100 Percent of US Lawyers at Hunton & Williams LLP Work on Pro Bono Projects, Firm Donates More Than 45,000 Hours Globally

NEW YORK — April 5, 2013 — Hunton & Williams LLP, one of only nine firms selected to The National Law Journal's Pro Bono "Hot List" 2013, continues to devote significant time in helping low-income individuals and nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. During the firm's last four fiscal years, 100 percent of the firm's full-time US lawyers worked on pro bono projects. This represents more than 4 percent of the firm's gross billable hours and commemorates 18 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.

"Pro bono participation is an unwavering core value of Hunton & Williams. We are very proud of lawyer's commitment to serving our communities," said Wally Martinez, managing partner.

George Hettrick, chair of the Pro Bono Leadership Committee, added: "Pro bono is an integral part of who we are at Hunton & Williams. We care passionately about those who need our help, the legal services organizations that serve them, and the public interest lawyers who represent them. We are proud to announce for the fourth year in a row that 100 percent of our lawyers in the United States chose to engage in pro bono work because it is the right thing to do."

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 received a Beacon of Justice Award in 2010 by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association in honor of the extraordinary commitment to immigration pro bono legal representation; the 2010 Chief Justice's Law Firm Commendation Award from the Florida Supreme Court in recognition of service to local communities; and the Pro Bono Institute's 2009 Pickering Award.

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.