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22 B. Rep. 1 (1993-1994)

handle is hein.barjournals/breport0024 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 22/No. 1 August/September 1993 Bartort tow.O The Official Newspaper of the District of Columbia Bar September mailing set for second dues notice D.C. Bar members who have not paid their 1993-94 dues by September lcan expect to receive a second notice from the Bar and if they have not paid wbin30 days of that notice, a $20 late fee will be added, according to the Bar's Membership Office. The office reported that 47,100 members had paid their 1993-94 dues as of August 9. The original dues notice was mailed in May to the nearly 60,000 members of the Bar. Does are payable on receipt of the Bar statement. If not paid by 30 days after the maiing of a second notice, the Bar imposes the $20 late fee in addition to dues amounts of $95 for active members, $70 for inactive member, and $50 for judicial mem- bers. That notice is sent by certified return receipt mail. The Bar's By-Laws provide that members whose dues and applicable late charges are not received by November 30 automatically will be suspended from the practice. Bar, 15 law firms, launch pro bono clinics Drawing on the resources of 15 law firms, the D.C. Bar Public Service Activ- ities Corporation (PSAC) on September 29 will open the first of a bi-weekly series of pro bono clinics designed to increase legal services to the District of Columbia's low income community. We are creating a large poverty law firm out of the representatives of the law firms in this room, explained Stephen Pollak, chair of the D.C. Bar's PSA Committee, during an organizational meet- ing of the firms earlier this summer. Firms have agreed to provide staffing for the evening clinic on a rotating basis either twice a year on their own, or teamed with another firm four times a year. During their shift, firms will send approximately six lawyers to the Bar's Conference Center to meet with clients who have been referred from legal service organizations in the District. All clients will be seen by appoint- ment. Subjects to be addressed during the clinics are consumer matters, tenant rights, public benefits, wage claims, personal in- jury defense, and family matters. Those areas were selected based on critical needs identified in the community, according to clinic organizers. Clients coming through the clinics will be the responsibility of the firms on duty, who agree to handle matters taken on to their conclusion, explained PSAC Director Maureen Thornton. The first clinic will be staffed by lawyers with the firm of Hogan & Hartson. Other firms participating are: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld; Arnold & Porter; Crowell & Moring; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue; McKenna & Cuneo; Miller & Chevalier; Patton, Boggs & Blow; Reed Smith Shaw & McClay; Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge; Steptoe & Johnson; Wiley, Rein & Fielding; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; and Winston & Strawn. In addi- tion, the firm of Covington & Burling is supporting the clinics by taking a major role in preparation and delivery of the training to be offered by PSAC to participating firms. Thornton said the income guidelines for clients in the clinics is 150 percent of the fed- eral poverty level, which is slightly higher than guidelines of the Legal Services Corporation, adding that this level will ex- pand services to the low-income commu- nity. We are very excited to have the firms committed to this program as a firm pro- ject, Thornton said. This program provides a structure in the firm so that lawyers who are not already in- volved in pro bono representation can get directly involved. It is our hope that the clinics will introduce a whole new group of lawyers to the critical legal needs of the poor. Thornton said additional firms are wel- come to join the clinic program. For more information about the clinics, call Thornton at 202-737-4700, extension 290. Chief Judge Ugast sets retirement After serving the public for 43 years in government service, and specifically serv- ing District residents for the last 20 years, Chief Judge Fred B. Ugast has announced that he will retire from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on October 16. Designated as the Court's third Chief Judge in June 1986, Ugast has served for Members of the bench and bar are cordially invited to a retirement re- ception and dinner to recognize the career accomplishments of retiring Chief Judge Fred B. Ugast. The event has been set for 6:30 p.m., Friday, October 29, at the Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, N.W. Tickets are available for $75 per person. Paid reservations should be sent no later than Friday, Oct. 22, to the Clerk, D.C. Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave., N.W.,Washington, DC 20001. seven years as the head of the District's trial court. He was appointed to the D.C. Superior Court in 1973 and served as the Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division from 1981 to 1986 prior to his designation as Chief Judge in 1986. Ugast began his career in 1950 with the Lands Division of the Department of Justice. From 1953 to 1969, he worked in the Tax Division, being promoted from trial attorney to Chief of the Litigation Section. Ugast was the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice from 1969 to 1973. Ugast's court administration has been noted for innovative programs and expand- ing access to services. He also has empha- sized technological enhancements, organi- zational restructuring and facilities improvements. Some of the highlights of his tenure as Chief Judge include Adoption Day in Court, One Trial/One Day jury ser- vice, creation of the Office of Interpreter Coordinators, and installation of the Child Support Hotline in both English and Spanish. A native Washingtonian, Ugast has an undergraduate and graduate degree in phi- losophy from Catholic University and earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1950. He and his wife Mary will celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary in September. They have six children and 10 grandchildren. A NEW SYSTEM of pro bono legal clinics staffed by lawyers in 15 District ol Columbia firms and sponsored by the D.C. Bar's Public%ervice Activities Corporation will begin serving the District's low- and moderate-income clients this fall in six areas of the law. Discussing clinic plans are (from left): D.C. Bar staff at- torneys Randal Minor and Kala Shah, and law firm representatives Robert Rader of Winston & Strawn, Rosalind Gerald of Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Robert Klonoff of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Mary Ann Capria of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, and Barbara Kagan of Steptoe & Johnson. WE'VE MOVED! Note: Extensions for the Bar's Staff have changed as well. A new directory Is available by calling the Bar and pressing 5 on your touchtone phone. T he District of Columbia Bar Sixth Floor 1250 H Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-3908 Tel: 202/737-4700 Fax 202/626-3471

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