Trial Lawyers
Lawyer Who Grew Up in Poverty Donates $1M to Food Bank
Posted Aug 25, 2008, 11:09 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A Charleston, S.C., trial lawyer who grew up in poverty has donated $1 million to a food bank.
Lawyer Paul Hulsey told the Charleston Post and Courier that he sometimes went hungry as a child. "It wasn't unusual for us to go to school without any breakfast, and sometimes we had no dinner,” he said.
Hulsey was a former partner at plaintiffs law firm Ness Motley, now known as Motley Rice. He left and eventually formed the Hulsey Law Group.
The money will help the Lowcountry Food Bank buy a new facility, which will be named in his honor. The food bank has been located for seven years in a free building at the former Charleston Naval Base, but the lease is ending.
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Posted by Jennifer - 3 months, 1 week, 2 days, 16 hours, 5 minutes ago
FInally, something we can be proud of. If only more of us and our firms contributed to not only legal aid type work, but also basic needs provision in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Posted by kg - 3 months, 1 week, 2 days, 12 hours, 42 minutes ago
Amen to comment one.
Posted by Karen - 3 months, 1 week, 1 day, 14 hours, 18 minutes ago
I am so proud to know him. for those of us who can help, whether it be big or small, let’s do that, so we can be a part of making a difference, and carry on Mr. Hulsey’s plan for the future.