The case began when a Wake County widower lost his job. His house went into foreclosure shortly thereafter. He and his two sons, one of them a minor, were living in their camper in a public campground when Children's Protective Services took custody of teenaged son and charged the widower with neglect. The Clerk of Court notified the gentleman that there were excess proceeds from the foreclosure sale and that he needed a lawyer to complete a title opinion and set up a hearing for him in order to have access to this money. Volunteer lawyer Rebecca L. Stevens, of Stevens and Hand, PLLC in Cary, accepted the case and successfully did all the Court required. On June 22, her client received a check for $75,552.76. Hand’s client is now in the process of finding a new place to live and taking the necessary actions to have his son returned home.

 

“Rebecca’s work in this case spotlights the importance of everyone having access to competent legal practitioners,” said Dean Melissa Essary. “She acted as an advocate for her client to not only solve his foreclosure issues, but also enabled her client to have the means to begin the process of reuniting his family. Using the law to help families in need is one of the most critical ways Campbell lawyers serve their communities. We couldn’t be more proud of her.”

 

About ProBono.net/NC: ProBono.net/NC is a website that has been developed to provide resources for pro bono & legal services attorneys that might assist their representation of low-income or disadvantaged clients in North Carolina.

 

About Campbell Law School: Since its founding in 1976, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others and create a more just society. The School has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. The Law School’s Moot Court Program has recently been ranked in the top ten nationally by the University of Houston’s Blakely Advocacy Institute among 196 ABA accredited law schools. Campbell Law boasts more than 3,000 alumni, including 2,000 who reside and work in North Carolina. For the past 20 years, Campbell Law’s record of success on the North Carolina bar exam is unsurpassed by any other North Carolina law school. In the fall of 2009, Campbell Law School will relocate from the main Campbell University campus to a new location in downtown Raleigh. For more information, visit www.law.campbell.edu.

 

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