FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FAMILY LAW AND ELDER LAW ATTORNEY, KRISTY GARSIDE, RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR PRO BONO ACCOMPLISHMENTS
June 10, 2013, Newport, RI: Kristy
Garside, a family law and elder law attorney with The Law Offices of Jeremy W.
Howe, Ltd., has been awarded the prestigious Rhode Island Bar Association’s
2013 Pro Bono Publico Award for her outstanding efforts in providing equal
access to justice to the poor through the Volunteer Lawyer Program. The Rhode Island Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico
Awards program seeks to identify and honor individual lawyers who have enhanced
the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services
to the poor and disadvantaged.
Kristy Garside
has been advocating on behalf of impoverished Rhode Islanders since law school,
when she received her J.D., from Roger Williams University School of Law in
2004. She has been an active participant
in the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyer program for many
years. Garside offers her family law and
elder law knowledge and expertise to the volunteer program, which provides legal
assistance to low-income clients who are financially unable to obtain legal
representation. She is among over 1000
private attorneys in the State of Rhode Island who volunteer their time for
this program.
Newport Attorney Jeremy Howe,
of The Law Offices of Jeremy W. Howe, Ltd., offered his congratulations to Garside,
saying, “We are
very proud of Kristy. Her legal work is
of the highest quality, even when she isn't being paid. Kristy truly cares
about the people she represents."
Garside will accept her Pro Bono Publico Award on June 13, 2013 at the
Rhode Island Bar Association’s Annual Meeting Dinner.
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