Foley Hoag LLP. locations. Seaport West 155 Seaport Boulevard Boston, MA Phone: (617)

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1 Seaport West 155 Seaport Boulevard Boston, MA Phone: (617) locations Boston, MA Washington, DC Paris MAJOR DEPARTMENTS & PRACTICES Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights Clean Technology/Renewable Energy Corporate Energy Foreign Governments Healthcare Intellectual Property International International Litigation and Arbitration Investment Management Labor and Employment Life Science Litigation Professional Services Technology THE STATS No. of Attorneys: 220 No. of Offices: 3 Co-Managing Partner: Adam P. Kahn Co-Managing Partner: William R. Kolb Hiring Partner(s): Paul Sweeney EMPLOYMENT CONTACT Dina Wreede Director of Legal Recruiting Phone: (617) dwreede@foleyhoag.com 209

2 Who s Who Does the firm have one or more pro bono coordinators and/or partners? If so, how many? 2 Please provide a general description of how much of their time each of your pro bono coordinators and/or partners spends on pro bono work and/or administering the firm s pro bono program (e.g., less than half of their time, more than half of their time, all of their time). Pro Bono Coordinator, Claire Laporte spends less than half of her time on pro bono administration. Pro Bono Managing Attorney, Rebecca Cazabon spends more than half of her time. Please provide the primary pro bono contact(s) s information below. Claire Laporte Pro Bono Coordinator Phone: (617) claporte@foleyhoag.com Rebecca Cazabon Pro Bono Managing Attorney Phone: (617) rcazabon@foleyhoag.com Does the firm have a pro bono committee? No THE SCOOP Does your firm have a pro bono policy? Can associates bring pro bono matters of interest to the firm? How does the firm decide whether to take on a pro bono matter? Many pro bono matters are referred by legal services agencies or civil rights organizations whose missions coincide with the purposes of the pro bono program. Any lawyer may also submit an application to take on a pro bono project. The pro bono coordinators review these on a case-by-case basis. We sometimes accept direct requests for pro bono assistance. Has the firm signed on to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge? What are some of the areas of law in which your firm has performed pro bono legal work since 2012? Asylum, Bankruptcy, Civil rights, Community economic development, Consumer law and small claims court, 210 Disability benefits, Domestic violence, Education, Elder law, Employment, Environment, Fair housing/tenants rights, First Amendment and constitutional issues, HIV/AIDS advocacy, Homeless advocacy, Immigration, Indigent criminal defense, International human rights, Juvenile justice reform/children s rights, Nonprofit corporate law, Nonprofit incorporation/ tax exemptions, Nonprofit intellectual property, Police misconduct, Prisoners rights, Probate law, Public benefits, Real estate transactions, Social Security law, The arts and historic preservation, Veterans benefits/appeals, Voting rights Are there areas of law in which, as a matter of policy or practice, your firm does not perform pro bono work? None List up to 10 of your firm s pro bono clients or partners since 2012, including legal service providers or clearinghouses. Greater Boston Legal Services One Laptop Per Child, Inc. Children s Law Center of Massachusetts, Inc. Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Medical-Legal Partnership Boston Victim Rights Law Center Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts List up to three representative examples of your firm s pro bono matters since Please limit your answer to a short paragraph per matter. Foley Hoag s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy and Prevention Program remains a focus of the firm s Pro Bono Program. For 24 years, the firm has represented victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Today, more than forty lawyers and paralegals assist low income victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and the shelters and agencies that serve them. Our work in this area has involved restraining order, sexual assault, immigration, child support, housing, education, and privacy cases. We provide trainings for law firms, legal services agencies, hospitals, and others. We have also drafted and secured the passage of legislation to expand the protections accorded to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. We have extensive appellate experience in domestic violence cases. Since 2012, we have secured a string of high-profile victories in Massachusetts highest courts, including cases in which the courts have articulated basic standards for fair hearings and have affirmed the paramount importance of the victim s safety. The firm has represented over 100 clients in this area since Lawyers at the firm regularly handle political asylum and immigration cases referred by the Political Asylum/ 2014 Vault.com Inc.

3 Immigration Representation Project, Greater Boston Legal Services, and Medical Legal Partnership Boston. We currently represent 21 clients seeking political asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, withholding of deportation, and other types of immigration relief. Appellate efforts on behalf of U.S. veterans have been an area of focus for Foley Hoag s pro bono program. Since 2012, we have represented 12 disabled veterans or their families in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Our clients served in armed conflicts from World War II to Vietnam. Some were also non-combat veterans. In each case, the Veterans Administration rejected the veteran s claim for benefits. These rejections occurred despite the fact that the VA, by statutory mandate, is supposed to help veterans obtain all benefits to which they are entitled. We have won every case that has concluded (several are pending). The program is particularly important because access to benefits can prevent impoverishment, homelessness, and further disability. List up to three pro bono matters that are highlights (e.g., a Supreme Court case). Please limit your answer to a short paragraph per matter. Working with the ACLU, Foley Hoag filed a petition with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court asking the court to implement a comprehensive remedy for the 40,323 defendants whose convictions were tainted by the criminal actions of a state drug lab chemist. For almost ten years, the chemist fabricated test results, contaminated samples, and forged signatures to cover up her crimes. The petition asked the court to presumptively vacate the defendants convictions and shift the burden to prosecutors to determine whether to pursue the cases further. In cases that the state intended to pursue, the state would have six months to resolve the cases by trial or plea, but no conviction could be for a more serious offense than the original conviction, nor any new sentence more severe than the original sentence. The petition is currently pending. The firm has spent close to 600 hours on this case since Foley Hoag secured an important victory affecting domestic violence victims throughout Massachusetts. The firm represented a battered woman who fled from an abusive relationship and sought protection under the Commonwealth s abuse prevention law, Chapter 209A. Instead of considering what was needed to protect the victim, the lower court devoted equal concern to the rights of the abuser, who was facing criminal prosecution for battering our client. The district court refused to conduct evidentiary hearings so that the defendant would not have to testify and on one occasion reduced the protection to our client without granting an evidentiary hearing. Similarly, the district court granted restraining orders that would be good only for very short periods. And the judge attempted to pressure the parties to transfer the litigation into the Probate and Family Court. After granting our petition for direct appellate review and such petitions are granted only rarely the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) issued a decision strongly critical of the proceedings in the district court. The decision affirms the rights of victims to have full, fair, and timely hearings and emphasizes that the victim s Visit for company rankings, ratings and reviews to learn what it s really like to work in an industry or company and how to position yourself to land that job. safety should be the exclusive focus of the proceedings. The SJC noted that it was improper to pressure the parties to take the dispute to a different court, including by issuing very short-duration orders such as those issued by the district court in our case. Foley Hoag successfully defended a young immigrant from being removed (i.e., deported) to a country he had never so much as visited. Our client was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family had fled to escape the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and entered the United States at the age of three. After he chose not to contest a criminal charge in Rhode Island state court, the federal immigration authorities sought to remove the client to Cambodia, even though he had never visited that country and was not in touch with any family remaining there. Due to his immigration status upon entering the United States, the client was deemed ineligible for cancellation of removal. Foley Hoag invoked a little-used law that allows Indochinese refugees such as our client to apply for a new green card (effectively giving him a clean immigration record). Foley successfully procured a new green card for our client, which resulted in the termination of his removal proceedings. Since 2012, the firm has spent over 300 hours representing this client. BY THE NUMBERS 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 Firm Pro Bono Challenge, in 2012 and 2013? Do not include summer associate or non-lawyer pro bono hours in your answers. Total number of pro bono hours in 2012: 24,934 Total number of pro bono hours in 2013: 27,200 What was the attorney headcount in your firm s U.S. offices? Number of attorneys as of December 31, 2012: 221 Number of attorneys as of December 31, 2013: 220 Using the number of attorneys listed above, what is the average number of pro bono hours per attorney in your firm s U.S. office(s) during the following years? Average number of hours per attorney in 2012: 113 Average number of hours per attorney in 2013: 123 What percentage of attorneys employed during 2012 and 2013 in your firm s U.S. office(s) did at least 20 hours of pro bono during that calendar year? Percentage of attorneys who did pro bono work in 2012: 51 60% Percentage of attorneys who did pro bono work in 2013: 51 60% SUPERVISION AND EVALUATIONS Is there partner supervision on all pro bono matters? 211

4 Do partner supervisors or, if applicable, senior associates provide written evaluations of associates work on pro bono matters? Are those evaluations taken into account in determining salary or bonuses?, they are taken into account when determining salary., they are taken into account when determining bonuses. Are those evaluations taken into account in determining advancement within the firm? Is there a pro bono requirement at your firm? No Does the firm give billable hour credit for pro bono work? Does the firm have a maximum number of pro bono hours that can be applied toward the billable hour target? No Does the firm consider pro bono hours when determining bonuses? PRO BONO POINTS What training opportunities are open to associates working on pro bono matters? All lawyers are encouraged to attend training programs on various legal subjects offered by legal services referral agencies, including the Children s Law Center, Volunteer Lawyers Project, Women s Bar Foundation, the Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness, Political Asylum and Immigration Representation Project and Boston Bar Association Business Law Pro Bono Project. In addition, the firm offers extensive training programs in domestic violence prevention, litigation, and corporate work. We also have a nonprofit practice group within the firm that meets regularly to exchange ideas, engage in informal learning, and discuss topics of relevance to that practice. Does the firm offer the use of support staff in handling pro bono matters? 212 Please indicate how many total hours and average hours per person your summer associates spent performing pro bono in 2012 and Total hours summer associates spent on pro bono work 2012: : 625 Average hours per summer associate spent on pro bono work 2012: : 35 Percentage of summer associates in your firm s U.S. office(s) engaged in pro bono work 2012: 72% 2013: 72% Please provide any additional information about pro bono opportunities available to summer associates. Foley Hoag summer associates take part in a broad range of assignments for pro bono clients, working alongside lawyers from virtually every department in the firm. They also help domestic violence clients to obtain protective restraining orders against their abusers and assisted in the representation of clients seeking political asylum in the United States. Within the corporate area, summer associates handle a wide variety of assignments for the firm s nonprofit clients. Foley Hoag summer associates have the opportunity to volunteer at the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center (LARC), a legal hotline that provides legal information and advice to the general public, with an emphasis on assisting lowincome callers. The volunteers interview callers about their legal problems; research legal issues presented; and provide information, referrals, and limited legal advice. Training is provided in housing law, including tenants rights, evictions, and housing discrimination. Does the firm have established programs, such as externships, that enable its associates to work in a public interest setting? Please describe the established program(s) and their duration, if applicable. In 1997, the firm initiated a program with the Norfolk County District Attorney s Office in which litigation associates may spend four months working full-time at that office. This program offers an opportunity to serve the public, and it provides litigation associates with substantial trial experience. What other law-related public interest and community service programs (that are not pro bono as defined by the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge) do you offer and manage? For example, list 2014 Vault.com Inc.

5 any law school collaborations and public interest scholarships, auctions at law schools, monetary support, or fellowships. Individual lawyers have served as bar association officers and section chairs and members of special committees appointed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to study gender bias in the courts and to implement the canons of ethics governing clerks of court. Others have participated on bar association task forces addressing court reform, unrepresented litigants, and the use of technology in the courts. Foley Hoag lawyers have served on the advisory group to the federal district court s Civil Justice Reform Committee, have aided in the reform of the state system of corrections, and served on the Board of Bar Overseers. In all but one year in the last ten, a Foley Hoag associate has been selected by the Boston Bar Association to serve in the Boston Bar Association s Public Interest Leadership Program, which promotes civic engagement and public service by advancing the leadership role of lawyers in service to their community. Nominations for this program are collected from across the Commonwealth, and only lawyers who have demonstrated a commitment to pro bono, public service, and organized bar activities are chosen. Fellows strive to advance the leadership role of lawyers in service to their community, the legal profession, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 1980, we created the Foley Hoag Foundation to combat racism, especially among youth, in the City of Boston. The Foundation awards grants to organizations that work to improve Boston s racial climate by addressing issues of diversity and race. Since 1981, the Foundation has awarded over 500 grants totaling $1.5 million. What non-law related volunteer opportunities does your firm offer? For example, list any work with high school students and non-legal volunteerism for organizations like Habitat for Humanity. Our lawyers have actively participated in the Discovering Justice/Citizen Schools Mock Trial program, in which attorneys work with a team of sixth- to eighth-grade students from the Boston area for ten weeks to prepare a mock trial that is heard before a federal judge and a mock jury; and in the Citizen Schools 8th Grade Academy, which offers attorneys the opportunity to work with Boston-area eighth graders for a year to improve their reading and writing skills. Foley Hoag has also become involved with the Big Brother/ Sister s Appleseed Juvenile Court Mentoring Program. This program seeks to match Boston attorneys, law clerks, law students, and law firm administrators and support staff with neglected children or children in need of supervision who are referred to the Mentoring Program by the Court. Foley Hoag is a sponsor of the YWCA Boston s Health and Wellness Center. This sponsor helps to support the YWCA s groundbreaking programs such as a program for grandparents raising their children, a program for urban, at-risk youth, and a breast and cervical cancer prevention and education program for under- or uninsured women in the Boston area. Visit for company rankings, ratings and reviews to learn what it s really like to work in an industry or company and how to position yourself to land that job. These activities, as well as service on the boards of legal services agencies, charitable organizations, civil rights groups and professional organizations, and leadership at many levels of government, reflect the firm s strong commitments to the public good. Please list any special recognition or awards your firm has won since 2012 for its pro bono work Awards: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court s Pro Bono Recognition Program: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court honored Foley Hoag as part of its Pro Bono Recognition Program for demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to pro bono work by voluntarily assisting vulnerable people of limited financial means with their legal issues. Law360 Recognized Foley Hoag as a Top Pro Bono Firm of 2012: Law360 s third annual pro bono firms of the year series recognized 20 firms that committed a significant number of attorney hours and secured major victories in high-profile matters between June 1, 2011, and June 1, American Lawyer Pro Bono Report Ranked Foley Hoag Among Top Firms, Highest Ranked Boston-Based Firm: Foley Hoag was named to The American Lawyer s report evaluating the pro bono efforts of the top 200 firms identified in its annual AmLaw 200 listing. The publication ranked Foley Hoag #12, giving it the highest rank of all Boston-based firms. The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice Presents Award to Foley Hoag Associate Amy Senier: The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice presented Foley Hoag associate Amy Senier with a recognition award for her active pro bono practice. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Presented Top Women of Law Award to Foley Hoag Pro Bono Managing Attorney Rebecca Cazabon: Pro bono managing attorney Rebecca Cazabon was named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly s Top Women of Law, the publication s annual survey of women lawyers who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishment in private practice, corporate law, and social advocacy. The Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project Presented Award to Foley Hoag Associate Amy Senier- Foley Hoag associate Amy Senier received The Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project s 2012 Outstanding Service Award in recognition of her longstanding commitment to protecting asylum-seekers and immigrants rights. The Victim Rights Law Center Presented Award to Foley Hoag Associate Tom Ayres: The Victim Rights Law Center presented Foley Hoag associate Tom Ayres with its Shining Star Award for his dedication as a VRLC pro bono attorney Awards: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court s Pro Bono Recognition Program The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court honored Foley Hoag as part of its Pro Bono Recognition Honor Roll Program for performing as attorneys 213

6 in the finest tradition of the Massachusetts bar by providing significant pro bono legal services for calendar year The American Lawyer ranked Foley Hoag #11 out of the AmLaw 200 law firms in its 2013 pro bono scorecard. Vault Ranked Foley Hoag #3 in the Pro Bono Category The Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) honored Foley Hoag lawyers Michael Keating, David Kluft, and Dan McFadden with their 2013 President s Award in recognition of their defense of the principle of judicial independence. Foley partner Michael Keating received the Lawyer of the Year award from the Frank Murray Inn of Court for service to the court system. The Victim Rights Law Center awarded its Shining Star Award to Foley lawyer Eric Haskell for demonstrating an incredible commitment to the VRLC s pro bono efforts Awards: Foley partner Andrew Schwartz & alumnus Joshua Pemstein received the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston s 2014 Robert B. Fraser Award for Pro Bono Excellence in June Foley associates Kathleen Brill and Kevin J. Conroy were honored by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice with their Pro Bono Civil Rights Award in June Foley associate Eric Haskell received the Political Asylum & Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award in June Please add any additional information about your firm s pro bono program. Since its founding, Foley Hoag has had a deep commitment to public and community service. We believe it is every attorney s professional and ethical responsibility to make sure that our system of justice is open to all persons, regardless of income. Toward this end, Foley Hoag has a large pro bono program that offers a variety of projects covering the spectrum of legal issues. All lawyers at the firm are encouraged to participate in the program and become involved in other civic undertakings as well. Foley Hoag is a proud signatory to the Pro Bono Institute s annual Pro Bono Institute s Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge. We have set for ourselves a goal of devoting to pro bono matters 5 percent of the total time spent on regular billable work 2 percent more than required by the Challenge. Foley Hoag treats pro bono work just as it does its work for paying clients. We provide the same quality of work and dedicate the same level of supervision, staffing, and effort to pro bono clients as we do to paying clients. Similarly, 100 percent of the time spent on pro bono matters is credited to attorneys (and legal assistants). There is no ceiling on the number of hours a lawyer may devote to pro bono representation, nor is there any ceiling on the credit received by attorneys for such work. The firm accepts cases from more than 30 legal services and pro bono referral organizations and provides pro bono assistance directly to several dozen non-profit organizations involved in charitable causes; environmental protection; civil rights; protection of women, children, people in the GLBT community and persons with various disabilities; and intellectual property. Foley Hoag s lawyers are also encouraged to bring pro bono matters to the firm. Such matters have provided us with the opportunity to represent artists communities, charter schools, entrepreneurs doing business in inner-city neighborhoods, and a host of other interesting and important clients both large and small. It is the firm s goal to engage in a wide variety of pro bono projects, from small matters for individual clients to highprofile impact litigation projects that can achieve systemic social change. Pro bono matters make a big difference in the lives of our clients while providing opportunities for younger lawyers to interact with clients, appear in court, and manage cases from start to finish. Although we are a Boston-based firm, the lawyers in our DC office also attract and handle a variety of pro bono projects. For example, from our DC office, we worked on a Guantanamo Bay detention case, and we began a series of projects to assist less developed countries with managing, exercising, and protecting their intellectual property rights. While this work originated in our DC office, lawyers from both offices collaborated on it. In short, Foley Hoag has an impressive pro bono program, and we are proud of all that we have accomplished through it Vault.com Inc.