(June 15, 2011) TOPEKA, Kan.—Emily A. Hartz received the Kansas Bar Association Pro Bono Certificate during the Installation and Awards Dinner of the KBA Annual Meeting and Joint Judicial Conference held June 10 in Topeka. The Pro Bono Certificate of Appreciation is awarded to lawyers who meet the following criteria: lawyers who are not employed full time by an organization that has as its primary purpose the provision of free legal service to the poor; lawyers who, with no expectation of receiving a fee, have provided direct delivery of legal services in civil or criminal matters to a client or client group that does not have the resources to employ compensated counsel; lawyers who have made a voluntary contribution of a significant portion of time to providing legal services to the poor without charge; and/or lawyers whose voluntary contributions have resulted in increased access to legal services on the part of low- and moderate-income persons.

Hartz is an attorney licensed in both Kansas and Missouri. A native of southern Illinois, she graduated summa cum laude from business school at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. While completing her undergraduate education, she worked in a variety of capacities in the domestic violence program with Dove Inc. Her duties included public outreach, grant writing, and legal advocacy.

She moved to Lawrence in 1998 and graduated with dean's honors from Washburn University School of Law in 2001. During her last year of law school, Hartz worked for the Shawnee County District Attorney's Office prosecuting domestic violence cases. Upon graduation from law school, she built on her trial experience and opened a law office where she acquired a wealth of experience in general trial practice, namely family, criminal, and juvenile law. She then practiced law in Kansas City, Mo., as national trial counsel defending personal injury and toxic tort cases in a variety of jurisdictions throughout the country. In April 2010 she joined Sloan, Eisenbarth, Glassman, McEntire & Jarboe LLC in Lawrence in an of counsel position.

Hartz is on the board of the GaDuGi SafeCenter in Lawrence, is an active member of Unity Church of Lawrence, and does additional pro bono work for Kansas Legal Services. She is a member of the Judge Hugh Means Inn of Court, the Kansas Bar Association, and the Kansas Women Attorneys Association. She is a past member of the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the American Trial Lawyers Association.
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