Press Release
Fair Chance and Hogan & Hartson LLP Announce Innovative Partnership to Provide Pro Bono Services to Nonprofit Organizations Serving Children & Youth Living In Washington, DC's Most Underserved Communities
Washington, DC / January 28, 2009 -- Fair Chance, the leading capacity-building organization working with nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of children and youth living in Washington, DC's most underserved communities - Wards 5-8 - today announces an innovative partnership with international law firm Hogan & Hartson LLP to provide Fair Chance and all its partner organizations the opportunity to receive world-class pro bono legal services effective immediately.
Hogan & Hartson has long been known in the Washington, DC legal community and beyond for its generous commitment to pro bono legal services for a large number of clients on a wide range of matters, and today's announcement extends that commitment to these promising community-based nonprofits and their leaders. As part of this partnership, Hogan & Hartson has pledged to work with the Fair Chance team to develop useful legal tools and resources for other DC-area nonprofit executive leaders and boards of directors.
For more information, including how to participate in this partnership, please contact Fair Chance's Executive Director, Maria Nagorski (mnagorski@fairchancedc.org).
ABOUT FAIR CHANCE
Fair Chance improves the lives of children and youth living in high poverty communities in the Washington DC. Fair Chance strengthens the capacity and sustainability of nonprofit organizations working with children and youth by providing their leaders with the skills, knowledge and tools they need to thrive and grow.
Since 2002, Fair Chance has helped 39 partner organizations raise more than $2 million in new funds, increase the number of youth they serve by an average of 25%, and expand their programming and impact.
Fair Chance's vision is to give every child a fair chance to succeed.
ABOUT HOGAN & HARTSON
With more than 1,100 lawyers practicing in 27 offices worldwide, Hogan & Hartson works seamlessly across multiple practices and offices to provide its clients with exceptional service and creative advice. The firm is consistently ranked among the top global law firms in industry surveys and major publications.
More than 35 years ago, Hogan & Hartson became the first major firm to establish a separate practice group devoted exclusively to providing pro bono legal services. Since its inception in 1970, the firm's Community Services Department (CSD) has been charged with attracting and staffing both high impact matters raising issues of public importance, as well as smaller cases addressing individual problems.
Hogan & Hartson's CSD has been honored with such tributes as the American Bar Association "Pro Bono Publico Award" and the District of Columbia Bar's "Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award," and with such press descriptions as "The Power Program" in pro bono and the "paradigm" for pro bono service by law firms. Hogan & Hartson has achieved a nationwide reputation among leading civil rights, environmental, homeless and other public interest groups, as well as important Washington-based legal services providers.
The firm also contributes legal services to assist a wide range of local nonprofit organizations in its local office communities. The relationship with Fair Chance and its partner organizations represents an opportunity for one of Washington's oldest and largest law firms to help meet local needs in its largest office home. The legal needs of Fair Chance and its partners will call upon the Hogan & Hartson lawyers in a wide range of its Washington practices, including corporate, tax, real estate, labor and employment, and intellectual property.
For more information contact David A. Winter, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, 202-637-5600 or dawinter@hhlaw.com
