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Pro Bono Attorney Questionnaire
If you have any questions about filling out this questionnaire, please e-mail Hans Maverick at
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Email
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Your email
Full Name
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Your answer
Nickname / Preferred Name
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Your answer
Preferred Pronouns
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She/Her
He/Him
They/Them
Other:
State Bar Number (Enter N/A if you're a member of the NOVA program)
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Your answer
Year Admitted to Texas Bar (Enter the year you were admitted to any Bar association if you're a member of the NOVA Program)
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Your answer
Firm/Organization
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Your answer
E-mail Address
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Your answer
Phone Number (to be used by TFDP Staff)
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Your answer
Phone Number (to be used by clients)
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Your answer
Address (to be used by TFDP Staff)
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Your answer
Why do you want to be a Pro Bono Attorney with Texas Fair Defense Project?
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Your answer
What do you hope to gain from being involved with the program? (Ex. giving back, in-person court experience, negotiation experience, drafting experience, expanding network, etc.)
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Your answer
Primary Practice Area
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Criminal
Civil
Both
Neither / Nonpracticing
Please list any other languages you speak (well enough to communicate with a client) besides English.
Your answer
What types of cases are you interested in taking? Note: case type preferences will be taken into account but cases will be distributed based on current need and availability
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Drivers License / Class C
Expunction / Nondisclosure
Both
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I would be interested in hearing about other opportunities related to:
Assisting pro se clients in a pro bono clinic setting
Being a mentor to pro bono attorneys in my area for Class C cases (must have experience with handling Class C misdemeanors)
Being a mentor to pro bono attorneys for expunction / nondisclosure cases (must have experience with expunctions and nondisclosures)
Projects involving research, drafting, and/or briefing
Impact litigation regarding access to counsel, fines and fees, debtors prison, etc.
Please select the choice that most closely reflects your experience with Class C misdemeanors.
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This is a regular part of my practice and I assist with Class C misdemeanors frequently
I handle them occasionally and I am fairly comfortable with them
I handle them rarely and could use some support
I have never handled one but I litigate in my regular practice
I have never handled one and I do not litigate in my regular practice
Please select the choice that most closely reflects your experience with criminal record clearing (expunctions and nondisclosures).
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This is a regular part of my practice and I assist with expunctions and nondisclosures frequently
I handle them occasionally and I am fairly comfortable with them
I handle them rarely and could use some support
I have never handled one
In what county do you primarily practice? (please only include one) If you're nonpracticing, write the county where you currently live.
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Your answer
Do you normally practice in the contiguous counties?
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Yes
No, but I'm willing to take cases in adjacent counties
No, but I'm willing to take cases in certain adjacent counties
No, and I am not able to take cases in adjacent counties
I am currently nonpracticing but I am willing to take cases in the county where I live only.
I am currently nonpracticing but I am willing to take cases in the county where I live and in certain adjacent counties.
Have you ever been a prosecutor in Texas?
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Yes
No
Yes, my firm has a pro bono prosecution program that I have participated in
No, but my firm has a pro bono prosecution program that I have not participated in
If you have served as a paid or pro bono prosecutor, please list the agency or agencies for which you prosecuted (ex. Harris County District Attorney, Travis County Attorney etc.).
Your answer
Have you or your Firm represented a county or court in a matter involving collection of fines?
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Yes
No
My firm takes on these matters, but I have not personally been involved.
Do you have any professional affiliations (ex. Austin Young Lawyers Association, El Paso Bar Association)? Please list them.
Your answer
How did you hear about TFDP's Pro Bono Program?
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From my Firm's Pro Bono Coordinator
From a Bar Association or Professional Affiliate (please indicate which one in the next question)
From a Facebook Event
Word of Mouth (please give more detail in the next question)
Article or Online Publication (please give more detail in the next question)
TFDP Website
TFDP Newsletter
Linkedin
Other (please give more detail in the next question)
Please give more detail about how you heard about TFDP's Pro Bono Program if asked to do so in the question above.
Your answer
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