The Birmingham Bar Association’s president, president-elect and executive director, Beth Carmichael, appoint the BVLP Board of Directors. The Board of Directors oversees and monitors the BVLP. The Birmingham Bar Association donates free office space, receptionist services and contributes in-kind goods and services. The BVLP is located at the Birmingham Bar Center, 2021 Second Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203. Please contact Debra W. Jenkins, Director, at (205) 250-5198, by Fax (205)250-5199 or by e-mail at birminghamvlpinc@bellsouth.net.
The Alabama State Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) was created in 1991 by the Alabama State Bar Board of Commissioners to provide an organized vehicle through which lawyers can volunteer their services on a pro bono basis in civil matters to indigent citizens in their community. In the fall of 1995, the Birmingham Bar Association in conjunction with Legal Services of Metro Birmingham, Inc., now known as Legal Services Alabama, established the BVLP in Birmingham. See the Founders Committee page for more information.
The provision of quality legal services to Alabama’s low income citizens is a high priority for the Alabama State Bar.
The Alabama State Bar VLP staff includes a full-time director, Linda L. Lund, Esq. and executive assistant, Katherine Church. The Birmingham VLP staff includes a full-time director, Debra W. Jenkins and administrative assistant, Rosemary M. Bostic. Blakely Davis is the full-time director of the Mobile Bar Association VLP with a full staff and Lee Ann Pasker, Esq. is the director of the Huntsville Bar Association VLP.
Referrals are made by the VLP director to volunteer lawyers in areas of law which they themselves have selected.
There are 67 counties in Alabama. The VLP now serves all 67 counties.
Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program, Inc., Board of Directors
- LaVeeda Morgan Battle, Esq.
2 North 20th Street, Ste. 1200
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Telephone: 205.322.1504
Fax: 205.716.3010
E-mail: laveedab@aol.com
- Robert A. Jones, Jr., Esq.
Jones, Davis Berry
1205 North 19th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35234
Telephone: 205.324.6021
Fax: 205.322.2832
- Timothy M. Lupinacci, Esq.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell Berkowitz, PC
420 North 20th Street, Ste. 1600
Birmingham, Alabama 35203-5202
Telephone: 205.244.3835
Fax: 205.488.3835
E-mail: tlupinacci@bakerdonelson.com
http://www.bakerdonelson.com
- Anne W. Mitchell, Esq.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell Berkowitz, P.C.
420 North 20th Street, Ste. 1600
Birmingham, Alabama 35203-5202
Telephone: 205.328.0480
Fax: 205.322.8007
E-mail: amitchell@bakerdonelson.com
http://www.bakerdonelson.com
