Award Nomination Form

Nominees for the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Attorney of the Year should have, in the preceding year:

Provided direct legal services to the poor and disadvantaged in the District through the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program or through a D.C. nonprofit legal service provider;
Provided legal services to community based nonprofits and/or disadvantaged small businesses serving low–income communities in the District;
Litigated one or more pro bono cases that favorably impacted poor and disadvantaged District residents; and/or
Advanced public policy that favorably affected the poor and disadvantaged individuals in the District.

Lawyer nominees must be active members of the D.C. Bar.
Individual attorneys who obtain their income delivering or coordinating the delivery of legal services to the poor and disadvantaged are not eligible for this award.
Law firm nominees may be in one of two categories: 2–50 attorneys or 50+ attorneys. Please indicate in which category the firm belongs.
The Bar reserves the right not to give an award in any given year.

Nominee
Name:
Address:
City State, Zip:
Phone:
E-mail:
Person submitting this nomination
Name:
Address:
City, State Zip:
Phone:
E-mail:

Please state the reasons this particular nominee merits the Bar’s highest recognition (attach additional pages if needed).

For law firm nominations:
Total number of lawyers:
Number of lawyers billing pro bono hours:
Total pro bono hours for firm:
Total billable hours for firm:

Total percent of billable hours for firm:
How does total percent compare to previous year?
How many hours included in total pro bono hours are for legal assistants?
Number of direct representation hours:: for low-income clients

for nonprofit groups that serve low-income clients

for other pro bono clients

percent of billable hours for lawyer/firm

How does this compare to previous year?
Number of non-representation hours?: for low-income clients

for nonprofit groups that serve low-income clients

for other pro bono clients

percent of billable hours for lawyer/firm

How does this compare to previous year?
Indicate if the date is for the most recent:: Calendar year
Fiscal year

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