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IMMIGRATIONTim Fazio, Brian Bosworth,Britt Anderson and MaureenMaher-Patenaude (Boston)have worked with the PAIR Project inBoston to seek asylum for deservingindividuals on a pro bono basis. In2021, they completed an asylumapplication for a young man who fledTurkey, having been persecuted for hisreligious and political beliefs. He andhis family follow the teachings of thepeaceful Gulen Movement, which thecurrent Turkish government claims isa terrorist organization. The client hasbeen subject to arrest and physicalabuse, and has seen numerous familymembers imprisoned and indictedfor so-called political crimes. In orderto build an effective case for theclient, the team has worked diligentlythrough multiple in-person and Zoommeetings to gain the client’s trust, buildrelationships, and delicately unpack hisstory, and is now working to persuadeUS Citizenship and ImmigrationServices to grant an asylumapplication for their client.The team is currently working to get thematter on an expedited hearing list sothe client can travel and reunite with hisfamily, who he has not seen in five years.While the client awaits his hearing,he is working and studying towardsbecoming a researcher in internationalrelations and security studies.9 2021 Pro Bono Annual ReportWendy McGraw (Norfolk) is assisting a familyof Afghan refugees with their asylumapplications. Wendy first got involved withthe matter when she screened and agreed to representa woman through Human Rights First's Project AfghanLegal Assistance. The client had experienced threatsfrom the Taliban in Afghanistan due to her educationand employment as a mid-wife and in a vaccinationclinic. The Taliban had a history of burning down theclinic, kidnapping her co-workers, and attacking thehostel where the client and other students studiedand trained because they believe women should notwork and perceived the women as criminals throughthe assumption that they treated Americans, supportedthe international community, and otherwise supportedwomen’s empowerment. Now that she is in the UnitedStates, the client hopes to continue to pursue hereducation in the medical field.Through her conversations with the client, Wendylearned her two brothers and father were also seekingasylum and/or special immigrant visa assistance andafter screening the client’s family members, Wendyagreed to take their cases as well. The father workedas an interpreter/translator for the US military, and thebrothers also worked in roles supporting the US militaryand/or the Afghan National Police. The family hadreceived threats related to this work, including an attackon the family home.

HOUSINGDoug Garrou (Richmond) had a successful matterreferred by the firm’s George Hettrick CommunityLaw Center in Church Hill. In 2014, the clientspurchased their home via a “contract for deed” arrangement.In the years since, they made payments to the seller towardsowning the home, and improved the property in numerousways. But when the housing market became hot, and theproperty value increased substantially, the seller tried tosell the home out from under the clients. A purported“new owner” bought the house and promptly tried toevict the clients.Doug argued at the eviction trial that the clients were notrenters, but in fact possessed the property under a claimof title, thus taking the dispute out of the jurisdiction ofthe General District Court. In establishing the client’s bonafide claim to title, Doug pointed out that although onlythe clients had signed the contract for deed in 2014, theoriginal property owner had signed the back of a utilitybill acknowledging receipt of the down payment requiredby the contract. He argued that these documents couldbe considered together and, along with the parties’ pastperformance, satisfied the statute of frauds.The General District Court agreed that the matter wasa bona fide contest over title, and dismissed for lack ofjurisdiction. If the clients had lost the eviction proceeding,they would likely have lost more than 150,000 in equityin the house.Simultaneously, Doug filed a Circuit Court action to quiettitle, and a memorandum of lis pendens to help ensure thatthe house wouldn’t be “sold” yet again. The clients’ CircuitCourt lawsuit is currently pending.Ted Huffman and Charlie Truslow(Dallas) have dedicated dozens ofhours over the past fiscal year tothe Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program’sEviction Clinic. Through this program,tenants facing eviction receive free legalassistance on the day of their evictionhearings at Dallas County Justice Courts,including in some instances throughdirect legal representation in court. Inaddition to providing general adviceto clinic applicants, Ted and Charliehave directly represented a numberof individual tenants at their evictionhearings, obtaining positive results forthe client each time.Most recently, Charlie representedan elderly woman who dealt withserious, ongoing health problems dueto complications from COVID-19 thataffected her ability to pay rent. Theclient had applied for governmentalrental assistance and done everythingshe could to work with her landlordwhile awaiting for the rental assistanceto process, but her landlord proceededwith eviction proceedings anyways.Before the Justice Court, Charlie wasable to show how the landlord’s actionwere legally and procedurally improperon a number of grounds, and the casewas dismissed. The client, who hadno prior knowledge or experiencenavigating the court system, with greatemotion expressed her gratitude for theassistance at the hearing.2021 Pro Bono Annual Report 10

NON-PROFIT SMALL BUSINESSHunton Andrews Kurthrepresented GoodwillIndustries of SouthFlorida (Goodwill) pro bonoin both its COVID-19 businessinterruption insurance claim andin a declaratory judgment suitfiled in federal court by one ofGoodwill's liability insurers. Inthe declaratory judgment action,Goodwill's insurer asserted nocoverage for a wrongful deathsuit and refused to settle thesuit against Goodwill, despite ademand from Plaintiff that waswithin insurance limits. If the casewas not settled, Goodwill faceda punitive damages claim and acompensatory damages claim inexcess of insurance limits, as wellas the potential for a runawayverdict given the alleged facts.Fortunately, after prevailing oninsurance motions practice andafter obtaining helpful testimonyfrom the insurer's corporatedesignee witness throughdeposition, the Hunton AndrewsKurth insurance team was able toconvince the liability insurer toprovide a defense to Goodwill inthe underlying wrongful deathsuit and then settle the suit withinsurer funds. By doing so, theinsurer confessed judgment forthe coverage case under Floridalaw and was even required topay costs under Florida law.11 2021 Pro Bono Annual ReportThe Hunton Andrews Kurth teamconsisted of Walter Andrews,Casey Coffey, Andi DeField,Adriana Perez and VivianChapunoff (Miami) andJorge Aviles (Washington, DC).Other Hunton Andrews Kurthattorneys who assisted withthese matters are Kevin Small(New York), Cary Steklof (Miami),Geoffrey Fehling (Boston),Rachel Hudgins (Atlanta), and2021 summer associateJae Lynn Huckaba (Miami),who will join the insuranceteam this Fall.As a surprise to the HuntonAndrews Kurth team, theGoodwill Board and Executiveteam presented an award attheir annual meeting and gave aspeech about how grateful theywere for Hunton Andrews Kurth'spro bono work and support.California lawyers AlexisRomero, ChristopherHasbrouck, and RebeccaHoffman (Los Angeles) assisteda Los Angeles area entrepreneurwith kickstarting her smallbusiness, a Chinese Taiwanesestore offering pantry staplesand home and kitchen tools. GuGrocery was started by the client,a second generation ChineseAmerican artist, pastry chef, andfermentation educator. She wearsvarious hats in the food industryas a freelance food stylist,private chef, cooking teacher,and baker. Over the years, theclient’s experience working inthe food industry and runningmany successful small cottageindustry and social media-basedbusinesses led her to start a smallbusiness encapsulating all herprevious ideas and businesses,Gu Grocery (Gu meaning“mushroom” in Mandarin).While the client is searching fora space to grow Gu Grocery,Los Angeles lawyers assistedthe client with corporateformation, general advice on thecommercial leasing process, andemployment distinctions. GuGrocery is currently operating asa pop-up and online market inLos Angeles.

FAMILYJoe Buoni, Paige Dusthimer andformer associate Allison Ebanks(Houston) represented an indigentclient in her divorce proceedings andfight for sole custody of her threeyoung children. Following years ofphysical, verbal, and emotional abuseof the client and children, the husband,who is an alcoholic, promised the familya fresh start living abroad. However,the abuse continued during drunkenrampages. The client eventually fledthe foreign country, with her childrenin tow, and returned to the US withlittle to no assets. Upon the husband’sreturn to Texas, he continued the abuseduring visitations with the childrenand repeatedly stalked the client andtheir children to the extent that lawenforcement became involved. Throughnumerous evidentiary hearings, theteam successfully obtained protectiveorders against the husband. The teamalso discovered the husband withdrewover 100,000 in cash, which headmittedly gambled away. Raisingmore concern, the husband repeatedly12 2021 Pro Bono Annual Reportindicated in numerous communications and before thecourt that he wishes to move the children to a countrythat is not a member of the Hague Convention or toa country in which they can obtain citizenship andpassports. The team was set for trial in March 2022. Onthe eve of the final trial setting, the parties entered aRule 11 Agreement, satisfying the client's expectationsof higher child support obligations, prohibition ofovernight visitations of the children with the husband,supervised visitation or unsupervised visitation withalcohol monitoring, restrictions on travel to andapplications for passports in any country by the father,and assigning liability of all amicus fees incurred tothe husband. Thereafter, the husband became defiantand attempted to withdraw his consent to the Rule 11provisions, arguing before the court that he should beable to take his children to other countries to obtaincitizenship and passports. His defiance escalated withhim sending death threats to the amicus attorney. Assuch, the team was forced to appear before the court yetagain. Joe and Allison argued for entry of their proposeddecree premised on the Rule 11 terms with addedinjunctions to prevent further abuse of the client andthe children. Based upon their arguments before thecourt, the judge accepted the team's proposed decree,bringing this long-lasting litigation to an incrediblysuccessful conclusion.

F A M I LYIn early 2021 the firmaccepted a referral from theAtlanta Legal Aid Societyto assist a senior living ondisability payments withenforcing the terms of a 2014divorce decree against herex-husband. The ex-husbandhad failed for over sevenyears to convey to the clienthis ownership interest intheir jointly owned, maritalresidence, as required by thedivorce decree, and failed foryears to make monthly alimonypayments of 1,000. Whenthe client tried to enforce thealimony payments herself, herex-husband insisted that sheshould get remarried. MattCalvert (Atlanta) filed a motionto hold the ex-husband incontempt, to enjoin him to signa deed conveying his propertyinterest to his ex-wife and fora judgment in the amount ofthe alimony arrearage. After13 2021 Pro Bono Annual Reportaccepting service of the motionpapers, the ex-husband, whoinitially responded that he didnot understand the provisionof the divorce decree withrespect to the marital residence,reluctantly agreed to sign adeed conveying his propertyinterest to his ex-wife. Hecontinued, however, to refuse tomake alimony payments, basedon alleged unemployment.Following an evidentiaryhearing, the DeKalb CountySuperior Court entered aFinal Order declaring the exhusband in willful contemptfor non-payment of alimonyand entered a judgment in theamount of 57,360, the fullamount of the alimony. Thoughrelived to have finally securedsole title to her residence, theclient remained frustratedby her ex-husband's refusalto resume making alimonypayments. Following discoveryof records from the exhusband's bank, we determinedthat the client was receivingdirect deposit of wages inexcess of 3,000 per monthfrom an employer. After serviceof an income deduction order,the client was able to garnishone month's wages, followingwhich the ex-husband quitwork, rather than allow theincome deduction order toremain in place. By renewingthe document request tothe ex-husband's bank wediscovered a new employer, onwhom the income deductionorder was once again served,resulting in resumption ofalimony payments. Currentlypending is a motion to holdthe ex-husband in contempt forfailure to comply with an ordercompelling discovery.

INTERNATIONALContinuing a long-standingrelationship dating back to2018, in December 2021Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneysdelivered on the most recent in aseries of pro bono projects for ourclient the Zimbabwe EnvironmentalLaw Association (ZELA), in coordinationwith the International Senior LawyersProject (ISLP)—a pro bono legalservices mobilizer and enablerthat seeks to support and advancethe provision of top-tier pro bonolegal services to governments, civilsociety actors, and social enterprisesin countries predominantly in theGlobal South, to assist them in drivinginclusive, accountable, and sustainabledevelopment.In line with key objectives of ISLP and aligned to thespecific interests of ZELA, a team of Hunton AndrewsKurth attorneys across the firm's London and Dubaioffices have been working on a number of projectsfor ZELA and ISLP, which have focused on advisingZELA on public-private partnerships (PPPs) andprocurement best practices, contract negotiation, andcontract transparency, and performance monitoringand accountability, in the context of the mining andminerals and broader extractives sectors in Zimbabwe.The Hunton Andrews Kurth team is led by partnerJames D. Simpson, Jr. (London) and special counselMartin A. Skehill (Dubai) and also includes associatesStephanie L. Levy and Yousef Shakah (London). PartnerJason B. Parker (London) is also a member of the boardof directors of ISLP and has also led pro bono effortsin other African countries, such as Ethiopia, Nigeria,and Zambia.“Our team is extremely delighted to have had the opportunity to supportZELA and ISLP over the past four years. The natural resources sector isextremely important to Zimbabwe, and we are committed to providingour experience and expertise so that the country, its citizens and localcommunities truly benefit from investments in this area.“JAMES D. SIMPSON, JR.14 2021 Pro Bono Annual Report

RACIAL JUSTICEHunton Andrews Kurth attorneyspartnered with attorneysat the national civil rightsorganization Muslim Advocates toachieve a significant victory in the caseof Qasim Rashid, a Muslim politicianand public figure who received onlinedeath threats and harassing religiouscomments from a white supremacist.On March 13, 2018, Joseph CecilVandevere used Twitter to sendRashid several Twitter messages filledwith anti-Muslim slurs and threats,including a picture of a man who hadbeen violently lynched and asked himto "VIEW YOUR DESTINY." ThoughVandevere was serving a ten-monthsentence at Federal CorrectionalInstitution, Loretto in Pennsylvaniabecause of the threats, he was set tobe released from prison in October of2021. Out of concern for the client andhis family's safety as well as racial justice, the firm sued thewhite supremacist in the Eastern District of Virginia under astate statute prohibiting intimidation or harassment motivatedby religious, racial, etc. animosity.After months of litigation, and with trial scheduled for March2022 in Alexandria, VA, the defendant agreed to the entryof a consent judgment. In addition to paying damages of 10,000, he concedes that he "subjected Plaintiff Rashid toacts of intimidation or harassment," that his communicationswere "motivated by religious animosity towards Muslims," andthat he "is deeply remorseful and accepts responsibility for theharm he has caused to Plaintiff Rashid and his family.The firm team was led by Ryan Rich (Charlotte), MayaEckstein, Sean O'Connell and Ann Hancock (Richmond).The case also garnered a large amount of support on Twitterwith our grateful client tweeting, "I am extremely privilegedto be a human rights lawyer, to have this platform, to haveamazing world class legal support from @HuntonAK and@MuslimAdvocates. Not everyone is so fortunate. I wanted thenext person who got such a threat to know they have legalrecourse to hate."“We have been proud torepresent Mr. Rashid—a powerfulvoice for many who have been unfairlymarginalized—and to work towardsjustice so that our diverse backgroundscan bring us together, not drive us apart.“RYAN RICH15 2021 Pro Bono Annual Report

R AC IAL J UST I C EHunton Andrews Kurthhas represented theCity of Richmond ona pro bono basis regardingthe City’s decision to removeConfederate war memorialsin the City. Initially, theteam obtained reversal of atemporary injunction barringthe City's removal of itsConfederate monuments.The plaintiff, who has remainedanonymous throughout thelitigation, sought to preservethe monuments and wasgranted a temporary injunctionagainst further removals inJuly after Mayor Levar Stoneyordered the removal ofthe monuments.On August 26, 2020, theSupreme Court of Virginiavacated the temporaryinjunction, holding that theplaintiff had failed to allegea viable cause of action andwas therefore not entitled tothe injunction. The team alsosuccessfully defeated a secondaction filed in the SupremeCourt of Virginia by the sameanonymous plaintiff, as well asa separate acti

Small Business 1,275 25 Amicus Briefs 1,250 17 LGBTQ Advocacy 1,209 21 Elder Law 707 27 Environmental 500 6 Animal Rights 306 8. 3 2021 Pro Bono Annual Report . The firm team was led by Ryan Rich (Charlotte), Maya Eckstein, Sean O'Connell and Ann Hancock (Richmond).