April is “Second Chance” Month, and there is no one more fitting to honor as VLJ’s Volunteer of the Month than Nydia Benders, Executive Assistant within the legal, compliance, business ethics and external affairs department at Prudential Financial, Inc.
March 2021 Volunteer of the Month: Meg Slachetka
VLJ is thrilled to honor Meg Slachetka as our Volunteer of the Month for March. Meg is Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler, where she works in the firm’s in Antitrust and Competition Group. Meg has a long-standing commitment to pro bono work; she took on her first case pro bono as a summer associate at Lowenstein, helping a VLJ client with a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy petition.
February 2021 Volunteer of the Month: Catherine Fitch
This month, VLJ is excited to honor volunteer attorney Catherine Fitch. Catherine is the Managing Counsel, Patents at Merck and has been dedicating her time to pro bono with VLJ since 2012. She first began volunteering in the Bankruptcy Program, offering advice to individuals considering Chapter 7 bankruptcy.