Firm's Attorney Patricia Yoedicke Honored with an American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award
May 2007
Minneapolis (May 2007) - Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that
Patricia Yoedicke, an attorney in the firm's
Minneapolis office, is the recipient of the Ann Liechty Pro Bono Award, a special American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award honoring a lawyer who has provided outstanding pro bono legal services to children in custody or adoption cases. Ms. Yoedicke will receive the honor during the Pro Bono Publico Awards Assembly Luncheon at the Moscone West Convention Center on Monday, August 13, 2007 during the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
"We are so pleased that Pat has been selected as this year's recipient of this prestigious award," says Katie Crosby Lehmann, chair of the firm's Pro Bono Committee. "Pat embodies the firm's commitment to pro bono work with her undeterred passion to fight for the rights of children, one of the most vulnerable groups in our society. She works tirelessly to advocate for her pro bono clients with care and compassion making her truly deserving of this honor."
Ms. Yoedicke has logged more than 800 pro bono hours representing children through the Children's Law Center of Minnesota, an organization which assists volunteer attorneys in advocating for children in foster care. Over the past six years, she has represented several state wards-children whose parents' rights have been terminated. For some of these children, Ms. Yoedicke is one of the few constants in their lives. She often drives more than 90 minutes and over state lines to see a case through. As examples of her efforts, she helped to keep sisters placed together after a potential adoptive parent proposed to take only one of them. She secured special tutoring for a high school client who had difficulty reading, and was later invited to the graduation ceremony and took the only picture that her client has of that momentous occasion. She has helped several clients to get adopted by the persons of their choice.
In addition to her work with the Children's Law Center of Minnesota, Ms. Yoedicke has also served as an Attorney Coach for South High's Mock Trial Team, an inner-city public school. South High won the Minnesota State Championship and went on to National Competition in five of the eight years she served as coach. She also worked as the firm's coordinator for the Lawyers for Literacy Project and served as a board member, legal counselor and peer counselor for the Chrysalis Center for Women.
Ms.Yoedicke focuses her practice on Personal Injury, Products Liability and Wrongful Death. She received her undergraduate degree, with distinction, from Stanford University and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. She is admitted to the Minnesota State Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and the U.S. District Court, Minnesota.
About the Pro Bono Publico Awards
The Pro Bono Publico Awards were established by the American Bar Association in 1984 to recognize lawyers and law firms for extraordinary noteworthy contribution to extending legal services to the poor and disadvantaged. The recipients exemplify the volunteer tradition of the legal profession. The Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service administers the program.
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