Billington Featured in Cleveland Magazine Story on the Importance of Pro Bono Work

Chaz Billington, a partner in the Vorys Cleveland office and a member of the labor and employment group, was quoted throughout a Cleveland Magazine story titled “Lawyers Giving Back – Volunteers Level the Justice System’s Playing Field.”  The story highlighted the importance of pro bono work and how volunteering with Legal Aid can help lawyers develop important skills.

The story states:

“‘Sometimes all it takes is 20 minutes,’ the reading of a document, a phone call and a stroke of a keyboard to change someone’s life,’ according to Charles (Chaz) F. Billington III, a partner with the Vorys Cleveland office and a strong advocate of the Legal Aid Society’s Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP).

‘To some people who need our help it may appear magical or like a superpower for an attorney to say ‘Here’s what we are going to do and I’m going to make this all go away.’  But because that is such a powerful thing, it is incumbent of us as lawyers to give back,’ says Billington, adding that Legal Aid’s pro bono attorneys ‘help level the playing field for everyone to have access to the justice system.’”

To read the entire story on the Cleveland Magazine website, click here and scroll to page 46.