Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
Katherine Tarpley is a highly experienced attorney with a focus on legal representation for children and families, currently serving as the Managing Attorney at Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. since July 2022. Previously, Katherine held the position of Education Attorney at the Children’s Law Center of MA from January 2019 to July 2022 and worked as Assistant General Counsel for the MA Department of Early Education and Care. Early legal career highlights include serving as an Immigration & Employment Attorney at Northeastern University and an O'Connell Fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services, where significant achievements included advocating for families of children with disabilities in securing SSI benefits. Katherine has also contributed to legal education as a guest lecturer at Northeastern University School of Law and has interned in various capacities, enhancing legal understanding in child welfare and immigration law. Katherine holds a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law, as well as Master's and Bachelor's degrees from Boston University in International Communication and French Language and Literature, respectively.
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
Our Vision We believe that there should be fairness, justice and equality for all, and, that if we can instill more fairness in our society, there will be less poverty. Our Mission Our mission is to ensure that state and federal laws affecting poor people are upheld, while also addressing the systemic barriers to justice faced by Mainers with low incomes. Our Approach To achieve our mission, we provide free civil legal assistance in cases where it can make a difference in one’s ability to meet one’s basic human needs or in enforcing one’s basic human rights, including access to housing, food, income, safety, education, and healthcare. Our Priorities We continually assess the most pressing civil legal problems facing low-income Mainers. Our board of directors regularly reviews our program priorities. Our current priorities are: The preservation of housing and related housing needs; Maintaining, enhancing and protecting income and economic stability; Promoting safety, health, and well-being; Improving outcomes for Maine children and youth; Enforcing workplace opportunities, income and legal protections for low-wage workers; Meeting the legal needs of populations with other vulnerabilities; and Improving the delivery of legal services and justice for low - income Mainers statewide. Our Organization and Funding Pine Tree Legal Assistance is a nonprofit organization, recognized as a 501(c)(3) by the IRS and as a public charity in the State of Maine. Pine Tree receives funding from the Legal Services Corporation (federal appropriation), the State of Maine (including a general Appropriation, allocations from the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund, and State contracts), the Maine Justice Foundation (including IOLTA), the Campaign for Justice, United Ways, other federal grants, and generous support from foundations, corporations, and individual donors. To learn more about our organization, visit https://ptla.org.