By Stacy
Rupprecht Butler
The
Attorney of the Month for November
is Joubert
Davenport. Joubert has been
a member
of the VLP since 1988, where
he
participates in the Advice Only and
Domestic
Relations Clinics. He also
accepts
domestic relations cases for
direct
representation. Joubert was selected
to receive
the award not only for the
enormous
amount of work he does for
the
program each year, but for his
willingness to help out on very short
notice
when another volunteer has had to cancel a clinic. Several
times this
year,
Joubert rearranged his own schedule to help out when the VLP
was in a
crunch.
Joubert gladly makes whatever adjustments to his schedule to
make
himself
available to VLP clients. He is exceedingly generous and an
asset to
the
program. The VLP staff is very fortunate to work with
Joubert. The VLP’s
monthly
award is a distinct honor: of the more than 1200 attorneys
who
volunteer
their time with VLP, only 12 receive the VLP’s Outstanding
Pro
Bono
Attorney award each year.
Q& A
with Joubert Davenport:
Where
are you from?
I was born
in Tucson in 1953.
What is
the history of your practice of law?
Oh my. I
was a solo practitioner upon graduation (1982). Worked for
Chuck
Ollinger
from 1983 until 1986, then a solo again until 1988 when I
joined Richards and Eisenstein. Became a partner in 1989,
and left the firm in 1995 to, once
again,
become a solo practitioner. Still am.
What
are your current practice areas?
Collections, family law, real estate, anything else that
won't eat me first, in that
order of
magnitude.
What
drives you to volunteer with VLP?
I actually
enjoy the clinics. I feel like a triage nurse sorting out
the truly needy.
Anyone
you would like to acknowledge for contributing to your legal
career
/ pro bono service?
My wife.
Long suffering.
Other
VLP volunteers you'd like to give a shout‑out to:
Tom
Niemeir. He volunteers all of the time, usually without
initially intending to.
Still does
good work.
Favorite Tucson restaurant?
Roberts
Restaurant.
