Talk Justice: Episode 106
When Private Businesses Partner for Pro Bono Good: Koch and Kansas
Guests from a Kansas pro bono partnership discuss how private businesses and in-house attorneys can support legal aid initiatives in their communities on Talk Justice. In 2017, Koch was interested in making pro bono work an official part of the company, but learned that Kansas rules did not allow in-house attorneys who are licensed by outside states to provide local pro bono services. Koch worked with KLS to get the rule changed, demonstrating that the demand for free legal help greatly exceeded the supply of legal aid lawyers. Ever since, Koch attorneys have engaged in an ongoing partnership with KLS to provide pro bono expungement and driver’s license restoration clinics.
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Joy Springfield
Joy Springfield is the Statewide Director of Pro Bono Services for Kansas Legal Services. Ms. Springfield is licensed to practice law in Kansas and Missouri. Before joining Kansas Legal Services, Joy Springfield worked at a national defense firm representing major consumer, tobacco, medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Joy is an active member of the Kansas Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, Johnson County Bar Association, and the Jackson County Bar Association.
Nate Jiwanlal
Nate Jiwanlal is Chief Counsel – Transactional Services at Koch Capabilities, LLC. Nate’s practice is focused on corporate transactional and governance matters. Nate was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and a Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.
Matt Ellis
In 2017, Matt was a founding member of Koch’s pro bono committee—a group the company established to formally organize pro bono efforts among its in-house legal team. Today, Matt is co-chair of Koch’s Pro Bono Initiative and serves as Chief Counsel – Commercial & Pro Bono supporting various Koch companies. Since 2018, Koch and Kansas Legal Services have partnered on expungement clinics and driver’s license restoration clinics.
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Lee Rawles
Lee Rawles joined the ABA Journal in 2010 as a web producer. She has also worked for the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal and Legacy.com. She holds an M.S. in New Media from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Illinois.
Lee is the host of ABA Journal: Modern Law Library, the 2016 Lisagor Award winner for Best Podcast.