TBA Honors Nashville Company for Pro Bono Work
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The company's legal department was honored with the 2014 Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative Award for its work with Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON). Through the partnership, Cat Financial lawyers have helped eligible immigrants apply for "deferred action" - an opportunity for young people who were brought to
In presenting the award, TBA President
While deferred action created an incredible opportunity for up to 10,000 young Tennesseans, it also overwhelmed the existing service infrastructure.
Within a week of the opening of the application process, JFON began training pro bono attorneys. Its first legal clinic drew 250 prospective applicants.
As an international company, Cat Financial understood the importance of this opportunity for young people and stepped forward to help. In fact, so many attorneys and paralegals wanted to participate that JFON held a special training session followed by a legal clinic staffed entirely by Cat Financial employees. Since that initial event, Cat Financial has continued to support legal clinics across the state.
As initial demand wanes and JFONS staff are able to handle the caseload of deferred action requests, Cat Financial is turning its attention to new ways to assist the group. It recently announced that throughout 2014 it will assist JFONS with a pro bono effort focused on U visas, which protect victims of crime, domestic violence and human trafficking.
In addition to the award presented to Cat Financial, the TBA also presented its Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Law Firm Award to the
The Corporate Counsel Gala, which includes a dinner and ceremony, is part of the Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative - a partnership between the TBA and the
This year's event featured remarks by
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For more than 30 years, Cat Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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