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| Lynda Krupp (left),
managing attorney of Legal Aid and Defender Association’s
Private Attorney Involvement unit, presents its 2007 Pro Bono
Service Award to attorney Edward F. Hudson II of Detroit at
the annual meeting of the Oakland County Bar Association. (Photo
by John Meiu) |
2007-06-15 DETROIT ATTORNEY RECEIVES LEGAL AID
AND DEFENDER'S
PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD
DETROIT – Legal Aid and Defender Association
has bestowed its 2007 Pro Bono Service Award on Edward F. Hudson
II of Detroit in recognition of his “commitment to assure equal
access to justice for all.”
Hudson is an attorney with the firm of Stull PLC, Detroit. Previously,
he was a staff attorney for Legal Aid and Defender and United Auto
Workers Legal Service Plan, and an associate attorney for Harris,
Karsteadt, Jamison & Powers, P.C., Englewood, Colo.
Hudson is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh,
Pa., and Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, W.Va. He and his
wife, Dr. Heidi M. Hudson, and their two children live in Detroit.
"I feel strange getting this award because what I did is no
more than attorneys are supposed to do,” Hudson said. “We
are supposed to give back to our community."
Lynda Krupp, managing attorney of Legal Aid and Defender’s
Private Attorney Involvement unit, presented the award to Hudson
at the annual meeting of the Oakland County Bar Association June
13.
"Ed helped clients at a number of our assisted pro se divorce
clinics for indigent residents of Oakland County,” Krupp said.
“We conducted these clinics at our Oakland office in Pontiac
after the Women's Survival Center there closed last summer. Ed’s
work was critical in assuring that Oakland residents could continue
receiving these necessary legal services."
Legal Aid and Defender is Michigan’s largest provider of free
civil legal services to low-income residents. It serves metropolitan
Detroit through its offices in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
It also represents criminal defendants in Wayne County and the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Including brief
consultations and comprehensive legal services, the public law firm
handles some 15,000 legal matters yearly.
“We work with clients in a comprehensive manner, so that as
we solve their legal problems, we help solve other problems as well,”
said Executive Director Deierdre L. Weir. “We help people rebuild
their lives and help families stay together.”
Anyone seeking legal services can call (877) 964-4700 or visit www.ladadetroit.org.
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