Forty-seven Hughes Hubbard & Reed attorneys were honored by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) as 2014 Empire State Counsel for their substantial pro bono service.

The Empire State Counsel program recognizes NYSBA members who devoted 50 or more hours to free legal service over the past year.

The following attorneys were recognized: Ned Bassen, Andreas Baum, Rachel Bennek, Sarah Cave, Katie Coleman, Jeff Coleman, Trudy Dako, Shep DiCesare, Sarah Downie, John Dunn, Greta Fails, Valerie Farnum, Morgan Feder, John Fellas, Marlena Frantzides, Arielle Garcia, Jacob Gartman, David Gershel, David Gold, Amina Hassan, Vilia Hayes, Elizabeth Houghton, Charles Huberty, Ramy Ibrahim, Jillian Kane, Ryan Kim, Jim Kobak, Robert Kolick, Michael Lignos, Hannah Miller, Robyn Morris, Miles Orton, Kenneth Page, Apoorva Patel, Christopher Perre, Pavlos Petrovas, Debbie Placid, Matthew Reynolds, Laurah Samuels, Alexandra Shookhoff, Thomas Sisson, Meredith Stead, Juli Thorstenn and Quan Trinh.