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Haynes and Boone, LLP 2323 Victory Ave. THE STATS Suite 700 dallas, TX 75219 No. of Attorneys: 537 Phone: (214) 651-5000 No. of Offices: 11 Managing Partner: Terry Conner Hiring Partner(s): Tim Powers locations Erika Bright dallas, TX (HQ) • Austin, TX • Fort Worth, TX • Houston, TX • New York, NY • Orange County (irvine), CA • Richardson, TX • EMPLOYMENT CONTACT San Antonio, TX • San Jose, CA • Washington, dC • Mexico City Brandy Morrison Manager of Attorney Recruitment Phone: (214) 651-5721 MAJOR dEPARTMENTS & PRACTiCES Email: [email protected] Antitrust • Bankruptcy/Reorganization • Clean Tech • Corporate • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation • Energy • intellectual Property • international • Labor and Employment • Litigation • Real Estate • Tax • Technology ® 257 Vault Guide to Law Firm Pro Bono Programs, 2013 Edition Haynes and Boone, LLP Who’S Who Has the firm signed on to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge? Does the firm have one or more pro bono coordinators and/or No partners? If so, how many? 2 What are some of the areas of law in which your firm has performed pro bono legal work since 2010? For each of your pro bono coordinators and/or partners, please Arts and historic preservation, Asylum, Bankruptcy, Civil rights, specify how much of his/her time is spent on pro bono work and/ Consumer law and small claims court, Death penalty defense, or administering the firm’s pro bono program. Domestic violence, Education, Employment, Fair housing/ tenants rights, Family law, Immigration, Nonprofit corporate Pro Bono Coordinator/Partner 1 law, Nonprofit incorporation/tax exemptions, Nonprofit Less than half of his/her time intellectual property, Police misconduct, Probate law, Public benefits, Real estate transactions, Veterans’ benefits/appeals Pro Bono Coordinator/Partner 2 Less than half of his/her time Are there areas of law in which, as a matter of policy or practice, your firm does not perform pro bono work? Please provide the primary pro bono contact(s)’s information below. No Alan Wright Partner List up to 10 of your firm’s pro bono clients or partners since Phone: (214) 651-5575 2010, including legal service providers or clearinghouses. Email: [email protected] • Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program John Eldridge • Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Partner • Dallas Land Bank Phone: (713) 547-2229 Email: [email protected] • Legal Aid of Northwest Texas • Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas Does the firm have a pro bono committee? • Community Justice Program (San Antonio) Yes • City of Houston Volunteer Prosecutors Project • Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program How often does the committee meet? • DC Bar Advocacy & Justice Clinic Monthly • Orange County, California, Public Law Center Please describe the composition of the committee. List up to three representative examples of your firm’s pro The committee is made up of partners, associates, and some bono matters since 2010. Please limit your answer to a short senior staff members from all Haynes and Boone offices. paragraph per matter. • Human Rights Initiative of North Texas. We represent individuals applying for asylum in affirmative cases as well THE SCOOP as litigated matters in the Immigration Courts. The firm’s Houston office has been designated to handle South Texas Does your firm have a written pro bono policy? matters for this important non-profit. No • In 2011, Haynes and Boone continued its practice of pairing up with the in-house legal department at American Airlines Can associates bring pro bono matters of interest to the firm? to support the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and to increase and enhance pro bono services in Dallas. Haynes Yes and Boone and American have now cooperated in numerous in-house training sessions in family law and veteran’s How does the firm decide whether to take on a pro bono matter? legal issues, resulting in Haynes and Boone and American attorneys accepting dozens of pro bono cases. The program The decision whether to take on a pro bono matter is made by was expanded in 2011. The plan is to spread similar in-house/ the partners who co-chair the firm’s Public Service Committee, firm cooperative pro bono programs throughout Haynes and in consultation with the other members of the Public Service Boone’s offices. Committee and the relevant supervising attorney(s) and, in certain situations, firm management. • Similarly, the Houston office has partnered with Halliburton on a several pro bono efforts, including clinics for veterans 258 © 2012 Vault.com inc. Vault Guide to Law Firm Pro Bono Programs, 2013 Edition Haynes and Boone, LLP and other Houston Volunteer Lawyer Program initiatives. What was the attorney headcount in your firm’s U.S. offices? This cooperation extended to joint training and participation Number of attorneys as of December 31, 2010: 517 in community outreach via the Houston Bar association. Number of attorneys as of December 31, 2011: 533 List up to three pro bono matters that are highlights (e.g., Using the number of attorneys listed above, what is the average a Supreme Court case). Please limit your answer to a short number of pro bono hours per attorney in your firm’s U.S. office(s) paragraph per matter. during the following years? • On Aug. 16, the Haynes and Boone, LLP Washington, Average number of hours per attorney in 2010: 25 DC, office won its first pro bono asylum case. Lawyers Maryam Khosharay and Nora Whitehead took on the case, Average number of hours per attorney in 2011: 27 which involved a foreign journalist who had to flee his country because he had the courage to speak out against What percentage of attorneys employed during 2010 and 2011 in his government. On a number of occasions, the client was your firm’s U.S. office(s) did at least 20 hours of pro bono during imprisoned, beaten and spent weeks on end in solitary that calendar year? confinement. In March 2011, he escaped on a visitor’s visa Percentage of attorneys who did pro bono work in 2010: 21–30% to the U.S. and sought asylum. The case was referred to the Haynes and Boone DC office via Human Rights First, and it Percentage of attorneys who did pro bono work in 2011: 21–30% represented the client in developing his case. As an asylee, he is now entitled to work, seek benefits, apply for his green card and, most importantly, live in freedom. SUPERViSiON ANd EVALUATiONS • After standing vacant for nearly a decade, the redevelopment Is there partner supervision on all pro bono matters? of 470 Vanderbilt Ave., between Fulton Street and Atlantic Yes Avenue in Brooklyn, has attracted two tenants seeking large spaces. The owner, GFI Development Company, has signed a 20-year lease with the Human Resources Administration Do partner supervisors or, if applicable, senior associates provide of New York (HRA) for 400,000 square feet and two 25-year written evaluations of associates’ work on pro bono matters? leases with the League Education and Treatment Center Yes and Carl Fenichel Community Services Inc., an affiliate of the League, for a total of 77,148 square feet. As a result of the leases, occupancy for 470 Vanderbilt will be up to 85 Are those evaluations taken into account in determining salary or percent and “will change the face of the downtown Brooklyn bonuses? community,” Allen Gross, the president and chief executive Yes, they are taken into account when determining bonuses officer of GFI Capital Resources Group Inc., the parent company of GFI Development, said in a statement. Kenneth J. Friedman, a partner in the finance and real estate practice Are those evaluations taken into account in determining groups at Haynes and Boone, represented the League on a advancement within the firm? pro bono basis. Mr. Friedman is also on the League’s board of Yes directors. • Haynes and Boone lawyers Thomas J. Williams and Ian Is there a pro bono requirement at your firm? Peck obtained asylum for a foreign citizen who fled her own country after extensive persecution in retaliation for her Yes assistance to an indigenous group. In December 2010, the client escaped on a visitor’s visa to the United States and What is the requirement and to whom does it apply? subsequently sought asylum. The case was referred to Haynes and Boone by the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, The firm requires each new associate in the Dallas and Houston Inc. and handled pro bono. As an asylee, the client is now offices to handle a pro bono matter during the first year of entitled to work, seek benefits and, most importantly, live in practice. Otherwise, there is no specific pro bono requirement. freedom. Summer associates are also required to handle a pro bono case. Does the firm give billable hour credit for pro bono work? BY THE NUMBERS Yes What is the total number of hours that lawyers at your U.S. office(s) spent performing pro bono legal services, as defined by the Law Does the firm have a maximum number of pro bono hours that can Firm Pro Bono Challenge, in 2010 and 2011? Do not include summer be applied toward the billable hour target? associate or non-lawyer pro bono hours in your answers. No Total number of pro bono hours in 2010: 12,696 Total number of pro bono hours in 2011: 14,563 Visit www.vault.com for company rankings, ratings and reviews to learn what it’s 259 really like to work in an industry or company—and how to position yourself to land that job. Vault Guide to Law Firm Pro Bono Programs, 2013 Edition Haynes and Boone, LLP Does the firm consider pro bono hours when determining Please describe the established program(s) and their duration, if bonuses? applicable.