In the Community
Katherine MacElhiney Named 2020 Winner of Barry J. Nace Pursuit of Justice Scholarship
Paulson & Nace, PLLC is proud to announce that Katherine MacElhiney was selected as the 2020 winner of the Barry J. Nace Pursuit of Justice Scholarship! Kat is a 1L student at the University of San Francisco School of Law, slated to graduate in 2023. Kat’s passion for justice is deeply personal. The Ghost Ship…
Read MoreRemembering Peter
More than thirty years ago, I was asked to become involved in a case in which a husband and father of two small children in his 30’s went to a hospital for a heart attack. He had been mowing his lawn. When he eventually came back to his home, he had lost a portion of…
Read MoreAnother Successful Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival This Year
On May 13, 2017, Washington, DC was alive with the sounds of strings. Guitars, banjos, cellos, fiddles – you name it, and you could hear it, drifting across the Anacostia River. It was the annual Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival, an event which helps support the Living Classrooms Foundation. It may have been a…
Read MoreAttorney Barry J. Nace Speaks to Legal Community about the Role of Medical Experts
On February 17, 2016, attorney Barry J. Nace was invited to speak before an influential gathering of about 35 judges and lawyers, including several from the States attorneys’ offices. The subject of his talk was the role of expert witnesses – namely, that a judge can only focus their inquiry on the methodology utilized by…
Read MoreFacing Legal Troubles? There Are Plenty of Apps for That.
There are applications for almost everything we do: finding a restaurant, grabbing a cab, buying theatre tickets. But did you know there are more than 20 different apps that can help you with legal questions? The American Bar Association Journal reports that applications like CitizenshipWorks and the New York-based Stop & Frisk Watch are “putting…
Read MoreSpreading Good Cheer: Firefighter Receives Full Face Transplant and a New Look on Life
There are so many stories of catastrophic injuries sustained by people going under the knife. When something good happens, we think it is important that we share it with you, especially at this time of the year. Patrick Hardison was a volunteer firefighter. In 2001, he was hit by the weight of falling ceiling while…
Read MoreThe Importance of Giving Back to the Community We Serve
At Paulson & Nace, we take our commitment to public service and to helping people very seriously – not only in our profession, but in our day to day lives. It is so important to us that children in cities like Washington, D.C. and Baltimore be given every opportunity to achieve their potential. That is…
Read MorePaulson & Nace, PLLC Named “Angels” by Corazón de Vida Foundation
When we founded our law firm more than 40 years ago, we did so because we believed that the under-represented deserved a better chance for a better future. We are proud to say that we have helped countless families throughout Washington, D.C. and West Virginia obtain those better futures. But we also know that not…
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