To foster a strong participation in public service, Haynes and Boone uses a Pro Bono/Public Service Committee to help lawyers on their search for appropriate pro bono legal work or other public service opportunities. The firm also views pro bono hours favorably in performance reviews, and strives hard to give pro bono clients the same level of service as every other firm client. A substantial amount of the firm's pro bono work is dedicated to the poor and underprivileged.
Pro bono. Haynes and Boone lawyer provide pro bono legal work from staffing legal clinics to the handling of adoption cases and from representing non-profit organizations to handling death penalty cases. Active areas include:
- Representation of abused and neglected children in connection with the Justice for Children Program (view details)
- Representation of refugees from around the world (Sarajevo, Kosovo, Cameroon, Mexico, China and Somalia) in asylum proceedings before the Immigration Courts (see press coverage)
- Participation in programs both in Dallas and Houston under which firm attorneys serve as prosecuting attorneys for a specified period of time (see press coverage)
- Representation of indigents in civil matters (e.g. domestic relations, landlord-tenant, wills and estates and bankruptcy) referred from local bar associations and pro bono legal clinics
Community Service. Haynes and Boone attorneys regularly support a broad array of social service groups, public and private schools, art and other cultural organizations, religious groups and governmental agencies. The firm's lawyers provide legal advice on a pro bono basis to many of these groups, and also serve on the boards of numerous educational, cultural, charitable and civic organizations, including:
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- Austin Chamber of Commerce
- Asia Society Texas Center
- Center for American and International Law
- Dallas Citizens Council
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Dallas Salesmanship Club
- Dallas Zoological Society
- Eanes Educational Foundation (Austin)
- Fort Worth Park and Recreation Board
- Gladney Center in Fort Worth
- Goodwill Industries of Dallas
- Harris County Hospital District
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- Houston Grand Opera
- Houston Main Street Theater
- Houston Society for the Performing Arts
- Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
- Kiwanis Club of Fort Worth
- MIT Enterprise Forum of Austin
- San Antonio Economic Development Foundation
- Southern Methodist University
- Susan G. Komen Memorial Breast Cancer Foundation
- Tejas Girl Scout Council
- YMCA
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The Haynes and Boone Foundation. The Haynes and Boone Foundation receives contributions from the firm and its partners to provide funding to non-profit organizations that are essential to our local communities.
Service to the Legal Profession. Haynes and Boone lawyers devote hundreds of hours each year in service to the legal profession and have risen to the top of many professional groups.
Recent accomplishments for firm partners include John Penn serving as President of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Lamont Jefferson serving as President of the San Antonio Bar Association, Ken Reisenfeld serving as Chair of the International Section of the American Bar Association and Lynne Liberato serving as President of the State Bar of Texas. Many others lead local and state bar association sections such as bankruptcy, intellectual property, litigation and securities.
Haynes and Boone lawyers also contribute to legal scholarship by writing books and articles, lecturing on a wide range of legal topics and serving as adjunct professors of law at such law schools as the University of Texas, Southern Methodist University and the University of Houston.
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