze
• Kellen Corbett
• Amy Costello
• C. Anthony Crnic III
• John T. Densberger
• Megan Dooly
• Sue Dulek
• Tyler Eason
• Quinn Eaton
• Steven Eckley
• Jill Eimermann
• Jacob Everhart
• Matthew Gardner
• Eric Goers
• Jennifer Gruenisen
• Susan Hess
• Gary Hill
• Debra Hockett-Clark
• Arnold Kenyon III
• Jennifer Kincaid
• Phillip Klinger
• Gina Kramer
• Ross Laird
• Thomas Levis
• Paul McAndrew
• Jason McCollough
• Abby McConnaughhay
• Miki McGovern
• Cara Mickelsen
• Michael Moss
• Phillip Myers
• Jason Neifert
• Lori Nelson
• Brooke Noack
• Jessica Noll
• Caitlin Otto
• Barbara Orzechowski
• Mark Rice
• Martha Scarpellino
• Erin Lee Schneider
• Jerry Schnurr III
• Anjela Shutts
• Alex Smith
• Shawn Smith
• Emily Swartz
• Thomas Tarbox
• Miriam Timmer-Hackert
• Heather Timmins
• Webb Wassmer
• Bruce Walker
• Hope Wood

Lawyers in Libraries - Thank you to the Lawyers in Libraries Volunteer Lawyers who have given presentations so far this year:

• Kelly Baier
• Beth A. Becker
• Eric Benne
• Janice Binder
• Natalie Williams Burris
• Amy Davis
• Jennifer A. Bennett Finn
• Matt Forristal
• Matthew Gardner
• Bradley Grothe
• Scott Hartsook
• Alyssa A. Herbold
• Dustin Hite
• Brynne Howard
• Dalton Kidd
• Nathan Miller
• Merlaine Mosley
• Noelle R. Murray
• Dustin Noble
• Deborah L. Petersen
• Amy Roepke
• Jessica Shannon
• Dale Schlutz
• Robert Stewart
• Jill Watskey

A special thank you to the Iowa Legal Aid attorneys who gave Lawyers in Libraries presentations:

• Barbara Edmondson
• Josh Gaul
• Linda Grathwohl
• Elizabeth Norris
• Deanna Steinbach
• Robert Stewart
• Payton Whiteaker

Muscatine Legal Services:

• Daniel Hardin
• Nate Legue
• Jean Pfeiffer

New Iowans Legal Advice Clinic - Many of the following volunteer lawyers have served through the New Iowans Legal Advice Clinic for several years. Without them, there would be no clinic:

• Megan Brown
• Gerald Denning
• Eric Goers
• Mary Hoefer
• Christopher Jones
• Jessica Malott
• Craig Nierman
• Joe Pavelich
• Martha Scharpellino
• Bruce Walker

Thank you to the New Iowans Legal Advice Clinic Law student volunteers:

• Fabio Chao
• Jessica R. Davis
• Liz Vargas Perez
• Jonathan Picado

A special thank you to IC Compassion Executive Director Teresa Stecker, IC Compassion Immigration Attorney Cheryl Mason, and to the New Iowans Legal Advice Clinic Coordinator Dedi Walker.

Story County Volunteer Lawyer Project:

• Nicole Facio
• Chris Moon
• Mike Moon
• Dale Sikes
• John Q. Stolze

Special thanks to the attorneys who serve on the Legal Aid Society of Story County's Board of Directors:

• Nicole Facio
• Paul Johnson
• Shawna Johnson
• Joshua Opperman
• Mary Howell Sirna

Thank you to the Legal Aid Society of Story County Law student volunteers:

• Kameron Brown
• Grant Gasner

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