Akin Gump Partners with CenterPoint Energy for Houston Volunteer Lawyers-Sponsored Will Clinic
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(Houston) – Akin Gump has partnered with CenterPoint Energy, a leading U.S. energy delivery, infrastructure and services company, to provide pro bono will preparation services to Houston residents at a recent Houston Volunteer Lawyers-sponsored will clinic.
Through the will clinic, lawyers from Akin Gump’s Houston office and CenterPoint’s legal department combined to provide will preparation services to more than 30 Houstonians in need. The will signing took place on Thursday, September 13, in the historically significant Emancipation Cultural Center, located in the park of the same name that was established by African American Houstonians in the 1870s as a home for Juneteenth celebrations of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
“We have been thrilled to partner with our client, CenterPoint, and a great organization like Houston Volunteer Lawyers to be able to provide meaningful assistance to residents of Houston,” said Akin Gump partner Rob Shearer, who led Akin Gump’s participation in the clinic.
Added Monica Karuturi, vice president and associate general counsel of Corporate and Securities at CenterPoint Energy, “CenterPoint Energy’s legal department participates in a number of volunteer events each year. We are especially proud to support Mayor Turner’s ‘Complete Communities’ initiative and the important work performed by Houston Volunteer Lawyers. We are also grateful for the generous support of Akin Gump, our partner in this community service.”
Houston Volunteer Lawyers serves as the pro bono legal aid arm of the Houston Bar Association, and helps thousands of people across the Houston area each year with their most pressing legal needs. This will clinic is one of several that the organization will sponsor in underserved communities throughout Houston this year.
The clinic is part of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s “Complete Communities” initiative for the City of Houston, an initiative aimed at improving neighborhoods so that all of Houston's residents and business owners can have access to quality services and amenities.
About Akin Gump
Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
About CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution and energy services operations. The company serves more than five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company also owns 54.0 percent of the common units representing limited partner interests in Enable Midstream Partners, LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp. Enable Midstream Partners, LP owns, operates and develops natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. With more than 8,000 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.
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