Pro Bono

Winstead supports the right to legal representation. Our attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants donate numerous hours each year to a wide variety of organizations and individuals.  Below are a few representative pro bono projects:

  • Volunteer legal time and resources to local county phone lines
  • Volunteer legal time and resources to local programs offering Equal Access to Justice for indigent and/or underprivileged individuals
  • Working with FUNED of Honduras, a Tegucigalpa-based organization to provide life-transforming business loans in third-world countries
  • Assisted disabled individuals with obtaining and sustaining social security benefits
  • Counseled individuals faced with deportation and other immigration-related issues
  • Assisted in numerous divorce and custody proceedings
  • Participated in the ABA’s Death Penalty Representation Project and provided assistance in several habeas corpus proceedings
  • Volunteered legal time and resources to assist a Houston nonprofit organization that places hard-to-adopt children in caring homes
  • Assisted the South Dallas Inner-City Community Development Corporation in taking ownership of five properties for development of community projects in Dallas
  • Counseled ARTS Center Stage, an Austin nonprofit supervising the redevelopment of the Municipal Auditorium
  • Donated legal services and other resources to assist in the design, permitting and construction of a building for Vogel Alcove, a day-care facility for homeless children

The following is a list of organizations in which Winstead attorneys currently serve as pro bono general counsel or legal counsel or special counsel for projects.

  • Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
  • Asian American Forum, Inc.
  • Avalon Place Property Owners’ Association
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
  • British American Business Counsel - DFW Foundation
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
  • Dallas Lutheran School
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Dallas Tennis Association
  • Dallas Texans Soccer Club
  • DaVinci School
  • DIAL - Developing Independent Adult Living
  • Family Eldercare
  • FUNED, Honduras
  • Greater Dallas Chamber Young Professionals
  • Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Houston Golf Association
  • Houston International Seafarers’ Centers
  • Houston Volunteer Lawyer's Equal Access to Justice Champions Program
  • Jesuit College Preparatory School Young Alumni Association
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
  • Kardivas, Inc.
  • KIPP, Inc. (Knowledge is Power Program)
  • Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
  • LifeWorks
  • Meals on Wheels and More
  • Mercy Street
  • The Woodlands Bar Association Law Line

Contact

Elliot Clark
Shareholder
Chair, Pro Bono Committee
512.370.2802
eclark@winstead.com

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