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.