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Meet Our Team
Serving with compassion, integrity, and purpose
Community Legal is made possible by a dedicated team of staff, board members, and volunteer attorneys who believe access to justice should not depend on income. Together, we serve our neighbors with professionalism, humility, and respect.
Founder, Director and President
Deborah Hubbs
Deborah founded Community Legal in 2018 after serving corporate clients for over a decade as in-house counsel of various oil and gas companies.
After realizing the lack of legal services for the disadvantaged, Deborah began exploring the possibility of bringing privately funded legal services to the Greater Houston area. Going through her own parents’ divorce and eventual living in kinship care with her older sister made Deborah realize that this was an underrepresented area of need in pro bono legal services. Thus, Deborah focuses most of her legal work for Community Legal in family law. She also still maintains a private law practice in nonprofit law.
Deborah is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law and is admitted to practice in the State of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and is active in The Woodlands Methodist Church.
Guardianship & Probate Attorney
Kim Cline
Kim Cline has been Community Legal’s guardianship and probate attorney for five years; and also serves as a resource for clients seeking expungement. Kim was an assistant district attorney for Harris County for 13 years where she handled over 500 criminal appeals and won briefer of the year. Kim has also served pro bono for numerous legal aid organizations and won volunteer of the year for both Community Legal and Lone Star Legal Aid in the same year.
Kim previously served on the Board of Community Legal as well as Montgomery County Bar Association as their pro bono coordinator. She is a member of the Texas Bar. Kim received her J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law. She also holds a B.A. in Socio-Economics from Michigan State University and a Masters in Theological Studies from Liberty University.
Director of Legal Operations & Attorney
Audrey Juranek
Audrey Juranek joins Community Legal as the Director of Legal Operations where she will be both an attorney taking legal representation and overseeing the work of our pro bono attorneys and legal clinics.
Audrey holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and earned her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law where she received the Dean’s Pro Bono Achievement Award. She has been a dedicated volunteer for Houston Volunteer Lawyers, assisting in guardianship and kinship matters and has held a certificate in Guardian Ad Litem for over 10 years.
Outside of her legal work, Audrey enjoys spending time with her family, trying her hand at golf and growing roses, and cheering on the Astros.
Paralegal
Lynn Flanagan
Lynn Flanagan is originally from Beaumont, Texas where she started her career as a paralegal. She has been a paralegal for more than 25 years, practicing mostly family law.
Lynn was married to her husband Mark for 34 years when he passed away in 2020. They have one son, Brian, who still lives nearby. Lynn is active in her Church and volunteers in their Outreach Program. In her spare time, she enjoys quality time with friends, attending Bible studies, playing cards, and traveling.
ABOUT US
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors provides governance, oversight, and strategic guidance to ensure Community Legal remains faithful to its mission and responsible in its stewardship.
Founding Board Chair
Patrick O'Hara
The O'Hara Law Firm
Treasurer
Janet Black
Aon
Amos McDonald
Southside Bank
Secretary
Angela Bullock
BCBH Law
John Thomas
FBT Gibbons LLP