With little fanfare, but with generosity of time and spirit, NH Bar members from four law firms recently stepped forward to provide low-income people with access to urgently needed legal services by participating in referral sessions coordinated by the Pro Bono Referral Program.

The following law firms took part: Baker & Hayes in Lebanon; Laffan Law Office in Lebanon; McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester; and Orr & Reno in Concord. The attorneys of these firms volunteered to call on their peers, asking them to accept cases involving matters ranging from bankruptcy and debt collection to divorce and parenting time. More than 50 needy clients benefited from these efforts.

From left, Alexandra Breed, Ronald Abramson, David Moynihan, Charla Stevens, Mary Jo Herman, Jeremy Walker, Ross McLeod and Aaron Rozenek at the McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton firm in Manchester where they held on June 24 a Pro Bono Referral Marathon for Hillsborough North, Rockingham and Strafford counties.

Richard Uchida of Orr & Reno makes a call for the Pro Bono Marathon on July 9 at the Bar Center.

From left, James Laffan of the Laffan Law Office, Kevin Carr and Patrick Hayes at Baker & Hayes law firm in Lebanon where the group hosted the June 18 Grafton and Sullivan County Pro Bono Referral Marathon.