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Larry
Adamson
May 2005
Larry R. Adamson has
been selected
as the Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney
of the Month for May.
Mr. Adamson
was chosen to receive this honor by
the Volunteer
Lawyers Program
(VLP).
The Pro Bono Awards are
announced monthly and highlight an
attorney
who has made an
extraordinary
contribution toward making legal services
available to
persons who otherwise could
not afford them.
Mr.
Adamson has been providing legal assistance to VLP clients in need
of help
with wills and
small estates for more than four years. Although Mr. Adamson
does
not speak Spanish himself,
he often assists Spanish speakers draft their
wills. Mr. Adamson
also donates the use of his support staff to interpret for
clients.
When
talking about Mr. Adamson’s selection for this award, Socorro Diaz,
the
VLP’s Pima
County Coordinator, noted, “Mr. Adamson is always ready and
willing
to go to bat for those in need of legal services. He is incredibly
generous
with his time and is always gracious and kind when dealing
with program staff.”
Mr.
Adamson is an attorney with the Tucson and Green Valley law firm of
Duffield
Young Adamson, P.C. He is a Certified Specialist in
Estates and Trust Law and
Tax Law. Mr. Adamson focuses his practice
on estate planning, estate tax,
probate, and estate and trust
administration.
Mr.
Adamson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona in 1957, his law
degree from
the University of San Francisco in 1969 and a Masters of
Law (in Taxation)
from New York University in 1970. He is a member
of the American,
Arizona, California and Pima County Bar
Associations. He is also a
member of the American, Arizona and
California CPA Societies.
In
addition to the considerable amount of time Mr. Adamson donates to
the
VLP, he also
volunteers his time to help many other organizations throughout
Arizona. He has served on the Board of Directors of The University
of Arizona
Foundation, the Community Foundation for Southern
Arizona, the Tucson
Medical Center Foundation, the Tucson Symphony
Society, the Arizona
Children’s Foundation, Friends of Western
Arizona, the Rotary Club of
Tucson Foundation and the Tucson Airport
Authority.
The award
will be presented to Mr. Adamson at the Annual VLP Awards
Luncheon
in
November. The luncheon will be held at the Marriott University
Park
Hotel.
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Past Pima
County Monthly Award Winners
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