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1 Pro bono service is a key part of any Akin Gump career. From summer associates to senior partners, we fight every day for justice for individuals and advise those organizations seeking to better the lives of those in need. AG Pro Bono :: Just Results Attorney Advertising

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Main US office location: 1333 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 www.akingump.com (202) 887-4000 THE STATS No. of Attorneys: 934 No.

2 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Main US office location: 1333 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC (202) THE STATS No. of Attorneys: 934 No. of Offices: 20 Chairperson: Kim Koopersmith Who s Who How many pro bono coordinators and/or partners does the firm have? 3 Please provide the primary pro bono contact(s) s information below. Steven H. Schulman Partner (202) sschulman@akingump.com Fiona Brett Pro Bono Counsel (212) fbrett@akingump.com Brooke Padgett Pro Bono Coordinator (202) bpadgett@akingump.com Pro Bono website (if different from main site): Steven Schulman Does the firm have a pro bono committee? If so, how often does the committee meet? Monthly Please describe the composition of the committee (500 character limit): Akin Gump has several pro bono committees, including a firmwide pro bono committee, a pro bono committee in each office, and a pro bono committee for each practice group that incorporates attorneys from various offices within the same practice group. THE SCOOP Does the firm have a written pro bono policy? Can associates bring pro bono matters of interest to the firm? How does the firm decide whether to take on a pro bono matter? We carefully review each proposed matter to determine whether it meets our firm s requirements for pro bono representation and whether an appropriate team of attorneys is available to work on the matter. Has the firm signed on to the law firm pro bono challenge? What are some of the areas of law in which your firm has performed pro bono legal work since 2014? Asylum; Bankruptcy; Civil rights; Community economic development; Consumer law and small claims court; Death penalty defense; Disability benefits; Domestic violence; Education; Elder law; Employment; Environment; Fair housing/tenants rights; Family law; First Amendment and constitutional issues; HIV/AIDS advocacy; Homeless advocacy; Immigration; Indigent criminal defense; International human rights; Juvenile justice reform; Nonprofit corporate law; Nonprofit incorporation/tax exemptions; Nonprofit intellectual property; Parole hearings; Police misconduct; Prisoners rights; 5

3 Social security law; Probate law; Public benefits; Real estate transactions; The arts and historic preservation; Veterans benefits/appeals; Voting rights Are there areas of law in which, as a matter of policy or practice, your firm does not perform pro bono work? If so, please indicate the specific areas below. If not, please select none. Plaintiff s-side employment work List up to 10 of your firm s pro bono clients or partners since 2014, including legal service providers or clearinghouses. Her Justice Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services Human Rights First Lawyers Without Borders Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Human Rights Initiative KIPP Charter Schools Appleseed Tahirih Justice Center List up to three pro bono matters/representations that are highlights (e.g., a Supreme Court case). Zemedagegehu v. Arlington County Board et al. In January 2015, a team of Akin Gump lawyers filed a complaint under the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act against the Arlington County Sheriff on behalf of Abreham Zemedagegehu, a deaf U.S. citizen and immigrant from Ethiopia. Abreham was arrested for allegedly stealing an ipad, which was later found by its owner. He was held by the Arlington Sheriff in an Arlington County, Virginia jail for six weeks without access to a sign language interpreter or any other accommodations for his disability. Abreham did not know why he was arrested and was unable to communicate with detention center authorities. His disability led to him regularly missing meals and recreation times since he could not hear the relevant sound-only alerts. After the Akin Gump team filed the complaint, the Justice Department launched an investigation into conditions in the Arlington County jail. The parties ultimately negotiated a favorable and significant settlement for Abraham that, when finalized, will help protect the rights and needs of deaf inmates. As part of the settlement, the accuser recanted his allegations Policy Advocacy for the Smashing Walnuts Foundation In 2014, just 4% of the National Cancer Institute s budget was allocated to research for childhood cancers. When nine year old Gabrielle Miller was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, Gabrielle and her parents created the Smashing Walnuts Foundation to increase funding for rare childhood cancer research. A team of Akin Gump public law and policy attorneys is representing the Smashing Walnuts Foundation in congressional lobbying efforts to help secure $12.6 million annually in House and Senate Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee support for research conducted under the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program. For the past two fiscal years, Akin Gump has successfully secured the $12.6 million appropriation. The Akin Gump team also advocates for the Subcommittee co-chairs to form a Senate Childhood Cancer Caucus and helps to keep the Foundation appraised of federal developments in childhood cancer research. Lawyers Without Borders Akin Gump recently started a partnership with Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB) to promote the global rule of law through capacity building and access to justice initiatives in countries throughout Africa. Akin Gump not only participates in litigation trainings in Africa on criminal defense, wildlife prosecution and human trafficking, but initiated, developed and implemented a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) program for LWOB projects. Akin Gump s M&E work started with a gap analysis of existing training materials developed by LWOB to combat human trafficking in Liberia. We expanded on those materials to form a full picture of the legal issues surrounding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) from a rule of law perspective to provide to Liberian officials and lawyers prosecuting these cases. In a similar project, our attorneys created a generic monitoring and reporting framework for LWOB projects. We then applied that framework to the LWOB Wildlife PROTECT project, which engages community members living in close proximity to wildlife in Kenya by providing educational tools on how to combat wildlife crime. Our attorneys then conducted an on-site trial and advocacy training with members of Kenya s anti-wildlife trafficking community on the enforcement of wildlife protection laws. BY THE NUMBERS What is the total number of hours that lawyers at your US office(s) spent performing pro bono legal services, as defined by the law firm pro bono challenge, in 2014 and 2015? Do not include summer associate or non-lawyer pro bono hours in your answers. 2014: 68, : 64,876 What was the attorney headcount in your firm s US office(s)? 2014: : 770 Using the number of attorneys listed above, what is the average number of pro bono hours per attorney in your firm s US office(s) during the following years? 2014: : Vault.com Inc.

4 What percentage of attorneys employed in 2014 and 2015 in your firm s US office(s) did at least 20 hours of pro bono work during that calendar year? 2014: 61% 2015: 58% SUPERVISION AND EVALUATIONS Is there partner supervision on all pro bono matters? Do partner supervisors or, if applicable, senior associates provide written evaluations of associates work on pro bono matters? If so, are those evaluations taken into account in determining salary or bonuses?, they are taken into account in determining salary Are those evaluations taken into account in determining advancement within the firm? Is there a pro bono requirement at your firm? No Does the firm give billable hour credit for pro bono work? Does the firm have a maximum number of pro bono hours that can be applied toward the billable hour target? No Does the firm consider pro bono hours when determining bonuses? PRO BONO POINTS What training opportunities are open to associates working on pro bono matters? Akin Gump provides in-house trainings and encourages attorneys to attend trainings provided by legal services providers and bar associations. In addition, cross-office teams of attorneys specializing in certain core pro bono practice areas offer in-house mentoring in areas such as asylum, Social Security/Disability, eviction defense, criminal defense, Nonprofit Governance and Exempt Organizations law, Veterans rights and Human Trafficking. Does the firm offer the use of support staff in handling pro bono matters? Please indicate how many total hours and average hours per person your summer associates spent performing pro bono work in 2014 and Please round to the nearest hour and include numbers only: do not use commas, decimal points or labels. Total hours summer associates spent on pro bono work 2014: 3, : 4,293 Average hours per summer associate spent on pro bono work 2014: : 93 Percentage of summer associates in your firm s U.S. office(s) engaged in pro bono work 2014: 100% 2015: 100% Please provide any additional information about pro bono opportunities available to summer associates. Akin Gump summer associates have an opportunity to work on any firm pro bono matter. In addition, our offices design certain pro bono projects specifically for summer associates to represent clients in petitions for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Victims of Criminal Activity (U-Visa) through summer partnerships with Tahirih Justice Center, Her Justice, Catholic Charities and Public Counsel Law Center. In 2008, Akin Gump launched the Pro Bono Scholars Program. The program currently operates out of the Washington D.C., Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Houston offices. Pro Bono Scholars are high-achieving first year law students who want to make pro bono work a significant part of their law firm career. Scholars work on pro bono projects at the firm for three weeks following their 1L year, then spend the remainder of the summer at a legal services organization of their choosing. Scholars are then part of the regular summer associate class following their 2L year. Pro Bono Scholar alumni return to the firm after law school graduation prepared to be leaders in the firm s pro bono practice. Does the firm have established programs, such as externships, that enable its associates to work in a public interest setting? If so, please describe the established program(s) and their duration, if applicable. Akin Gump has externships at Her Justice in New York, the Dallas County District Attorney s Office and the San Francisco District Attorney s Office. Visit for company rankings, ratings and reviews to learn what it s really like to work in an industry or company and how to position yourself to land that job. 7

5 In 2012, Akin Gump started an externship program with Her Justice, a New York City-based legal services organization serving women seeking protection from domestic violence. For a four-month period, associates work at Her Justice offices, exclusively handling Her Justice matters. So far, Akin Gump has sent 11 attorneys to work at Her Justice through our externship program. Since 2015, attorneys in Akin Gump s Dallas office have been participating in a Lawyers on Loan program through the Dallas County District Attorney s office. Akin Gump attorneys spend a ten-week period prosecuting cases for the District Attorney s office and gain valuable courtroom and trial experience. Since 2016, attorneys in Akin Gump s San Francisco office have been participating in a three-month externship at the San Francisco District Attorney s office, where they work under the supervision of the District Attorney to prosecute and try misdemeanor criminal cases in the San Francisco Superior Court. What other law-related public interest and community service programs (that are not pro bono as defined by the law firm pro bono challenge) do you offer and manage? For example, list any law school collaborations and public interest scholarships, auctions at law schools, monetary support, or fellowships applicable. For the past two years, Akin Gump has collaborated with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless to establish and create an undergraduate internship program with the University of Maryland for students interested in attending law school. Each week the students attend lectures at Akin Gump, taught by our attorneys, and spend the semester completing SSI disability benefits applications for pro bono clients. The program provides the students with a hands-on approach for understanding social security disability law and building client-relationship skills, and provides our attorneys with the opportunity to lead lectures and supervise cases. Akin Gump is a longtime supporter of Equal Justice Works. Akin Gump sponsors two Equal Justice Works fellows each year to work at public interest organizations. Our firm Chair, Kim Koopersmith, serves as Chair of the Equal Justice Works Board of Directors. The firm also makes significant financial contributions to other partnering legal services organizations, both firm wide and organizations specific to certain offices, and makes financial contributions to charitable causes. What non-law related volunteer opportunities does your firm offer? For example, list any work with high school students and non-legal volunteerism for organizations like Habitat for Humanity. In Washington, D.C., Akin Gump has partnerships with elementary schools across the city. At Tyler Elementary School, through the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs school partnership program, firm employees engage with funding school trips and events, supporting the school s arts curriculum, assisting with funding and constructing a hands-on outdoor classroom, providing guidance to the school s PTA, and helping to fund a major library renovation. The firm also hosts luncheon meetings throughout the year on behalf of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs to recruit new firms and schools to the WLC s school partnership program, now numbering over 50 school partnerships citywide. At Ross Elementary School, through a relationship with Everybody Wins! DC, staff and attorneys are matched with a student and meet for a one-hour Power Lunch every week to read books, promote children s literacy and build positive relationships. In Washington, Akin Gump participates in Buildable Hours, a summer program with Habitat for Humanity. In New York, our lawyers coach a Bronx High School moot court team. Our Los Angeles lawyers and staff regularly volunteer to provide meals to the homeless. Members of our Dallas office volunteer with Jonathan s Place, a nonprofit organization that provides a safe, loving home and specialized services to children who have been victims of abuse, abandonment or neglect. Please list special recognition or awards your firm has won in the last three years for its pro bono work : Law360 Pro Bono Firm of the Year 2016: Her Justice, Firm Commitment Award 2016: Washington Lawyers Committee, Outstanding Achievement Award 2016: California Innocence Project, XONR8R Award (Robert Humphreys, Partner, LA) 2016: Support Center for Child Advocates, Distinguished Advocate for Children (Katherine Katchen, Partner, Philadelphia) 2015: Human Rights First, Marvin Frankel Award 2015: National Legal Aid Defender Association (NLADA) Beacon of Justice Award 2015: Washington Lawyers Committee, Vincent Reed Award 2015: State Bar of Texas, W. Frank Newton Award 2014: American Bar Association s Death Penalty Representation Project Justice John Paul Stephens Guiding Hand of Counsel Award (Mark MacDougall, Partner, DC) 2014: Equality Texas Vanguard Award 2014: American Bar Association Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Advocacy in Medical-Legal Partnership 2014: Her Justice Commitment to Justice Award 2014: National Legal Aid Defender Association (NLADA) Beacon of Justice Award 2014: Equality Texas Vanguard Award Vault.com Inc.

We encourage and value pro bono work, supporting the desire and responsibility of our lawyers to give back to the community.

We encourage and value pro bono work, supporting the desire and responsibility of our lawyers to give back to the community. We are proud of our award-winning pro bono practice, and as a charter member of the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, our firm provides 3 percent or more of our billable hours to a diverse range of pro bono