Foley Hoag Receives Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award
June 23, 2015
Foley Hoag LLP was recently honored for its pro bono contributions at the Sixth Annual Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Awards ceremony. These awards recognize firms within the Lex Mundi network that have provided critical pro bono legal services - helping to strengthen the global rule of law, support the global social entrepreneurship movement and improve the lives of the world's poor and disenfranchised.
Foley Hoag was one of only four firms receiving this award, and the only firm from the United States. Awards were presented during the 2015 Lex Mundi Leadership Summit and Annual Conference in New Orleans.
"Firms in the Lex Mundi Network donate more than $200 million in pro bono services each year. Collectively, they are making a dramatic social impact," said the Foundation's Managing Director, Chloe Holderness. "The 2015 honorees are a sampling of the great work being done by Lex Mundi firms to strengthen the global pro bono culture and support the innovative work of social entrepreneurs on every continent.”
Through the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, lawyers within the Lex Mundi global network of 160 premier member firms are empowering dedicated entrepreneurs to bring high-impact, sustainable social change to lives and communities. The Foundation provides access to critically needed legal assistance to entrepreneurs finding solutions to world’s most pressing problems including access to clean water, human trafficking, access to quality education and healthcare, sustainable agriculture and economic opportunity.
The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation is the nonprofit affiliate of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries. Lex Mundi member firms offer clients preferred access to more than 21,000 lawyers worldwide – a global resource of unmatched breadth and depth. Member law firms are located throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and North America. Each member firm is selected on the basis of its leadership in – and continued commitment to – its local market. Firms must maintain their level of excellence to retain membership within Lex Mundi.
Foley Hoag has been a Lex Mundi member law firm for over 25 years. Partners James Bucking, Michael Glanz, Anthony Mirenda and Colin Zick currently serve as the firm's Lex Mundi liaisons.
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