LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN AMERICA NEWS BRIEF
October 2017 Edition
Welcome to Lawyers for Children America’s (LFCA) new monthly News Brief, in which we will be highlighting our accomplishments and informing our pro bono attorneys about LFCA. We hope you find our reporting interesting, and we welcome any suggestions for improvement.
NEW STAFF:
At the beginning of August, 2017, LFCA hired a new program director, Debra Cohen. Debra will be in charge of case assignments to the pro bono attorneys and will be available to you for case consultation throughout the lifetime of your case. The contact information for Debra is as follows:
Cohend@aetna.com 860-273-0654
LFCA EXPANDS ITS SERVICES
During 2016 and 2017, LFCA began to serve 3 new courts in Connecticut. We now serve 9 juvenile courts across the state, including Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Middletown, Rockville, Waterbury, Waterford, Torrington, and Danbury. As LFCA continues to grow in its third decade of operation, we remain focused on our core objective of providing zealous representation to our child clients. We also are reflecting on the great work our Connecticut pro bono attorneys have accomplished over the past 22 years:
- Over 4000 Connecticut children provided pro bono legal representation
- Current roster of 300 Connecticut attorneys ready for a case assignment
- Partnership with 60 Connecticut law firms and 8 corporate legal departments
- Currently representing 200 children
- Leveraged $1 million of pro bono legal services annually