Pro Bono

Winstead greatly supports the right to legal representation, especially access for the less fortunate, marginalized and disadvantaged. 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:

Assistance to the indigent:

• Working with FUNED of Honduras, a Tegucigalpa-based organization to provide life-transforming business loans in third-world countries
• Represented an AIDS victim threatened with eviction
• Assisted disabled persons with obtaining and sustaining social security benefits so they could support their families
• Represented a father in custody proceedings involving his son, where the mother had already killed the daughter by violent shaking
• Counseled indigents 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
• Defended and ensured due process for indigents charged with lesser crimes

Assistance to nonprofit organizations:

• 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, money and other resources to assist in the design, permitting and construction of a building for Vogel Alcove, a day-care facility for homeless children

Leaders in the Community:

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
• 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
• Museum of Nature and Science - Dallas, Texas
• NCAA 2011 Men’s Final Four - Local Organizing Committee
• North Dallas Chamber of Commerce
• North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee
• Northwest Assistance Ministries, Inc.
• Prison Entrepreneurship Program
• Providence Homes Dallas
• Real Estate Council
• Regents School of Austin
• Salesmanship Club of Dallas
• Sam Houston Area Council - Boy Scouts of America
• Sinanian Development, Inc.
• Super Bowl 2004 Host Committee
• Texas Corinthian Yacht Club
• Texas Urban Forestry Council
• Uplift Education
• Winston School
• The Woodlands Children’s Museum
• YET Centers of Houston
• Young Widow - Chapter Two

Legal Aid Organizations:

Several Winstead attorneys volunteer for various legal aid organizations that are instrumental in preserving “equal access to justice.” Some of these organizations include:

• Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
• Houston Volunteer Attorney Program
• Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
• Texas C-Bar
• Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas

For more information regarding Winstead’s pro bono legal assistance, contact John Reenan at 214.745.5109 or jreenan@winstead.com.