December 18, 2014 - Lynda K. Russell was honored Thursday, December 18, 2014 in the court room of District Judge Charles R. Mitchell with the 2014 Most Pro Bono Cases Litigated Award by Dana G. Bias, Private Attorney Involvement Coordinator with Lone Star Legal Aid. Also attending the awards presentation was District Judge Charles "Brick" Dickerson; Russell's husband, Phil Hennigan; her 94 year old mother, Edrie Parsons and her sister-in-law Mary Ann Parsons.
Bias said, "This is the first time that Lone Star Legal Aid has honored a Shelby County Attorney for Pro Bono service and its only fitting that Lynda should get that award. She has volunteered through our program since she opened her private practice in 2012 and she has consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty. She has over twenty years of helping East Texans with their legal issues and she has selflessly devoted her time and expertise with Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Program by providing legal help to several low income individuals who could not afford to hire an attorney."
Bias spoke about Russell's saying, "She has done more pro bono cases in the relatively short period of time that she has been with us than any volunteer that I know of."
