Shipman wins PBA award

HARRISBURG (June 30, 2011) - The Pennsylvania Bar Association Legal Services to the Public Committee has presented awards to lawyers deserving special recognition for voluntary efforts to provide free and reduced-fee legal representation to low-income Pennsylvanians. The committee presented Attorney Pro Bono Awards to individual lawyers and to law firms for noteworthy pro bono efforts.

The committee also presented a Judges Award to a Pennsylvania jurist for improving civil legal aid, the Civil Legal Aid Attorney of the Year Award to a lawyer demonstrating outstanding commitment to providing legal services for the needy, and the Pro Bono Partner Award to a non-attorney who supports legal services to the needy.

Among those receiving an award was Patricia Shipman of Lycoming County. In making the presentation, the PBA cited the following particulars: for handling multiple pro bono cases each year referred by North Penn Legal Services, for taking on complicated and time-intensive pro bono cases, for her service to the Lycoming Law Association's Legal Services to the Indigent Committee and for advocating for bar association, community and agency support of NPLS.

Congratulations and good work to Tricia.