Kevin McAllister: Someone Who Changes the World Every Day

            My father, Kevin McAllister is a family court lawyer in the Bronx. He represents poor people in family court and criminal court. He deals with People who have problems with their families either because they have problem with child welfare authorities or another parent of a child in common. He’s been a lawyer for xx years

Being a family court lawyer matters because there are many problems custody of children or protection and people deserve to have lawyer speak for them so that their positions can be presented to the judge or jury. Being a lawyer matters because it’s necessary to use lawyers to accomplish certain things that need to be done in life. My father helps many poor people no access to lawyers to advise them about legal issues he helps people who otherwise wouldn’t have a lawyer in cases.

Examples of my father’s accomplishments are, helping people be reunited with children, helping people avoid convictions in criminal cases, and assisting parents to gain access and visitation time to children who don’t live with them. He recently helped a grandmother in New Jersey get order of custody so that she could continue to live with her granddaughter so that her granddaughter could finish high school and apply for college after her mother had died. My father thinks he changes the world everyday because he’s able to assist poor people in a place where they would otherwise be powerless and to advocate for their own positions where they otherwise wouldn’t be able.

My father Kevin McAllister changes the world everyday because he provides a basic right to people who can’t afford a lawyer.