10 businesses awarded free legal services through McNees LEAP
May 22, 2024
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — (May 22, 2024) McNees announced the 2024 winners of its Legal Equity Advancement Program (LEAP), with 10 businesses each receiving an award for one year’s worth of free legal services from the firm.
The announcement was made Tuesday, May 21, during a reception at Historic King Mansion in Harrisburg to honor this year’s LEAP awardees. They are:
- Baugh Construction LLC (Harrisburg, Pa.) – a handyman and general home and small business improvement company that offers services from small renovations to large-scale outdoor ones and provides prompt, high-quality workmanship at competitive rates.
- Champion Pest & Termite Control (Columbus, Ohio) – a pest control and treatment services company with the CHAMP advantage: community investment, honest inspections and services, affordable solutions, management that is locally owned and operated and personalized treatments.
- Hit The Angles 360 Media (Harrisburg, Pa.) – a photo booth and 360 booth rental company offering marketing services for social and corporate events in central Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; and Baltimore, Md.
- House of Nova (Harrisburg, Pa.) – a company specializing in the metaverse retail of fashion products and promotion of fashion through emerging technologies.
- Kai Vida Superfoods (Pittsburgh, Pa.) – a producer of chef-inspired, healthful instant meals made from premium, responsibly sourced and farm-fresh ingredients that are ready-to-eat in under 15 minutes by simply by adding hot water.
- The Nutter Center for Empowering Women, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) – a team of licensed professionals, case managers and job developers offering services aimed at helping women reach their goals in empowerment, education, employment and success.
- One Call Handles It All Landscaping and Trucking LLC (Pittsburgh, Pa.) – a landscaping and hauling services company targeting institutional clients.
- Supreme Weddings (Lancaster, Pa.) – a multi-service wedding company specializing in DJ and MC services, photobooth experiences, photography and videography designed to create truly unforgettable events.
- Sweet Confections Cakes (Harrisburg, Pa.) – a bakery that crafts special event and wedding cakes that are stunning edible centerpieces as well as offers a venue for small weddings.
- Wachter Wellness Co., LLC (Frederick, Md.) – an agricultural residential farm offering a comprehensive range of services, including classes, workshops and products, that nurture clients’ mind, body and spirit and empower their wellbeing.
Now in its fourth year, LEAP helps qualifying businesses overcome societal barriers to growth that are caused, in part, by inequality. Each business chosen for the program is awarded one year of free legal services.
McNees launched LEAP in southcentral Pennsylvania; expanded it to include Columbus, Ohio, in 2022; and last year further expanded the program to parts of western, central and eastern Pennsylvania as well as Frederick, Md.
LEAP awardees gain access to nearly every practice area at McNees to help them with a wide range of business needs, including business organization or reorganization, tax, employment, real estate, intellectual property, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification and contract review, among others. In addition, awardees are offered educational webinars, seminars and networking opportunities.
To date, 24 businesses have received free legal services through the McNees LEAP initiative. LEAP clients from 2023 included the nation’s first Black bookstore, micro-winery, tapas restaurant and performance venue based in Lancaster, Pa.; a full-service construction company specializing in renovations, new construction and land development in Columbus, Ohio; and a nonprofit life resource center in Frederick, Md.
To learn more about LEAP, visit www.mcneesleap.com.
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McNees is a multidisciplinary law firm founded in 1935 with nearly 160 attorneys representing businesses, associations, institutions, municipalities and individuals. The firm serves clients worldwide from offices in Devon, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Scranton, State College and York, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Frederick and Towson, Md.; and Washington, D.C. McNees is a member of the ALFA International Global Legal Network.
