100 Percent of US Lawyers at Hunton & Williams LLP Work on Pro Bono Projects, Donate More Than 50,000 Hours Globally

NEW YORK — April 9, 2014 — Hunton & Williams LLP continues to devote significant time in serving the community throughout the United States. During the firm’s last five fiscal years, 100 percent of the firm’s full-time US lawyers worked on pro bono projects. This represents more than 4.2 percent of the firm’s gross billable hours and commemorates 19 continuous years of meeting or exceeding the Pro Bono Institute’s Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge© of donating at least 3 percent of the firm’s annual billable hours to pro bono service.

“Participation in pro bono projects is a steadfast core value of Hunton & Williams’s firm culture. We are proud of all our lawyer’s commitment to serving their communities and helping to create equally accessible justice for all,” said Wally Martinez, managing partner.

George H. Hettrick, who chairs the firm’s Pro Bono Leadership Committee, added: “Our lawyers care passionately about those who need our legal assistance and the service organizations that aid them. For the fifth year in a row, we are honored to announce that 100 percent of our full-time lawyers in the United States chose to engage in pro bono work.”

In 2013, Hunton & Williams was named among nine firms selected to The National Law Journal’s Pro Bono “Hot List” and is one of only two firms on the list that have appeared twice since the award started three years ago.

In 2012, Hunton & Williams won full habeas corpus relief for its client Michael Wayne Hash. Working with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, the firm established that Hash’s capital murder conviction was the result of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel; and overcoming tremendous odds the conviction was vacated.

In 2011, the firm was named Pro Bono Partner of the Year by the National Veterans Legal Services Program, recognizing the more than 100 lawyers and staff who worked with veterans and active duty personnel seeking military and veteran benefits for themselves and their families. Hunton & Williams also received a National Law Journal 2011 Pro Bono Award for advocating for immigration relief for Haitians affected by the devastating earthquake in 2010.

The firm maintains three neighborhood offices in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, and in Atlanta solely dedicated to pro bono services for low-income individuals and a full-time staffed Pro Bono Fellows program.