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

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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

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

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Does the firm consider pro bono hours when determining Please describe the established program(s) and their duration, if bonuses? applicable. Yes Associates from the Dallas office can work as volunteer prosecutors handling cases for the City of Arlington. They work one day a week for six weeks. PRO BONO POINTS What training opportunities are open to associates working on What other law-related public interest and community service pro bono matters? programs (that are not “pro bono” as defined by the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge) do you offer and manage? For example, list Associates have access to a wide variety of legal service any law school collaborations and public interest scholarships, trainings offered by the local bar associations in the various auctions at law schools, monetary support, or fellowships. cities in which the firm has offices. In addition, the firm hosts training opportunities by legal services providers at the firm’s The firm has established the Haynes and Boone Foundation, offices throughout the year. whose purpose is to provide funding to nonprofit organizations that are essential to our local communities. Through its work with Texas C-BAR (Texas Community Building with Attorney Does the firm offer the use of support staff in handling pro bono Resources), Haynes and Boone’s Houston office helped the matters? Northside Plaza Community Development Corporation Yes rejuvenate challenged areas by assisting with construction contracts and reviewing the mortgage for the building of a community center in the north side of Houston. Please indicate how many total hours and average hours per person your summer associates spent performing pro bono in 2010 and 2011. What non-law related volunteer opportunities does your firm offer? For example, list any work with high school students Total hours summer associates spent on pro bono work and non-legal volunteerism for organizations like Habitat for Humanity. 2010: 454 Our lawyers regularly support a broad array of social service 2011: 419 groups, public and private schools, art and other cultural organizations, religious groups and governmental agencies. Average hours per summer associate spent on pro bono work 2010: 16 Haynes and Boone lawyers provide legal advice on a pro bono basis to many of these groups, and also serve on the 2011: 9 boards of numerous educational, cultural, charitable and civic organizations, including: Percentage of summer associates in your firm’s U.S. office(s) engaged in pro bono work • Austin Chamber of Commerce 2010: 69% • Asia Society Texas Center 2011: 48% • Center for American and International Law

Please provide any additional information about pro bono • Dallas Citizens Council opportunities available to summer associates. • Dallas Museum of Art Summer associates in the Dallas office can work on any open • Dallas Salesmanship Club pro bono matter, but must work on at least one. Every effort is made to provide pro bono work to summer associates who • Dallas Zoological Society express interest in pro bono work in the area of interest. The • Eanes Educational Foundation (Austin) firm also offers summer associates a pro bono CLE training which provides summer associates the opportunity to work on • Fort Worth Park and Recreation Board pro bono matters of their choice, with appropriate supervision. • Gladney Center in Fort Worth

Does the firm have established programs, such as externships, • Goodwill Industries of Dallas that enable its associates to work in a public interest setting? • Harris County Hospital District Yes • Houston Grand Opera • Houston Main Street Theater • Houston Society for the Performing Arts

• Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation They are joined by more than 2,000 other Washington, DC attorneys who reported performing one hundred hours or • Kiwanis Club of Fort Worth more of pro bono work in 2011. Honor roll members represent • MIT Enterprise Forum of Austin more than 120 different legal settings including large, small and mid-sized firms, individual practices, federal government • San Antonio Economic Development Foundation agencies and public interest organizations. • Southern Methodist University • Susan G. Komen Memorial Breast Cancer Foundation Please add any additional information about your firm’s pro bono program. • Tejas Girl Scout Council Haynes and Boone has a long-standing commitment to public • YMCA service. We strongly believe it is incumbent on us to “give back” to our communities and to make a positive difference for the Please list any special recognition or awards your firm has won public good. since 2010 for its pro bono work. The firm’s pro bono commitment is an integral part of its • 1) Haynes and Boone, LLP and American Airlines were culture. Haynes and Boone formed its Pro Bono/Public Service honored by Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (LANWT) with Committee in 1989, recognizing that a more focused and the 2011 Outstanding Law Firm of the Year Award. organized commitment was desirable and necessary to broaden the pro bono opportunities available to the firm’s lawyers and Beginning in June 2010, Haynes and Boone’s Fort Worth the range of legal services available to the pro bono clients office and American Airlines collaborated with LANWT to served by the firm. Since that time, its pro bono efforts have take pro bono cases from LANWT and assist in furthering grown and developed. the mission of providing quality civil legal representation to deserving low income clients. Led by Haynes and Boone Our Pro Bono/Public Service Committee includes partners and Fort Worth Partner Karen Denney and American Airlines associates. While we believe that each lawyer should make his attorney Lisa Zolidis, the firm partnered with attorneys at or her own personal decision for public service, the committee American Airlines to accept and jointly represent clients searches for appropriate pro bono legal work and other public LANWT referred. service opportunities and tries to match them to our lawyers and staff. • 2) The lawyers of Haynes and Boone, LLP were recognized by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP), a joint We encourage each lawyer to engage in pro bono legal work. program of the Dallas Bar Association and Legal Aid of Pro bono hours are viewed favorably in performance reviews NorthWest Texas, as outstanding civic attorney volunteers and all attorneys are required to report their pro bono hours, at the 29th Pro Bono Awards Reception Oct. 26. The firm just as they are required to report their billable hours. also received the 2011 Gold Award for pro bono service (for firms with 150 or more Dallas office attorneys). During the In fact, every associate in the Dallas and Houston offices reporting period, 122 Haynes and Boone attorneys and staff (regardless of whether litigation or transactional) is required to volunteers in the Dallas office worked a total of 2,003 hours handle a pro bono case during the first year of practice in order on pro bono matters referred to the firm by DVAP. to become more familiar with the pro bono community and the variety of available pro bono opportunities. We believe this • 3) Three Washington, DC-based Haynes and Boone, LLP helps reinforce to the lawyer the Firm’s commitment to public lawyers have been recognized by the DC Court of Appeals service and also demonstrates how rewarding pro bono activity and the Superior Court of DC for providing 100 hours or can be for all. more of pro bono service during the last calendar year. Nora Whitehead, Maryam Khosharay and Lauren Perotti were named to the DC Courts’ 2012 Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll.

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