Brown, Goldstein & Levy is proud to share that Partner Monica Basche has been elected to the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service’s (“MVLS”) Board of Directors. MVLS is Maryland’s largest provider of pro-bono civil legal services to low-income individuals across the state. Monica’s election to the board demonstrates her commitment to removing barriers to justice for all individuals through free civil legal services, community engagement, and advocacy.
Outside of her work at BGL Monica is highly involved in the legal community. She is committed to bettering the legal profession and improving access to justice. In addition to MVLS, Monica serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Maryland CASA Association, and organization that trains court-appointed special advocates who represent children in abuse and neglect proceedings. Monica is on the board of Episcopal Housing Corporation, which works to build affordable housing and create the foundations for healthy, sustainable communities. Monica is also a fellow of the Baltimore Bar Foundation. Previously, she has served on the board of the Young Lawyers’ Division of the Bar Association of Baltimore City and as a member of the publications committee for the Young Lawyers’ Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.
Monica is proud to devote hours of her practice to providing high-quality legal representation at no cost to Marylanders who need it. As a firm committed to the pursuit of social justice and equity, maintaining a pro bono practice is one way that we are closing the gap between those who can afford a lawyer and those who cannot. Learn more about Brown, Goldstein & Levy’s pro bono work here.
ABOUT MONICA BASCHE
Monica represents clients in a diverse range of cases from civil rights litigation, including disability rights, housing discrimination, employment discrimination, and prisoners’ rights, to commercial litigation and business disputes, including breach of contract and business torts cases. Monica also represents blind vendors and state licensing agencies in cases involving the Randolph-Sheppard Act, a federal statute that gives blind licensed vendors priority in operating vending facilities on federal properties. Read more about Monica here.
ABOUT BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY
Founded in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in Washington, DC. The firm is nationally recognized in a wide variety of practice areas, including complex civil and commercial litigation, civil rights, health care, family law, and criminal defense. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered law firm that brings decades of experience and passionate, effective advocacy to your fight for justice.