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Time Well Spent: Nixon Peabody’s Pro Bono Newsletter
- Time Well Spent, May 2010
In this issue: Nixon Peabody prevails in tough domestic violence-based U visa case; Nixon Peabody helps with financing for new company, creating 40 green jobs; Tenants prevail on appeal in contentious landlord-tenant case; Helping a terminal cancer patient remain in his home; Lost Boys Skill Center gains not-for-profit status; and more.
- Time Well Spent, January 2010
In this issue: Nixon Peabody files racial profiling lawsuit; Mayoral candidate’s nomination saved by Nixon Peabody team; Pro bono work for youth hostels leads to paying real estate work; Just-in-time delivery: Ecuadorean woman reunites with family; Peter Glennon defeats summary judgment, prepares for trial; Nixon Peabody helps win favorable affordable housing decision; San Francisco attorneys prevail in four guardianship cases; Pro Bono clinics and trainings: Nixon Peabody attorneys participated in several; Pro Bono Celebration Week wrap-up; Nixon Peabody helps nonprofits with H1N1/seasonal flu policies and responses; Awards and appointments.
- Time Well Spent, September 2009
Nixon Peabody represents foster children’s rights in ACLU case; Defending Thomas Porter: Death penalty case raises troubling questions; Student from Iraq gains asylum based on academic pursuits; Rochester veterans soar thanks to Nixon Peabody’s pro bono work; 90-year-old woman gains rent subsidy voucher after unacceptable wait; Student dodges expulsion, gets second chance; Low-income microentrepreneurs attend Nixon Peabody presentation; Work with ‘1% For The Planet’ provides green pro bono opportunity; Recognition: Nixon Peabody honored for pro bono work; Summer associates performed considerable, varied pro bono work
- Time Well Spent, May 2009
Helping victims’ families cope in aftermath of mass murder; Guatemalan teenager wins permanent residency; Chuck Dyke argues for guncontrol in amicus brief to U.S. Supreme Court; Boston associates heralded for their commitment, dedication; Single mother wins reprieve in wage-garnishment case; Difficult custody case resolved; Nurse regains her right to work; A win for free speech; High school student’s expulsion reversed; New charter school gets employment manual; Fired nurse awarded back unemployment benefits; Nixon Peabody lawyers gain recognition; Walk the Hill participants braved freezing temperatures; What do ice cream sundaes and pro bono work have in common?
- Time Well Spent, January 2009
Team lead by John Higgins files Supreme Court amicus brief supporting Pakistani immigrant detained and abused after 9/11; Nixon Peabody/Intel partnerships prevail in three guardianship cases; Navy veteran with asbestosis wins 100% disability rating on appeal; Many Nixon Peabody volunteers helped keep our elections fair; No oral argument necessary, victory for grandmother complete; Dan Hurteau wins favorable Section 8 decision for client; Helping Holocaust survivors claim compensation from the German government; Client gains disability benefits and shelter after years of homelessness; Nixon Peabody team wins big victory for mother, children; Student reinstated after drug incident; and more.
- Time Well Spent, October 2008
In this issue:
- In big win, veteran gets second chance to obtain benefits
- Woman from Ecuador gains asylum after years of domestic violence
- Grandmother gains custody of her two grandsons
- Nixon Peabody helps with effort to establish a hospice in Boston
- More Nixon Peabody pro bono successes and recognition
- Time Well Spent, July 2008
In this issue:
- Anjali Chaturvedi and Josh Orr’s recent travel to Kosovo to help train Kosovar officials on using confiscation laws more effectively to pursue human trafficking cases.
- Details surrounding a precedent-setting tax case for charitable organizations recently won by Jonathan Sablone and Christine Vargas.
- An exciting asylum success for a homosexual man from Colombia suffering from HIV. Stacey Slater, Eileen Cunningham, and Luis Casillas handled the case.
- Other exciting pro bono success stories, personal and firm kudos, and media recognition for Nixon Peabody’s ongoing pro bono efforts.
- Time Well Spent, April 2008
In this issue: Nixon Peabody’s new managing partner is committed to pro bono initiative; Disabilities rights case could be heard by U.S. Supreme Court; Seeking justice where none exists: Offering hope for Darfur victims; Nixon Peabody helps nonprofits access affordable clean energy; Sarah Wells wins Social Security disability case; Josh Henderson helps client get three-year restraining order; and more…
- Time Well Spent, January 2008
Helping to create scholarship fund in memory of Virginia Tech victim; Nixon Peabody helps women’s shelter relocate and expand; Committed to long-term results in Darfur; Nixon Peabody attorneys win two more asylum cases; Big pro bono victory for the affordable housing community; Mutual walk-away agreement brings gratitude from client; Youth hockey organization assisted; and many more!
- Time Well Spent, September 2007
School for homeless children finds a home of its own
Marin County gains affordable housing financing
Hard work, tenacious litigation gives four girls a fighting chance
Pro bono bankruptcy work helps client start anew
Life on Lens gets a start in the United States
Nixon Peabody prevails in two Social Security disability cases
Washington DC office domestic violence project helps gain criminal conviction
...and many more pro bono successes!
- Time Well Spent, June 2007
Washington DC office starts domestic violence project
Nixon Peabody team wins First Amendment case
Nixon Peabody, Intel collaborate to help child
Nixon Peabody helps NFL pro establish charity
Student organizer from Cameroon escapes torture and gains asylum in United States
Boston office teams up with American Cancer Society
Retired partner begins veterans project
Nixon Peabody continues pro bono services to Katrina victims
San Francisco associates devote time to landlord/tenant project
Microentrepreneur program launched
Firm participates in Boston’s Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign
Case closed: child’s school record cleared
Nixon Peabody attorneys recognized for pro bono achievements
- Time Well Spent, March 2007
Nixon Peabody helps two persecuted Salvadorans win asylum in United States
Preserving 40 acres of land on Block Island
Helping a sick immigrant to be released from detention and returned home to India
Firm attorneys file amicus brief for affordable housing group
Deaf students’ hearing dog at center of landlord-tenant dispute
Giving a kid a second chance
Helping not-for-profits make their mark
Recognition and events help put Nixon Peabody in the spotlight
In appreciation: 2006 William Rodman Peabody Awards
- Time Well Spent, December 2006
Nixon Peabody files amicus curiae brief in landmark school desegregation case
Nixon Peabody creates indispensable housing grant manual to assist Mississippi residents affected by Katrina
Nixon Peabody, CA collaborate on asylum case
Nixon Peabody lawyers and paralegals help protect voting rights for the disenfranchised during November elections
Nixon Peabody helps Chinese immigrants resolve burial plot issues
… and many more pro bono success stories!
- Time Well Spent, September 2006
Firm hosts Pfizer’s Strategic Legal Thinking Seminars
Firm to offer retired partners pro bono work
Pro bono hours increase
Pro bono victory helps indigent man avoid prison
Zambian woman, her two young children will be reunited
Rising to the occasion: Nixon Peabody produces flood handbooks
Negotiations help mental health group protect resources
Nixon Peabody sponsors Tee-Ball Tournament at Gracie Mansion
Moving a minister, helping a community
Do it in a day: Highlighting pro bono opportunities with a short time commitment
Good press: Article roundup
- Time Well Spent, June 2006
Kidnapped son is saved by mom
After seven years, prisoner rights case will finally go to trial
Asylum win for Tibetan supporter of the Dalai Lama
Nixon Peabody co-sponsors Katrina fellow
Police abuse case settles
Attorney for the morning
Helping elderly client battle former counsel
Farewell but not goodbye
Welcome to Nixon Peabody’s summer associates
Two associates added to Pro Bono Committee
Attorneys speak at major pro bonoconference
NP offices donate to worthy causes
- Time Well Spent, March 2006
Nixon Peabody wins two asylum cases
Addressing global poverty
Merger helps Legal Services groups build stronger team
A woman and her kids start new life
World Childhood Foundation marches on
Low-income tenant avoids eviction
Grant terms negotiated
Inmate rejects settlement, rights case will go to trial
Partner helps provide hurricane relief
Wills clinic helps low-income clients with estate planning
In recognition of extraordinary effort
- Time Well Spent, December 2005
Katrina: A tragedy that touched us all
Helping the Oschner Clinic
Restoring historic buildings
Forming a not-for-profit to make donations
Counseling dedicated clients
A big victory for Rochester’s disabled
Client saved from decades in prison
Honored by the Legal Aid Society
Buffalo attorneys to assist terminally ill patients
VLSP Wills Clinic benefits from paralegal’s dedication
Pro bono program gets some press
- Time Well Spent, September 2005
Attorney provides disaster response advice
Nixon Peabody attorneys win asylum for Gambia native
Helping families cope
Jill Schultz joins VLSP board
Taxing fight: Nixon Peabody supports nonprofit’s cause
San Francisco office summer associates work with homeless
Nixon Peabody assumes some Guantanamo Bay responsibilities
Nixon Peabody helps Sierra Leone native fight to stay in U.S.
Providence team defends inmates’ rights
Washington, DC, summer associates review voting records
Boston office participates in ‘Walk to the Hill Project’
Pro bono partner appointed
- Time Well Spent, March 2005
In this issue: Pro bono work brings hope for mother, children; Building a long-term pro bono relationship; Achieving settlement, restoring reputations; Batting 1,000; Nixon peabody battles Commonwealth to defend prisoner’s rights.
- Time Well Spent, October 2004
Moving stories about pro bono efforts by Nixon Peabody attorneys around the firm, including cases involving a battered women’s shelter in Rochester, the closure of a hospital in Massachusetts, a foreign journalist seeking asylum to escape persecution in his home country, the organization Habitat for Humanity, and a women’s center in Washington, DC.
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