Pro Bono

We believe pro bono service is a win for everyone.

Hughes Hubbard Receives Pro Bono Award From Haitian Bar Group

Hughes Hubbard received the "Corporate Vision Award" from the Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York in recognition of its pro bono work on behalf of the Haitian community.

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Hughes Hubbard Receives 2016 Commitment to Justice Award

Hughes Hubbard & Reed received a 2016 "Commitment to Justice" Award for "Outstanding Legal Team" from Her Justice (formerly inMotion) for its pro bono representation of a single mother in a child support case.

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Hughes Hubbard Remains Among Top Firms on AmLaw’s Pro Bono List

Hughes Hubbard maintained one of the top spots in The American Lawyer’s annual pro bono special report, ranking second among Big Law firms for U.S. pro bono commitment in 2016.

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Public service is deeply embedded in our firm, as evidenced by our outsized commitment to pro bono work. We provide significant legal services to those who would otherwise not have access to justice. Our pro bono work focuses on helping underserved communities and advocating for abused women, immigrants and the wrongfully convicted.

Our work covers a wide range of areas, including:

immigration
civil rights
criminal defense
housing
art law

Pro Bono Matters Here are some of our most recent successes

Hughes Hubbard Again Ranked Among Top Firms on AmLaw’s Pro Bono List

Hughes Hubbard maintained one of the top spots in The American Lawyer’s annual pro bono special report, ranking fifth among Big Law firms for U.S. pro bono commitment in 2017.

Firm Helps Reunite Separated Immigrant Family

Hughes Hubbard helped a young mother from El Salvador to secure release from immigration detention on a minimal bond and to reunite with her daughter, who was separately detained.

Hughes Hubbard Secures Asylum for Guyanese Transgender Woman

The firm successfully represented a South American transgender woman who sought asylum in the United States to escape persecution in her native country of Guyana, which criminalizes consensual same-sex activity between men and "cross-dressing."

Firm Obtains Significant Settlement for Pro Bono Client

Only days before trial was set to commence, Hughes Hubbard obtained an excellent outcome for a pro bono client by negotiating a $50,000 settlement to resolve civil rights claims related to a pattern of harassment by prison correctional officers that culminated in a brutal assault.

Hughes Hubbard Wins Approval to Settle Class Action Lawsuit With Debt Collector

The firm and NYLAG won final court approval of a settlement resolving a class action lawsuit on behalf of low-income New Yorkers against a New Jersey business and its law firm for an alleged fraudulent debt collection scheme.

The late Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson, center, with (from left) Ted Mayer, Vanessa Gathers and alumna Lisa Cahill

Exoneration for Woman Framed by Rogue Cop

After 30 months of work that included managing a private cold-case investigation of events in East New York in the early '90s and the retention of a leading false-confession expert, Hughes Hubbard helped clear the name of a woman who spent 10 years in prison after being framed by a rogue detective.

“Without opportunity on the part of the poor to obtain expert legal advice, it is idle to talk of equality before the law.” Charles Evans Hughes

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