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Pat Layden puts into action the ideals of pro bono lawyering

Pro Bono Net's new national quarterly volunteer profile features Pat Layden.  

Pat Layden is a private practitioner in McAlester, Oklahoma, and has volunteered many hours to promote equal access to justice in Oklahoma. He served Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc. as Board member and past President of the Board and as a pro bono attorney. He is a 3rd generation attorney, and has been practicing law in McAlester, Oklahoma, for 28 years.  

Pro Bono Net thanks Legal Aid Services of Oklahama (LASO) for sharing this inspiring volunteer story about his work on a hotly contested child custody case where a young mother, with a critically ill infant was involved in a custody battle over her one–year old daughter.  Read Article