Mark Moreau and Carlton Smith Receive Janet Spragens Pro Bono Award

ABA Tax Section Press Release (Feb. 20, 2013):

The ABA Section of Taxation presented its annual Janet Spragens Pro Bono Award to Mark Moreau, Co-Executive Director, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in New Orleans, and Carlton Smith, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director, Tax Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, during a luncheon on Jan. 26 at the Section’s 2013 Midyear Meeting in Orlando, Fla.

The Janet Spragens Pro Bono Award, named after the late American University Law professor who greatly contributed to ensuring representation for low-income taxpayers, is presented each year to an individual lawyer or law firm that has demonstrated outstanding and sustained commitment to pro bono legal services, particularly with respect to federal and state tax law.