Two representatives of Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands will be featured at Lunch with the League in Oak Ridge on Tuesday.
The two representatives are Mary Michelle Gillum and Paula Trujillo. Gillum is the director of the Legal Aid Society’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, also known as the Tennessee Taxpayer Project, and Trujillo is an outreach community paralegal of the Tennessee Taxpayer Project.
Lunch with the League is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
“All are welcome to bring their lunch or purchase a boxed lunch for a nominal fee,” a press release said. “Coffee and tea will be served. The presentation will begin at noon.”
Gillum founded the Tennessee Taxpayer Project in 2000 in conjunction with the University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic and the Legal Aid Society.
She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994, and she majored in accounting and business law. In 2000, she obtained a doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee College of Law. She is admitted to practice in the United States Tax Court, United States Bankruptcy Court, and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Among her many accolades, Gillum is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association faculty and provides continuing legal education seminars to attorneys throughout the state, the press release said. The IRS regularly invites her to present training to examiners. She has also been invited to advise the Commissioner of the IRS on systemic issues related to low-income taxpayers.
Gillum’s current practices includes federal income tax controversies, bankruptcy, and collection defense, the press release said.
Trujillo has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a masters in J.D. from La Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru. She is a licensed attorney in Peru, the press release said.
In 1998, she began with Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands as a volunteer helping Spanish-speaking clients while attending the University of Tennessee College of Law.
She is a member of The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Latino Taskforce, board member of Community Economic Development Network of East Tennessee (CEDNET), and former board member of Centro Hispano of East Tennessee.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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