From representing international refugees fleeing persecution to helping low-income entrepreneurs launch a business, we give our time and skills to ensure equal access to justice. In fact, we have a partner dedicated to connecting our lawyers to opportunities for pro bono service. As a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute’s Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge©, Nixon Peabody has committed to spending more than 3% of our time on pro bono.
NP partner Richa Naujoks and Wello CEO Cynthia Koenig share the story of their work and the impact it's had in rural India.
Our pro bono program has many touch points. We are involved with many societal issues ranging from reducing gun violence to preventing racial profiling and ensuring diversity in education. We partner with clients providing pro bono service, often serving side-by-side with them. We develop community-minded lawyers of the future by getting all of our summer associates involved in pro bono projects. And some of our attorneys tap their backgrounds and contacts in government to contribute pro bono service at the policy level—shaping legislation that addresses tomorrow’s challenges.
At Nixon Peabody, we give billable credit for pro bono work and recognize our lawyers’ achievements through an awards program and at evaluation time. We believe our time giving back is time well spent.
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Center for Human Rights and International Justice - Human Rights in Action Award (2019)
New Hampshire Bar Association Pro Bono I Rising Star Award (2019)
NYSBA Empire State Counsel Law Firm Pro Bono Award (2018)
NY Daily Record 2018 Pro Bono Award (2018)
Community Development Project Pro Bono Leadership Award (2018)
NYSBA President Pro Bono Service Awards, awarded to two attorneys (2018)
AIDS Legal Referral Panel Firm of the Year (2018)
Pro Bono Partnership’s Annual Volunteer of the Year (2018)
Her Justice 2018 Commitment to Justice Award (2018)
The Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco Outstanding Volunteer Award (2017)
Empire State Counsel Law Firm Honorees Pro Bono Award (2017)
LASNNY’s Distinguished Service Award (2017)
Swords to Plowshares Bill Brockett Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award (2017)
CASA of New Hampshire Community Partner Award (2017)
Outstanding Provisions of Pro Bono legal services to Innovation High School Award (2017)
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice Award (2017)
San Francisco Bar Association’s Justice and Diversity Center Outstanding Volunteer Award (2017)
NYSBA Empire State Counsel Law Firm Honoree (2017)
NYSBA Empire State Counsel Individual Attorney Honoree (2017)
The Daily Record Attorney of the Year, Leader in Law (2016)
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly | November 05, 2020
This roundup of recent honors mentions Providence Complex Commercial Disputes department attorney Justin Smith for being named a Kids in Need of Defense Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, noting that KIND honored the group of attorneys “for their pro bono work in providing legal services to refugee and immigrant children who come to the United States alone in search of safety.”
Law360 | June 17, 2020
This article, covering a federal judge’s order that immigration detainees at Strafford County (NH) Department of Corrections can challenge their living conditions amid COVID-19, quotes Manchester Complex Commercial Disputes associate Nathan Warecki. The article also mentions the team of NP attorneys representing the detainees in the case: Litigation Department Head Scott O’Connell; Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense practice group leader Dave Vicinanzo and associate Colin Missett; Complex Commercial Disputes partner Dan Deane, and associates Marx Calderon and Michael Strauss.
New Hampshire Union Leader | May 15, 2020
This article, covering developments in the case of immigration detainees at Strafford County (N.H.) Department of Corrections, extensively quotes Manchester Complex Commercial Disputes associate Nathan Warecki after the judge chastised Immigration and Customs Enforcement for not doing enough to identify medically vulnerable immigration detainees. On Friday, a staff member at the jail tested positive for COVID-19. Thus far, 14 civil immigration detainees have been released from the facility as a result of the class action lawsuit filed by Nixon Peabody, the ACLU and four regional law firms.
Bloomberg Law | February 25, 2020
This round-up of personnel moves in the legal industry features the selection of San Francisco Complex Commercial Disputes partner Matt Richards as Nixon Peabody’s new pro bono partner.
San Francisco Daily Journal | February 24, 2020
San Francisco Complex Commercial Disputes partner Matt Richards, who became the firm’s new pro bono partner on February 1, talks to the Daily Journal about his new role and the connections between pro bono and his day-to-day litigation practice.
The Recorder | February 21, 2020
The appointment of San Francisco Complex Commercial Disputes partner Matt Richards to pro bono partner is included in this roundup of notable executive news.
National Mortgage Professional | February 20, 2020
This article is about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s decision to extend the public comment period regarding proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act, and it mentions Nixon Peabody for New York City Affordable Housing and Real Estate partner Tatiana Gutierrez’s pro bono work as part of the team helping the National Housing Conference develop a detailed response.
Chicago Lawyer | November 20, 2019
This story profiles Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Seth Horvath, Tom Hecht and Tina Solis, who received an honor from the ACLU of Iowa for their years-long representation of two transgender clients who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries.
The American Lawyer | June 26, 2019
Nixon Peabody is mentioned in this roundup of notable pro bono cases. The article highlights the victory that Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, with assistance from associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter, won in Iowa Supreme Court in a matter involving Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming surgery for transgender individuals.
MassLive.com | May 31, 2019
This article mentions Nixon Peabody’s role in reuniting Angelica Gonzalez-Garcia, an undocumented mother from Guatemala, with her daughter after the pair were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
New Hampshire Union Leader | March 23, 2019
Manchester Corporate partner and Private Equity practice team leader Phil Taub is mentioned in this article for his elevation to board director of the National Navy UDT-Seal Museum in Florida. Phil co-founded the nonprofit Swim for a Mission, which has raised more than $1.2 million for veterans’ causes over the past two years.
American Lawyer | March 14, 2019
Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Seth Horvath, Tom Hecht and Tina Solis are mentioned in this article as runners-up for AmLaw’s Litigators of the Week award for their win at the Iowa Supreme Court in a matter involving Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming surgery for transgender people.
Courthouse News Service | March 08, 2019
In the following coverage, Chicago partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath and Tina Solis are mentioned in a series of articles covering the Iowa Supreme Court decision in favor of their clients, two transgender women who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries, in violation of the Iowa Constitution and civil rights statutes. Chicago associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter were also on the team.
Bloomberg Law | March 08, 2019
In the following coverage, Chicago partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath and Tina Solis are mentioned in a series of articles covering the Iowa Supreme Court decision in favor of their clients, two transgender women who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries, in violation of the Iowa Constitution and civil rights statutes. Chicago associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter were also on the team.
Law360 | March 08, 2019
In the following coverage, Chicago partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath and Tina Solis are mentioned in a series of articles covering the Iowa Supreme Court decision in favor of their clients, two transgender women who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries, in violation of the Iowa Constitution and civil rights statutes. Chicago associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter were also on the team.
Law360 | January 14, 2019
San Francisco Complex Commercial Disputes partner Matt Richards is quoted in this story about Nixon Peabody’s representation of Human Rights Watch in a pro bono lawsuit seeking detained immigrant transfer records from ICE. San Francisco Complex Commercial Disputes associate Will Lisa is also mentioned.
Law360 | January 09, 2019
Manchester Complex Commercial Disputes associate Nate Warecki and Boston Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense associate Lauren Maynard are mentioned in this story for the pro bono representation of a proposed class of migrant children who are attempting to sue the federal government for damages related to family separation at the southern border.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly | December 19, 2018
Boston Complex Commercial Disputes counsel Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero is mentioned in this roundup of Massachusetts lawyers who gave back through pro bono service in 2018. This year, Ronaldo worked to halt the deportations of 50 Indonesian immigrants living in New Hampshire whose status had been jeopardized by the cancellation of an agreement with ICE.
Boston Business Journal | November 08, 2018
Nixon Peabody is one of seven firms participating in a mock debate fundraiser tonight to raise money for the Boston Debate League, which runs debate competitions in middle and high schools in the Boston metro area.
The Daily Record | October 31, 2018
Of Counsel David Schraver of the Complex Commercial Disputes group in Rochester has been named to the board of directors for the Center for Community Alternatives, which promotes community-based alternatives to incarceration.
iHeart Radio | September 07, 2018
Manchester private equity and family office partner Phil Taub was featured in this podcast discussing his career at Nixon Peabody and the success of the “Swim with a Mission” charity event he founded. He will also be featured in a chapter of the book that will be published based on this podcast series.
Delta Sky Magazine | August 31, 2018
This article about startup incubators and accelerators highlights how Nixon Peabody partnered with a national nonprofit to create the StartOut Growth Lab, an accelerator for LGBTQ entrepreneurs.
Solar Power World | July 10, 2018
Washington DC partner Jeff Lesk and senior counsel Herb Stevens, both of the Community Development Finance Group, are mentioned in this story after NPSolar was named Community/Shared Renewables Project of the Year by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
Boston Globe | July 05, 2018
Complex Commercial Disputes counsel Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense associate Julia Lippman, both of the Boston office, are mentioned as co-counsel on a lawsuit that prompted the reunification of client Angelica Gonzalez-Garcia and her 8-year-old daughter.
Boston Business Journal | July 05, 2018
Complex Commercial Disputes counsel Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense associate Julia Lippman, both of the Boston office, are mentioned as co-counsel on a lawsuit that prompted the reunification of client Angelica Gonzalez-Garcia and her 8-year-old daughter.
Boston Herald | June 27, 2018
In the following coverage, Nixon Peabody is mentioned as co-counsel, with the ACLU for an asylum applicant from Guatemala who is suing the U.S. government after she was forcibly separated from her 8-year-old daughter at the border.
Boston Globe | June 27, 2018
In the following coverage, Nixon Peabody is mentioned as co-counsel, with the ACLU for an asylum applicant from Guatemala who is suing the U.S. government after she was forcibly separated from her 8-year-old daughter at the border.
New Hampshire Union Leader | June 10, 2018
Manchester corporate partner Phil Taub is quoted in this article previewing Swim With a Mission, a fundraising event founded by Phil and his wife, Julie, to benefit veterans’ organizations.
The Democrat and Chronicle | May 10, 2018
Rochester commercial litigation partner Chris Thomas is mentioned in this article about Owen’s House, a new crisis nursery named after Chris’ late son.
Fox 5 San Diego | May 01, 2018
Los Angeles labor and employment associate Erin Holyoke is quoted in this article about a discrimination lawsuit filed by Nixon Peabody and the ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties on behalf of their client Christynne Wood, a transgender woman, against a Crunch Fitness gym in San Diego county.
San Francisco Business Times | April 04, 2018
Nixon Peabody’s StartOut business incubator in San Francisco is mentioned in this article about CultureForce, one of the startups headquartered there.
Law360 | March 25, 2018
San Francisco commercial litigation partner Matt Richards and associate Christina Fletes are mentioned in this article for representing pro bono client Human Rights Watch in a FOIA dispute with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Seacoastonline.com | March 19, 2018
This op-ed discusses the Indonesian Christian immigrants in New Hampshire facing deportation and mentions Nixon Peabody’s work to successfully halt the deportations in order to reopen the individuals’ immigration cases. The pro bono team includes Manchester commercial litigation partner Dan Deane and associate Nate Warecki, and Boston government investigations and white collar defense associate Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero.
Law360 | February 01, 2018
Nixon Peabody’s pro bono team, which includes Manchester commercial litigation partner Dan Deane and associate Nate Warecki, and Boston government investigations & white collar defense associate Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero, is featured in this article noting a judge’s decision to halt immigration officials from deporting a group of Indonesian Christians living in New Hampshire.
Reuters | January 31, 2018
In the following coverage, Manchester commercial litigation partner Dan Deane and associate Nate Warecki, and Boston government investigations and white collar defense associate Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero are mentioned for their pro bono work representing Indonesian Christians in New Hampshire who face possible deportation by ICE.
New York Law Journal | January 24, 2018
Chief Judge of New York Janet DiFiore praised Nixon Peabody for its pro bono work helping people in low-income brackets at the annual meeting of the state bar association on Thursday.
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