1997 Pro Bono Partnership Founded by Richard S. Hobish and Robert E. Healing, supported by General Electric Company and WESFACCA, of which William L. Ellis, Jr. was its President

PBP White Plains Office Opened Richard S. Hobish appointed Executive Director

1998 First Volunteer of the Year Recognized

1999 American Bar Association Public Service Partnership Award

2000 PBP New Jersey Office Opened with Prudential, Honeywell, & Schering-Plough support

Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Award from American Corporate Counsel Association

2001 NJ Program receives Madden exemption approval where NJ-admitted lawyers can satisfy pro bono obligations through PBP work

Distinguished Legal Services Award from Corporate Legal Times and Lexis-Nexis

2002 PBP formally registers its name and logo with the USPTO

PBP becomes Approved CLE Provider in NY Resolved 1,000 client legal matters!

2003 PBP helps launch Hartford, CT Nonprofit Pro Bono Initiative

2004 Founding Board Chair, Bob Healing, Corporate Counsel, General Electric Company retires, succeeded as Chair by John Liftin, SVP & General Counsel, Prudential Financial

2005 Senator Nicholas A. Spano awarded Certificates of Merit to Pro Bono Partnership and Richard Hobish

Nonprofit Pro Bono Award from CT Urban Legal Initiative

PBP Atlanta Founding, an independent sister organization

2006 Family Strengthening Award from Family & Children’s Agency

Partnered with 1,000 volunteer attorneys!

2007 Community Hall of Fame Award from Community Advisory Boards of Thirteen/WNET New York and WLIW21 New York

Expanded service into Orange, Rockland, and Putnam Counties in New York

Extended scope of mission to include services to nonprofit arts, civic, and environmental conservation organizations

2008 PBP Hartford Formed, with United Technologies, Aetna, and Robinson + Cole support

Hartford Advisory Board established Law Firm Advisory Committee

established

2009 Peter Gutermann, VP Global Ethics and Compliance, United Technologies Corporation, Elected Board Chair

NJ Supreme Court allows lawyers with Limited Licenses to provide pro bono legal services to NJ clients through PBP

Launched New York Child Care Initiative dedicated to servicing nonprofit child care agencies

Launched Nonprofit Crisis Management Initiative to help preserve community services during economic downturn

2010 Community Service Award from Community Planning Council of Yonkers

George Gramby Humanitarian Award

20 Years of Making a Difference!2011 Community Service Award from South

Asian Bar Association of Connecticut

2012 Mark Nordstrom, Senior Counsel, General Electric Company, Elected Board Chair

Judge Learned Hand Award presented to Nancy Eberhardt, by AJC

Making a Difference Award presented to Priya Morganstern by Community Partners in Action

Distinguished Volunteer Service Proclamation presented to Maurice Segall by Fairfield County Community Foundation

2013 NY Court of Appeals allows registered in-house counsel to provide pro bono legal services in New York State

CT allows authorized in-house counsel to provide pro bono legal services in CT through PBP

PBP Ohio Founding, an independent sister organization

2014 Founding Executive Director, Richard Hobish, departs and is succeeded by Marcia Levy

2015 Marcia Levy recognized by New York Law Journal as “Lawyers Who Lead by Example”

2016 Opened PBP Long Island Office Organization of the Year Award from

Partners in Prevention Represented 775 nonprofit clients!

Worked with 1,300 volunteer attorneys!

Resolved 1,600 client legal matters valued at $9.4 million in free legal services!

2017 Nonprofit of the Year Finalist for excellence in business from HIA-LI

Board Philanthropic Leadership Award from Association of Development Officers

Community Partner Award from YWCA Hartford

LOOKING AHEAD, 2018 & BEYONDWelcome Greg Kimble, Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Hogan Lovells US LLPLearning Center to open in White Plains officeExpanding educational programmingExpanding outreach to Long Island nonprofits and volunteers

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