publication: US States News

June 5, 2008 Thursday 12:16 PM EST

The Massachusetts Court System issued the following news release: In recognition of outstanding commitment to providing volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged in Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Justice Francis X. Spina, on behalf of the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, presented the seventh annual Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards to five recipients at a special ceremony in the John Adams Courthouse on Wednesday, June 4. The 2008 awardees are as follows: Attorney John G. Dugan, of Millis, a principal in the law firm of Doherty Ciechanowski, Dugan & Cannon, P.C. in Franklin and Medfield, and Attorney Edward Notis-McConarty, of Newton, a partner in the Boston law firm of Hemenway & Barnes LLP, for their work in the development and implementation of three Limited Assistance Representation pilot projects in the Probate and Family Court Department to expand access to justice;