Pro Bono

We believe pro bono service is a win for everyone.

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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

Vilia Hayes to Receive 2025 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit

Vilia Hayes, longtime Hughes Hubbard partner and current senior pro bono counsel, has been selected to receive the 2025 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit.

Hughes Hubbard Defends US Citizenship of Salvadoran Man Facing Removal Order

On a pro bono basis, Hughes Hubbard successfully defended a Salvadoran man in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit facing a decade-old deportation order, arguing he derived U.S. citizenship when his mother was naturalized 40 years ago.

Hughes Hubbard Wins Her Justice’s Firm Partnership Award

Hughes Hubbard received Her Justice’s Firm Partnership Award, one of the 2025 Commitment To Justice Awards, for our “exemplary Summer Associate Program, which Her Justice views as a model for a well-run, high-impact pro bono initiative.”

Hughes Hubbard Reps DCWP in Winning Pro Bono Litigation Against Moon Star Construction

The firm represented the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) on a pro bono basis in its successful claim against Moon Star Construction, a home improvement contractor in New York City licensed by DCWP.

Hughes Hubbard Wins Groundbreaking Settlement in Rental Subsidy Class Action Against NYC

The firm won a major settlement in its pro bono rental subsidy class action litigation against New York City, in which the firm alleged the New York City Department of Social Services was unlawfully terminating rental vouchers for low-income New Yorkers.

Firm Achieves Relief for LGBTQ+ Peruvian Woman Facing Deportation

On a pro bono basis, Hughes Hubbard recently obtained withholding of removal relief for a transgender woman born in Peru who is facing proceedings for deportation from the United States.

“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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