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Paralegal Wins Young Leader Award

By ParalegalGateway.com

Jennifer Tlumak, paralegal and client advocate at the Tennessee Justice Center, has been named the 2009 Young Leader Award by the Tennessee Alliance for Progress.

The award is for her outstanding efforts as an advocate for children's health services. The award was presented to Tlumak on May 9 at the organization's statewide awards celebration.

"Jennifer's efforts on behalf of children and families exemplify one of the key goals of TAP which is to increase the capacity of under-represented constituencies to have an impact on public policy," said Nell Levin, TAP's statewide coordinator, in a press statement. "Jennifer's work has given a voice to thousands of Tennessee children whose well-being and lives depend on public programs such as TennCare."

Tlumak has been associated with the Tennessee Justice Center since 2006. Her work is focused on working with individual clients, particularly the families of young children, and on proof development and investigation in complex class-action cases. In addition, she has worked collaboratively with disability and advocacy groups across the state to organize more than 100 screenings of the film Collateral Damage, about the health-care crisis in the U.S. Under her management, the Tennessee Justice Center Web site has become a valuable public education resource. In addition, Tlumak works on grant applications and spearheads the annual Mothers of the Year statewide recognition program of Tennessee Justice Center.

"Jennifer's work is truly extraordinary," said Michele Johnson, managing attorney of the Tennessee Justice Center. "Her unique mix of intelligence, passion, vision and compassion mean great results for the families of this state. Jennifer is the embodiment of advocacy that is affirmative, energetic and effective."

"I am very honored to receive this award and grateful to have the opportunity to work with the Tennessee Justice Center," said Tlumak. "TJC is the best of all worlds. It's a place where intelligent, dedicated colleagues work with a shared commitment to create positive social change for Tennessee's most vulnerable populations. In particular, TJC gives me an opportunity to advocate for Tennessee's children and work to reform public policies that are harmful to their health and future."

Full post as published by ParalegalGateway Blawg on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).