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Kim Halvorsen Named One of CBA's Top Pro Bono Stars

Press Release, 10/05/2009

Kim Halvorsen, associate at Clifford Law Offices, has been named one of the Chicago Bar Foundation’s (CBF) pro bono “stars” in 2009.

To commemorate Pro Bono Week, Oct. 25-30, the CBF in conjunction with the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), has named 12 attorneys and judges in the Chicago area who have incorporated pro bono into their successful, busy careers. Halvorsen has been named one of these lawyers, given her commitment to pro bono work in the Chicago community.

Halvorsen is an active volunteer helping with probate work for those in need through the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation (CVLS) which has been providing free legal services to the needy and the disabled for 45 years. She also recently was named to the CVLS first-ever Junior Board. She will be participating in the activities during Pro Bono Week to help raise awareness among the legal community as well as the Chicago area of the free legal services that are available to those in need.