Pro Bono Success in Colorado's Northwest and Southwest

• Publication year: 1998
• Pages: 55
• Citation: Vol. 27 No. 8 Pg. 55

27 Colo.Law. 55 Colorado Lawyer 1998.

1998, August, Pg. 55. Pro Bono Success in Colorado's Northwest and Southwest

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Vol. 27, No. 8, Pg. 55

The Colorado Lawyer
August 1998
Vol. 27, No. 8 [Page 55]

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Pro Bono Success in Colorado's Northwest and Southwest

Robert Glenn White is a retired attorney who moved here from Pasadena, California. He previously practiced international trade law with a firm in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. His resume is spiced with West Point experience, CIA duty in the Far East, Mayor of Pasadena, and pastor of the local Unitarian fellowship

Shortly after arriving in our area, Robert volunteered for a six-month stint in the CBA's Lend-A-Lawyer program traveling daily from his north Vallecito home to the Colorado Rural Legal Services office in Durango. After the six-month assignment, he stayed on as a pro bono attorney, working on civil rights cases on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation. He also retained two special cases from his days as a Lend-A-Lawyer that resulted in his reporting 180 hours last year of pro bono work. This year, he has reported more than 1,000 hours of pro bono work

Robert has been instrumental in improving the Towaoc court system. This "Code of Federal Regulations court" is federally funded and supervised by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Federal regulations require an appeals court, and the Towaoc system had none. Robert pursued the issue to a stipulated settlement whereby the Towaoc court would join the Southwest Indian Tribal Court of Appeals ("SWITCA"). This has apparently dislodged the jam in the system.

Robert is now pursuing the original cases. Robert, although a transplant to our state, shows an amazing commitment to equal justice to all in our community.

Northwest Colorado Legal Services
by Barbara Williams

Sarah, a Northwest Colorado Legal Services client, finalized her dissolution of marriage in Denver District Court. At the time of the dissolution, Sarah received sole custody and her ex-husband was given liberal parenting time.

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