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BakerHostetler is committed to doing all we can to support individuals and institutions seeking justice, and our attorneys devote well over 20,000 hours per year to pro bono work.

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BakerHostetler has had notable successes in many pro bono cases involving military service members and veterans, the LGBTQ+ community, asylum seekers and people living in poverty, among other individuals and groups seeking justice. But it is our policy to encourage our attorneys to let their own concerns and passions guide their choice of pro bono work.

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<h5>Committed to Inclusion and Diversity</h5>
At BakerHostetler, embracing people of all backgrounds is essential to our identity and to our business. Recruiting, developing and promoting diverse talent enables us to best serve our clients and makes us a stronger, more successful firm.

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<li>The firm secured a significant win in February 2021 when the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued summary judgment in favor of client and jazz saxophonist María Grand. The decision is one of the first to apply New York’s recently expanded anti-SLAPP statute (“strategic lawsuit against public participation”), in a defamation case involving a non-public figure. It upholds essential First Amendment rights, particularly for people who speak up about abuse and harassment. The matter was referred to BakerHostetler through the firm’s partnership with the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund of the National Women’s Law Center.</li>
<li>Represent asylum immigration applicants’ appeals to the Second, Third, and Sixth Circuits from Board of Immigration Appeals. BakerHostetler recently obtained the reversal of the BIA’s denial of asylum to a member of Honduras’ anti-corruption Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) who participated in several political marches in opposition to the country’s president. The man had been abducted by Honduran police, taken to an abandoned house, beaten repeatedly over the course of 12 hours and then discarded in an empty lot. Months of threats from government officers followed, including a phone call stating that, due to his political views, he and his family would be killed if he remained in Honduras. Other LIBRE Party members and march participants were murdered after receiving similar threats.</li>
<li>Represent the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) to halt recent regulations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that rolled back anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ patients. Senior U.S. District Judge Frederic Block ruled that HHS’ actions likely conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, announced in June 2020, which found that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits bias against workers based on sexual orientation and gender identity.</li>
<li>BakerHostetler partnered with the Transgender Legal Defense &amp; Education Fund and the New York Civil Liberties Union to reach a landmark settlement that resulted in a robust jail or prison placement policy that will protect the rights of transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody.</li>
<li>Represent the National Women’s Law Center and other public interest groups in federal appellate courts in connection with Title IX issues regarding reporting of sexual harassment. For example, the Tenth Circuit agreed with the position of the National Women’s Law Center in a recent case, holding that it is sufficient for a Title IX plaintiff to allege the university’s deliberate indifference to reports of sexual harassment caused the student to be vulnerable to further harassment.</li>
<li>In partnership with the Veterans Consortium, a nonprofit group that represents veterans and family members before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, BakerHostetler has represented over 36 veterans’ appeals, with 65 attorneys volunteering their time. Our deep connection to veterans’ affairs spans the firm’s full history—from Newton Baker’s service as Secretary of War, through the nearly 70 veterans currently with the firm.</li>
<li>Represent Arkansas defendant convicted for a murder that occurred when he was 14, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. BakerHostetler successfully obtained a habeas petition to vacate the defendant’s sentence. On the eve of the new trial, the parties agreed to a new sentence such that the defendant would be eligible for parole. In 2019, after nearly 15 years in prison, the defendant was released from prison.</li>
<li>Obtained the reversal of a 12-year-old-boy’s murder conviction who had falsely confessed during a coercive interrogation. Police took the boy from his mother, placed him alone in an interrogation room, and suggested they had evidence he committed the murder when, in fact, there was no physical evidence whatsoever linking him to the crime. Subsequently, BakerHostetler brought a civil rights action on behalf of the same client against the chief county prosecutor and other public officials. The action resulted in a multi-million-dollar settlement, a letter of apology signed by three police chiefs, and, ultimately, the chief prosecutor’s ouster from office.</li>
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Notable Pro Bono Matters

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<li>American Civil Liberties Union</li>
<li>Human Rights Campaign</li>
<li>Equal Justice Initiative</li>
<li>Northwestern Center on Wrongful Convictions</li>
<li>Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law</li>
<li>Children’s Hunger Alliance</li>
<li>Transgender Legal Defense &amp; Education Fund</li>
<li>Catholic Charities</li>
<li>Volunteer Lawyers Project</li>
<li>Her Justice</li>
<li>National Juvenile Defender Center</li>
<li>National Women’s Law Center</li>
<li>The Veterans Consortium</li>
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