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Bar News - January 3, 2003 Join Katherine Stearns in Helping DOVE Clients THE NH BAR'S Domestic Violence Emergency Project (DOVE) relies on volunteers just like New London solo practitioner Katherine Stearns. Admitted to the NH Bar in 1994, Stearns quickly signed on to take Pro Bono and DOVE cases, and has been a mainstay of the program ever since. She manages to regularly take cases to help low-income, vulnerable clients even as she juggles the demands of her private practice, family responsibilities, and even service on other Bar committees and projects. In 2000, her Pro Bono service was recognized by the Bar when she was named the Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney for Merrimack County, and she is a member of the Pro Bono Governing Board. Stearns serves on the DOVE panel for Rape & Domestic Violence Crisis Centers serving Merrimack County and Women's Supportive Services serving Sullivan County. The DOVE Project, using a team approach, recruits, trains and supports panels of attorneys who are called upon to provide limited-scope representation to victims of domestic violence at a crucial point in their efforts to separate themselves from their batterers. DOVE, a project of the Pro Bono program, receives funding from the federal Violence Against Women Act, the New Hampshire Bar Foundation's Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts, and several United Way agencies.
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