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Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project names next executive director

By Alexis Wells

The Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project, a nonprofit dedicated exclusively to mobilizing pro bono attorneys to expand access to civil justice, has hired Nell Brimmer as its new executive director.

Brimmer succeeds Kathryn Reid, who served as the organization's interim executive director and will continue in a leadership role as associate director.

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Nell Brimmer

In her role, Brimmer will work with the staff and board to advance the nonprofit's mission to harness the power of pro bono representation to strengthen the rule of law and expand access to civil legal services statewide.

“I am honored to lead VLP’s statewide mission," said Brimmer. "VLP reaches communities other providers cannot and channels highly skilled pro bono attorneys to individuals and families facing life-altering civil legal challenges. Together with the board, staff and volunteers, I look forward to building on the strong foundation in place and expanding this essential work across Maine.”

Brimmer brings more than 15 years of legal and nonprofit leadership across the South and Northeast. In addition to her roles at the Center for Reproductive Rights, Legal Services Alabama, Disability Rights Maine and King & Spalding, she has presented nationally on pro bono best practices and nonprofit leadership.

Most recently, she expanded the Center for Reproductive Rights' domestic pro bono portfolio. Previously, she served as managing attorney of client access and pro bono at Legal Services Alabama, where she directed statewide initiatives, developed fellowships and clerkship frameworks and piloted innovative technology during the pandemic to reach more people.

Prior to her work in Alabama, Brimmer was managing attorney at Disability Rights Maine.

"With Nell's Maine-based legal experience and her national leadership providing pro bono legal services, VLP will work toward providing civil legal services to more Maine residents than ever before," said Beth Richardson, board chair of the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project.

Brimmer received her bachelor's degree in women's studies from Salem State University and her J.D. from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. 

She is a 2022 fellow of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law’s Racial Justice Institute and has been recognized as a national thought leader in pro bono innovation. She is admitted to practice law in Maine, Alabama and Georgia.

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