Wallace Partners, its attorneys and staff participate in and support a variety of programs and organizations in our community and around the world. Whether through our pro bono efforts, charitable donations or direct involvement, members of the Wallace Partners family have helped make a difference in the lives of many in need.
Wallace Partners believes that pro bono service is a fundamental and unqualified obligation of the profession. While we are committed to maximum effort on paying matters, we wholeheartedly embrace the principle, as expressed in the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, that "every lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to pay."
Wallace Partners' attorneys fulfill their pro bono obligations in a variety of areas. To cite just a few examples:
We have litigated prisoners' rights suits in the District of Columbia and Virginia
We represented the parents of a child exposed to mold and asbestos at an elementary school in order to compel the school and County authorities to fully inform parents of all affected children of conditions at the school
We have represented death row inmates in several jurisdictions in direct appeals and habeas proceedings
Our attorneys have prosecuted claims on behalf of applicants for political asylum before the INS and the immigration courts
We have appeared as guardian ad litem on behalf of abused children and minors subject to custody disputes
Wallace Partners' attorneys have litigated a number of discrimination claims, including the representation of African-American motorists in a lawsuit against Maryland State Police for racial profiling on Interstate 95 and an employee dismissed because of her pregnancy
Wallace Partners expects that each of our attorneys will engage on significant pro bono work every year. Our lawyers regularly exceed those expectations.
We believe that our obligation to the community extends far beyond our pro bono work. Among the organizations supported by Wallace Partners is The Yellow Ribbon Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides a wide array of community services to wounded soldiers returning from combat. The Fund, founded with the assistance of a former Wallace Partners attorney, has played an integral role in helping wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center to recover and become reintegrated into the community.
www.yellowribbonfund.org
Wallace Partners is also a substantial supporter of 25:40, a nonprofit organization co-founded by a former Wallace Partners attorney that is dedicated to helping children affected by AIDS in southern Africa. 25:40 networks with and supports doctors, children's homes, clinics and other vital service providers in southern Africa who are working to save millions of African children afflicted by this dreadful pandemic, including more than 12 million AIDS orphans.
www.2540.org
In the Washington, D.C. community, Wallace Partners supports a variety of organizations, including the D.C. Children's Advocacy Center, a direct service, nonprofit organization that supports and works with child victims of sexual and physical abuse; and Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April, a nonprofit that, through the help of volunteers, refurbishes homes for needy individuals. We also participate in the annual Lawyers Have Heart™ fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Through its pro bono work, volunteer efforts and financial support, the Wallace Partners family is committed to making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate in the D.C. metropolitan area and around the world.
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