{"id":1553,"date":"2019-03-28T14:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T18:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2020-10-09T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T19:26:19","slug":"highlighting-attorney-volunteer-jarrad-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/highlighting-attorney-volunteer-jarrad-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting Attorney Volunteer Jarrad Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jarrad Smith is an attorney with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in their Winston-Salem Office. Jarrad works as part of the LitSmart\u00ae E-Discovery Team, providing a wide array of e-discovery related services including legal guidance, end-to-end operational discovery and document review, in addition to serving as discovery counsel for many of their clients.<\/p>\n

After Hurricane Florence, Jarrad volunteered with the Pro Bono Resource Center as a pro bono attorney in the New Bern FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) interviewing clients and conducting intakes. He returned to New Bern for a FEMA Appeal and Restoration Clinic where he assisted clients seeking appeals of their disaster assistance decisions. \u201cDuring the session, I met with people affected by the hurricane who simply needed an advocate,\u201d says Jarrad.\u00a0\u201cMany of them had nowhere else to turn. We were there to listen to their stories and do our best to ensure they received the assistance they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarrad is committed to pro bono service based on an ethical duty (captured in NC Rule of Professional Conduct 6.1) as well as the rewarding experience he has by serving others. \u201cAs attorneys, we have the duty and privilege of making the ideal of equal access to justice a reality,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cI provide pro bono legal services because I think it is the right thing to do and helping people is rewarding in its own right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarrad encourages other attorneys interested in pro bono service not to be afraid to volunteer outside of one\u2019s regular practice area and to take advantage of projects that provide training. \u201cI had no previous experience with FEMA, but by reading the applicable law and materials provided, participating in a training session, and calling on my general legal experience, I was able to help in a substantive way,\u201d says Jarrad.<\/p>\n

While fulfilling one\u2019s ethical obligation as an attorney is important, Jarrad is most moved by the people he is able to serve: \u201cThe Pro Bono Resource Center\u2019s work in FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers and FEMA Appeal and Restoration Clinics has provided an interesting learning experience and opportunity to help those in need.\u00a0 Participating in these events has given me some insight into the disaster relief process and the difficulties some of our fellow citizens continue to face months, and even years, after a disaster is out of the headlines and the minds of many of us who were unaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jarrad Smith is an attorney with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in their Winston-Salem Office. Jarrad works as part of the LitSmart\u00ae E-Discovery Team, providing a wide array of e-discovery related services including legal guidance, end-to-end operational discovery and document review, in addition to serving as discovery counsel for many of their clients. After Hurricane... <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,35,109,44],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncprobono.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}