Carlton L. Johnson Elected to Community Legal Services Board

Jan. 9, 2009

Attorney Carlton L. Johnson has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of Community Legal Services Inc. (CLS) of Philadelphia, a nonprofit agency providing legal services, advocacy and education for low-income Philadelphians.

With the selection, Johnson also becomes a member of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia Legal Assistance (PLA), a CLS partner organization.

CLS was established by the Philadelphia Bar Association in 1966, and has served more than a million low-income Philadelphia residents through individual cases, class actions, and advocating for improved regulations and laws that affect low-income Philadelphia residents. PLA, a grantee of the federally funded Legal Services Corporation (LCS), provides free civil legal services to Philadelphia’s low-income community.

Johnson is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Archer, P.C., and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Civil Rights and Government Relations practices. A city resident and former high-ranking member of the city Law Department, he specializes in civil rights and employment law.

For more information, visit www.clsphila.org and www.philalegal.org.

Archer, P.C., is a full-service law firm with more than 175 lawyers in six offices serving Fortune 100 clients, small to medium-sized businesses and individuals for more than 75 years. The firm’s principal office is in Haddonfield, N.J., with offices in Princeton and Flemington, N.J., Philadelphia, Pa., Wilmington, Del., and New York, N.Y. For more information visit www.archerlaw.com.

 

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